In Part 1 of this post, we walked you through resolving the “Upgrade is currently disabled for your site collection. Please check back later to see if it has been unlocked for you” error that users may see when trying to upgrade their SharePoint Online site collection. Now, join Partner Solution Consultant Jon Horner as…
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The SharePoint Online Site Collection Upgrade Experience–Part 1
Recently, we have seen questions coming in from Partners about the site collection upgrade experience for their customers who have been upgraded to the new SharePoint Online. After Office 365 (and SharePoint Online) are upgraded to the new version, end users should not notice a difference with their site collections. They will continue to look…
New Azure Troubleshooting Resource
I wanted to take just a minute today to share a new resource we’re bringing to you on MSDN Channel 9 for Windows Azure Troubleshooting. Our support teams have been creating short, technical, videos that highlight common questions we’ve been getting. As you build your Windows Azure practice consider subscribing to this channel for updates…
Is it supported on Windows Azure Virtual Machines?
I have seen a few questions recently about support* for hosting various products on Windows Azure VMs. Can you run SharePoint? TFS? SQL Server? Hyper-V? What versions? Fortunately there is a KB article for that 🙂 Microsoft server software support for Windows Azure Virtual Machines: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2721672 This article discusses the support policy for running Microsoft…
Is VB 6.0 Keeping You on Windows XP? There is a way out.
In Partner Services we’ve been getting questions lately from Partners working with customers to migrate off Windows XP. One of the common issues is custom applications written in VB 6.0 that needs to be updated to .NET or another current language. Sounds easy enough, but what if you have thousands of lines of VB Code,…
Free Development, Testing, and Demo Resources from Microsoft (and you could win an Aston Martin)
Stop and ask yourself one question. Do you have an MSDN subscription? For so many of our partners, the answer is yes. Now ask yourself a second question, how much do you spend on machines for development, testing, demos, etc. per year? Would you like to spend less and scale more? Well, you can. In…
Ignite – In Person Events
While there are many opportunities for webcasts and recorded videos available from Microsoft (the Partner Technical Services posts a number of our own up at the Partner Learning Center as well as to our Microsoft Partner Support YouTube Channel. That said, in-person events are a great way to meet with product experts from Microsoft, ask…
How to create your first app for Windows Phone
Our friends over at the Windows Phone Dev Center posted a great article last week titles “How to create your first app for Windows Phone”. For anyone thinking about building a Windows Phone app for the first time, this is a quick and easy way to get started. This topic provides step-by-step instructions to help…
Which Azure Execution Model Should I Use?
I was talking to someone last night, and he asked a question that why should we use Azure Cloud Services and not the Azure Websites as most common things that people do in the cloud is run web sites and web applications. I never heard this question as You can combine these methods as needed…
Windows 8.1 to Launch on October 18th
Windows 8.1 will begin rolling out worldwide as a free update for consumers on Windows 8 through the Windows Store starting October 18th. Windows 8.1 will also be available at retail and on new devices starting on October 18th by market. Windows 8.1 brings many improvements in areas like personalization, Internet Explorer 11, search which…