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N-3 Open Value Subscription Offer

Promotion ends: 31 December 2007
Programme: OV Subscription
Up-to-Date Discount (UTD) is a 50 per cent discount in OV Subscription for the first year invoice for any licence for the current (N) or previous (N-1) version of the selected Small Business or Professional Desktop platform products. For the OVS N-3 promo eligibility for receiving the 50 per […]

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Open Licensing… what’s it all about?

My colleague Cat from our Licensing Team came along to listen to me present last night and see what the London IT Pro Group was all about. Rather than take a back seat, the Group was good enough to get her involved and so the discussion of why is licensing so complex?
One of things about […]

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OEM System Builder Packs and Office Ready PCs

I get lots of information from Microsoft which I like to pass onto Small Business Partners in case you don’t get to receive it directly… so here you go… 
Any UK Microsoft System Builder Partners should keep an eye out in the post for their latest OEM System Builder Packs.
In it you should find a letter […]

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MLSS and MLSE accreditation are changing.

MLSS - Microsoft Licensing Sales Specialist
MLSE - Microsoft Licensing Sales Expert

With the recent changes to Microsoft’s desktop and application platforms, the existing licensing accreditations have been through an overhaul so that the new shiney versions will go live on 12th September.
The current accreditation model will be retired on the 11th so if you are currently […]

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Small Business Forum | 29th November 2007

Hi Guys,
A thread has already started up regarding an event a Small Business Community event that we (as in me and the guys at Westcoast) will be hosting. So I thought I would talk briefly about it here just to give you the heads up.
Although the finer details can’t be released to you just yet, […]

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The Microsoft Office Ready PC Programme

There have been a few discussions in the Community of late regarding the Office Ready PC Programme (double ‘mm’ ‘e’ because I’m talking mainly about the UK initiative!) and so I thought I would run a few facts and ideas past you so you can use them (if you like or else just read through […]

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Microsoft Licensing Handbook

Microsoft have just released their new Licensing Reseller Handbook in the UK.
The book walks through:

Microsoft’s basic license types
How to sell these licenses (key messaging and operational info)
Product specific licensing ‘need to knows’.

You can download a softer version from https://partner.microsoft.com/UK/40017359?PS=3
Let me know if you would like hardcopies and I’ll contact the Powers that Be and put […]

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