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September 2008 - Posts

Become a Hosted Microsoft Dynamics CRM Referral Partner

Posted Tuesday, September 30, 2008 9:42 AM by UK SBSC
Increase CRM are a leading hosted Microsoft Dynamic CRM service provider in the UK. They have approached Microsoft as they would like to offer the SBSC partners the opportunity to earn referral commissions for recommending hosted Microsoft Dynamics CRM Read More...
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Windows Mobile 6.1 upgrades

Posted Monday, September 29, 2008 3:12 PM by UK SBSC
For all the Windows Mobile users out there, Microsoft's Jason Langridge has recently posted an article on his blog listing devices that are now available for Windows Mobile 6.1 upgrades .  Probably most relevant to the UK are these devices: Samsung Read More...
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Top 10 Windows Mobile Applications – What’s on your device?

Posted Monday, September 29, 2008 11:23 AM by UK SBSC
For those of you who are using a Windows Mobile device, Microsoft's Jason Langridge (aka Mr Mobile!) has written a post on his blog listing the Top 10 applications he uses on his Windows Mobile phone... I haven’t posted a new version of this for Read More...
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Open Licensing Programme for Government market opportunity

Posted Friday, September 26, 2008 12:34 PM by UK SBSC
Launching on 1 October 2008, the Open Licensing Programme for Government (OLPG) is an opportunity for Microsoft partners to sell discounted Microsoft Open Volume Licensing into eligible government and healthcare organisations with between 5 and 250 users. Read More...
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WESS Partner Readiness Launch - The SBSC User Group tour!

Posted Thursday, September 25, 2008 1:14 PM by UK SBSC
In preparation for the launch of Windows Small Business Server 2008 and Windows Essential Business Server 2008, Microsoft will be visiting SBSC User groups around the country in October and November to deliver training and readiness to SBSC partners. Read More...
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What are SBSC User Groups?

Posted Thursday, September 25, 2008 11:29 AM by UK SBSC
Meeting other partners is one of the most important benefits of being part of the Small Business Specialist Community. SBSC User Groups are partner meetings run by Microsoft partners, for Microsoft partners. As each of the groups are self supported, they Read More...
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Office Live Partner Directory – promote your services today

Posted Tuesday, September 23, 2008 1:53 PM by UK SBSC
Do you offer a service or solution that enhances a Microsoft® Office Live Small Business account? Then submit a listing to the Office Live Small Business Partner Directory and give the nearly one million subscribers of Microsoft Office Live Small Read More...
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Hard Copies of Microsoft Small Business Collateral Now Available!

Posted Monday, September 22, 2008 6:04 PM by UK SBSC
Microsoft now has hard copies of the following collateral / brochures available for SBSC partners to order: 1. Make IT work for you: A 20-minute guide for growing businesses: generic, easy to read guide for small business owner managers with SBS being Read More...
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BT invite SBSC partners to join their new BT Associate Programme

Posted Friday, September 19, 2008 10:34 AM by UK SBSC
BT have recently approached Microsoft as they are extremely keen to engage with the SBSC partner channel. They recognise SBSC partners as Microsoft’s experts in small business solutions and believe the SBSC are the ideal channel for BT’s new Read More...
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Virtualization in Essential Business Server - 3 common scenarios

Posted Thursday, September 18, 2008 5:06 PM by UK SBSC
I just posted about the Windows Essential Server team in Redmond running a special session for partners on SBS 08 and Virtualization . They have also run a session for partners covering the intended support details for running Windows Essential Business Read More...
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Small Business Server 2008 and Virtualization

Posted Thursday, September 18, 2008 4:57 PM by UK SBSC
Earlier this week the Windows Essential Server Solutions team in Redmond released the official Small Business Server 2008 virtualization scenarios - one of the key pieces in the lead-up to the November 12th worldwide launch.The team ran a special session Read More...
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Up to 15% Sell Out Allowance discount on selected Microsoft Office Small Business Edition SKU`s

Posted Thursday, September 18, 2008 3:56 PM by UK SBSC
Just wanted to make you aware that there is a SOA (Sell out allowance) discount running on the following FPP Office Small Business Edition SKU`s through your authorised distributors: W87-01029 Office Small Business 2007 Win32 English Intl VUP Not to US Read More...
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Windows Essential Business Server 2008 has been Released to Manufacturing

Posted Thursday, September 18, 2008 3:41 PM by UK SBSC
As of earlier this week, Windows Essential Business Server 2008 (EBS 2008) reached RTM! (English now, more languages to come soon). Eric Kidd, General Manager of EBS based, has written a blog post around the RTM so have a read of this post to hear Eric's Read More...
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Online Technical Communities for All Partner Levels

Posted Thursday, September 18, 2008 12:11 PM by UK SBSC
Are you aware of the Online Technical Communities that are available for all Microsoft partner levels? If you are looking for support, why not join the Partner Online Technical Communities . Over 70 Microsoft products are supported in these online technical Read More...
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New short video explaining the benefits of partnership for Registered members

Posted Thursday, September 18, 2008 12:05 PM by UK SBSC
The Partner Programme team have recently created a new seven-minute video to explain how partnering with Microsoft can help you cut costs, increase your skills and how we can assist you to best support your customers. Go here to watch it. There is also Read More...
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SBSC gets Coverage in Making Money Magazine

Posted Wednesday, September 17, 2008 5:44 PM by UK SBSC
Recently Robert Epstein, who is the Business Lead for Small and Medium Business at Microsoft, did an interview with Making Money Magazine. This magazine is aimed at business start-ups, franchise owners etc. Robert was interviewed for an article which Read More...
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Attend London's Small Business 2.0 Conference Free With Microsoft

Posted Wednesday, September 17, 2008 5:25 PM by UK SBSC
Microsoft is sponsoring the Small Business 2.0 event in Covent Garden on Saturday 11th October 2008 and the organisers of the event have offered our adCenter Blog readers a a free pass to the show - worth £49 each - to the first 10 people who register Read More...
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Morning all

Posted Wednesday, September 17, 2008 11:00 AM by UK SBSC
Hi ya. Sorry it as taken me so long to get round to doing this, but I just wanted to take a minute to introduce myself. I am the SBS/EBS and Windows Server Product Manager for the UK and am leading the upcoming launch activities that some of you "should" Read More...
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Do you want to be one of our "Ask the Experts"?

Posted Friday, September 12, 2008 12:15 PM by UK SBSC
How would you like to be one of Microsoft's "Ask the Experts" on our Small Business customer facing Website? As you may be aware, on the Microsoft Small Business Centre web site and in the Microsoft Smart Business Customer newsletter, we have a section Read More...
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Open License Media fulfillment via Distribution Partners

Posted Thursday, September 11, 2008 5:35 PM by UK SBSC
Recently a couple of SBSC partners have contacted Microsoft to alert us to issues they have around obtaining media kits with open licensing. Some of the issues have arisen from lack of clarity around the process - some have arisen through fear of delay Read More...
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Business Intelligence in Small Business - Andrew Fryer's take

Posted Tuesday, September 09, 2008 12:33 PM by UK SBSC
For those who do not follow Andrew Fryer's blog, it is worth checking out his posts on Business Intelligence for Small Business . In a series of four posts Andrew addresses: Making the Case for Business Intelligence in Small Business In this article Andrew Read More...
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Manchester SBSC User Group

Posted Monday, September 08, 2008 10:13 AM by UK SBSC
A couple of Thursday's ago I headed up to Manchester to join the SBSC Manchester User Group. It was a really interesting evening with full agenda. The evening kicked off with one of the members, Leslie Cupitt of Business Solutions Ltd , delivered a comprehensive Read More...
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SBS 2008: Released to Manufacturing (RTM)!

Posted Monday, September 08, 2008 9:51 AM by UK SBSC
Windows Small Business Server 2008 Standard and Premium - English version, was released to manufacturing (RTM) on Thursday, August 21. The process of finalizing international versions, creating media, building packaging, delivering the product to distribution Read More...
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Office Home & Student special offers

Posted Friday, September 05, 2008 5:36 PM by UK SBSC
Did you know that there is currently a Back to School promotion running on Microsoft Office Home and Student editions. If you are interested in learning more then go here for more information: http://office.microsoft.com/en-gb/products/FX102784491033.asp Read More...
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Why Microsoft Partners should embrace S+S and still deliver on premise solutions - David Overton's Blog

Posted Friday, September 05, 2008 12:33 PM by UK SBSC
Last night I attended the Thames Valley SBSC User group in which Vijay Riyait, one of the UK's SBSC PAL's gave a presentation to the group. Vijay talked about his company, the PAL programme, his role as a PAL and also gave an update on the Microsoft Worldwide Read More...
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Windows Small Business Server 2003 R2 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Toolkit

Posted Friday, September 05, 2008 10:20 AM by UK SBSC
I've visited a number of SBSC User groups recently and hearing from SBSC partners that there is a great interest in SBS and Windows SharePoint. Microsoft does offer a toolkit for Windows Small Business Server 2003 R2 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0. Read More...
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Microsoft Financing: SmartPay - Zero Payments for six Months!

Posted Friday, September 05, 2008 9:31 AM by UK SBSC
In August's edition of the SBSC newsletter we highlighted a new Microsoft Financing scheme called SmartPay.   SmartPay from Microsoft offers you the tools to focus on your customers needs rather than their budget cycle. By financing your customers’ Read More...
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New look Sales and Licensing Induction for Partners

Posted Thursday, September 04, 2008 3:39 PM by UK SBSC
The Microsoft Partner Readiness Team have just announced the release of the new look Sales and Licensing Induction for Partners . This session is aimed to equip sales people with the knowledge and skills that will enable them to talk to new and existing Read More...
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Great Resources for Microsoft Small Business Partners - 5W/50 Programme...

Posted Thursday, September 04, 2008 3:01 PM by UK SBSC
The 5W/50 Webcast series is focused on SBSC partners in the SMB space and cover business readiness, sales, technical and product related topics across Server, Client, IW and Mobility. To view the topics and dates for the webcasts, go to the 5W/50 Portal Read More...
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EBS 2008 Jumpstart Online Kit Live

Posted Thursday, September 04, 2008 2:45 PM by UK SBSC
As you are aware, the launch of Windows Essential Business Server 2008 is coming up quickly, and partners will need to understand how the brand-new EBS 2008 will fit into their businesses.  As such, Microsoft Corp. have created the Jumpstart Online Read More...
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Microsoft Licensing Sales Specialist recordings available on the Partner Learning Centre

Posted Tuesday, September 02, 2008 1:22 PM by UK SBSC
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 Read More...
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UTalkMarketing - Microsoft’s new browser could harm Google’s ad model

Posted Monday, September 01, 2008 3:29 PM by UK SBSC
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... Read More...
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Building a website: How to get links to your site

Posted Monday, September 01, 2008 3:23 PM by UK SBSC
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... Read More...
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