Partners, here's a great opportunity for you to invite your customers into your office for a "Launch day" event! View the webcast, show off your site and services, connect with local CPAs, etc.

You are invited to view the streaming video webcast of the launch event for Microsoft Office Small Business Accounting 2006 and Microsoft Office Small Business Management Edition 2006. Find out more about these powerful financial management solutions and how they can empower and enable small businesses. These solutions bring the ease of use of Microsoft Office to accounting, offering great Office integration and advanced management functionality. Join Bill Gates, Chairman and Chief Software Architect, and others as they welcome and demonstrate these exciting new products.

Webcast Details:
September 7, 2005, 1:15 PST

Low speed link (56K):
http://metahost.savvislive.com/microsoft/20050907/business_summit_sba_20050907_56.asx

Medium speed link (100K):
http://metahost.savvislive.com/microsoft/20050907/business_summit_sba_20050907_100.asx

High speed link (300K):
http://metahost.savvislive.com/microsoft/20050907/business_summit_sba_20050907_300.asx

To view the streaming video webcast, your PC must have Windows Media Player. Don’t have Windows Media Player? You can get it here: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/download/download.aspx

Agenda: All times are PST.

1:15pm Opening Keynote
Bill Gates, Chairman and Chief Software Architect, Microsoft Corporation
Steven Guggenheimer, Vice President, Worldwide Small Business, Microsoft Corporation

2:00pm Microsoft Office Small Business Accounting 2006 and Microsoft Office Small Business Management Edition 2006 – Product Demonstration

2:30pm Building the Small Business Accounting Community
Steven Guggenheimer, Vice President, Worldwide Small Business, Microsoft Corporation

3:00pm Customer and Partner Panel
Hosted by Christopher Capossela, Corporate VP, Information Worker Product Management Group
Panel discussion with early adopter customers and key Microsoft partners

Thank you and have a wonderful day,

Eric Ligman
Microsoft US Senior Manager,
Small Business Community Engagement
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