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If you are having trouble viewing this email, please visit the online version Featured News View Windows 8 Charms Video—Find Tips to Help You Navigate Quickly Explore the Windows 8 Charms, which help you do the things you do most often—like search, share links and photos, connect devices, and change settings. By Using Exchange Online, Naturally Me Increased Employee Productivity by 15 Percent Small business Naturally Me has found that Microsoft Exchange Online lets it focus on growing its business by enhancing collaboration, staying connected from anywhere, and expanding the company’s reach. Watch the video of how Naturally Me was able to take advantage of Exchange Online. Microsoft Dynamics ERP Contest: 3 Winners, 1 Solution Submit a video telling us how we can help expand your company, and you’ll be entered to win US$45,000 worth of Microsoft Dynamics ERP software license and partner services.  Access Offers & Promotions The Office 365 Offer Just Got Even Sweeter If you’re a small business, there’s no better time to try Microsoft Office 365 than now. Microsoft is now offering a 90-day free trial offer for organizations with up to 10 users. Companies can sign up for this new free offer through the end of February 2013. Get Small Business Essentials by Pairing Windows Phone and Office 365 Create, edit, and share your documents with your team, and simultaneously edit Office documents with others in real-time. And you can continue working right where you left off with document synchronization across your PC and phone. See the special offer included. Enter the Cloud OS Trivia Challenge Now Join our Cloud OS Trivia Challenge by downloading a free software trial and answering a few short trivia questions. You will have a chance to win prizes–including a trip to the Microsoft Management Summit in Las Vegas. Find out more details today. Get the Brandify App for Windows 8 Brandify is the free service designed to help small businesses reach more customers by improving their online brand. Evaluate the strength of your business’s online presence, get guidance on how to improve it, and monitor all your listings and social media accounts in one place. Windows Phone 8X by HTC on T-Mobile Offer Save up to $100 on Windows Phone 8X by HTC when you purchase a qualifying two-year T-Mobile business plan. Find Out How to Win the Ultimate Experience: Make an App, Go Backstage Publish your app(s) in the Windows Store and/or Windows Phone Store and fill out a form to enter. Even if you don’t win the ultimate backstage pass to Microsoft Studios, you could still qualify for other rewards. Free Downloads & Apps See New Features in System Center 2012 SP1 Find out how Microsoft System Center 2012 helps brings together data center management and the benefits of private cloud services in a single product. The new System Center 2012 SP1 is available for download. Evaluate it today. Free Yourself from Complexity: A Single Cloud Back End for Many Platforms Windows Azure provides a single cloud back end for multiple device platforms, including mobile services. This simplicity can help your company focus on developing new features that respond to the latest demands of marketplace users. Take a free 90-day test drive—and experience the impact of simplicity. Watch This Video: Learn How to Create Games for Windows 8 and Windows Phone Jeremy Foster welcomes Mike Dailly, Head of Development at YoYo Games, to discuss GameMaker Studio and how you can create for Windows 8 and Windows Phone. Sign up for Generation App to get 30 days of free help with creating your own Windows 8 application.  Find Training & Event Resources Webinars & Events Convergence 2013: Early Registration Expires January 25 Attend Convergence 2013 on March 18–21 and learn how to make the most of your Microsoft Dynamics solutions. Register for this event by January 25 to receive up to U.S. $300 off the registration fee. Join a 15-Minute Office Webinar—And Question the Experts Your staff can join the Office.com Help & How-to writers every Tuesday for a live webinar. Take advantage of this opportunity to see demos and ask your questions. Related events: Office 365 In Action: Daily Live Demo & Chat Articles & Case Studies Increased Productivity: One of Many Benefits for Pear Workplace Solutions John Robbins, Pear Workplace Solutions President and CEO: "With Office 365 installed, I intend to create a showroom to demonstrate the solution to customers. We work with furniture, helping people collaborate in their workspaces, and the way that this technology can help people collaborate ties it all together." White Paper: Deploying Highly Available and Secure Cloud Solutions This paper highlights ways to deploy cloud solutions in order to maintain highly available and secure client connections. The author also uses real-world examples to discuss scalability issues. SHARE THIS NEWSLETTER Unsubscribe  |  Update your profile Microsoft respects your privacy. To learn more please read our online Privacy Statement. If you would prefer to no longer receive this newsletter, please click here. 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