Here's another screencast I've recorded which shows how to apply the sample custom master pages available on Office Online to Windows SharePoint Services team sites. Microsoft Office SharePoint Server - Customisation This recording is based on the Demo Showcase virtual images, a resource readily available...

Here's another screencast I've recorded which shows some of the Microsoft Office SharePoint Server personalisation capabilities of MySites including profile editing and blog creation. Microsoft Office SharePoint Server - People & Personalisation This recording is based on the Demo Showcase virtual...

Here's another screencast I've recorded which shows some of the Microsoft Office SharePoint Server collaboration capabilities including the out of the box Approval workflow. Microsoft Office SharePoint Server - Collaboration This recording is based on the Demo Showcase virtual images, a resource readily...

Here's another screencast I've recorded which shows some of the Microsoft Office SharePoint Server search capabilities including how to search across content including the business data catalog and people.   Microsoft Office SharePoint Server - Search This recording is based on the Demo Showcase...

Here's a little screencast I've recorded showing a demonstration of some of the Microsoft Office SharePoint Server Forms Services capabilities together with InfoPath forms rendered through a browser and also including simple workflow creation and deployment through SharePoint Designer. Microsoft Office...

The Demo Showcase 2008 SMB Edition is now available for download. This is a set of 4 comprehensive click through demonstrations designed for partners featuring 12 different Microsoft technologies working together to resolve business needs! Scenarios: Business Productivity Customer Acquisition and Retention...

The Microsoft Partner Demo Showcase download has been extended to include Deep Dive/Product virtual environments which are available to ALL Microsoft partners, including SBSC. Only Demo Showcase remains as the Gold/Cert benefit moving forwards... The following are now available globally for immediate...

If you don't know what the Demo Showcase is or don't understand what it can do for your business, this 30 minute on demand technical and sales training course , specially designed for Microsoft partners can help you find out! Demo showcase 2007 is a scenario based demonstration environment designed for...

The Demo Showcase 2007 edition is now available for download to all Microsoft Gold and Certified partners. It's also possible to order the two disc DVD set from the partner portal here . Technologies included in the Demo Showcase 2007 scenarios are: Business Scorecard Manager 2005 Dynamics AX 4.0 Exchange...

So there you are, sat in a coffee shop finalising the details for the sales pitch you have to deliver shortly to the critically important prospect you are visiting at their offices. Your email friendly windows mobile phone kindly lets you know that the press release for your newest shinyest product has...

If you were to head here , you would find downloadable PowerPoint simulations for demonstration scenario's in the Demo Showcase for the People Ready Business!!! Now, how cool is that :) Ciao for now...

Microsoft will soon be launching a preview of the next iteration of the Demo Showcase for Partners to use to help evangelise around three recently launched technologies, Windows Vista, Microsoft Office 2007 System and Exchange 2007 plus complimentary solutions. One of the most significant pieces of...

I finally received some clarity from the upper echelons in Redmond around this... The good news is that the Demo Showcase Small Business DVD should be delivered in the Microsoft Action Pack Subscription Special Edition for SBSC's mid-March!!! Now, I wonder if this is just in the U.S.A.?!? As I...

There's another fantastic scenario contained with the Demo Showcase which expertly shows off the amazing conditional formatting and newly designed table capabilities of Microsoft Excel 2007. In the scenario, we assume the character of Patricia Doyle, a Sales Manager with Contoso. Maybe the silicon...

One of the great things about the Demo Showcase is the Office 2007 content it contains. One of the scenarios let's you assume the role of Julia, the HR Manager at Contoso who needs to publish a HR newsletter on a regular basis. Now, to me, Julia looks more like someone who spends hours and hours in front...

Some great news for members of the Small Business Specialist Community (SBSC) in the UK! The January edition of the Action Pack will be a special edition indeed, as SBSC members will each receive a copy of the Demo Showcase for the People Ready Business! I've had lots of great feedback from Small Business...

I was out at Touchstone last week, catching up with a few old acquaintances and discussing the opportunity for Microsoft in the Business Intelligence arena as well as pitching Demo Showcase . I received some good feedback on the viability and usage of the Demo Showcase and one of the areas that was...

If you want to know answers to such questions as: What is the Demo Showcase for the People Ready Business? Where did it come from? When is it released? What's so good about it? How does it differ from the Technical Demonstration Toolkit? Why move from product to solution selling...

It's really been one of those weeks...so much to do...so little time to blog...so much mess to clear up. That's right, mess to clear up...and what a mess it was too. In order to help you understand just what it's like to work for a People Ready Business, I'd like to share and compare my working week...

The moment I wake up, before I turn on my laptop, I make a little call or two... And, chances are I will get through to someone's voicemail...at this point, I have a few options: Leave a voicemail (which I don't know when they will get) Send an Email (which I don't know when they will get...

I was interviewed (well via email) by our Partner marketing team in the UK yesterday around the Demo Showcase for the People Ready Business. If you'd like to hear me answer questions on what's it like evangelising about a tool with such a long name, providing insight into where the Demo Showcase...

I was eavesdropping on a chat in the Office today where the conversation was around Microsoft partners and their ability to sell. It was an interesting debate and led to me remembering an article I found a while back defining the top ten demo crimes that could be committed by a presenter when trying...

I've been running internal sessions to help colleagues understand the true value that the Demo Showcase has to Microsoft Partners. On the whole, people "get it". That's not to say that they "get it" straight away, but following the chance to ask Q&A, the bright people that I work with day in day...

One of the more frequent headaches faced by companies in today's marketplace is how do they keep their intellectual property and/or confidential documents within their organisation's. Leaks can be costly and in addition to this, the possibility of staff moving on is also a potential source of information...

Hopefully, you are all aware of the Demo Showcase team line up - if not, you can review my earlier post here :) Given that the new season is about to get underway, the people from that fine organisation Contoso got together to have their photo taken, in true football/soccer style. As well as pictures...