We saw this on Vijay Riyait’s blog – it’s a video from Varvid , a website that contains videos for VARs and other Microsoft partners. This video may be interesting as it features and interview with Birger Steen at WPC09. Steen is Microsoft’s newly appointed VP of SMB & Distribution - Worldwide SMS&P...

Several months ago one or two UK SBSC partners came to Microsoft’s offices in Reading to meet with Nick King, Microsoft’s senior SBS and EBS Product Manager. The aim of the meeting was to share their thoughts and feedback in a roundtable style meeting. Nick has just contacted us to give an update on...

We are continuing our office clear-out and in addition to the ‘ Small Business Specialist Primer & 70-282 Exam Preparation Guide! ’ books that we offered out to you earlier this week, we also have a few ‘ Making it Big in Small Business 2006: Top 15 successful SMB consultants share strategies and...

We wanted to share a post from the FY09 UK PAL, Vijay Riyait, who recently published an article about his Achievements as UK SBSC Partner Area Lead . As you know, Vijay held the role of UK PAL for two years. His role has just come to an end – and here’s a short list of the many great things Vijay achieved...

We had to highlight this Windows 7 Video case study from UK SBSC partner, Netlink IT. This video is focused around Netlink IT and it's client, The Health & Safety Partnership, on how Windows 7 Professional has made an impact on their businesses. Many thanks to Richard Tubb from Netlink IT for rolling...

Whether you are joining us in New Orleans or seeking highlights from your office in the UK, from today  you can visit our WPC website for: Live broadcasts of WPC09 keynote addresses and on demand highlights Breaking announcements and daily recaps Tune in daily as Microsoft executives share their...

Microsoft is proud to recognize the winners and finalists in the 2009 WPC (Worldwide Partner Conference)  Awards Program. These partners have developed exemplary solutions for their customers during the past year, and demonstrated the ability to optimize their use of Microsoft technologies to meet...

We thought you might be interested to see where another one of our SBSC partners has acted as an “Ask the Expert” on our Small Business Centre Customer facing website. What’s more, this article was also linked to in the Small Business Customer newsletter which reaches a substantial number of small business...

We could not let the opportunity pass-by to showcase a shining example of Microsoft partners collaborating with one another to deliver value to customers as well as drive their own businesses! Richard Tubb of Netlink IT, an active SBSC partner based in the Midlands, has just written a post on his blog...

Have you heard about the Heartland Technology Group (HTG)? The HTG peer group experience is a unique forum for technology industry resellers who are serious about implementing a model for success in their own businesses through sharing and collaboration of best practices. They network similar companies...

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 is fake because there is a volume licence key on...

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 for partners who deliver and focus their expertise...

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 intended to bring together the SBSC user groups, share...

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 help from other partners who are experts in their...

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 to pre-order.   If you want to ask questions...

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 30 people come to the SBSC stand (featuring our...

A message from Vijay Singh Riyait, UK SBSC Partner Area Lead (PAL): If you’re an SBSC Partner (anywhere in the world) then I’ve got a couple of requests. The first is that I would really like to connect with you on twitter at http://twitter.com/vriyait . The second one is if you’re...

The UK PALs site is a resource for SBSC Partners where you can see what the UK PALs are doing, links to Community resources, case studies of successful SBSC Partners in the UK and upcoming events. Why not check it out - Vijay's doing a great job of keeping it going so please support him and use the site...

Back in December one of our SBSC partners had a piece of PR coverage in IT Expert magazine. IT Expert approached Microsoft in search of a small business partner for assistance with an article around Service Level Agreements. Mike Bryett of Bryett Enterprise Ltd kindly offered to be interviewed by IT...

Our statistics show that there are a large number of SBSC partners out there who are not subscribing to the UK SBSC newsletter. Are you one of them? You have to opt in to receive it so sign up now. Simply click here to sign up. The SBSC Newsletter provides a great overview of news that matters most to...

Vijay Riyait, one of our SBSC Partner Area Leads (PALs) has written a post on his blog about the new SBSC PAL website . This has just been set up and Vijay is asking you to contribute some content. As a Small Business Specialist partner and member of this community please do offer your support and contribute...

Do you use any of Microsoft Technet's resources? The TechNet UK team is keen to understand which elements of the TechNet programme you are aware of and which ones you use. They would therefore really appreciate if you could complete this short survey of 3 questions.  They have engaged an external...

One of our SBSC partners, Leslie Cupitt of Business Solutions Ltd , has emailed me with a book recommendation that he thinks every customer should own. It's about Windows Vista but I'll let Leslie tell you about it himself... I have come across a great book Vista I can really recommend. Vista is all...