Thursday, 10 September 2009

Business Insights: Save IT costs and improve business productivity with Microsoft Online Services

Business Insights
Business Insights
Christoph Wilfert, General Manager, Microsoft US Subsidiary  
Software subscriptions keep your business flexible and agile
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Combine the power and productivity of comprehensive desktop-based applications with the flexibility of fully hosted and secure Internet services. Check out our feature about Microsoft software that you can receive by subscription. You can choose to run the software at your site, or online and hosted by Microsoft. It's a great way to reduce the strain on internal resources while keeping costs down.

Also in this issue, Tips & Tricks—tune in to a webcast for sound advice and solid strategies for launching an IT consulting business.
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Feature Article
Online Communications and Collaboration Services help save IT costs and drive productivity
Check out our feature about how you can obtain the power of enterprise class business productivity solutions in the form of flexible subscriptions. Microsoft Online Services allow you to leverage rich communications and collaboration capabilities without the hassle of software deployment and routine IT management. It's a great way to reduce the strain on internal resources while keeping costs down.
Microsoft Online
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Tips & Tricks
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Thrive Live! Getting Started in IT Consulting   
Are you thinking of making the leap into IT consulting? Do you want to join the ranks of small business owners making their own mark in the world? You can!
Register to Stay Proactive on Security Updates  
Help protect your computing environment by keeping up-to-date on Microsoft technical security notifications. Choose from RSS, instant message or e-mail.
Training opportunties  
We'll show you how to get where you want to go professionally. Guidance on how to weave your value and create a personal action plan.
Ask the Expert
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Ask the Expert  
Our discussion focuses on real challenges and solutions IT Managers experience when deploying and managing virtualized environment yielding cost savings and meeting end user performance expectations. We'll review the Microsoft Virtualization product road map, including some customer case studies.
Kevin Remde is a Sr. IT Professional Evangelist in the Server & Tools Division of the US team at Microsoft.
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Downloads
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Simplify Windows 7 planning and deployment with the proven guidance and automated tools in these Solution Accelerators to assess your hardware, deploy, and securely operate Windows 7.
Are your existing desktops ready for Windows 7 upgrades? Download the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit and determine if your desktops meet the hardware and device compatibility requirements for Windows 7. Use this free toolkit and get a networkwide readiness report for your organization in just hours.
Microsoft Online Services provide your business with unprecedented flexibility and scalability in the deployment of enterprise-class communications and collaboration capabilities. Download the demo now.
Case Study
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Caltrol  
Caltrol, a leading representative company for industrial process management and automation solutions, had a disconnected server environment and physical servers that were aging, unreliable, and inefficient. Caltrol implemented Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V and virtual servers to reduce hardware and build a business continuity environment. As a result, it has reduced costs, optimized system performance, and improved its backup and recovery process.
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Offers
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Up to 30 Percent Off Microsoft Office 2007 Small Business  
Save time and get organized. Microsoft Office Professional 2007. Includes Access, Business Contact Manager, PowerPoint and more. Download the free trial.*
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Up to 30% OFF List Price!   
HURRY! Offer expires Dec. 31, 2009
Applies to the Business Productivity Online Standard Suite, Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, Office Communications Online and Office Live Meeting. (excludes Deskless worker offerings)
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Community
Security and Privacy Blogs
Dynamics User Group
Dynamics Solution Checkpoint
Webcasts
Thrive Live! For your Career Development
It's the perfect time to get ahead of the curve through training and certifications.
Head in the Clouds: Software-Plus-Services Explained
Showing IT professionals ways to help their organization make smart decisions about software-plus services. We provide an overview of cloud computing, examine Microsoft Online Services, and help you understand Windows Azure and the Azure Services Platform.
Microsoft Exchange Hosted Filtering Is Now Forefront Online Security for Exchange
Forefront Online Security for Exchange consists of layered technologies to actively help protect businesses' inbound and outbound e-mail from spam, viruses, phishing scams, and e-mail policy violations.
Resources
Microsoft Business Resource Center
Live Meeting Solution Center
Licensing Center
*For more offer details and restrictions, please visit:
http://us20.trymicrosoftoffice.com/faq.aspx

**Offer good to all purchases of any one or more of Business Productivity Online Standard Suite, Exchange Online Standard, SharePoint Online Standard, Office Communications Online Standard, Office Live Meeting services. Offer applicable to purchases via Enterprise Agreement(EA), Enterprise Agreement Subscription(EAS) and Microsoft Online Subscription Program (MOSP) volume licensing programs. Volume licensing minimums apply. Promotion price will be valid for the length of the subscription term. This offer expires on December 31st 2009.


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