Remember the SMB Insights Survey you participated in back in February? Well, we do apologise for the delay in sharing this with you but are now pleased to be able to show where/ how the insight was used. On 25th March Microsoft published a press release entitled Microsoft Study Shows SMBs Using Technology...

Thought this post, taken from CRN, might be of interest... Microsoft catches dirty dozen in channel crackdown Software giant says growing practice of hard-disk loading is hurting the channel as another 12 resellers are caught out Written by Kayleigh Bateman CRN , 27 Apr 2009 Microsoft has discovered...

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...

Gordon Frazer, Managing Direct of Microsoft UK, will be making an appearance on the BBC’s Bottom Line programme this weekend, on Radio 4, BBC News 24 and World News.  Gordon will feature prominently in this half hour radio and TV programme hosted by Evan Davis. Along with hedge fund expert...

Saw this post on the Small Business Blog from Microsoft which may be of interest to your small business customers or to you too... Keep the cash flowing - new small business guide Cash is king – a business mantra that is sometimes not understood until it’s too late. Without cash your company...

The BBC News posted any article today about Microsoft's quick fix clicks. Here's how they describe it... Microsoft debuts quick fix clicks Common Windows problems could soon be solved by clicking a "Fix It" button. Microsoft has started putting the button on its web-based support pages that...

Microsoft would like to invite you to participate in the Small Business Specialist Community online survey. This survey is designed to help showcase the Small Business Specialist Community as experts in the use of IT to save costs and improve productivity amid a down economy. Microsoft values your participation...

The latest version of the Microsoft sales toolkit is now available.  This is your essential resource in business for driving Microsoft sales.  The toolkit contains a wealth of information about all Microsoft software products, as well as advice on various licensing options available. ...

Citrix have approached Microsoft as they are keen to engage with SBSC partners.As such, they would like to invite you to a Citrix Partner Accelerator event on the 10th February at the National Motorcycle museum, Birmingham.  The purpose of the event is to bring you up to speed on the latest Citrix...

We have been contacted by David Salzberg of Autotask as they have a special offer for UK SBSC Partners: Capture more billable hours, eliminate redundant data entry, improve customer satisfaction. Autotask Go! helps run your IT business better – with the introduction of Autotask Go! in the UK, SBSC...

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...

  You have spoken...    We are listening... As we enter a new calendar year, and approach a midyear check point in Microsoft’s financial year, now is as good a time as any to reflect on the Small Business Specialist Community (SBSC) and what we have achieved in 2008. Over the past...

To all of Microsoft UK's SBSC partners and their families... we wish you a very happy and prosperous 2009.

  We would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Considering that many SBSC partners run small businesses themselves, the following article recently posted on Microsoft's Small Business customer facing blog recently highlighting ten top money saving tips might be of interest to you. Time is money, and in the current economic climate every small business...

Microsoft are pleased to announce the launch of a new UK partner RSS Feed . The purpose of the RSS Feed is to keep up-to-date with UK partner specific news including the latest resources and initiatives to help support your business. Click here to subscribe now , ensuring you select to hear news relating...

Voices for Innovation argues that more small businesses should be given the opportunity to compete for public sector contracts. To add your voice to this debate or provide feedback, click here or read on to learn more.... In times of economic difficulty, it is even more important that government is able...

The 17th November marks the start of Get Safe Online (GSO) week, an initiative which promotes online protection and provides clear, reliable and practical Internet security advice to anyone and everyone who wants it. Microsoft is one of the proud sponsors of this campaign and has a very strong investment...

I’m delighted to announce that at the CRN Channel Awards last night, Microsoft was named as the winner of the ‘Software Vendor of the Year’ category for the third successive year.  The CRN Channel Awards are amongst the most sought after channel accreditation for IT vendors, system...

Citrix Systems have recently joined us on the WESS launch SBSC User Group tour. Following some great interest from SBSC partners in Edinburgh last week, Sally Ross from Citrix has asked me to post her invitation out to all SBSC partner to invite you to some webinars they are holding in December. The...

My colleague, who heads up the SBSC programme in Canada (Satish Kanwar), has kindly advised me that Microsoft has released the results of a global study that investigated how small businesses use and manage their IT. The research report, called “ Microsoft Global Small Business Index, October 2008...

Microsoft's Jason Langridge has recently posted an article on this blog about mobile data tariff comparisons. Jason often get lots of questions on the huge variety of mobile data tariffs and how they compare.  As I expect many of you SBSC partners who deploy mobile solutions to your customers probably...

Our Corporate team have recently updated me on what's coming in the November update of the SBSC Toolkit. It's theme is around Windows Essential Server Solutions (WESS). As part of the kit you will get: Windows Small Business Server 2008 STANDARD - Exchange Server 2007 Standard,  Windows SharePoint...

Jamie Burgess has recently joined Microsoft has a Partner Technical Specialist with a core focus on Small Business Server, Essential Business Server, Windows Server/Windows Desktop and Deployment. He's also just started up a blog, Hit The Ground Running , in which he aims to use to document lot of the...