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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In the last few weeks before I leave, I want to make sure that one of the products that underpins the Small Business Community is understood properly by the Channel.
I have had numerous meetings with the server teams at Microsoft to help understand where SBS stands in their market and how we can improve its position […]
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With the recent announcements of Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2008, they’ll be plenty of people swayed towards the bright lights of something new and shiney. However, the launch is expected in the second half of 2008, there’s plenty of time to look to what is currently available and understand the opportunity.
As luck would have […]
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Do you want to add Windows Mobile devices to your network? Is your network based either on the Windows Small Business Server 2003 (Windows SBS) server software with Service Pack 1 (SP1) or on Windows Small Business Server 2003 R2? If so, you can use the step-by-step instructions in this downloadable document to deploy devices […]
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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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Charles Van Heusen recently posted the latest information on Small Business Server. Check it out here.
Also, David Mackie talks about the practicalities of deploying SBS ‘Cougar’ in the real world and questions the integration of System Centre Essentials 2007 - well worth a read.
Thinking of migrating from SBS 2000/2003 to 2008? Consider using Jeff Middleton’s […]
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Microsoft have extended the SBS Offer I previously posted about now until the end of March 2008.
The offer covers both OEM and BIOS locked options of SBS.
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It’s not something that’s on my wish list to Father Christmas but I’ll be interested to know if there is a Tech Guarantee programme due to be introduced for SBS 2003 and Windows Server 2003. Something like this would help get customers using great technology now without them choosing to tread water until the release of […]
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I found a good post from Moloy Tandon regarding how you can license Microsoft Small Business Server 2003.
One of the challenges we are facing is how we can change people’s perception of how to license SBS (and I don’t mean everyone to go to volume licensing on server OS). On my travels around the UK […]
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The Mr. Busy Campaign will be bidding SBSCers in UK and Ireland a hurried goodbye as he gets replaced by three new campaigns.
Here’s what the Mr. Busy campaign achieved:
101 Partners took part in the campaign within five weeks
24,000 end users were reached
98% of Partners told Microsoft that they would like to see more of these […]
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