Did you know that Microsoft have announced the release of Microsoft Licensing Sales Specialist recordings on the Partner Learning Centre? The Microsoft Licensing Sales Specialist (MLSS) accreditation is made up of seven modules.   Each module...

Saw this article on an external website. It comments on Microsoft's launch of Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2, which was announced last week. The article raises the question as to whether this new web browser might affect / harm Google's advertising model...

Earlier today I was looking at the Small Business Blog from Microsoft and came across a post on how to get links to your website . For those partners who are not sure on how to do this, I suggest you have a read of the post and pick up some top tips....

For those who are interested, Jon DeVaan and Steven Sinofsky , two senior engineering managers for the Windows 7 product at Microsoft, have recently set up a blog on Windows 7. Jon and Steven, along with members of the engineering team, will post, comment...

Microsoft has just announced that Windows Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 is now available for public download. Download it from here now. You’ll find versions for 32- and 64-bit editions of Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and Windows...

What do people think of Windows Vista when they don't know it's Windows Vista? The Mojave Experiment was launched a few weeks back and is Microsoft's latest marketing campaign which challenges consumer perceptions of Windows Vista. It has produced some...

Last week I highlighted how Microsoft are helping to promote UK SBSC partners to small business customers through the use of the Microsoft Smart Business Customer newsletter . This week I wanted to point you where we are promoting UK SBSC partners on...

You are invited to take beta exam 71-653: Windows Small Business Server 2008, Configuring. If you pass the beta exam, the exam credit will be added to your transcript and you will not need to take the exam in its released form. The results will not appear...

Microsoft's Steve Clayton recently posted about Email Prioritizer and thought this might be something of interest to you. So, what is it?.... Email Prioritizer is a plug-in for Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 (running on Exchange Server) that helps you...

        In this month's August edition of Microsoft UK's "Smart Business Newsletter", SBSC partners were highlighted as experts in the "buying and licensing" section.  SBSC partners were listed as Microsoft...

One of topics that has recently been discussed at both the SBSC user group meetings and amongst the SBSC PALs and user group leads, is around how Microsoft tracks the revenue generated by SBSC partners.  It is very hard for Microsoft to truly reflect...

  On behalf of the SBS team, I am extremely pleased to announce that Windows Small Business Server 2008 software has been finalized! Today both SBS Standard and Premium are being released to manufacturing, which means we begin the process of finalizing...

Photosynth, a new technology from Microsoft Live Labs, transforms your digital photos of a location or object into a three-dimensional, 360-degree experience. Anybody who views your “synth” is put right in your shoes, sharing in the same experience...

Due to popular demand, we will be running a second Virtualisation Briefing for partners on 23 September 2008. Date: 23 September 2008 Time: 09.00 – 17.00 Venue: Microsoft Campus, Reading This full-day event will give you an invaluable insight...

I just wanted to make you aware of and comment on Vijay’s post around the HTG groups and their presence coming over to the UK . As Vijay pointed out, Microsoft has announced Online Peer Groups for active Small Business Specialist partners that took...

Learning paths are now available for the Windows Essential Server family on the Microsoft partner portal. These include both sales and technical training recommendations for Windows Small Business Server 2008 and Windows Essential Business Server 2008...

Check out James Senior's post on the SBS 2008 and EBS 2008 demos.James is looking to build these demos out further and therefore keen to get your feedback on what features you want to see incorporated. Have a read of his post and leave him a comment with...

Thought this article would be of interest to those who don't subscribe to the World Wide Microsoft Small Business Channel Community Blog. Recently, Eric Ligman discussed "Who are the FY09 Microsoft SBSC PALs?" and linked back to his previous...

We have now got the Windows Small Business Server 2008 and Windows Essential Business Server 2008 events for TechNet live for registration: Register for October 22nd Bristol (50 seats) here . Register for October 29th London (180 seats) here...

To help reduce the complexity that you may experience around which systems have Office Ready PC (ORPC) pre-installed, ORPC will be pre-installed on almost 100% of all commercial Multi-National Account (MNA) PCs in Europe. This includes: ·...

Welcome! This new RSS feed has been set up in order to get information out to our UK SBSC partners in real time. I hope you will find the content both interesting, informative and useful to your business. As the SBSC Community Lead, the majority...