HP/Microsoft Frontline Newsletter

The HP/Microsoft Frontline Newsletter keeps you in the loop regarding FLP programs, resources and special offers.

2012

HP/Microsoft News

Check back here to read the latest announcements and learn about the latest partner incentives from HP and Microsoft.

New webinar: Competitive landscape for HP AppSystems for Microsoft

April 16, 2012: You’re invited to attend a one-hour webinar on the competitive landscape for HP AppSystems for Microsoft on April 26, 2012. HP channel partners in AMS/EMEA can enroll here; HP channel partners in APJ can enroll here.

Best Practices for Backup and Recovery of Exchange 2010 using the E5000 Messaging System

Thursday, April 19th 2012 at 11:00 AM Eastern/8:00 AM Pacific

March 30, 2012: In this one hour presentation we discuss the best practices for the backup and recovery of the HP E5000 Messaging System and Microsoft Exchange Server 2010. The content of this lecture is derived from backup and recovery test results and evaluations of E5000 system utilizing Windows Server Backup and also Microsoft Data Protection Manager (DPM). This presentation starts off with a brief introduction and familiarization with the HP E5000 Messaging System with emphasis on hardware fault tolerance and high availability. Next we identify the new backup and recovery innovations with Microsoft Exchange 2010 and information on how to develop a data protection strategy that encompasses all Exchange Server Roles and utilizes the inherent data protection features of Exchange 2010 such as deleted items and deleted Mailbox retention, Recovery Databases, and Database Availability Groups (DAGs). Finally, we discuss backup and recovery test findings. This includes a brief introduction to the test environment and system configurations that will lead into performance results and observations. The presentation concludes with the topic of our best practice recommendations and lessons learned followed up by a question and answer period.

To register for the replay of this webinar please click here.

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Windows XP SP3 and Office 2003 support ending

March 28, 2012: Now is the time to upgrade your customers to Windows® 7 and Office 2010, as support for Windows XP SP3 and Office 2003 ends April 8. Windows 7 and Office 2010 offer more flexibility to be more productive, while increasing operational efficiency through improved PC security and management. It also enables your customers to take advantage of the latest technology trends, such as virtualization and the cloud. Download the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit.

One-click resource: Channels Kit for Data Management

March 15, 2012:

Need a solution brief to customize and give to a customer?
Or need a quick reference card with key sales information for a data management solution?
Or you’ve booked a customer meeting and need a presentation?

Now you can find all these resources with one click on the new Converged Applications SQL Channel Kit. Designed for our skilled joint HP/Microsoft channel partners, this kit simplifies and unifies all the resource available to you. It’s simple. All the pieces to the data management solutions are in one place, ready for download.

No need to search all over. HP and Microsoft helps you start selling data management solutions today. Check out the Channel Kit under "To Partner Resources" on the "Data Management" solutions tab.

E5000 Messaging System – Virtual Simulator Training

February 24, 2012: Be sure to view the replay of the webcast that will provide you with training on how to use the new E5000 Messaging System Virtual Simulator Tool. The HP E5000 Virtual Simulator is designed to provide HP Sales, Microsoft Sales and Channel partners a sales tool that will enable you to deliver to end users an out of the box experience on the E5000 Messaging System but on a level without requiring hardware. It allows users to experience the deployment experience without the lengthy time usually required and provides special comments of "behind the scene" actions. It can be used or training purposes, or for demos to prospective customers.

This training session is available for on demand viewing by clicking here.

In-field HP VirtualSystem Training for Channel Partners

October 14, 2011: HP VirtualSystem for Microsoft is the first VirtualSystem solution specifically designed around the Microsoft Hyper-V virtualization platform, System Center management console, and HP Insight Control for System Center. Attend this training to learn more about HP VirtualSystem for Microsoft solutions and how they meet customer needs.

HP VirtualSystem is a portfolio of pre-configured, optimized solutions designed to overcome virtualization complexity, deliver the fastest path to virtualized environments and the essential foundation for private cloud deployments.

For more information about the course objectives and to register please visit www.hp.com/go/channel_readiness_2011.

HP Partner Portal Learning Center Training & Certification

HP Business Decision Appliance and PowerPivot Technical Selling and Configuration

Explore the hardware and software features of the new HP Business Decision Appliance a joint HP/Microsoft solution. Built on proven reference architectures and the powerful Microsoft application platform, the Business Decision Appliance simplifies and accelerates deployment of your business intelligence system. It includes a balanced stack of hardware, as well as Microsoft software that have been integrated, tested and validated in Microsoft and HP labs. It includes Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2, SharePoint Server 2010, PowerPivot add-ins.

Audience

Available to ALL HP, All Channels, All Partners, All subcontractors

Course Objectives

Educate and excite you about the capabilities, features and potential of the HP Business Data Appliance (BDA)
Inform you about how the BDA is installed, configured and managed
Educate you about the capabilities and features of PowerPivot, and where it fits into a Business Intelligence solution
The presentation includes facts, theory, best practice discussion and numerous demonstrations to reinforce the topics presented
Presentations include:

Understanding Business Intelligence
Introducing the HP Business Decision Appliance
Loading and Preparing Data in the Excel 2010 PowerPivot Client
Creating Excel 2010 PowerPivot Reports
Defining DAX Calculations with Excel 2010 PowerPivot
Managing Excel PowerPivot Solutions in SharePoint 2010
Introducing the HP Business Decision Appliance
Installing, Managing and Monitoring the HP Business Decision Appliance

Course prerequisites

None

Course ID

HP Internal ID 01350498
External Partner ID 00365985

Access for HP partners

Login to the HP Partner Portal www.hp.com/partners/us
Click on Train & Certify
Under Quick Links, select Access the Learning Center
Enter Course ID 00365985 in the search box

Coffee Coaching report from WPC 2011

July 14, 2011: WPC provided a great avenue for HP to promote to our channel partners the HP-Microsoft Coffee Coaching program. Partners could learn as well as participate in the program. During the event, HP offered an opportunity for our partners to film their story on how HP and Microsoft solutions help to resolve customer issues and help them grow their business. A total of 55 videos were shot for future posting on the HP-Microsoft YouTube channel – www.youtube.com/coffeecoaching.

Opportunity Knocks: Increase your customer base with new preconfigured fast-sale solutions from HP and Microsoft

April 5, 2011: Now available straight from the Americas Partner Conference, click here to view this comprehensive HP/Microsoft Infra2Apps Solutions presentation that was presented to partners by Jack Baratta, Director, HP Microsoft Sales for Americas. The presentation describes the Infa2Apps fast-sale solution market, customer benefits, partner opportunity and how to get started.

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