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Set Up a Shared Mailbox in Office 365
(Post courtesy Himankini Shah)A shared mailbox is a mailbox that multiple users can open to read and...
Author: Date: 12/07/2011
Network Monitoring with System Center Operations Manager 2012
(Post courtesy Nikunj Kansara) This post describes the network monitoring capabilities of the System...
Author: Sean Earp [MSFT] Date: 11/28/2011
Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving from all of us in Global Partner Services!
Author: Sean Earp [MSFT] Date: 11/24/2011
Dashboards in System Center Operations Manager 2012 (Part 2)
(Post courtesy Rohit Kochher) In part 1 of this series, we discussed about the terminology used in...
Author: Sean Earp [MSFT] Date: 11/23/2011
Dashboards in System Center Operations Manager 2012 (Part 1)
(Post courtesy Rohit Kochher) System Center Operations Manager 2012 has some exciting features out...
Author: Sean Earp [MSFT] Date: 11/22/2011
Is it possible to synchronize Dynamics CRM 2011 between the main office and branch offices?
(Post courtesy Partner Technical Consultant specializing on Dynamics CRM) Problem/Issue: Partners...
Author: Sean Earp [MSFT] Date: 11/21/2011
System Center Operations Manager 2012 Installation Walkthrough
(Post courtesy Rohit Kochher) System Center Operations Manager 2012 has significant changes in setup...
Author: Sean Earp [MSFT] Date: 11/16/2011
WSUS not configured error during Configuration Manager 2012 Software Update Point Installation
(Post courtesy Anil Malekani) Recently I tried configuring Software Update Management in...
Author: Sean Earp [MSFT] Date: 11/15/2011
Performing an Active Directory Health Check Before Upgrading
(Post courtesy Bonoshri Sarkar) Hi everyone, this is Bonoshri Sarkar here. I have worked for...
Author: Sean Earp [MSFT] Date: 11/14/2011
Operating System Deployment with System Center Configuration Manager 2012 Beta
(Post courtesy Anil Malekani) A few days back, I configured OS deployment in System Center 2012...
Author: Sean Earp [MSFT] Date: 11/11/2011
Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 – Technical Documentation – September 2011 Edition
(Post courtesy Anne Schwarz-Nielsen) Note: Anne has put together a list of resources on Dynamics AX...
Author: Sean Earp [MSFT] Date: 09/07/2011
Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 – Selling Aides and General Information – September 2011 Edition
(Post courtesy Anne Schwarz-Nielsen) Note: Anne has put together a list of resources on Dynamics AX...
Author: Sean Earp [MSFT] Date: 09/07/2011
Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 – Training Information – September 2011 Edition
(Post courtesy Anne Schwarz-Nielsen) Note: Anne has put together a list of resources on Dynamics AX...
Author: Sean Earp [MSFT] Date: 09/07/2011
Single Seat Administration of Exchange 2010 using PowerShell Implicit Remoting
(Post courtesy Manoj Ravikumar Nair) Do you have an Exchange 2010 infrastructure setup in your...
Author: Sean Earp [MSFT] Date: 09/02/2011
SharePoint 2010–Returning Document ID in Search Results
(Post courtesy Sean Earp, with research and XSLT authoring by Alaa Mostafa) One of my favorite...
Author: Sean Earp [MSFT] Date: 08/31/2011
How to fix missing system console user information from SCCM reports
(Post courtesy Anil Malekani) In recent months, I have worked on two different cases where the...
Author: Sean Earp [MSFT] Date: 08/30/2011
Office 365 Deployment - Resources and Tips
(post courtesy Bryan Petersen) I’ve had the opportunity to advise a number of partners on...
Author: Sean Earp [MSFT] Date: 08/16/2011
PTS Power Start Workshop : Understanding the Latest Management Packs for Operations Manager 2007 R2, SharePoint 2010 and Exchange 2010
<Cross-posted from Iftekhar’s blog> My team is delivering some great webinars on Microsoft...
Author: Sean Earp [MSFT] Date: 07/06/2011
Private Cloud Management with VMM 2012 (Part 3): Adding an update server and enable orchestrated update management
See the first two parts of this series here: Private Cloud Management with VMM 2012 (Part 1): What's...
Author: Sean Earp [MSFT] Date: 06/17/2011
Profile: Natalia Efimtseva, from Microsoft Russia
The Microsoft Customer Service & Support blog has just put up an excellent profile of Natalia...
Author: Sean Earp [MSFT] Date: 06/10/2011
Private Cloud Management with VMM 2012 (Part 2): Creation of a Hyper-V Cluster Using VMM 2012
See part one of this series here: Private Cloud Management with VMM 2012 (Part 1): What's new with...
Author: Sean Earp [MSFT] Date: 06/02/2011
Private Cloud Management with VMM 2012 (Part 1): What's new with System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012
(Post courtesy Iftekhar Hussain) I have been delivering a lot of sessions on the all-new VMM 2012...
Author: Sean Earp [MSFT] Date: 06/01/2011
SharePoint and Exchange Calendar together
(post courtesy Anand Nigam) One of the cool things in SharePoint 2010 is the ability to show the...
Author: Sean Earp [MSFT] Date: 05/31/2011
SharePoint 2010 Administration with PowerShell: Automating Central Admin Backup
(post courtesy Priyo Lahiri) Out of the box, SharePoint 2010 doesn’t have the capability of...
Author: Sean Earp [MSFT] Date: 03/18/2011
Get Started with RemoteFX Deployment
(Post courtesy Iftekhar Hussain) Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) is getting momentum and more...
Author: Sean Earp [MSFT] Date: 03/17/2011
Planning for General Availability of Office 365
(post courtesy Bryan Petersen) Office 365 is the next iteration of Business Productivity and Online...
Author: Sean Earp [MSFT] Date: 03/17/2011
Sending e-mails from Microsoft Dynamics CRM
(post courtesy Sarkis Derbedrossian) I often meet Microsoft CRM users who don’t know how...
Author: Sean Earp [MSFT] Date: 03/14/2011
Configure Power Management with SCCM 2007 R3
(Post courtesy Anil Malekani) In this post I’ll explain how to configure Power Management with SCCM...
Author: Sean Earp [MSFT] Date: 03/08/2011
Using SCCM R3 Pre-staged Media to prestage OS Deployments
(Post courtesy Anil Malekani) In this post I’ll demonstrate how to use System Center...
Author: Sean Earp [MSFT] Date: 03/02/2011
What’s new with SP1 for VMM 2008 R2
(Post courtesy Iftekhar Hussain) As you all know that SP1 for Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7...
Author: Sean Earp [MSFT] Date: 02/28/2011
Creating Task Sequence for Client OS migration (From Windows XP to Windows 7)
System Center Configuration Manager 2007 allows you to customize your automated deployment tasks by...
Author: Sean Earp [MSFT] Date: 02/15/2011
Application Compatibility for Microsoft Office 2010
(post courtesy Natalia Efimsteva) Office 2010 provides a better productivity experience than...
Author: Sean Earp [MSFT] Date: 02/10/2011
User State Migration Package creation for Operating System Deployment
The User State Migration Tool (USMT) allows you to migrate user settings and data between computers...
Author: Sean Earp [MSFT] Date: 02/08/2011
Embedding a PowerPoint Deck on SharePoint 2010
(Post dedicated to Nuri, Operations Manager for our delivery team in EMEA, and courtesy Sean Earp)...
Author: Sean Earp [MSFT] Date: 02/01/2011
Microsoft Dynamics® AX 2009: How to Call AX 2009 from an External Application and Open a Specific Form/Record
(This post courtesy of Natalia Efimtseva) Recently I worked with my colleague, Max Belugin, who is...
Author: Shannon Parker Date: 01/28/2011
Capture a Windows® Image from a Reference Computer Using Capture Media—for IT Pros
(This post courtesy of Simone Pace) In order to use System Center Configuration Manager 2007 to...
Author: Shannon Parker Date: 01/26/2011
Microsoft Security Bulletin Webcasts for Partners
(This post courtesy of Riyaz Jaffer) Partner Technical Services (PTS) and Commercial Technical...
Author: Sean Earp [MSFT] Date: 01/24/2011
Open XML SDK: Merging Documents
(This post courtesy Natalia Efimsteva) Office Open XML (OpenXML) is a zipped, XML-based file format...
Author: Sean Earp [MSFT] Date: 01/24/2011
Virtualization and Private Cloud- Part 2
(This post courtesy Iftekhar Hussain) In my last blog post, I talked about the how Virtualization...
Author: Sean Earp [MSFT] Date: 01/21/2011
Microsoft Partner Blogs
While the focus of the Partner Technical Services blog is to share information that focuses more on...
Author: Sean Earp [MSFT] Date: 01/21/2011
Partner Technical Services at TechEd Europe 2010
(This post courtesy Iftekhar Hussain) Last month in TechEd Europe in Berlin, I got an opportunity to...
Author: Sean Earp [MSFT] Date: 01/20/2011
Virtualization and Private Cloud- Part 1
Hello Everyone and welcome to the PTS Blog. My name is Iftekhar Hussain, and I am a Partner...
Author: Sean Earp [MSFT] Date: 01/20/2011
Hello World
Welcome to the New Partner Technical Services (PTS) Blog! PTS is composed a worldwide group of...
Author: Sean Earp [MSFT] Date: 01/20/2011