SBSC Canada Blog

The Microsoft Technology Partner Tour is underway and we are live in Toronto with the SBSC Lounge for its kick-off! There are hundreds of people here from technology partners to Microsoft reps gathering for the keynote address by Eric Gales , Vice-President...

The Microsoft Canada team is on the road again for city #3 of the Microsoft Technology Partner Tour - Vancouver! We are really excited to be here and I am personally looking forward to meeting the large number of SBSCs that we have in the city. (Guestbook...

Le tour de technologies pour les partenaires de Microsoft continue quand notre équipe a atterri hier – une belle journée a Montréal.  On voit un grand intérêt de nos partenaires locaux ce matin âpres le succès de notre ‘grand début’ a Toronto la...

We are in city #4 for our last stop on the Microsoft Technology Partner Tour in Calgary! The Microsoft Canada team is out in full force with the local partner community, and we are live with the SBSC Lounge waiting anxiously for everyone to join us. ...

The Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) is coming this July 13-16, 2009 in New Orleans, Louisiana! This post will summarize everything you need to know as a Canadian SBSC if you haven’t ramped up on WPC just yet. WPC is a forum for accessing...

Now that we are well into the month of October (Small Business Month!), I wanted to share the news again with everyone that D&H Canada is now carrying Microsoft products for its Canadian resellers. If you were are the D&H Canada reseller show...

Get the recognition you deserve! Submit for a Microsoft WPC 2010 Award today. SUBMIT YOUR ENTRY NOW. Have you delivered innovative customer solutions built on Microsoft technologies? Submit your company’s nomination for the annual Microsoft Worldwide...

There is a substantial amount of training, events, offers, and other opportunities coming for SBSCs with the launch of Windows Essential Server Solutions – SBS and EBS 2008. There is a first wave of these activities already live that you should consider...

Please join us in Washington, D.C to hear the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference Guest Speaker President Bill Clinton WPC 2010 Keynote Guest Speaker Bill Clinton: ”Embracing our Common Humanity” During the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2010...

If you and your colleagues haven’t already, make sure you take the time to do this FREE on-demand training for SBS and EBS 2008. With these major product releases, this is really the absolute minimum you should be doing if ‘network infrastructure’ or...

  Written by Elisabeth Vanderveldt , SBSC PAL for Eastern Canada In 1995 and 1998 I attended conferences (CA World and Microsoft Fusion/Tech Ed) in New Orleans. I had ample time to sample the sights and sounds of good old Bourbon Street, a few restaurants...

I have two very helpful updates to share with anyone working with or ramping up on SBS 2008. Outlook Anywhere Connectivity Issues Thanks to David Lee, SBSC in Ontario from DigiVie Communications, for sending this in. David came across a common problem...

We’re excited to announce the availability of Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC), a pre-release version of our next-generation OS. Thanks to everyone who has participated in the Beta testing period. Your feedback was invaluable: both at an engineering level...

Written by Stuart Crawford , SBSC Community in Alberta There are a high number of IT Professionals acting as leaders in the virtualization world, practicing what they preach about the benefits of virtualizing our server environments and doing some wonderful...

The 2008 IMPACT Awards ceremony takes place today in Toronto. Since 2003, the annual IMPACT Awards has recognized the success of technology partners in the channel community and with their customers. There are a total of 32 categories honouring the top...

A couple of you have contacted me to clarify the SBS 2008 downgrade rights scenarios and process. You should be aware that Microsoft grants the rights to use any prior version of SBS 2008, regardless of which license type you acquire.  Your downgrade...

The Canadian Partner Learning Centre (PLC) setup a series of technical webcasts and virtual labs for those of you that didn’t attend the in-person deep-dive training on SBS 2008 or EBS 2008. The complete set of links are below for your reference. Take...

IT Professional turned Social Media and Online Marketing consultant , Stuart Crawford is hosting a special Microsoft 5W25 seminar on Feb 24th at Noon Eastern/9 AM Pacific. Register today at http://www.mssmallbiz.com/training/ . Stuart promises this to...

Join the 2010 Small Business Server Migration Tour Building a more predictable and profitable approach to migrations Featuring Jeff Middleton of SBSmigration.com Are the majority of your customers running older versions of Windows Small Business Server...

Webinar hosted by Ulistic Join former Microsoft SBSC PAL and Microsoft Partner Stuart Crawford and David West from Ulistic for a great webinar aimed at helping SBSC's understand you own SEO.  Today consumers and journalists alike use a variety for...

Please join Microsoft Canada for an afternoon dedicated to partner growth and profitability in 2010. At this session, we will announce the new opportunities available with the Microsoft Partner Network as well as other exciting new products and offers...

It’s Friday and I have some very nice SBSC embroidered polo shirts to give away to celebrate. The image to the right is close, but the actual shirts look even better! The first 3 individuals to comment on this post will get a shirt shipped out to them...

Written by Brad Kowerchuk , SBSC PAL for Western Canada A recent discussion has raised the issue of how to drive profitability from your billable resources. After all, these are among your most expensive people and they can make a huge difference to the...

It’s time to participate in the Microsoft 2010 SMB Insight Report If you have not already participated in the Microsoft 2010 SMB Partner Insight online survey, we would like to extend the opportunity for you to take a few minutes now to take this brief...

Earlier this month I wrote about our 2008 IMPACT Awards that took place on November 13, highlighting the more than 30 SBSCs part of the finalists pool across the 32 categories in Canada. We have had a busy month since, but I would like to take a moment...