Hot off the presses for everyone out there. We are just announcing a Partner Subsidy Promotion for Microsoft Office through the Open Licensing Programs to run from August 1, 2007 – January 31, 2008. The way it works is quite simple. Your customers purchase...

You may have seen the breaking announcement of the Microsoft Office Partner Subsidy promotion we announced on Monday. Well, here’s another “Hot off the presses” offer with an exclusive bonus for our Small Business Specialist Partners that will run from...

If you took a moment to read through my, “ Who’s my PAL? And why haven't I heard about this? ” post earlier regarding the Microsoft PAL initiative, I shared that the slated time for the official Microsoft PAL information to be posted to the Microsoft...

At the beginning of last year, we announced an exciting promotion through Microsoft Financing called the 6/50 promotion . The 6/50 promotion allowed clients who utilized Microsoft Financing for their purchases to pay only $50 per month for the first six...

There has been a considerable amount of discussion taking place around the SBSC PAL Initiative that was announced at the Small Business Symposium and Worldwide Partner Conference. The questions floating around now are things like: - Why was there not...

What does X-Box 360, Halo, Zunes, keyboards, mice, and more have to do with the Small Business Desktop Advantage & Software Assurance? Everything now! If you have ever attended any of the “Introduction to Open License for Partners,” “Introduction...

Today the doors of the Denver Convention Center opened to welcome the attendees of this year’s Worldwide Partner Conference and Small Business Symposium for conference registration. (click picture to view full-size) As you can see above, the Small...

If you saw my post yesterday regarding The Power of a Peer – How joining a peer group will help grow your business webcast, that was the kick-off of a series of 50 webcasts this year to help Small Business Partners grow their businesses and be more successful...

That’s right! Imagine receiving a check from Microsoft that covered the full cost of your first day’s worth of deployment services for a new SBS Premium + Small Business Desktop Advantage roll-out. Would that help you close more deals or make your clients...

From time to time I get asked, “What is the Microsoft Small Business Channel Community?” or “What can the Microsoft Small Business Channel Community offer me?” I thought I would take a slightly different approach answering it this time, so if you have...

In a joint effort led by the Microsoft SBS Team and several others, Microsoft will be launching a series of 50 webcasts this year to help Small Business Partners grow their businesses and be more successful. Tomorrow is the first of these events and if...

If you are registered for Small Business Symposium , you recently received an email with the important details you need to know. That email also recommends printing it out or saving it somewhere you can access it when you are in Denver . For those of...

Here’s a bonus for all of you planning to attend my “ Bigger Deals and More Profit for You, Less Money and Headaches for Your Clients - Licensing Is the Key ” session with John Nicolau of VantagePoint Partners and Vince Tinnirello of Anchor Network Solutions...

Last week you may have seen me announce the new Office Rebate Offer and the new SBS Rebate Offer we are launching in August. This post is your reminder to be sure to join us next week for the Microsoft Incentives webcast to learn more about the new promotions...

A couple weeks ago I posted about the first two webcasts that kicked off a brand new series of web training available to Partners called the 5W/50 series: - Are you registered for, “The Power of a Peer – How joining a peer group will help grow your...

The second Annual Small Business Symposium is now officially in the books, and in a little under five hours, Worldwide Partner Conference will be kicking off. As a reminder to those who did not get a copy of the presentations from today in the Network...

Those of you who were at Worldwide Partner Conference or that have been following the latest announcements in the Partner Newsletters may recall hearing about the Microsoft U.S. subsidiary reorganizing itself into 10 Areas for this fiscal year instead...

If you saw my “ Introducing Digital WPC – Your gateway to Worldwide Partner Conference for those that cannot attend in person! ” post back on June 22 nd , I noted “link coming…” Well, the link for WPC is now posted, so I wanted to let everyone know what...

Here is your chance to provide direct input, so be sure to take it if you have something to ask or contribute. As you think about the Volume Licensing lifecycle as a Partner, there is the: 1. Presale – Time before the sale when you are talking with...

Here is another question I received following my “ Preview and Sneak Peek of the new Small Business Desktop Advantage and Volume Licensing Sales Kit ” Live Meeting session that I thought I would post here along with the answer in case others out there...

I received a follow-up question to my, “ If I use downgrade rights, am I stuck at the older version? ” post from this weekend. The question I received was: “I install SBS 2003 R2 but I still need to be running SQL2000. I do not want to have to downgrade...

I have seen some messages and conversations floating around about Partners not receiving Microsoft Partner shipments or SBSC exclusive offer shipments, etc. For example, you probably saw my post about the shipment of the new SBDA & VL Sales Kit to...

If you weren’t able to join us in Denver this year and did not watch the sessions through Digital WPC , you can now access many of the keynotes and sessions as recorded sessions online. The recordings are available HERE . Thank you and have a wonderful...

Join us in August for one of three 70-282 Exam Cram sessions presented via Live Meeting to help you take the next step forward towards reaching your SBSC designation in the Microsoft Partner Program. These sessions include: the Exam Cram, the exam, and...

Earlier this year we announced the launch of the new version of the Microsoft Business and Technology Assessment Toolkit . Since then we have been hearing great feedback from Partners regarding the Toolkit and how they are using it to drive their businesses;...