Weekly #WhyMSFT Round-Up 11/23/2012

Each week, we round up industry news and articles you might have missed. Enjoy this week’s selections.

Visaka Industries Deploys Microsoft Office 365
Visaka Industries switches from Google Apps to Office 365 because “Microsoft Office 365 clearly out-shines Google Apps not only in ease of use but also in terms of reliability and manageability.”

Microsoft Office Triumphs Over OpenOffice in FOSS-friendly German City
The City of Freiburg, Germany moves from OpenOffice to Office 2010, deeming Microsoft Office “vital to efficient operations.”

What’s New in Exchange 2013 (an early adopter’s perspective)
An overview of the benefits in Exchange 2013 that make it worthy of upgrading.

Exchange 2013 - Tight Integration with SharePoint, Lync, and Office Web Apps
The tight integration of all Office 2013 servers – Exchange 2013, SharePoint 2013, Lync 2013, and Office Web Apps – will drive organizations to choose Exchange 2013.

Microsoft Building Clean Powered Data Center at Waste Water Plant
Microsoft to launch test project to learn how it can scale clean power resources for its other large data centers.

Microsoft Store Black Friday Sales Include Surface Cover Discount
Microsoft announces a number of Black Friday 2012 sales.