A year or so ago, Microsoft released a 20-minute Guide to selling SBS which I seem to recall was only available in the UK. When it was announced on t’Internet, Microsoft Partners worldwide found it of use because the principals behind selling IT to a business is pretty much the same - in most cases, […]
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I am a marketing collateral hoarder. I admit it. But it really comes in handy when I need an idea and I know I can find it in the pile of ‘ideas’ that sit on my desk. Most of the hard copies have been replaced by RSS feeds but there’s still a fair bit laying […]
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After installing a copy of Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 on their machine, a customer found that their version turned out to be something different.
It seems that the machine was originally bought as an Office Ready PC (you can read about the programme here.) had been installed with a FPP (Fully Packaged Product) of Office rather than […]
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There has been shed loads of information out there regarding this Wednesday’s launch of Windows Server 2008. Here are to name but a few:
Wayne Small’s Blog (more information on Wayne can be found here)
Susan Bradley’s Blog (more information on Susan can be found here)
Windows Server Division Weblog
David Overton’s Blog
Matt McSpirit’s Blog (particular focus on virtualisation)
So that’s a […]
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I’ve posted before on the Microsoft Action Pack but a Partner contacted me recently to get clarification on who is allowed to apply and use them.
Firstly, what is a Microsoft Action Pack Subscription (MAPS)?
It is a kit that contains new software releases, as well as updated sales and marketing materials that are designed to help […]
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Mark Russinovich will be taking a live interactive discussion on adopting Windows Vista into a desktop infrastructure, and will discuss what Windows Vista SP1 means for you.
You can submit questions during the event or in advance to vrtable@microsoft.com where a panel of experienced professionals (including members from the Windows product team) will answer as many as […]
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A few things came up today which I wanted to post as reference:
Microsoft Office Accounting
I caught up with the product manager Gareth Arnold to find out what’s going on with regards to launching the product through the channel. It looks like boxed copies will be made available at late March/early April. I would expect Action […]
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Catch a load of some recent screenshots of what the new version of Windows will look like.
Long Zheng makes some comments on these latest images of Windows 7 M1.
Windows 7 Video
Wikipedia Article
When I heard about Windows 7 (Codename ‘Vienna’) I heard it was going to have a pretty different interface to what we have seen […]
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The spring 2008 sessions of the ‘What’s stopping you?’ event has kicked off again starting in Crawley last week. Again, another great audience who were keen and kept the presentation interactive (yesss!).
Already, I have met plenty of businesses who need help from local Small Business Specialists and so it’s been great to have the chance […]
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Like Steve, I attended one of Microsoft’s CRM launch events today and found out something interesting:
If you have Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 Small Business Edition and want to upgrade to version 4.0, there is no equivalent edition as such.
There are three editions within the CRM 4.0 family:
Workgroup server - includes and supports a MAXIMUM of […]
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