peterdehaas.net tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-181200 2010-07-20T20:39:44+02:00 We are drowning in information but starved for knowledge TypePad Microsoft Online Services: Domain Validation Tips and Tricks #bpos #msonline tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345249cd69e20133f26c26b7970b 2010-07-20T20:39:44+02:00 2010-07-20T20:39:44+02:00 The Microsoft Online Services Team Blog features a post on Domain validation. Since we get a lot of questions about this topic it seems useful to share : Domain Validation and BPOS Tips and Tricks By Brett Hill of Advaiya,... Peter de Haas

The Microsoft Online Services Team Blog features a post on Domain validation. Since we get a lot of questions about this topic it seems useful to share :

Domain Validation and BPOS
Tips and Tricks

By Brett Hill of Advaiya, Inc. for Microsoft Corp.

When you sign up for an email service like Exchange Online, you’re probably planning on using your own domain name for signing in and for your email addresses. I can actually validate a domain in about 2 minutes or less, but there are a couple of things to know.

When you first signup for BPOS, you’re asked to provide a domain name. This is used to create a base domain like “myverycooldomainname.microsoftonline.com”. You’re issued a microsoftonline.com domain (sometimes called the Microsoft Online Default Routing Domain [or MSODRD for the real trivia geeks out there]) as it is certain to be unique to the Microsoft Online AD and you don’t have to immediately prove ownership. In this way Microsoft can immediately configure your BPOS account. …

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 http://www.peterdehaas.net/2010/07/microsoft-online-services-domain-validation-tips-and-tricks-bpos-msonline.html Microsoft Online Services + Partners = TurboBoost - #wpcnl #bpos #msonline tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345249cd69e20133f23fcf34970b 2010-07-13T10:34:23+02:00 2010-07-13T10:34:23+02:00 What do you get when you combine Partners, Innovative Microsoft Online Services and ‘the cloud’ ? The Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) is always an important event for making big announcements. This year is no exception and this is this year... Peter de Haas

What do you get when you combine Partners, Innovative Microsoft Online Services and ‘the cloud’ ?

The Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) is always an important event for making big announcements. This year is no exception and this is

this year more than ever WPC is focused on the cloud.

Microsoft is looking back on a very successful year with Microsoft Online Services (BPOS), especially with partners :

In fact, every week, more than 100 partners join us in the cloud, adding to the 16,000 already selling our Microsoft Online Services. It’s the world’s largest partner ecosystem for the cloud - and the number of partners backing our Online Services has more than tripled since this time last year!

Partners are participating in rigorous training (Over 800 events this year!), gaining customers in droves, and making money. The cloud has been good to our partners.

To give you a feel for this rapid growth in our cloud partner ecosystem, here are a few snapshots of activity:

  • Today, we’re announcing the addition of three new communication service providers – Bell Canada, BT, Telenor, TDC and PGi. These partners find strong synergies with our Business Productivity Online Standard Suite (BPOS). Since last year, BPOS has also launched with Vodafone, Orange, Telecom New Zealand, and Telstra. These communications services partners have seen steady growth in a short time frame. For example, since launching in Germany in April, Vodafone, the largest communications service provider in the world, added more than 1,000 BPOS customers.
  • To extend our reach with BPOS even further, we have signed global agreements with Ingram Micro and Tech Data, the two largest technology distributors in the world. Our partner ecosystem has now expanded to over 50 distributors worldwide!
  • Slalom, a national business and technology consulting firm, grew its revenue with BPOS, citing $5 million in new revenue last year alone. Going into the next year, Slalom already has more than 50 prospects in the pipeline, approaching $10 million in revenue. http://www.slalom.com/
  • Wortell, our Online Services Partner of the Year, launched a new division focused on online strategies and profit margins close to 60%, with diverse customers including a national bank and a national postal service. Wortell also found new market opportunities in the law enforcement industry; one recent Wortell project helps international police agencies collaborate using Microsoft Online Services. http://www.bposrocks.com/
  • To help partners join the cloud successfully, Pinpoint, our technology marketplace for partner applications and services, is going global. It’s now live in 16 countries and 9 languages. Pinpoint has also been updated to make it easier to discover partner applications online and in other Microsoft applications, with the help of in-application discovery - giving partners wider global reach for their solutions and services. http://pinpoint.microsoft.com/en-US/getlisted

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Microsoft also announced a whole list new capabilities coming in the new release of Microsoft Online Services :

New capabilities coming to BPOS in the near future

Today, we kick off our Worldwide Partner Conference in Washington DC. Among the many cool announcements happening this week, we are excited to be sharing more information about some amazing new capabilities coming to BPOS in the near future. We want to make sure that you, our customers, have this information early enough to get ready and make the most of the new stuff that’s coming.

…

New Capabilities
Office Web Apps Updates
  • Word Web App
  • Excel Web App
  • PowerPoint Web App
  • OneNote Web App
Exchange Online Updates
  • Voice mail with Unified Messaging
  • Integrated archiving
  • Retention policies and legal hold
  • Transport rules
  • Multi-mailbox search
  • Conversation View
  • MailTips
  • Enhanced Web-based administration
  • Role-Based Access Control
  • Remote PowerShell
  • Free/busy between cloud and on-premises
  • Cross-premises management
  • Native migration tools
SharePoint Online Updates
  • Portal site templates
  • Extranet access
  • Anonymous Access
  • Multi-Lingual UI
  • Office 2010 integration
  • Tagging, Rating, Tag Cloud
  • Activity Feed, Social Networking, Note Board
  • Improved Wikis & Blogs
  • Content publishing
  • Navigation controls
  • Cross site-collection search
  • Phonetic search
  • People search
  • Visio Services
  • Excel Services
  • Sandboxed Solutions
  • Improved workflows
  • Improved SharePoint Designer 2010
  • Access Services
  • Better controls of FQDNs
Office Communications Online Updates
  • P2P A/V across firewall
  • File transfer across firewall
  • Presence with pictures
  • Federation
  • IM with Windows Live

Additional features will be available based on Communications Server “14” as part of ongoing service updates.

Platform Updates
  • Free/Busy co-existence
  • Single Sign On
  • Identity federation
  • Redesigned admin interface
  • More administration and access control
    • …

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 http://www.peterdehaas.net/2010/07/microsoft-online-services-partners-turboboost---wpcnl-bpos-msonline.html Microsofts vision on the modular datacenter is now a fact tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345249cd69e201348565407d970c 2010-07-13T09:40:57+02:00 2010-07-13T09:45:26+02:00 Modular datacenters running Microsoft Cloud Services, in this case Windows Azure, is no longer just a vision in a very nice video animation, but an actual solution for actual clients : Microsoft and eBay Team Up for Cloud Computing Bliss... Peter de Haas

Modular datacenters running Microsoft Cloud Services, in this case Windows Azure, is no longer just a vision in a very nice video animation, but an actual solution for actual clients :

Microsoft and eBay Team Up for Cloud Computing Bliss

At its Worldwide Partner Conference in Washington, D.C., Microsoft isn’t just “hardcore” about tablets, the company is also ramping up its cloud computing efforts and has announced that eBay will be one of the first customers of Microsoft’s new Windows Azure platform appliance.

The appliance is designed to be a turnkey cloud platform aimed at large enterprises or service providers who already have their own datacenters. Rather than storing data off-site, customers can take advantage of Microsoft’s cloud computing infrastructure on their own existing datacenters.
eBay will be one of the first partners to take advantage of this solution with two of its datacenters.

Microsoft and eBay have already tested Microsoft’s public Windows Azure platform as a way to deploy certain apps and functionality on a public cloud (i.e. making them accessible externally) while still being reliable. Windows Azure hosts eBay’s iPad listings page, for instance.

Check out this video from the eBay Ink blog, in which eBay VP of Technology James Barrese talks about eBay, cloud computing and how the new arrangement with Microsoft will work.

Continue at source : Microsoft and eBay Team Up for Cloud Computing Bliss

There is also a Microsoft press release on the eBay solution.

Microsoft has formed an alliance with Fujitsu, HP and Dell for delivering this type of Windows Azure based solutions to customers.

http://www.peterdehaas.net/2010/07/microsofts-vision-on-the-modular-datacenter-is-now-a-fact.html Microsoft Education Labs is taking Live@edu to the next level tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345249cd69e20134853238f7970c 2010-07-04T15:29:41+02:00 2010-07-04T16:34:02+02:00 Microsoft Live@edu is a very strong solution on itself, when looking at The Netherlands it is the most widely used cloud services solution in education today and growing at a very rapid rate. One of the most asked ‘feature’ is... Peter de Haas

Microsoft Live@edu is a very strong solution on itself, when looking at The Netherlands it is the most widely used cloud services solution in education today and growing at a very rapid rate.

One of the most asked ‘feature’ is integration with 3rd party platform and with the Microsoft platform (i.e. SharePoint, Exchange, etc.). Microsoft Education Labs addresses this need .. big time. Just take a look at some of the most recent projects in here :

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Moodle is obviously a widely used platform in education, also in The Netherlands. Integrating Moodle with Office, SharePoint and Live@edu means institutions get much more return on investment and much better use of the platform(s) all together.

Go check out Microsoft Education Labs

 http://www.peterdehaas.net/2010/07/microsoft-eduction-labstaking-liveedu-to-the-next-level.html Mamas gun @ Giel Beelen tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345249cd69e201348523d752970c 2010-07-01T20:00:28+02:00 2010-07-01T20:00:28+02:00 Very very very good Peter de Haas

Very very very good

 http://www.peterdehaas.net/2010/07/mamas-gun-giel-beelen.html Gartner Webinar : Google vs. Microsoft: A Battle for the Clouds tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345249cd69e20133f1a97ee8970b 2010-06-23T21:34:25+02:00 2010-06-23T21:34:25+02:00 This is a recorded session. Its free but you have to register … Google and Microsoft are investing billions of dollars every year, building out data centers to support their cloud offerings, and hoping to be No. 1 in a... Peter de Haas

This is a recorded session. Its free but you have to register …

Google and Microsoft are investing billions of dollars every year, building out data centers to support their cloud offerings, and hoping to be No. 1 in a world where the cloud is central to computing. We'll focus on the differences between their strategies, and who is likely to succeed most at what.


Please join VP and Gartner Fellows Tom Austin and David Mitchell Smith

What You Will Learn:

  • Where do Microsoft and Google stand today?
  • What will be the effect on markets as a result of Microsoft/Google competition?
  • How will enterprise IT decisions be affected by the battles between Microsoft and Google?

 http://www.peterdehaas.net/2010/06/gartner-webinar-google-vs-microsoft-a-battle-for-the-clouds.html Microsoft takes off the gloves with a Google Apps switchers campaign #BPOS #msonline #gonemicrosoft tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345249cd69e2013484b7f13e970c 2010-06-22T09:10:33+02:00 2010-06-22T09:10:33+02:00 Mary Jo Foley reports of a switchers campaign for Google Apps users. In the recent months a number of organisations switched from Google Apps to Microsoft Online Services. The article also highlights some new “switches”. #gonemicrosoft … Remember Apple’s “switchers”... Peter de Haas

 

Mary Jo Foley reports of a switchers campaign for Google Apps users. In the recent months a number of organisations switched from Google Apps to Microsoft Online Services. The article also highlights some new “switches”.
#gonemicrosoft Smile

… Remember Apple’s “switchers” campaign — the one where they highlighted Windows users who dumped their Windows PCs for Macs? Microsoft is taking a page out of that book in reverse — touting customers that are switching from Google Apps to Microsoft’s Online hosted services.  …

Continue at source : Microsoft takes off the gloves with a Google Apps switchers campaign

 http://www.peterdehaas.net/2010/06/microsoft-takes-off-the-gloves-with-a-google-apps-switchers-campaign-bpos-msonline-gonemicrosoft.html Wired Magazine reviews Microsoft Office Web Apps #windowslive #live@edu tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345249cd69e20133f17e151a970b 2010-06-19T09:54:06+02:00 2010-06-19T09:54:06+02:00 If you haven’t seen or used Office Web Apps you can check it out at http.office.live.com Microsoft's New Web Apps Will Have Your Head in the Cloud With Office 2010, Microsoft has taken an important (and inevitable) step into internet-stored... Peter de Haas

If you haven’t seen or used Office Web Apps you can check it out at http.office.live.com

Microsoft's New Web Apps Will Have Your Head in the Cloud

With Office 2010, Microsoft has taken an important (and inevitable) step into internet-stored media. That's right; MS is all up in the cloud now.

In addition to releasing its new native Office suite, which gives you the option to save your files on the Intertubes, Microsoft has rolled out free, lightweight web versions of Office apps accessible through Windows Live.

We took several Office apps for a test ride: Word, PowerPoint and Excel. The verdict? For the most part, this is a decent web suite that works well with the native Office apps, though it's still a little unrefined. …

Microsoft's New Web Apps Will Have Your Head in the Cloud

Continue at source: Wired Magazine

 http://www.peterdehaas.net/2010/06/wired-magazine-reviews-microsoft-office-web-apps-windowslive-liveedu.html Pew Internet : The future of cloud computing tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345249cd69e20133f17d996b970b 2010-06-19T06:46:54+02:00 2010-06-19T06:46:54+02:00 Recent report by Pew Internet about the perceived future of cloud computing. Especially the comments to certain questions contain great insights and links king this a very good read … Overview Technology experts and stakeholders say they expect they will... Peter de Haas

Recent report by Pew Internet about the perceived future of cloud computing. Especially the comments to certain questions contain great insights and links king this a very good read …

Overview

Technology experts and stakeholders say they expect they will ‘live mostly in the cloud’ in 2020 and not on the desktop, working mostly through cyberspace-based applications accessed through networked devices. This will substantially advance mobile connectivity through smartphones and other internet appliances.

Many say there will be a cloud-desktop hybrid. Still, cloud computing has many difficult hurdles to overcome, including concerns tied to the availability of broadband spectrum, the ability of diverse systems to work together, security, privacy, and quality of service.

About the Survey

The survey results are based on a non-random online sample of 895 internet experts and other internet users, recruited via email invitation, Twitter or Facebook from the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project and the Imagining the Internet Center at Elon University. Since the data are based on a non-random sample, a margin of error cannot be computed, and the results are not projectable to any population other than the experts in this sample.

Source and download: Pew Internet

This type of future research also brings the Microsoft 2019 video to mind. Great context for the research above if you ask me …

 http://www.peterdehaas.net/2010/06/pew-internet-the-future-of-cloud-computing.html De NGN mag best wat kritischer zijn op de inhoud van haar nieuwsbrief tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345249cd69e2013483fd6775970c 2010-06-11T22:36:44+02:00 2010-06-13T09:17:48+02:00 Vandaag was ik bij een partner voor een presentatie over onze online diensten. Een van de aanwezigen wees mij op een recente nieuwsbrief van de NGN. Het item gaat over een “de introductie van de nieuwe Windows Live Hotmail en... Peter de Haas

Vandaag was ik bij een partner voor een presentatie over onze online diensten. Een van de aanwezigen wees mij op een recente nieuwsbrief van de NGN.

Het item gaat over  een “de introductie van de nieuwe Windows Live Hotmail en een vergelijk met de competitie, maar is gebaseerd op verkeerde aannamen.

Nu respecteer ik een ieders mening en we kunnen niet allemaal Microsoft fans zijn, maar je hoeft het er ook niet duimendik bovenop te leggen toch.

Een “nieuwsitem” over Windows Live Hotmail vullen met verkeerde informatie en vage conclusies is onnodig en voegt voor niemand iets toe.

De auteur (RO ?) van het stuk vraagt of iemand van Microsoft commentaar wil geven … Nou graag ! Loopt u even mee ?

Microsoft probeert een antwoord te formuleren op Google's Gmail, door diverse verbeteringen aan te brengen in Windows Live Hotmail.

Microsoft probeert geen antwoord op Google's Gmail te formuleren. Windows Live Hotmail is sinds 1996 de  marktleider in webbased email en is een factor 3 groter dan de runner up.

Microsoft blijft haar online diensten natuurlijk constant innoveren omdat deze bij moet blijven met de laatste trends. Die trends hebben vandaag de dag veel te maken met integratie met social networking, delen van foto's en ook voor consumenten meer productiviteitsoplossingen zoals Office in de browser. Zie ook de upgrade van Hotmail in de context van het hele Live Platform. Ook de nieuwe versie van Windows Live Messenger is een echte metamorfose

Daarnaast wordt Hotmail een stuk veiliger door volledig SSL te ondersteunen, komt er een slimmer junk mail filter, en een functie van 'Trusted Senders'. Hotmail krijgt een 'conversation view', waarmee een e-mail discussie beter in beeld wordt gebracht (een functie die Gmail al bezit).

De vraag hier is natuurlijk hoe het zit met de beveiligingen in Gmail dat lijkt me ook belangrijk. Daarnaast zie ik nog atijd veel meer SPAM in mijn Gmail dan in Hotmail, ook erg irritant. Daarnaast zijn 9 van de 10 spamcomments op mijn weblog afkomstig uit Gmail boxen nog irritanter …

Internationaal leveren Hotmail en Gmail in de markt voor webmail een gevecht om de tweede plaats; beide hebben meer dan 40 miljoen gebruikers in de VS. Marktleider Yahoo heeft er meer dan 80 miljoen. Meer info, blogbijdrage en video, hier.

Je trekt je de verkeerde conclusies en noemt iets een “gevecht” .. gebaseerd waarop ?  Hierbij even wat links met de juiste feiten ter informatie :

  • Hotmail vs Gmail in Nederland
    http://livelog.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!F22E9E9D8F70E526!1889.entry

    Deze data is iets meer dan een jaar oud, maar recentere info  wijkt niet veel af. Kijk niet alleen naar het absolute aantal emailaccounts, maar ook naar de minuten online. Zoals je ziet significante verschillen tussen Hotmail en Gmail.

(Ik vraag me af hoe die marktverhoudingen liggen voor de zakelijke gebruikers in Europa. Ik vermoed dat Gmail daar marktleider is, en dat Hotmail en Yahoo op grote afstand volgen, misschien zelfs een marginale rol spelen.

Is er iemand van jullie die beschikt over die gegevens? Als je het mij vraagt heeft Hotmail een enorme slag te maken om zelfs maar in de buurt te komen van Gmail.

Ja hoor die cijfers zijn bekend :

  • De educatiemarkt wereldwijd : 
    Google 7 Miljoen gebruikers, Microsoft 50 Miljoen : Link
  • Interessante statistieken over de Windows Live omgeving : Link

    Dit geeft wat meer context aan de omvang van deze diensten. Als je dit afzet tegen de ontwikkelingen van Google en er van uitgaat dat Gmail verreweg hun grootste dienst is(naast search natuurlijk) roept dit misschien wat respect op ?
  • En dan Hotmail …

    Hotmail is a gigantic service in all dimensions. Here are some of the highlights:

    • We are a worldwide service, delivering localized versions of Hotmail to 59 regional markets, in 36 languages.
    • We host well over 1.3 billion inboxes (some users have multiple inboxes)
    • Over 350 million people are actively using Hotmail on a monthly basis (source: comScore, August 2009).
    • We handle over 3 billion messages a day and filter out over 1 billion spam messages - mail that you never see in your inbox.
    • We are growing storage at over 2 petabytes a month (a petabyte is ~1 million gigabytes or ~1000 terabytes).
    • We currently have over 155 petabytes of storage deployed (70% of storage is taken up with attachments, typically photos).
    • We’re the largest SQL Server 2008 deployment in the world (we monitor and manage many thousands of SQL servers).
      Bron : http://livelog.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!F22E9E9D8F70E526!1889.entry
    Inmiddels telt Windows Live Hotmail meer dan 400 Miljoen gebruikers wereldwijd.Los van de cijfers zie je dat Microsoft ook transparant is in haar communicatie over de online diensten.
    Ping me even als je dit soort informatie van via Google ergens ziet over hun omgeving .. ik ben ze nog niet tegengekomen.Je vermoeden is dus niet juist.

Technisch zou het misschien nog lukken, maar de reputatie van Hotmail is toch heel anders dan van Gmail. 'Hotmail' heeft al een 'mindere' klank over zich... al dan niet terecht. Bovendien snoept Gmail momenteel klanten af van Exchange.

Even voor de duidellijkheid .. Google tranformeert haar consumer emailplatform naar een oplossing voor zowel consumenten als zakelijke klanten. Nu is dit vanuit een branding optiek wel sliim maar zakelijk klanten stellen andere eisen aan hun mailplatform. Je zou kunnen zeggen  dat er meer moet zijn dan een goede ‘klank’.

Windows Live Hotmail is primair gericht op consumenten. De zakellijke emailoplossing van Microsoft is Exchange (Online).

Er zijn een paar voorbeelden van bedrijven die hun oude Exchange omgeving inruilen voor Gmail, dat is een fact of life. Maar het is wellicht goed te zien dat de ‘magic’ voor sommige bedrijven snel is uitgewerkt. Bedrijven geven massal de voorkeur aan Outlook als email client en zoals ik al zei stellen zware eisen aan hun bedrijfsemail en collaboration platform.
Een goed voorbeeld is Serena software .. eens voor korte tijd een Google klant en nu aan het migreren naar Microsoft Online Services : Link

Misschien niet in grote getale, maar toch. Hoeveel bedrijven zullen er zijn die zijn overgeschakeld van Exchange naar Hotmail? De vraag alleen al klinkt lachwekkend. :-)

Lachwekkend misschien niet, maar je voelt denk ik zelf al aan dat Windows Live Hotmail primair gericht is op consumenten. De online oplossing voor zakelijke klanten is Exchange Online : Link.

Tot slot nog wat goede informatie voor met name zakelijke gebruikers in hun afweging Microsoft vs Google : Why Microsoft

 http://www.peterdehaas.net/2010/06/de-ngn-mag-best-wat-kritischer-zijn-op-de-inhoud-van-haar-nieuwsbrief.html Nederlandse versie van de Microsoft Cloud Services Brochure #BPOS #MSonline #Azure tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345249cd69e2013483a30ef6970c 2010-06-09T18:05:42+02:00 2010-06-09T18:05:42+02:00 ... Microsoft cloud services betekenen vrijheid voor ondernemingen. De vrijheid om de technologie te gebruiken die u nodig hebt, waar en wanneer u maar wilt. De vrijheid om de laatste technologie te gebruiken, geboekt als kapitaalkosten of operationele kosten. De... Peter de Haas

... Microsoft cloud services betekenen vrijheid voor ondernemingen. De vrijheid om de technologie te gebruiken die u nodig hebt, waar en wanneer u maar wilt. De vrijheid om de laatste technologie te gebruiken, geboekt als kapitaalkosten of operationele kosten. De vrijheid om u te richten op uw bedrijfsactiviteiten en niet op het laten draaien van IT-systemen.

Microsoft cloud services zijn uitbreidingen van Microsoft: ze bieden u de mogelijkheid de Microsofttechnologieën die u al kent en vertrouwt, ten volle te benutten, met een 'pay-as-you-go'-betalingsmodel. Voor een enkele afdeling of een wereldwijde organisatie. Wel of niet in het bedrijfspand, of misschien een combinatie van beide mogelijkheden, afhankelijk van de behoeften van uw bedrijf.

Microsoft cloud services zijn als hulpprogramma's van Microsoft, maar het gaat om meer dan het gebruik van tools. Het zijn de toepassingen die u kent, de platforms die u kent en een datacenterinfrastructuur, en deze werken allemaal samen in een geïntegreerd geheel. Het is Microsoft wanneer u het nodig hebt. Microsoft zoals u het wilt. ...

Download de Nederlandstalige versie van de Microsoft Cloud Services :

Microsoft cloud service brochure nl versie - juni 2010
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 http://www.peterdehaas.net/2010/06/nederlandse-versie-van-de-microsoft-cloud-services-brochure-bpos-msonline-azure.html Samhoud | e-Office : een succesvol project#BPOS #MSOnline tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345249cd69e20133f0582310970b 2010-06-08T10:13:49+02:00 2010-06-08T10:14:45+02:00 Een mooie referentiecase die heel goed de waarde van Microsoft Online services aangeeft. “It’s not about the service, it’s about the user” Gefeliciteerd &Samhoud en e-Office ! &samhoud ‘builds a brighter future’ door mensen en kennis met elkaar te verbinden... Peter de Haas

Een mooie referentiecase die heel goed de waarde van Microsoft Online services aangeeft.  “It’s not about the service, it’s about the user”

Gefeliciteerd &Samhoud en e-Office !

&samhoud ‘builds a brighter future’ door mensen en kennis met elkaar te verbinden


&samhoud realiseert doorbraken in haar verandertrajecten voor klanten door het inspireren en verbinden van mensen. Ook &samhoud, beste werkgever van Nederland en Europa ( volgens het Great Place To Work Institute) stelde zichzelf ten doel de verbinding tussen haar mensen en klanten te verbeteren. Een gesprek met Petra Vos, projectleider Work in Connection bij &samhoud, over het toegankelijk maken van kennis binnen de organisatie.

verbinden van mensen en kennis in de cloud
Petra Vos: ‘&samhoud is een ongewoon gewoon adviesbureau. Al drie jaar achtereenvolgend mogen wij ons de Great Place To Work (GPTW) van Nederland noemen en dit jaar zijn we ook de beste werkgever van Europa. GPTW houdt jaarlijks een onderzoek naar de tevredenheid van onze medewerkers. In de resultaten van dit onderzoek kwam naar voren dat, hoewel we een nummer 1 score hebben, de kennisdeling binnen onze organisatie toch beter kan. Wij vroegen ons af hoe we mensen en kennis optimaal met elkaar kunnen verbinden. We willen kennis toegankelijk maken voor onze medewerkers in Nederland, maar ook voor onze mensen in Spanje en vanaf volgend jaar in Maleisië.’
‘Wij gingen daarover in gesprek met Microsoft,’ vervolgt Vos haar verhaal. ‘Zij vertelden ons over de mogelijkheden van Microsoft SharePoint als virtuele kennisomgeving en hoe deze technologie effectief samenwerken en kennisdelen ondersteunt. Bij &samhoud hebben we één IT specialist in huis. Om deze reden past een standaard cloud oplossing, Microsoft Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS), ons het beste. De omgeving wordt extern beheerd en er worden automatisch updates uitgevoerd, dat ons investeringen in kennis en tijd bespaart.’  …

Ga naar de e-Office site voor de gehele casestudy

 http://www.peterdehaas.net/2010/06/samhoud-e-officeeen-succesvol-projectbpos-msonline.html Zet je favoriete foto als achtergrond in Google tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345249cd69e2013482eed262970c 2010-06-03T20:06:56+02:00 2010-06-03T20:06:56+02:00 Bron: http://daringfireball.net/ Peter de Haas http://www.peterdehaas.net/2010/06/zet-je-favoriete-foto-als-achtergrond-in-google.html Capgemini now partner for Microsoft Online Services #BPOS #msonline tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345249cd69e201348122cd3b970c 2010-05-19T19:19:55+02:00 2010-05-19T19:19:55+02:00 Capgemini is expanded the partnership with Microsoft to ‘the cloud’ : Today, we are announcing a new alliance with Capgemini that will bring the Microsoft Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS), our cloud service for communication and collaboration, to Capgemini’s worldwide... Peter de Haas

Capgemini is expanded the partnership with Microsoft to ‘the cloud’ :

Today, we are announcing a new alliance with Capgemini that will bring the Microsoft Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS), our cloud service for communication and collaboration, to Capgemini’s worldwide clients as part of their new Infostructure Transformation Services.


This news already is gaining traction with our customers. One example is C10, a French consumer-products distributor that has adopted BPOS for its entire organization. It did so because BPOS could deliver the security, enterprise-grade capabilities, and familiar experience the company wanted.


As part of our new relationship, Capgemini will train more than 1,000 people on BPOS, giving our joint customers a great source for cloud-computing expertise.  And Capgemini is developing a set of tools to help customers migrate to BPOS more easily from Lotus Notes or other platforms.  Capgemini will actively promote BPOS within its global client base. And it will offer “Journey to the Cloud” sessions, a condensed two-day workshop designed to help customers create their own customized roadmap for adopting cloud-computing solutions at a pace and scale that works best for their individual business needs.

Continue at source : Microsoft Blog

 http://www.peterdehaas.net/2010/05/capgemini-now-partner-for-microsoft-online-services-bpos-msonline.html Serena Software migrates from Google Apps to Microsoft Online Services #BPOS #msonline tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345249cd69e2013481101634970c 2010-05-18T21:39:25+02:00 2010-05-18T22:12:39+02:00 In November 2008 it was all over the press : Serena Software is moving from Microsoft Exchange to Google Apps. The motivation for this move was TCO so the articles said. November 16, 2008 I wrote a blogpost on this... Peter de Haas

In November 2008 it was all over the press : Serena Software is moving from Microsoft Exchange to Google Apps. The motivation for this move was TCO so the articles said. November 16, 2008 I wrote a blogpost on this :

eWeek featured an article with the title : “Serena to Dump Microsoft Exchange for Google Gmail, the Cloud”.

The article ofcourse got my interest and when I started reading I thought this can’t be true. The article is one big confusing apples and oranges overview. I am quite sure that nor Mr Bister of Serena, nor the journalist has used Microsoft Excel to do their calculations …

And my (arrogant ?) recommendation back then :

My recomendation to Serena Software would be to do some homework, look into Microsoft Online Services and reconsider their options …

read the whole blogpost : here

No more than a year later Serena Software has made the choice to migrate from Google Apps to Microsoft Online Services, and here is some of their motivation to do so :

… One of Serena’s core values is a deep, organization-wide commitment to customer success.  We work closely with our 15,000 worldwide customers to deliver solutions that help them be more successful.  As a result, we rely heavily on collaboration tools for our employees to share information and work together with customers and partners. 

This is one of the chief reasons we’ve chosen to adopt Exchange Online and SharePoint Online together with Office 2010.  They deliver trustworthy, enterprise-class solutions – with the performance, security, privacy, reliability and support we require. We know that Microsoft is a leader in the providing these kinds of solutions, and in our discussions with them, it became clear that they are 100% committed to Serena’s success and delivering solutions that drive the future of collaboration.

Using Office, SharePoint and Exchange will allow us to collaborate more effectively internally and with customers and partners, many of whom use the same technologies, and we can do so without having to deal with content loss or clients being unable to open or edit a document. In particular, Exchange is unchallenged in its calendaring and contact management abilities, mission critical functions for a global company such as Serena.

There are alternatives on the market that promise lower costs, but in our experience, this is a fallacy.  When looking at alternatives, CIOs should really evaluate the total cost of ownership as well as the impact on user productivity and satisfaction, as there can be hidden costs and higher TCO.  For instance, slow performance and/or lack of enterprise-class features (e.g., with calendaring and contact management) will torpedo the value of such a backbone system, and may get the CIO fired. …

Source : Microsoft Online Services Team Blog

Google’s prime argument for ‘switchers’ often is TCO (or plain cost is a better choice of words) and most often always comparing older versions of on-premise email systems to their online offering. Apples and oranges as I have explained more often.

Serena Software’s motivation for migrating from Google Apps to Microsoft Online Services is one of value. The sheer value the Microsoft collaboration platform can bring to an organisation compared to just a cheap solution proves to be more valuable in the long run.

And Serena Software is not the only organisation switching from Google Apps :

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