Friday
12Feb2010

Exchange Online Datasheet

I'm asked regularly by customers, "What do we receive with Exchange Online?" There is some confusion around what the offering is and what it is that you pay for. Simply put, it is a great service for 5GB per person AGGREGATED up to 25GB per mailbox per user! In March, it is road mapped to go up to a whopping 25GB per user. I've attached the Microsoft Data on Exchange online below. Exchange Online: Messaging is now a mission-critical application for business―but delivering a feature-rich messaging service is challenging. Regulatory requirements are becoming increasingly complex. Merger and divestiture activities require rapid adjustment of service capacity. Good technical expertise is in high demand. And the “buy versus build” economics are changing.

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Friday
12Feb2010

SKT Honored North Central Area Partner Award Winner by Microsoft for Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS) 

Wichita, KS – Feb 12, 2010 – SKT Business Communication Solutions announced today it has won the Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS) award as part of Microsoft’s H1 North Central Partner Awards Program. The company was chosen out of an extensive field of Microsoft partners for delivering market-leading customer solutions built on Microsoft technology.

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Monday
08Feb2010

End of Life Announcement for Windows 2000 and XP Service Pack 2

Microsoft support for the Windows XP with Service Pack 2 (SP2) and Windows 2000 operating systems will end July 13, 2010, and support for the Windows Vista Release to Manufacturing (RTM) operating system will end April 13, 2010. You should also advise customers against running an unsupported operating system. The Windows 7 RC will fully expire on June 1, 2010. PCs running the Windows 7 RC will continue shutting down every two hours and files won’t be saved during shutdown. In addition, the wallpaper will change to a solid black background with a persistent message on the desktop. You’ll also get periodic notifications that Windows isn’t genuine. That means the PC may no longer be able to obtain optional updates or downloads requiring genuine Windows validation.

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Sunday
31Jan2010

Finding the return on your Microsoft UC investment (BVA)

SKT has an offering to help you measure the potential business impact for your organization through the application of Unified Communications. We will analyze your current business needs and technology infrastructure challenges and provide a comprehensive business case document that identifies opportunities for cost and resource savings. Read this article to see a presentation of the approach and methodology we use.

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Sunday
31Jan2010

Social Networking Guidelines

SKT values the desire of our team to play and active role in today's digital world of professional and social network tools. Like anything else, it is appropriate to keep certain guidelines and best practices in mind. We have developed a “Social Networking Guidelines” document to assist our team in understanding expectations and standards. Much of this document is borrowed from others documents such as “IBM’s Social Computing Guidelines”. We encourage you to develop your own guidelines for social networking within your organization. If you have comments or questions, please leave them here or contact me directly.

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