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  • Blog Post: More technical posts on Search Express...thanks to Dave Overton!

    Mike P_1
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  • Blog Post: Seriously cool check this our Windows Live Expo - Public Beta and it's cooool!

    Mike P_1
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  • Blog Post: Level 300 Technical Training for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 - get it now online!

    Mike P_1
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  • Blog Post: Great ballmer video on Google and joining Microsoft

    Mike P_1
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  • Blog Post: SharePoint 2007 Enterprise Search: Screenshots - Great Legal customer testament!

    Mike P_1
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  • Blog Post: The Business Online Article: Microsoft and Google slug it out for control of enterprise Search

    Mike P_1
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  • Blog Post: Microsoft Enterprise Search comes of age!

    Mike P_1
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  • Blog Post: MOSS in call centres - gotta love this quote!

    Mike P_1
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  • Blog Post: Fast plan to get into High End Enterprise Search...!

    Mike P_1
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  • Blog Post: Tech Links for MOSS 07...video, demo, and links!

    Mike P_1
    So with the release of MOSS 07 to technet and MSDN, there is some cool collateral for developers and IT Pros. One of the simple articles I like is the new features in MOSS 07, here: http://technet2.microsoft.com/Office/en-us/library/527763c3-90a5-4d3b-9781-fc9580314a2d1033.mspx From surfing around I...
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  • Blog Post: Software Passion...or a means to an end...

    Mike P_1
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  • Blog Post: Shiny new MOSS 2007 site from Content & Code!

    Mike P_1
    Nice! Check it out!
    on 21 Sep 2007

  • Blog Post: Sword SharePoint event on Financial Services Compliance

    Mike P_1
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  • Blog Post: Quickstart for Search: Free trip to Redmond, free POC of your business idea...!

    Mike P_1
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  • Blog Post: So what connectors do we have for Enterprise Search?

    Mike P_1
    Nice handy site here!
    on 29 Nov 2007

  • Blog Post: Monthly SharePoint LiveMeetings from the UK Channel Team

    Mike P_1
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  • Blog Post: SharePoint Seattle Conference - UK Party Information Here!

    Mike P_1
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  • Blog Post: It's not that I am competitive but...

    Mike P_1
    I really want a UK partner to win the Enterprise Search Partner of the Year Award!!!! Come on make sure you get what you deserve and submit yourself for an award at out annual Partner Conference in Houston Texas - YeeHah! You only have two days to go - so get your creative writing hats on!
    on 7 Apr 2008

  • Blog Post: New Microsoft Action Pack - details here!

    Mike P_1
    24,000 of our 34,000 Registered Partners currently subscribe to Action Pack, our quarterly toolkits of software and sales and marketing materials. These are created to help our partners stay competitive, meet their sales goals and grow their business. So what is in the new action pack? New Rules and...
    on 20 Feb 2008

  • Blog Post: Protecting Privacy - could Search be the last bastion in protecting identity....or the tool used against us all by the evil doers...??

    Mike P_1
    Hi All, So as I flick through my copy of the Sunday Times, slalom through my news feeds or shred the last of my junk mail from last week I cannot help notice the raft of stories cited by the press from the hp news around their board room shenanigans. In case you havent seen this have a look at...
    on 9 Oct 2006

  • Blog Post: Free SharePoint Events for Legal and Professional Services!

    Mike P_1
    Two events coming up from Content and Code focusing on the Legal Industry and the Professional Services business. They both look well conceived ran by a good partner Content & Code. Here's the spiel: Microsoft® SharePoint® Server 2007: The Opportunity Explained -Legal industry at the core Thursday...
    on 17 Jan 2008

  • Blog Post: Calling all Search and HPC ISVs....more $$$ on Microsoft platform!

    Mike P_1
    Well I have to say it is great to be back!....well kind of, have to say I will miss the pool and evening Rioja! One of my colleagues James sent this to me whilst i was away...some really interesting articles around how Microsoft Platform ISVs make more $$$: Microsoft Wants More From...
    on 29 Oct 2006

  • Blog Post: SDK availability for SharePoint 2007 SDK 1.2 and WSS 3.0 SDK 1.2...!

    Mike P_1
    We are very proud to announce a major update to the MOSS and WSS Software Development Kit (SDK) downloads. You can install them from the following locations: · MOSS 2007 SDK 1.2. Includes Conceptual and Class Library Reference documentation, Web Services documentation, and Developer Tools and Samples...
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  • Blog Post: Windows Live deal with lenovo and nokia!

    Mike P_1
    Great deal been announced to highlight Live Services on OEM laptops starting with Lenovo - covered well by my friends over on LiveSide : Microsoft announces Windows Live deal with Lenovo Also, in the press here: Lenovo loads up on Windows Live Search But I guess the deal that we all heard less about...
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