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March 2008 - Posts

Hosted SBS: a partner's perspective

Posted Wednesday, March 26, 2008 12:55 PM by sbsaustralia
Excellent post from a Canadian SBSC on how they offer Hosted SBS solutions. As mentioned in the Small Business Partner breakout sessions at our Wave launch roadshow, hosting or SPLA licensing (SPLA = service provide license agreement) is by far the fastest Read More...
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It's Guru time...

Posted Wednesday, March 26, 2008 12:22 PM by sbsaustralia
A new tongue in cheek video blog (with a serious intent) from the Corporate SBS team. The SBS Guru Blog - complete with a Ballmerised Mona Lisa & gleefully geeky presenter - has been launched to help dispel some of the myths that have popped up over Read More...
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SBS 2008: Interview with Sean Daniel, Program Manager

Posted Wednesday, March 19, 2008 6:00 PM by sbsaustralia
We're starting to see more information coming out from the product teams around Small Business Server 2008 , including this recently posted interview with the program manager, Sean Daniel - Click here to watch. You can also connect to Sean's excellent, Read More...
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Our slides from the Wave launch small business partner session

Posted Wednesday, March 19, 2008 3:48 PM by sbsaustralia
We're now halfway through the Wave launch roadshow & so as promised, here's a link to the slides we present during the Small Business & System Builder session . Am hosting these (& other appropriate SBS & WEBS collateral) via the Microsoft Read More...
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What have I learnt?

Posted Friday, March 14, 2008 5:39 PM by sbsaustralia
We're half-way through the Australian Wave launch roadshow (just finished Adelaide last night - really good response from partners) & as I've now been back in Australia for over 3 months it's a good time to reflect on the top 10 things I've learnt Read More...
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Official Essential Business Server blog

Posted Thursday, March 13, 2008 6:03 PM by sbsaustralia
Nice new Essential Business Server (WEBS) blog to add to your list. We're starting to see more information coming out about WEBS, it's partner eco-system, OEM support, integration with Dynamics etc & so the next few months will be interesting indeed. Read More...
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The march of progress, or are we tied to our business?

Posted Wednesday, March 12, 2008 6:11 PM by sbsaustralia
Sitting in the Sydney Qantas Club on my way to Adelaide for the next round of the Wave launch events. As I look around it strikes me that at least 1/3, if not 1/2 of the people here are tap-tap-tapping away on their PC (including me), & taking advantage Read More...
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SBS 2008 is still 75 users

Posted Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:57 PM by sbsaustralia
Just confirming - Small Business Server 2008 is still going to be a 75-user product. There's been some confusion lately (our fault entirely) due to a brochure that said SBS is good for businesses with up to 50 PCs. This was merely some marketing copy Read More...
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Have you considered managed services for your practice?

Posted Tuesday, March 11, 2008 11:26 AM by sbsaustralia
Managed services is a bit of a buzzword (words?) at the moment & for seemingly good reason: - Annuity revenue streams - potentially - Standardised customer offerings - potentially - Predictable business growth - potentially The key word of course Read More...
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How can I persuade you?

Posted Monday, March 10, 2008 1:15 PM by sbsaustralia
Another great post from Seth Godin recently that talks to the notion of persuasion - ie, how do you get your customers over the line? Fairly timely methinks, given the availability of Windows Server 2008 & upcoming release of SBS 2008 & WEBS 2008 Read More...
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Adding Windows Server 2008 into an SBS 2003 network.

Posted Sunday, March 09, 2008 12:50 PM by sbsaustralia
New content from the SBS docs team that will prove handy for partners with customers that are looking to go down the Windows Server 2008 route. Would be interested to hear from any local partners who are starting to look into this or have customers interested. Read More...
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It's been a hard day's night for our partners this week

Posted Thursday, March 06, 2008 11:56 PM by sbsaustralia
Microsoft Australia made an oversight this week with regards to an SMB customer profiling campaign that we're undertaking. I won't go into the details (Wayne has a good synopsis here and a follow-up here ), suffice it to say that we could have been more Read More...
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Carry that weight: what to cut & include in a new product release

Posted Tuesday, March 04, 2008 1:37 PM by sbsaustralia
Off-topic, but a great business strategy article about the iPhone as the "minimum viable product archetype". "One of the more central concepts in product marketing is the minimum viable product. Especially when entering a new market, the Read More...
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Tomorrow never knows what the world of Software + Services is going to bring

Posted Tuesday, March 04, 2008 1:11 PM by sbsaustralia
Big news yesterday with Microsoft announcing the availability of Online Services for organisations of all sizes, not just limited to those with 5,000 seats or more. Whilst the Beta is currently only available in the US, the fact that we're extending Exchange Read More...
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Tell me why SBS 2008 & WEBS are getting media coverage

Posted Monday, March 03, 2008 9:44 AM by sbsaustralia
It's been 10 days since the announcement went out around SBS 2008 & WEBS & so it's probably a good time to take stock of what the major media outlets are saying. My summary (hopefully not too biased, though I acknowledge that true objectivity Read More...
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