It is that time of year again, that many of us celebrate the holiday of Thanksgiving.  A time to gather with friends and family as well as reflect back on the prior year and give thanks for all of the blessings and good fortunes we have to be thankful...

For those of you that followed PDC09 this week, one of the announcements you heard about is the availability of the Silverlight 4 developer beta , which is now available.  Since then, there has been even more communications and excitement around...

In my earlier post, “ Microsoft Office 2010 Beta available for download – Announced at PDC09 today! ,” I told you that the Microsoft Office 2010 beta program was announced and is now available for download.  Well, just as exciting was the announcement...

Earlier this year, we announced the Microsoft Office 2010 Technical Preview program for testers to participate in and since then, a popular topic and question has been, “When will the Microsoft Office 2010 Beta be available for download?”  Well,...

A short while ago, I put up my, “ What versions of Windows qualify for the Windows 7 Retail Box upgrade? ” post here on the blog and received this follow-up question shortly afterwards, “Ok, I see what qualifies for the Retail Box Windows 7 Upgrade, but...

Today at Tech-Ed Europe 2009, Stephen Elop announced the launch of Exchange Server 2010, which is a very exciting offering for customers and Partners around the world. On the Microsoft Partner Portal, we have a collection of information at resources for...

Today, Channel 9 launches the Windows Server 2008 R2 Training Course for Developers.  Channel 9 has always been about giving Developers insight into new Microsoft platform technologies.  The Channel 9 Learning Center extends that objective with...

For those of you that attended SMB Nation in Las Vegas, you may have heard the announcement of Community Connections made by Dave Waldrop, a fantastic opportunity to bring together Microsoft Partners with customers and Local Business Community Organizations...

Just a quick update for you about a topic that some of you have raised.  In case you did not see it, the Microsoft Exchange Team announced earlier this week that based on the feedback we have received, the decision has been made to create and issue...

I am very happy to be able to let you know that for a limited time, that the Big Easy offer is back in the U.S. and Canada! That’s right, from now through January 2, 2010, when your customers make a qualifying purchase of Microsoft technologies and submit...

A couple years back, we introduced the Digital WPC site, providing a way for Partners around the world to join us for our WPC07 in Denver. The feedback was fantastic from Partners, so we have expanded it each year since. Now, Digital WPC makes a new transformation...

Today we launched a significant redesign of MSN to bring you a much better, richer, and easier experience with the information that is most interesting to you.  The new MSN homepage offers a fresh new look that brings the best of Bing, the latest...

Access to technology and cost savings are topics that are very important to customers everywhere and the announcement by Microsoft’s Online Services Team yesterday helps serve up a lot of both of these for Partners and customers!  When we first announced...

As stated in my, “ Answers from Windows 7 Upgrade Install Hack post coming on Monday ,” post, here is a collection of many questions I have posted answers to from my, “ Regardless of what any hack says, a Windows 7 Upgrade is an Upgrade. What you need...

Shortly after I published my Regardless of what any hack says, a Windows 7 Upgrade is an Upgrade. What you need to know blog post, there was one particular statement that several people seemed to focus on. The statement in that blog post I am referring...

One of the questions I received from my Regardless of what any hack says, a Windows 7 Upgrade is an Upgrade. What you need to know post, in addition to seeing this topic discussed by people in comments in several other places is, “I downloaded the Windows...

A question that has been raised by several people so far after reading my, “ Regardless of what any hack says, a Windows 7 Upgrade is an Upgrade. What you need to know ” post is, “You mentioned that you have to have a full license for a qualifying version...