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March 2007 - Posts

Something interesting about our support call centres...

Posted Wednesday, March 28, 2007 3:00 PM by UK Partner Online
In between training for the London Marathon and helping you all renew your Partner Programme membership, our Nicola Young has popped over to Germany to visit the Regional Support Centre. These are the guys that you call when you have any internal-use Read More...
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And I could walk five hundred miles...

Posted Tuesday, March 20, 2007 6:18 PM by UK Partner Online
I've just discovered something rather cool on Live Maps which I thought I would share with you. I was looking up my new house which I'm just buying (yippee!) on the 3D Maps tool as I wanted to see how far away it was from the nearest shops. I then discovered Read More...
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Event on Thurs. Topic is MS Mapping Technology...

Posted Tuesday, March 20, 2007 3:48 PM by UK Partner Online
I've heard about a partner event happening here at Thames Valley Park on Thursday 22nd (that's this Thursday) which might be interesting for you if you have anything to do with Virtual Earth. I asked the product manager, Tushar Dasghose, to give me some Read More...
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Entering the realm of Open XML

Posted Friday, March 16, 2007 4:04 PM by UK Partner Online
I seem to be on a bit of an Open theme this week. Having posted twice about Open Licences, I'm now going to post something else about Open...but this time about Open XML. See, there's a man about the office who is strangely passionate about talking to Read More...
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Sell licenses and win prizes (sounds good to me)

Posted Wednesday, March 14, 2007 5:10 PM by UK Partner Online
Further to my post about Simon yesterday, I've heard about a competition running for resellers and system builders who sell any type of Open Licence. Here are the details: You have to buy through one of our Authorised Distributors and then go onto the Read More...
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Simon Gautrey on Open licenses, super heros and house renovations

Posted Tuesday, March 13, 2007 10:37 PM by UK Partner Online
The last time we spoke to Simon, he said he was focussing on three things: 1 - Help partners and Resellers drive greater revenue, 2 - Increase partners’ satisfaction with Microsoft, and 3 - Achieve a greater return on our Marketing investment by doing Read More...
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The new Microsoft Sales Toolkit - almost done...

Posted Tuesday, March 13, 2007 12:29 PM by UK Partner Online
I'm busy working away on creating the next edition of the Microsoft Sales Toolkit. Lots of hard work, blood, sweat and tears (well, maybe not the blood bit..) is going into this edition to make this sales resource even better. I'm expecting to ship these Read More...
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ISVs, Royalty Licensing and Moving House...

Posted Friday, March 09, 2007 10:22 AM by UK Partner Online
Katy Hamilton is doing some interesting work in the ISV land around Royalty Licensing. Let's find out what she has to say: We haven’t heard from you since the last ISV Innovation event. What are you currently working on? Well, we in team ISV, have been Read More...
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The face of MS training - she's making it easy for you

Posted Monday, March 05, 2007 5:19 PM by UK Partner Online
Here's someone I've been meaning to interview for a while. Debra sits next to me and it's time I probed to find out if the smile on her face is: a) a real smile or b) an attempt to grin and bear it. Read on to find out more... Who are you and what do Read More...
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What licenses do I get as a partner?

Posted Friday, March 02, 2007 7:37 PM by UK Partner Online
Have you ever wondered what internal-use licenses you get as a partner? Debra Kelly, Readiness Manager here at MS, asked me this question yesterday. I thought I'd share the answer with you, so here's where you go to find out: Registered Partners with Read More...
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Action Pack FAQ's

Posted Thursday, March 01, 2007 11:31 AM by UK Partner Online
Today I was chatted with the partner facing guys in our department, trying to find out what their most frequently asked question was from partners. It seems a popular question is around licenses and Action Pack. I found out about a great resource to find Read More...
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