Limited time offer, just launched today! As a way of saying thank you to our loyal Windows customers, we are excited to introduce a special time limited offer! We will offer people in select markets the opportunity to pre-order Windows 7 at a more than...

Announcing the Windows 7 Upgrade Option Program! Starting today, June 26 th , the Windows 7 Upgrade Option Program kicks off. Through this offer, anyone who buys a PC from a participating OEM or retailer with Windows Vista Home Premium, Business or Ultimate...

From 5:00 – 6:00 PM on Monday, July 13 th at Worldwide Partner Conference, I have the pleasure of hosting the, “SMB002 Help Your Customers Reduce IT Costs and Risks and Strengthen Your Business” session, which will be in rooms 218 & 219. Joining me...

Back in December, we kicked off the “ Driving Small Business Success ” contest for SBSC Partners in the U.S., which was this year’s version of the SBSC “ Partner Plunge ” contest that we ran last year, which was won by Wade DeVore and the folks at NetVision...

Thank you to all of the Microsoft Partners who submitted entries into the WPC 2009 Awards Program and congratulations to the finalists and award winners! We had over 2,000 amazing entries this year, so you can imagine what it was like working through...

How many of you have clients that are looking to migrate to Windows Small Business Server 2008 (SBS 2008) from Windows Small Business Server 2003 (SBS 2003)? How many of you have been trying to locate a document that helps you plan out the steps and find...

Here’s a quick reminder for all of you that the submission deadline for the FREE Dell Latitude E4300 Windows 7 Laptop contest that Microsoft is running ends in just 2 days! That means that if you have not submitted your entry into the contest prior to...

Here are some very important updates on timing that you need to be aware of with Windows 7, so take a moment and read through these points: 1) For those of you that took advantage of the Windows 7 Beta download - You need to move to the Windows 7 Release...

Microsoft Office 2010, the next version of the Microsoft productivity suite, is coming. With it will be new capabilities and enablers for people everywhere. So, how would you like to be one of the people who get the Technical Preview of Office 2010, with...

Here is some very exciting news, whether you used the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit in the past or not. The Version 4.0 Beta of the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit is now available! The Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit is...

As you look at Windows 7 through things like the Windows 7 Release Candidate , the Windows 7 learning portal , or any of the other many Windows 7 Resources out there, one question you might have (since I have heard it from some other Partners as well...

Back on May 13 th , I blogged about the upcoming Windows 7 and Windows XP Mode webcast for Partners that we were hosting to talk about this very exciting differentiator within Windows 7. Since then, I have been receiving multiple requests about whether...

Coming this fall, TechDays 2009 will be making its way across Canada, brining over 40 information-packed sessions to Canadian IT Professionals and Developers. These sessions will include such topics as: Application Compatibility Tools Application Lifecycle...

Have you been taking advantage of the Big Easy Partner Subsidy program? You know, the program that provides a check to your customers, made out to you, to pay for your services with them just because they purchased Microsoft solutions. That Big Easy Partner...

For any of you familiar with the Microsoft year, you know that our fiscal year ends on June 30 th . So at this time of year, we look back over the past year and assess how we did against our individual commitments for the year and submit our reviews showing...

Some days at Microsoft, we do things that just make you go, “Hmmmmmm….” Other days, we do things that you just want to share with everyone, and today is one of those days! Today we posted a release about, “Microsoft and Feeding America Join Forces to...

Back in November, I put up a post letting you know about how the Microsoft Gear Up Sales Toolkit will now be available online . If you have not used the Gear Up Sales Toolkit yet, you really should, since it combines a wealth of information for you and...

Last June there were a lot of questions floating around how Windows 2008 Servers could be accessed inside of an SBS 2003 R2 environment since Windows 2008 Server was available; however, SBS 2008 was not yet released. As you know, an SBS 2003 CAL doesn...

How many of you have ever been driving around or out somewhere and wanted to get information on things like: traffic, movie times, weather, driving directions, a good restaurant around you (Chinese, Japanese, burger joint, or whatever), local shops? Or...

By now you’ve probably seen the information on Bing in many places, including several of my recent posts like: Get a sneak peek at the Bing commercials launching tonight Are you ready to “Bing?” Well, this past week I have received a few questions...

The other night I asked you, “ Are you ready to “Bing?” ” and there was an overwhelming number of people who were! Now tonight we start airing the Bing.com commercials on television. So how many of you would like to get a sneak peek at the commercials...

The official word is out. Windows 7 will become generally available on Oct. 22, 2009, and Windows Server 2008 R2 will be broadly available at the same time. In addition to this, we also announced that Microsoft will deliver Release to Manufacturing (RTM...

Attention all of you Partners from down under… Have you tuned in to Microsoft’s Partner TV Australia yet? Partner TV Australia is an initiative being led by our Australian Team to reach out to Partners and provide you with insights and information that...

So be honest, how many of you Partners have asked (or thought), “Hey, Microsoft! Why can’t we download our Action Pack software so we can have access to it faster than having to wait for you to ship us a bunch of DVDs?!” Not to mention the fact that having...