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 Most of the hard copies have been replaced by RSS feeds but there’s still a fair bit laying […]
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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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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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Part 1: http://www.uksmbgirl.co.uk/blog/archives/238
The articles below are specific to Windows Vista Service Pack 1. You can use this information to evaluate and deploy Windows Vista Service Pack 1.
Overview of Windows Vista Service Pack 1
Notable Changes in Windows Vista Service Pack 1 RC
Enterprise Guidance for Application Compatibility Testing and Windows Vista SP1
Release Notes for this RC of […]
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Chatting with a few UK Partners last week about whether they are installing Vista with positive results, many said they were waiting for SP1 or they (or their customers) were “stubbornly sticking to XP” or have “actually asked for downgrade”.
In balance, I got a large number of Partners who have successfully installed Vista and are enjoying the benefits - most […]
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“For organisations considering the deployment of either Windows Vista or the 2007 Office system - or both, this interactive training session has been specially designed for Technical decision makers, IT implementers and Infrastructure architects, to show how straight-forward deploying these technologies can be.
The session will update participants on the proven business, management and technical benefits […]
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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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I went along to Microsoft’s Cardinal Place today to sit in with a few familar faces (you know who you are!) and listen to the team talk about a number of OEM topics such as Windows Server 2008, Office Ready PC, and combatting illegal licensing.
One of the Partners wanted to ask about an issue which […]
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In the last few days I’ve had some good meetings. Interestingly, both featured DemoShowcase which is a set of 24 predefined customer scenarios which you can customise in a virtual machine environment.
After chatting to the London IT Pro Group, I showed them how easy it is to talk about how five different applications in just over […]
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Both internally and within the Partner Community, there has been much discussion surrounding the anticipated launch of the first Vista Service Pack (SP1).
There has been a number of people advising customers to wait for this release before adopting Windows Vista.
Important updates have been released to customers via Windows Update and I’m happy to share with […]
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