Month: November 2013

Cloud Business Blueprint is launched

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The 11th of November also marks the launch of Cloud Business Blueprint. The website, blog and podcast are now LIVE! We’d love for you to go and check it out at :

http://www.cloudbusinessblueprint.com/

We’d also love to hear any feedback which you can send to info@cloudbusinessblueprint.com. We read and answer all emails personally.

In appreciation for those that registered early we are going to start sending you one of our first courses – an 8 part series titled “Profit Training Tips for Cloud Business” as a small way of saying thank you for you ongoing support.

If you missed early registration you can still register directly on the site and receive the same 8 part series now.

Everyone who registers will soon receive details on how to sign up for our private members only section. This is where you’ll gain access to things like our private discussions forums (already operational), as well as all of the additional content we are producing (sample document templates, training guides and more).

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In the meantime make sure you add our new “Cloud Business Podcast”  to your favourite player as well as our blog.

We’re really looking forward to having people come on board as members to take advantage of everything we are working on.

More Cloud Business Blueprint sneak previews

Although it won’t officially go live until tomorrow I thought I’d share with you some more details on the upcoming launch of my new venture.

Here’s the info video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYVtJbmdQh4

and some About Us info:

Cloud Business Blueprint provides products and services to overcome confusion for technology providers about how they can benefit from the billion-dollar opportunity from cloud computing and increase revenue for their business.

Services

We provide updated industry information all in one location. Some of these products and services include:

– Access to video training

– Guides

– Checklists

– Sample templates

– Exam preparation guides to train you and your team

– Templated proposals and agreements

– Technical whitepapers on products such as Office 365 and Google Apps

Unlike other offerings, our covers the full range of topics, from business to technical, nowhere else will you find it all in one location like this. We’ll show you how to position your business to move beyond the traditional services model and best of all you’ll be inspired by others already succeeding in this new world of IT.

Private members forum

Cloud Business Blueprint also provides a managed private members forum to get all your questions answered by cloud industry leaders as well as experiences and feedback from other business owners from all around the world all devoted to helping each other move their business to new levels.

 

Remember that you have until 11:11 tomorrow to register your interest to take advantage of our once only, heavily discounted, foundation membership. Visit:

http://www.cloudbusinessblueprint.com

and register you no obligation interest today.

More exciting news on Cloud Business Blueprint tomorrow!

Cloud Business Blueprint goes live Monday!

My business partner, Nigel Moore, and I are gearing up for the launch of Cloud Business Blueprint this Monday the 11th of November. Here’s a quick overview from Nigel about what will be on offer:

After the launch on Monday we’ll then be working flat out putting the finishing touches on our private members section ready for those who are interested in coming on board. We’ve seen the industry crying out for help in how to make money with the cloud and so we’re building a private members only community where you can access training videos, eBooks, business templates, peer discussions and much more to help you grow your cloud business.

Remember, if you want to have the opportunity to come on board at heavily discounted founders rates you need to register your internet at:

www.cloudbusinessblueprint.com

before 11am on Monday the 11th of November 2013.

One of the big differences withe Cloud Business Blueprint is that it is going to provide both technical and business information and support. It is not only going to help you understand what online services do but also how to create successful offerings that customers want. Mots importantly it will show you how to position your business to move beyond the traditional services model and inspire you with stories of those who are already succeeding in this new world of IT.

Our aim is to show you how to progress from the basics of business to effectively utilizing all the tools that the online world has to offer all with the aim of generating you more profit and helping grow your business. If you want to learn how to compete more effectively in the new paradigm of the cloud, if you want to learn the secrets of business success in the online world, if you are looking to benefit from the experience and support of others, if you want to learn from the best in the business and most importantly, if you are looking to be inspired to take your business to new levels then this is the program for you.

Remember to register your interest at www.cloudbusinessblueprint.com before Monday and stay tuned for the launch of our services after that.

CIAOPS November Virtual Meeting–Resources

After a bit of a technical hiccup during the meeting yesterday I decided to re-record the video which you can now on my YouTube channel:

Here are the remaining resources I mentioned during the meeting:

Some resources on the Office 365 Public web site:

Office 365 Public website examples:

I hope to see you at the next meeting on December 4th featuring Boon Tee talking about on premise server integration with Office 365. Registrations will be available shortly.

The Google Plus land grab has started

Remember the days when you could get any domain name you wanted? Remember the days when you could get any Twitter, Facebook or email address you wanted? Ah, the good ole days. Well I’m here to tell you that there is a new social media name grabbing opportunity that has just become available.
If you own your name or brand on what I believe is probably going to be the most important social media platform going forward then it is time to head over to Google Plus and see whether you can register you desired name. I’ve been lucky enough now to grab:
http://plus.google.com/+robertcrane
and
http://plus.google.com/+ciaops
To understand whether you qualify and what you need to do to register your desired name check out this post:
https://plus.google.com/+googleplus/posts/8C5oKFUKLVs
which will explain everything.
So head on over to your Google Plus account and see whether you can stake your claim in this next Internet naming stampede.

DIRSYNC can now be deployed on a domain controller

The latest release of DIRSYNC (version 6553.0002) can now be installed on a domain controller according to the release notes at:

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/18429.windows-azure-active-directory-sync-tool-version-release-history.aspx

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The details on how to go about this are located at:

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/17370.best-practices-for-deploying-and-managing-the-windows-azure-active-directory-sync-tool.aspx#A11

DIRSYNC is a stand alone application that copies information from the local active directory (user names, passwords etc) and copies them to Office 365, saving you from having to create these attributes in Office 365. DIRSYNC continues to copy any changes from the local Active Directory to Office 365 as well.

This is a HUGE improvement for smaller customers who typically only have a single server in their environment which runs as a domain controller (read Small Business Server).

It again points to fact that Microsoft is continuing to make incremental improvements to Office 365 in light of what customers are asking for. They don’t always come as quickly as we would like but they do come as evidenced above.

Now’s there’s one less excuse for smaller customers to configure Office 365 and one less excuse for going hybrid.

Best posts from November

Time to jump into the way back machine and see what I wrote that was worthwhile in the past Novembers:

2012

SharePoint Foundation 2013 setups

Adding a SharePoint calendar

2011

Installing SharePoint Services SP3 on SBS 2008

Windows SharePoint tutorials eBook

2010

PDFs on SharePoint 2010 Foundation

Optimizing Windows SharePoint Services Search

2009

Vehicles and drivers

Being busy is just an excuse

2008

The value of clear space

Further evidence of the coming of cloud computing

2007

Blocked file types in SharePoint

SharePoint V3.0 file locations

So here’s to 5 years of Novembers and I thank everyone who takes the time to read what I write.

Additional versions of recent SharePoint Online book

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As promised, additional versions (ePub and Kindle) of my latest book “Getting Started With SharePoint Online 2013 for Enterprises” are now available from:

www.ciaops.com/publications

Although this book is aimed at people with Office 365 E and M plans much of it still remains relevant for those on P plans.

I’d also appreciate you letting others know about this work as it takes many, many hours to create and edit these books and at a sale price of less that five dollars I REALLY need to sell a lot to even break even, so any assistance you can provide really does go a long way.

Look out for additional titles soon.