http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2010/jan10/01-13InfToAppPR.mspx “ PALO ALTO, Calif. and REDMOND, Wash. — Jan. 13, 2010 — HP and Microsoft Corp. today announced a three-year agreement to invest $250 million to significantly simplify technology environments for businesses of all sizes. The companies...

Great post from Steve Clayton with a bunch of links to get partners info quickly. Watch this space – 2010 will be a big year for Azure and will create brand new business opportunities for MS Partners. http://blogs.msdn.com/stevecla01/archive/2009/12/21/windows-azure-for-microsoft-partners.aspx  

With such a plethora of definitions, options and understandings of the broad IT term ‘cloud’ we’ve just launched a new worldwide site to bring our offerings together – with information laid out in simple terms with content categorised by role. www.microsoft.com/cloudservices

We’ve just made some important announcements around availability (in new markets) and pricing for BPOS. You can read the detail here on the official press release and more on the official Online Services blog . Note that given the local alliance with Telstra, Australian partners should wait for specific...

“In response to customer feedback, the Microsoft Online Services engineering team is developing the Outlook 2003 Connector. This is an Outlook add-in that will enable customers to use Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 to access all the features of Exchange Online. This includes free/busy information when...

Today we made the announcement that BPOS is now available for customers through Telstra’s T-Suite portal. This is of course an important milestone for partners keen to get old involved in the MS Online space. Lots of discussion and information will be going on at partner conference on the Gold coast...

If so then you’ll be interested in these roundtables that Kathryn Saducas is running with Telstra: “You’re invited to attend Roundtable Sessions at APC The roundtable sessions with Telstra and Microsoft will provide you the opportunity to connect with Telstra executives and Microsoft to learn more about...

RC=release candidate=just about done http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/2010/en/us/try-it.aspx The key release themes, to help you position to your customers, are as follows: Flexible and Reliable Anywhere Access Protection and Compliance You can get the product overview here: http://www.microsoft.com...

Allison Watson, our worldwide leader for the partner ecosystem was interviewed recently in Singapore on the topic of S+S and adoption rates expected in Asia. http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/software/0,39044164,62056650,00.htm There is no question we are expecting strong take up in Australia as we ramp...

With much momentum behind one part of our overall S+S strategy (namely BPOS/Microsoft Online), partners will in addition begin to see more momentum building on the ‘cloud OS’ side of the equation, namely Azure . I’ve just seen this announced internally as an example of some of the real world applications...

I know many of our partners will be keen to see this which I found on the MS Online team blog: http://blogs.technet.com/msonline/archive/2009/06/04/video-interview-building-custom-applications-using-microsoft-online-services.aspx There is quite a lot of customisation opportunity with the MS Online platform...

http://blogs.technet.com/msonline/pages/june-2009-microsoft-online-services-release-notes.aspx “The Microsoft Online Services Monthly Service Update for June 2009 delivers two important capabilities for Microsoft Online Services: · Increase to 30 MB for Exchange Online attachments. · Support for Microsoft...

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/cloud-computing-bpos,2313.html We are building substantial sales momentum now with BPOS for enterprise agreement customers and the launch planning with Telstra continues to progress well, so I encourage all of our partners to consider how you can grow your own business...

http://blogs.msdn.com/nickmayhew/archive/2009/05/18/microsoft-online-partner-roadshow-all-cities-enrol-now.aspx for all the info. Or Register Now to get on with it :-)

The partner specific content keeps rolling out as we continue to build momentum fast with online services. Here are the the latest updates: www.quickstartonlineservices.com

Fascinating Q&A with former MS CIO, and now Corporate Vice President  for MS Online, Ron Markezich. http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2009/May09/05-20RonMarzekichQA.mspx

Via the Online Services team blog: http://blogs.technet.com/msonline/archive/2009/05/22/exchange-online-adds-support-for-outlook-2003.aspx “Starting in June 2009, organizations can use Outlook 2003 to connect to Exchange Online Standard. Prior to this update, customers could  connect to Exchange...

With the uncertain economic climate, businesses need cost-effective technology that allows flexibility and adds value to their organisation. Microsoft Online Services allows partners to deliver value to customers with the flexibility of choice that Software Plus Services offers. Microsoft Australia and...

There is a tonne more info coming out on Azure as a development platform and I strongly encourage all SI and ISV partners to get their tech leads to understand this new model for cloud-based development, and of course start to understand how you can make money and deliver value to your customers from...

I’ve had a few questions from partners recently wanting to know more about the deskless worker offering that is part of the BPOS product line. The MS Online Team blog pointed me quickly to this TechNet page which gives some good high level info:   http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd448671...

As many of the readers of this blog know we ran a Live Meeting for partners interested in Microsoft Online Services last week. Kathryn Saducas and Lee Hickin from our Microsoft team helped the attendees better understand the products on offer and explained the next steps to get involved and ready for...

This info came in an internal mail – but is promoting some interesting looking new content for partners available now on the QuickStartOnlineServices.com site. Whitepapers, cases studies etc: Whitepaper : Migrate to Microsoft Online Services new Whitepaper : Exchange Online Developer Guide for CRM and...

Big news overnight – we released the beta of Exchange 2010 and announced the (not surprising) naming convention for the next version of Office. “Microsoft Unveils Exchange 2010 With Public Beta First in the next wave of Office-related products, Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 will help lower communications...

Microsoft Online Services will soon be available in Australia, providing customers with enterprise-class software programs delivered as a subscription service, hosted by Microsoft and sold with partners. The offering includes Microsoft Exchange Online with Microsoft Exchange Hosted Filtering, Microsoft...

We made an important announcement overnight at CeBit around international availability of Microsoft Online Services and GSK as a very significant case study. http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/press/2009/mar09/03-02WWMSOnlineServicesPR.mspx More related links: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/presskits...