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What to look for when choosing a Microsoft Cloud Distributor

Part One - Competencies, Support, and Skills

Posted on January 27, 2019 | 6 minute read

My job is to work with IT distributors. Together with my team, we look after the top 10 Microsoft cloud distributors (also known as indirect CSP providers, or simply ‘indirect providers’) in the UK. In the last three years I’ve built up a pretty clear idea of what I would... [Read More]

Windows Server 2008 End of Support

What to do if you're still running Windows Server 2008

Posted on August 16, 2018 | 5 minute read

How sure are you that none of your customers are running Windows Server 2008? If you're the one who's still got Small Business Server 2011 knocking about, or that Windows Server 2008 box at the back of the server room, then this post is for you. What to do if... [Read More]

Tags: windows server 2008 SQL server 2008 end of support Microsoft Azure

Five Things You Need To Do With Microsoft Teams

Posted on October 23, 2017 | 5 minute read

I’ve made it my mission to do as much as I can with Microsoft Teams. Whether I’m collaborating with colleagues or business planning with my partners, I’m putting Microsoft Teams at the heart of my productivity world. In this post, I’ll show you five things you need to do with... [Read More]

Tags: Microsoft Office 365 Microsoft Teams productivity

How To Move Small Business Server to Microsoft Azure

Posted on March 24, 2017 | 6 minute read

Remember 2010? In technology terms, 2010 was a century ago. Yet, plenty of small businesses around the world still run applications and servers from that era today. Microsoft’s Small Business Server 2011 is just one example. 2010 also marks an important milestone in the development of the modern “cloud” we use... [Read More]

Tags: Microsoft Azure business cloud storage cloud server for small business cloud storage solutions Digital Transformation Microsoft Partner Office 365

How To Build A Q&A Chat Bot

With zero code, in less than an hour

Posted on February 11, 2017 | 6 minute read

It’s just gone 5:00am where I am in Seattle, WA. I fly home later tonight after soaking up a week with thousands of other members of Microsoft’s technical community at an internal event called TechReady. Needless to say, the content shared is highly confidential but is motivating, inspirational and truly... [Read More]

Tags: Azure Bot Service Cognitive Services Digital Transformation Microsoft Azure QnA Maker programming