On Tuesday (28/08/07), Microsoft announced the plans for the third service pack (SP3) for Windows XP as a roll up of all the hot fixes and patches including security updates, out of band releases, and hotfixes. This is standard practice to release a service pack as a release nears end-of-life. There are no new features in Windows XP SP3, […]
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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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I’ve just sent an email to a prospective Partner and thought you might not know about this as well.
To download the 2007 Microsoft Office System and Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Partner Sales Tool (available in five different languages), click here.
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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 - 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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You have to be impressed by the Geek Squad, they go directly against what many Microsoft SBSC Consultants stand for.
Definition of a geek:
“It could be said that the particular interests of nerds are of practical nature (like math, physics, astronomy), while those of geeks are often considered trivial but entertaining.” Here is another definition of […]
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Level Platforms, along with guest vendor Autotask, will host a Managed Services Education seminar in central London from 10am to noon on Tuesday 11th September. The seminar will address IT solution providers interested in learning more about managed services, including best practices, required steps and applicable solutions.
Guest speaker Matthew Stringer from APlus Computer Services will […]
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Symantec are running a free sales and tech training up in Birmingham in September which you may want to get yourself along to.
Why attend?
Go along for an afternoon’s technical training followed by an early evening sales seminar focusing on the next generation in security software as well as Symantec’s Protection Solutions.
Agenda:
Technical session: 14:15 (Endpoint Protection […]
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Welcome time: 09:00 (GMT)
Finish time: 15:00 (GMT)
Chicago 1&2 and Memphis (Building three at the Thames Valley Campus)
Event Overview:
During the morning, this event will cover key highlights and changes to the ISV partner program, followed by a look at the key software releases in the new Microsoft year from an ISV business perspective.
The afternoon session is divided in two:
- […]
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So hopefully those who attended the LiveMeeting session found it beneficial. Thank you to all of those who have emailed me as a result of it and I’ll be following up on them all later this week.
If you missed it and want to catch a recording of it (it’s about 40 minutes long) then you […]
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