We’re excited to announce the availability of Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC)*, a pre-release version of the next-generation operating system from Microsoft. Thanks to everyone who participated in the Beta testing period.  Your feedback was...

Microsoft Gold Partner Unicorn IT Solutions have developed a next generation, hosted infrastructure platform which is available for MS partners to resell or white label. The service, THINHOST, replaces the need for on-premise servers and the need for...

Thought you may be interested to hear about a direct email that Microsoft sent out to 800,000 small business customers today. In it Microsoft addressed "How to adapt and succeed in the downturn..." and clearly called out SBSC partners as the partner of...

There is now another great reason to be selling Open License for Government . Not only is the government sector IT budget still growing but you can also claim a personal incentive for each deal that you do. Distribution partners Bell Micro , Computer...

We realise the Partner Portal is far from perfect but with your feedback we can improve it. We are running surveys on the portal to get your feedback on what is and isn’t working. A new portal feedback page consolidates results of these surveys...

A new type of counterfeit found in Australia is expected to reach the UK soon. It copies the OEM Office 2007 Professional Medialess Licence Kits (MLKs) that use a plastic credit card with the Certificate of Authenticity (COA) attached. You can tell it...

Getting the most out of technology investment is the main priority for many organisations right now, especially as they’re under more pressure than ever to save money. The second phase of the Power Through the Downturn campaign, entitled "Every...

Come to Louisiana July 13-16 for the biggest Microsoft networking event of the year for Microsoft Partners – the 2009 Worldwide Partner Conference!  This comprehensive partner event now offers four days of exclusive SMB content and activities...

Join the Live Series: Windows Server 2008 Foundation Live Meeting! In this presentation, we will explore Windows Server 2008 Foundation, a new edition of Windows Server that is designed to meet the needs of your entry-level, budget-conscious customers...

Microsoft is hosting a three part series of Live Meeting webcasts titled "How to invest in the IT infrastructure you have while preparing for tomorrow." Part one of the series: Title : One Server does not fit all Date and Time : Available on...

There is only one day left to register for the UK SBSC partner led Live meeting... On the 21st April at 4pm SBS MVP Andy Trish and SBSC PAL Vijay Singh Riyait will be hosting a UK wide Microsoft Live meeting for SBSC partners. This type of meeting is...

We have a unique opportunity for partners to provide case studies that Microsoft will fund. See below for the criteria and details on how you can get involved: What are we looking for? 50-250 users Products the customer must be using. It can be one or...

Microsoft is proud to announce yet another ground-breaking beta release— Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 . Microsoft has listened to feedback from IT pros like you and worked to make Exchange simpler, more flexible, and more reliable. Find out how...

Are you looking to maximise every deal that you work on? Do you know how to increase your sales pipeline and close sales opportunities more quickly? Microsoft invites you to a new sales opportunity training day for resellers that focuses on exactly these...

The SBSC UK Partner Area Lead (PAL) role for July 2009 - June 2010 is now open for nominations. This role runs for one year from July 2009 to June 2010. PALs are expected to be active participants in UK SBSC partner community activity. Here are the PAL...

Our SQL Server partner team at Corporate is undertaking research around SQL and what our partner community needs in terms of sales support. If you currently sell SQL as part of SBS/EBS or as a standalone offering, they would be very interested to speak...

On the 21st April at 4pm SBS MVP Andy Trish and SBSC PAL Vijay Singh Riyait will be hosting a UK wide Microsoft Live meeting for SBSC partners. This type of meeting is intended to bring together the SBSC user groups, share ideas and problems and to get...

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Foundation Training HP is excited to launch Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Foundation on ProLiant Servers!  HP & Microsoft have collaborated to deliver this new product, for small businesses running within  a...

As many of you know, David Overton has been busy writing a book on Windows Small Business Server 2008. It's called "Windows Small Business Server 2008-  Installation, Migration, and Configuration" and David informs us that it is now available...

Reducing costs, improving efficiencies and increasing performance is a challenge for any business…but Microsoft and Citrix can help. Citrix and Microsoft have decades of experience working together to provide customers a range of solutions which...

We received excellent feedback from previous distributor partner bootcamps, which are officially one training days for partners, which scored an average of 4.5 out of 5. We now have a number of new distributor bootcamps planned and the agenda this time...

Did you know that one of the qualifying criteria for becoming an Authorised Education Reseller (AER) is to be an SBSC partner? And with the leading public sector analyst saying that the schools ICT spend is predicted to grow by over 5% the schools...

Join the Live Series: Windows Server 2008 Foundation Live Meeting! In this presentation, we will explore Windows Server 2008 Foundation, a new edition of Windows Server that is designed to meet the needs of your entry-level, budget-conscious customers...

The industry is preparing itself for one of the most exciting launches  - Windows 7.  The press is already buzzing with the launch of Windows 7 – are you ready? “The installation process took over an hour, but once up and running...

Having recently completed Business Productivity Online Suite training, SBSC partner Access Computer Solution Services (ACS) were selected at random to join Microsoft at a recent BPOS Business Scene event in London. With 280 attendees we had approximately...