Hi All, I have managed to secure a very limited number of discount codes for WPC that I am making available to readers of this blog.  The discount entitles you to $300 off the entry fee for the 2012 Worldwide Partner Conference and is available...

  The Microsoft Partner Apprenticeship Programme supports the UK Government in creating more jobs and qualified individuals within the ICT sector. The programme, which has been designed for and developed by Microsoft Partners, enables Partners to...

    Hi All, In June this year we will be launching the new Small Business Competency.  The new competency is designed to help Partners that sell to small business  take advantage of the growing opportunity in both Online Services and...

  Hi All, Some very important information below about our Global Relationship Survey Some of you will have received a survey in the last 24 hours asking you to rate your experience of Microsoft and feedback on specific products, programmes, or benefits...

Hi All,   Just a quick thank you to everyone that attended last weeks’ exam cram session for Windows and Office deployment.  We had over 100 attendees and feedback about the session has been excellent. Partners receiving a free exam voucher...

  Partners have a wide range of free training available to them – covering everything from sales, technical, product-specific and more.  More of our smaller Partners could take advantage of this benefit to help them prepare their staff to sell...

  Do you want recognition for your solution selling expertise? Are you new to Microsoft solution sales? Then you should take a Microsoft Sales Specialist Accreditation! The programme consists of a series of complimentary on-demand readiness resources...

We like to give our dedicated TechNet Readers a heads up on what we have planned, so here before anywhere else are details of some new events we have in the pipeline. Along with Camwood, Citrix Systems and Quest Software we’re going to be running a series...

If you’re interested in earning the Desktop competency to showcase your organisation’s Windows and Office deployment skills - the MPN UK team are offering free certification and training for two of your Microsoft Certified Professionals in February. Learning...

Do you need support to help you move to the cloud? Are you considering building an application on the Windows Azure Platform? If so, I would like to invite you to participate in Six Weeks of Windows Azure. http://www.sixweeksofazure.co.uk/ Starting 23...

Hi All, Its nearly that time of year again –  and as a thank you to the SBSC community for your investment in Microsoft over the last year we’ve developed this festive game which you can not only play (warning its very addictive), but also rebrand...

If yes then you may be interested in signing up for Microsoft Cloud Essentials – this is a free programme that gives a number of benefits that will help position your business to sell and use Microsoft Online Services.  Cloud Essentials includes...

Hi All, The SBSC Road Show kicks off next week and you can still register to attend.  This is a great opportunity to engage with the small business community at Microsoft and to meet some of our small business Most-Valued Professionals (MVPs). Road...

I need a volunteer (or volunteers) that have used their Technical Advisory hours to accelerate a deal, produce a proof of concept for a customer, or to win business - for a short testimonial and/or to appear in a Microsoft video that will be made available...

Hi All, A fantastic opportunity to link up with the Small business community at Microsoft. The SMB Most Valued Professionals (MVPs) are delighted to bring their International SMB MVP Community Roadshow to Birmingham on November 14th 2011, Reading on November...

Hi All, My name is Alex Kureen and I am the new SBSC Marketing Manager at Microsoft UK.  Kerry has now moved on from Microsoft, so all future blog posts will be coming from me.   I’d love to hear your feedback about this blog and hear what kind...

Microsoft would like to invite you to our first Windows Intune Practice Builders which demonstrate how to make additional services revenue by adding desktop management to your portfolio of offerings. Registration is now open for the Thames Valley Park...

  The next round of Partner Business Briefings are currently being developed.   Dates and venues are as below: Dates Location Venue Tuesday 18 th October Birmingham Maple House Thursday 20 th October London Venues Victoria Tuesday 1 st November...

Microsoft are going to be running two workshops on Cloud transformation. Because cloud computing offers many perceived benefits to customers excitement in cloud computing continues to gain momentum.  In fact, what we are really seeing today is a...

  As one of the Microsoft UK Small Business Specialist Partner Area Leads (PAL’s) , when I’m asked by Microsoft SBSC partners on how to grow their business – one of the first pieces of advice I give them is to attend their local SBSC User Group meeting...

  Every month Microsoft emails the small and medium business contacts that we have on the database with a message that is relevant and written for that audience. For July the theme for both SB and MM is Flexible Working  given that it is holiday...

  Some new documents have just been published about SBS including licensing overviews and comparison. These will be placed on the partner portal and links advertised in the next SBSC newsletter, but in the meantime I thought the comparison text below...

  As part of the digital WPC site, the UK MPN team interviewed WW SBS Product Manager, Enrico Toro, around the partner opportunity for SBS Essentials.   Well worth a watch for those interested in SBS http://www.microsoft.com/showcase/en/gb/details...

In the lead up to WPC life in the Microsoft MPN team was hectic and a case of all hands on deck. Now, with many of my colleagues in LA the office seems very quiet.   I’m keeping up to date with everything going on, and all the big announcements by...

  Today we are happy to share the news that three months after its release to manufacturing and 12 months after its initial announcement at WPC 2010, Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials is now available through all channels. Our customers...