Below are several links to interesting Office 365 specific content that I found in the past few weeks.
In no particular order:
Directly from Microsoft:
- Two ROI Case Studies
“Read how small and medium sized companies are realizing financial returns from their investments in Office 365.”
http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=28715&WT.mc_id=rss_office_365 - Compare Office 365 to Google Apps
How does Office 365 compare to Google Apps in “a day in the life of a salesperson”
http://blogs.technet.com/b/lystavlen/archive/2012/01/12/compare-office-365-to-google-apps.aspx - The Office 365 K-Plan Gets Even Better
What are the newly improved benefits for Kiosk workers?
http://blogs.technet.com/b/lystavlen/archive/2012/01/06/the-office-365-k-plan-gets-even-better.aspx - Microsoft Office 365 purchase and operation step-by-step guides for midsize businesses and enterprises
“The guides include step-by-step instruction to purchase Office 365 and deal with billing using Microsoft Online Portal.”
http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=28724&WT.mc_id=rss_office_365 - Office 365 Integration Module for Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials
“The Office 365 Integration Module is an additional feature that is available for Windows Small Business Server (Windows SBS) 2011 Essentials. This feature add-in simplifies the management of Office 365 by integrating the administration experience into the server Dashboard, the command-and-control center for Windows SBS 2011 Essentials”
http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=28566&WT.mc_id=rss_alldownloads_all - Office 365 for Enterprise Service Descriptions
Microsoft has released updated versions of the service descriptions for Office 365 for Enterprise. I wrote about the important changes in the documents for SharePoint Online and Exchange Online/Exchange Online Archiving
http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=13602
Blog posts from other people:
- Using SharePoint BCS in the Cloud – Surfacing CRUD Data with WCF and Office 365
Fabian Williams has written a 4-part series about how you can leverage the new BCS functionality in Office 365 and integrate external data coming from WCF services
http://www.sharepointfabian.com/blog/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=212 - Office 365/SharePoint Online + Windows Azure Authentication Challenges
Another multi-article series, this time from Andrew Connell, talks about the authentication challenges with Windows Azure
http://www.andrewconnell.com/blog/archive/2012/01/11/office-365sharepoint-online-windows-azure-authentication-challenges.aspx