Launch Central for U.S. Partners : Windows 7

Windows 7 Loadfests Start October 2 in MA, MO, and AZ

dianeja — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 23:08:00 GMT

Starting next Friday, October 2, U.S. partners have the opportunity to attend the Windows 7 Loadfest In-Person Learning. The cost is just $49, and you'll walk away with:

Your own copy of Windows 7, installed on your PC
Materials that you can use to host your own Windows 7 Launch event for your company and customers

Windows 7 opens new development, sales, and services opportunities for your business. At the Loadfest, we will start by installing Windows 7 onto your PC (see minimum requirements below and when you register). We will run through some of the key improvements that have been made from the user perspective and explore the new features in Windows 7, to better manage computers in the corporate environment.

Ready to Register?

Cities Featuring Windows 7 Partner Loadfest Events

Arizona: Phoenix	Massachusetts: Waltham (Boston)
California: Irvine (Orange County)	Michigan: Southfield (Detroit)
California: Los Angeles	Minnesota: Bloomington (Minneapolis)
California: San Diego	Missouri: St. Louis
California: San Francisco	New York: New York
California: Silicon Valley (San Jose)	Ohio: Cleveland
Colorado: Denver	Oregon: Portland
District of Columbia: Washington	Pennsylvania: Malvern (Philadelphia)
Florida: Ft. Lauderdale (Miami)	Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh
Florida: Tampa	Texas: Dallas
Georgia: Alpharetta (Atlanta)	Texas: Houston
Illinois: Chicago	Washington: Bellevue
Kansas: Kansas City

System Requirements

Make sure your desktop or laptop meets these minimum requirements:

• 1 GHz 32-bit or 64-bit processor

• 1 GB of system memory

• 16 GB of available disk space

• Support for DirectX 9 graphics with 128 MB memory (to enable the Aero theme)

• DVD-R/W Drive

Windows 7 Loadfests for Microsoft Partners Across the USA

dianeja — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 01:23:00 GMT

The Windows 7 Loadfests are your opportunity to install Windows 7 on your own PC (registered attendees receive a free copy of the RTM version, before the General Availability date), plus learn about the improvements made for increased usability and better management in a corporate environment. You'll walk away with presentations on the Windows 7 business value as well as all the materials needed to host your very own Windows 7 Launch event for your company or customers.

Windows 7 Resources for U.S. Partners

dianeja — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 19:38:00 GMT

In today's The Learning Curve newsletter, our training-focused communication to U.S. members of the Microsoft Partner Program, we included some tasty information about Windows 7, in preparation for the Release Candidate, which will be available on 4/30 to TechNet and MSDN subscribers and broadly available on May 5, per the Windows 7 Team Blog. Here are some other things you can do to prepare:

May 7 - Attend our Virtual Partner Readiness Day. At this free virtual event, partners will have the opportunity to learn about Windows 7 from Microsoft executives and product experts and can take advantage of the readiness and marketing tools available to help prepare them for Windows 7 business opportunities. Register to attend on the Partner Learning Center.
Windows 7 Training Opportunities

Featured Training
Partnercast: Windows 7 in 7 Minutes -- Enterprise Demo (Sales, 7 minutes)
Partnercast: Desktop Optimization and Windows Vista (Sales, 11 minutes)
The Road to Windows 7: Part 1 (Sales, 1 hour)
The Road to Windows 7: Part 2 (Sales, 1 hour)
Windows 7: Application Compatibility (Technical, 1 hour)

Find more training on Windows 7 on the U.S. Learning Plan Tool: Windows 7 Sales Training and Windows 7 Technical Training.