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August 2008 - Posts

Engineering Windows 7

Posted Friday, August 29, 2008 4:24 PM by UK SBSC
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, Read More...
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Announcing Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2

Posted Thursday, August 28, 2008 10:30 AM by UK SBSC
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 Read More...
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The Mojave Experiment Shows Consumers the Real Windows Vista

Posted Thursday, August 28, 2008 9:52 AM by UK SBSC
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 Read More...
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Microsoft Small Business Centre Web Site Promotes SBSC Partners

Posted Tuesday, August 26, 2008 5:24 PM by UK SBSC
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 Read More...
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Beta Exam: 71-653: TS: Windows Small Business Server 2008, Configuring

Posted Tuesday, August 26, 2008 9:34 AM by UK SBSC
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 Read More...
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Microsoft’s Office Labs releases Email Prioritizer

Posted Friday, August 22, 2008 5:30 PM by UK SBSC
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 Read More...
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SBSC Partners Promoted in the Microsoft UK's Smart Business Customer Newsletter

Posted Friday, August 22, 2008 2:42 PM by UK SBSC
        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 Read More...
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Microsoft Authorised Distributors

Posted Friday, August 22, 2008 11:40 AM by UK SBSC
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 Read More...
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The Official SBS Blog : SBS 2008: Released to Manufacturing!

Posted Friday, August 22, 2008 10:56 AM by UK SBSC
  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 Read More...
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Share Your Experiences Through Photosynth - launched today!

Posted Thursday, August 21, 2008 10:10 AM by UK SBSC
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 Read More...
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Virtualisation Briefing: your second chance to see the possibilities...

Posted Thursday, August 21, 2008 9:15 AM by UK SBSC
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 into the Read More...
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HTG Peer Groups

Posted Tuesday, August 19, 2008 6:01 PM by UK SBSC
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 the Read More...
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Windows Essential Server content on the Partner Learning Portal

Posted Tuesday, August 19, 2008 10:50 AM by UK SBSC
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. Read More...
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James.Random() : SBS 2008 and EBS 2008 Click thru demos

Posted Monday, August 18, 2008 3:21 PM by UK SBSC
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 Read More...
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Microsoft SMB Community Blog : Who are the FY09 Microsoft SBSC PALs?

Posted Thursday, August 14, 2008 5:44 PM by UK SBSC
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 Read More...
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Register for SBS 2008 and EBS 2008 Technet events in Bristol and London

Posted Thursday, August 14, 2008 10:19 AM by UK SBSC
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 . The sessions Read More...
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ORPC now pre-installed on almost 100% of Commercial MNA PCs in Europe

Posted Wednesday, August 13, 2008 4:37 PM by UK SBSC
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: · Acer : ORPC Read More...
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Welcome to the UK SBSC Blog

Posted Wednesday, August 13, 2008 1:55 PM by UK SBSC
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 of posts Read More...
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