Where System Builders Talk Shop... : BOB Events!

AMD & Microsoft Power Together Tour

BOBblog — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 02:53:00 GMT

Coming to a city near you! Attend the Power Together tour and experience software and hardware solutions your customers want; from AMD's latest quad core processors and chipsets to Microsoft's Windows Vista™, Home Server and OneCare. Learn about new business opportunities and programs for partners. Attend the AMD/Microsoft Power Together Tour and be entered for a chance to win many prizes including a Universal AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual-Core Desktop Tower System powered by Microsoft Windows Home Server*. Be there and feel the power.

*No purchase necessary. See official rules

DST and Launch webcasts

BOBblog — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 20:36:00 GMT

Hi there! My name is Juli-Ann and I work closely with the BOB team on the marketing side of things. From what we hear, many of you fill a variety of roles at your company including technical and marketing. I wanted to share with you some things on my mind.

First, daylight savings time! In March 2007 the start and end dates of daylight saving time (DST) will transition by 4 weeks to comply with the Energy Policy Act of 2005. These changes could impact software. Are you ready? You can read more about how Microsoft will be releasing updates for affected products at this link:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/timezone/dst2007.mspx

Second, I know we have a slew of webcasts, but there are two coming up that you won’t want to miss.

January 25 we will be covering what you need to know to be ready for launch of Windows Vista & 2007 Office system. See what campaigns and tools are available for you. Register for “Be Ready for Launch!” at: http://www.msreadiness.com/WS_abstract.asp?eid=15005033
Then on January 29 at 1:30pm, join the celebration LIVE with Bill Gates! Plus, we will also have live training from our own Bret Rohloff, whom you may have seen at one of our Ready 2 Rock road shows last October through December. Register today at: http://oem.microsoft.com/vistaofficewebcast

Let us know what you think!

Juli-Ann (aka BOBette)

PS – For those of you who also wear the marketing hat, we’ve recently started a monthly marketing webcast the third Wednesday of the month. Thanks to the 200 who attended our first one on 1/17. Our next one is 2/21. Come join us to hear the the latest tools and campaigns we offer to help drive your business. Here’s the link: http://www.msreadiness.com/custompage.asp?pageid=1095

WebCast - Windows Vista Deployment End to End Series

BOBblog — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 02:50:00 GMT

Are you ready to pre-install Windows Vista? Do you know there is a new OPK for Vista that improves the efficiency of deploying Windows? Want to learn how to use image base technology to deploy Windows without media? Learn how to install Windows Vista in ~4.5 minutes! These webcast series is geared to enable you with the knowledge necessary to pre-install Windows Vista on a single computer to multiple computers at a time.

This is the 1st of a series of webcast designed to walk you through the steps necessary to deploy Windows Vista for different deployment scenarios. For DVD-based installations, we’ll show you how to automate DVD installations using a single answer file. For networks, we’ll show you how to configure a server with all the necessary services and components to support deployment of Windows Vista over a network using a configuration set, and images. We’ll even go as far as showing you how to install Windows Vista on machines without media! Now that’s cool.

In this webcast, we’ll cover what’s new for Windows Vista OPK, how to install, and authoring an answer file for unattended DVD installations.

Event Date:
1/25/2007

Event Time:
9:00 AM Pacific, USA & Canada (DST) = GMT - 08:00

Signup Now:

http://www.msreadiness.com/WS_abstract.asp?eid=15005031

BoB

WebCast - Exchange 2007, what's new and why should a system builder care?

BOBblog — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 00:05:00 GMT

Have a need for speed? No/ or a low budget for a 3rd party disclaimer, antispam, or antivirus applications! No Problem, Exchange 2007 has it all! Ever desire centralized administration for multiple Exchange servers…..and I do mean multiple! Receive an attachment but don't have the application on the computer to open it with…..c’mon that never happens right! Forgot to setup that OOF feature before you went on that 3 weeks’ vacation? Could this be the end of email as we know it? Now I know you are saying "hey BOB, Exchange is not even offered in the SB channel so why do I care?" Well we are going to answer those question and more in the next BOB technical discussion …sign up now!

Event Date:
1/18/2007

Event Time:
9:00 AM Pacific, USA & Canada (DST) = GMT - 08:00

http://www.msreadiness.com/WS_abstract.asp?eid=15005015

BoB

Upcoming wewbcast! You got issues! Disk issues and no backup, what are your recovery options?

BOBblog — Sat, 30 Dec 2006 00:50:00 GMT

It’s 3:00am, you’ve been working on your non-booting server for 12 straight hours and that black screen with the little blinking cursor taunts you as if it were saying You….Will.…Never.…Fix….Me….Go….Home….! There is no error message. It never gets to a Last Known Good or Safe Mode boot option. It just posts, beeps and blinks. What do you do? Format and reinstall? But we have important data. Restore from backup? Backup?!? You’re joking right? Your customer hasn’t backed up their server since the night after the last critical failure. There’s only one option. Stay and fix it. It posts with no beep codes so the hardware should be OK right? But it doesn’t quite load any OS files so I can’t blame Microsoft….yet. Hmmm, it must be a disk issue. We can fix it. We have the technology. In this webcast we will discuss the boot process and the critical disk structures that are involved during boot. We will learn how to use disk editing tools to look at these on disk sectors and see what they should look like. We will also discuss how to fix many common disk related issues such as corrupted Master Boot Records, corrupted or missing Boot Sectors and exactly what and where is the Master File Table? Join us as we begin a new year of BOB technical discussions for servers.

Event Date:
1/11/2007

Register now!

http://www.msreadiness.com/WS_abstract.asp?eid=15005003

Jaisson

UPDATE - Receive a copy of Windows Vista™ Ultimate!

BOBblog — Sat, 30 Dec 2006 00:47:00 GMT

Hey y’all,

Did you attend the Intel Microsoft Ready 2 Rock Road Show and pass the online Ready 2 Rock Quiz with 80% or better accuracy? Did you get a confirmation email but noticed that the order confirmation e-mail you received did not indicate if you will receive a copy of Windows Vista Ultimate?

We are aware of the situation and this issue is being addressed. We cannot confirm your OEM Sales Center order through this channel.

If you redeemed your $25 e-code by attending the Ready 2 Rock Road Show or New Horizons training, and received an order confirmation before 11/30/06, you have been established as one of the first 5000 people to redeem their $25 e-code for merchandise and will receive a copy of Windows Vista Ultimate.
If you received your $25 e-code from Microsoft Partner University and received an order confirmation before 12/6/06, you have been established as one of the first 1000 people to redeem their $25 e-code for merchandise and will receive a copy of Windows Vista Ultimate.

Your copy of Windows Vista Ultimate will be shipped within 6-8 weeks of general availability. Items may be sent separately or with your merchandise order, depending on availability.

Jaisson

BoB's Thursday webcasts - AD Restore and the new Physx Processor

BOBblog — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 22:13:00 GMT

Hey y'all (using my best Texan accent),

Don't forget about our two webcast tomorrow! In the first webcast we will walk through Active Directory Disaster Recovery (User/Group restore) in a multi DC environment. An hour later we will cover Windows Vista and the new Physx Processor for gaming machines! I installed my Physx Processor, downloaded Cell Factor for FREE and LOVE IT! Come see what I am talking about!

REGISTER NOW!

Active Directory Disaster Recovery

Event Date:
12/7/2006

Event Time:
11-Noon CST

http://www.msreadiness.com/WS_abstract.asp?eid=15004864

SB: The Gaming Niche

Event Date:
12/7/2006

Event Time:
1-2pm CST

http://www.msreadiness.com/WS_abstract.asp?eid=15004904

BoB!

Receive a copy of Windows Vista™ Ultimate!

BOBblog — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 07:11:00 GMT

NEW ON STAGE! (US Shows) Attend the Intel Microsoft Ready 2 Rock Road Show and be eligible to receive a copy of Windows Vista™ Ultimate! Simply register, attend the Road Show and be one of the first 5000 participants to complete the online Ready 2 Rock Quiz with 80% or better accuracy. Full details available at the show.

More information can be found at: www.microsoft.com/oem/ready2rock

We hope to see you there! If you do, come by and say hi!!!!!

Bob