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Mobility Matters It's common in today's business environment to work from various places, communicate with coworkers and clients in different locations, and need access to documents on-the-fly. Enabling mobility in your business increases your flexibility by helping employees to be more responsive and productive. How can you go mobile? If you're purchasing new software for your business, find out if a cloud-based version is available so that the program can be used anywhere employees have access to the Internet. If you're upgrading employee smartphones, make sure their new devices allow them to get more done while out of the office. For instance, Windows Phone keeps you connected so you can access business resources, manage email and calendars, and update client proposals in or out of the office. Office 365 runs on the Windows Phone, so employees can connect and collaborate anytime, anywhere.  Visit Microsoft Business Hub to learn more Check out the latest product offers Learn about volume licensing plans See how other businesses are using Microsoft products SHARE

In This Issue Mobility Matters What can Office 365 do for you? Save over 40% on the business-advantage bundle at the Microsoft Store Find out why Windows Phone 7 is a smart choice for small businesses

	Events Wondering what Office 365 can do for you? Find out how businesses like yours are taking advantage of the cloud. Check out these upcoming live and on-demand events. See events. Need help Making Social Media Work for Your Small Business? Join our webcast Jan. 24, 10-11am PST. Join us as Social Media Strategist, Kat Tillman, helps identify the key social media tools for small business. She simplifies this marketing channel, creating actionable steps to prioritize your marketing activities. Attend the live webcast Jan. 24, 2012 and you'll be entered to win a Windows Phone 7. Register here. Offers Save over 40% on the business-advantage bundle at the Microsoft Store Add the business-advantage bundle to a new Windows 7 PC such as the Samsung Series 7 Slate or Lenovo X1 laptop for a special price of $399. With Office 2010 Professional (single-use version), Microsoft Assure accident protection, and Premium Tech Support, you and your new PC will be ready for business. Learn more.* Big Presence for your Small Business with Office 365 and MasterCard, 10% Rebate! Microsoft Office 365 helps you manage your small business with productivity tools, email and calendars, file storage, and collaboration features that allow you to work from virtually anywhere. Receive a 10% rebate when you use your eligible MasterCard® credit or debit small business card to purchase Office 365. Learn More and Buy Office 365 Today.** SHARE Bytes by TechNet Interview on Office 365 with Jennifer Mason Hear from Matt Hester, Sr. IT Evangelist at Microsoft, and Jennifer Mason, Senior Consultant at SharePoint911 as they discuss Microsoft SharePoint and Microsoft Office 365, which is essentially Microsoft Office in the cloud. Tune in to hear more! TechNet Radio: IT Time – Preparing for Your Transition to Office 365 Are you thinking about moving to Office 365? Get guidance on how you can ready your clients or organization, software requirements, how to configure your PCs, and what to do during and after a transition. Watch now. Windows Phone 7, a smart choice for small businesses Discover how Windows Phone 7 helps you and your colleagues keep in touch and stay productive. You can do more while on-the-go with Microsoft Office Mobile, and the free Find My Phone service comes in very handy! Learn more. Lync Mobile App Now Available! The new Lync 2010 mobile app is now available for Lync Online and Office 365! The Lync 2010 mobile app enables workers to use Lync 2010 while on-the-go to stay connected, control availability, find people and communicate via IM, and join audio conferences. Learn more and download the app. SHARE SHARE
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Microsoft in Government: Invest for the future with help from Microsoft technology

January 19, 2012 Discover how you can consolidate space, reduce costs, and invest for the future with help from Microsoft technology.   Æ Get the government guide to transforming IT.   News and highlights Election results websites heading to the cloud In addition to the technical benefits of the cloud, governments can save money by using cloud technology, such as Windows Azure, for elections reporting as a way to eliminate maintenance of expensive infrastructure that is used only sporadically. – Government Technology Will government embrace unified communications in 2012? Gartner believes that by 2015, 80 percent of work outcomes will depend on input from two or more people and that the work will rarely be done in-person. Unified communications that enable online collaboration may be pivotal for the government workplace of the future. – Government Technology Congress calls for Defense Department plan for cloud computing The fiscal 2012 defense authorization bill, approved by Congress on Dec. 15, requires the Pentagon to develop a strategy by April 1 to migrate its data to cloud-computing services and consolidate resources. – BusinessWeek City of 82,000 deploys big-city crime-fighting tools on existing budget Utah's Ogden Police Department deployed Fusion Core Solution, a quick-to-configure, easy-to-use web portal, to help counterterrorism and law enforcement agencies be more effective. Tribal government adopts modern CRM software to accelerate member services To gain a holistic view of members, services, and needs, the Choctaw Nation deployed Microsoft Dynamics CRM. The Choctaw Nation membership department expects to improve service, and its IT department can independently tailor and manage the CRM solution. Technology update Microsoft designers polish a gem in Windows Phone The team that developed Windows Phone started from scratch and has come up with a hit—at least with the critics, who have given it rave reviews. – New York Times SkyDrive app released for Windows Phone, iPhone Microsoft released SkyDrive applications for the Windows Phone and Apple iOS platforms, enabling users to access, share, or remove files stored in their SkyDrive folders. – PC Magazine Lync applications now available for iPhone, iPad Microsoft Lync rounded out its lineup of mobile business communications applications with the release of apps for iPhone and iPad. Lync mobile clients enable you to stay connected, communicate and conference on the go. – Geekwire Microsoft Azure in 2012: Watch out Amazon? Microsoft plans to bolster Windows Azure in the coming months to make Azure a more compelling environment for mission-critical enterprise applications and services while reducing migration hassles. – InformationWeek Microsoft rings in 2012 with seven security patches January's Security Update from Microsoft features six fixes for Windows and one fix for Microsoft developer tools. Operate your Windows Server environment at peak performance A Windows Server environment is like a symphony, and you're the conductor. Refining your art and techniques is a constant learning process. For developers Get the Visual Studio 11 and .NET Framework 4.5 Developer Previews Find out what's new, download the training kit, learn about application lifecycle management and touch-centric apps, and just have fun. Get started with LightSwitch Here is a set of entry-level articles to get you started with the most important concepts you need to build any Visual Studio LightSwitch application. Developers can target Windows Phone users in more markets Windows Phone application developers can now target more users in more markets around the world with their software. – SoftPedia HTML5: Integrating geolocation into web applications Because geolocation is a built-in API, all you need to get started is a browser that supports it.   Webcasts   Attend a webcast from the convenience of your office and experience how-to technical and thought-provoking organizational perspectives from Microsoft and government industry experts.  All times are Eastern. Today's flexible workstyles: Get ready now with Windows 7 Enterprise Jan. 24, 12:00 P.M. Discover how deploying Windows 7 Enterprise now will help you take advantage of the modern desktop environment. Improving citizen services by integrating best practices with innovative technologies Feb. 1, 11:00 A.M. Explore some of the effective and innovative ways federal, state and local agencies are applying people, process and technology to meet the federal mandate and better respond to the needs of the citizens they serve. Enabling Active Directory Federated Services in Microsoft Office 365 Feb. 2, 1:00 P.M. Learn the prerequisites and key processes to deploying Active Directory Federation Service 2.0 in a manner that allows Office 365 to authenticate users through your on-premises Active Directory credentials. Taking spam off the menu with Forefront Online Protection for Exchange Feb. 13, 3:00 P.M. See how IT Administrators can use a web interface to control your government organization's email environment using Forefront Online Protection for Exchange. What's new in the Bing Maps Platform? Feb. 16, 2:00 P.M. Organizations can save money using Bing Maps by making strong connections with constituents and exposing relevant content easily on a map from Bing. Two-factor authentication considerations for Microsoft Office 365 Feb. 28, 1:00 P.M. With Office 365, you can use federated identification to implement two-factor authentication, using identities that you administer only on-premises.   In this issue: » News and highlights » Technology update » For developers » Upcoming webcasts   Tip of the month Have a conversation without a phone. Chat online. Show your desktop to peers. All just a click away with Microsoft Unified Communications. Learn more Æ    App of the month Lync 2010 for Windows Phone extends the power of Lync to your mobile device – including rich presence, instant messaging, audio conferencing, and calling features from a single, easy-to-use interface. 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