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The New Microsoft Sales Toolkit Is Here!

jpalmer — Mon, 19 May 2008 11:54:58 GMT

The new edition of the Microsoft Sales Toolkit has now arrived. This edition runs from June to December ‘08 and has been updated to include the new 2008 products. This edition has been automatically sent to partners who have subscribed online. Additional copies can be ordered from www.microsoft.com/uk/gearup - there is also an electronic version available for download.

What is the Sales Toolkit?

The Microsoft Sales Toolkit is your partners’ source for driving sales. It is the licensing and sales 'product handbook' that helps partners generate up-sell and cross-sell opportunities, giving you and your Partners information on the full portfolio of Microsoft products and services. You can find information on what the product is, how to sell it, relevant SKU numbers and FAQs.

Microsoft Office Live Workspace

jpalmer — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 14:57:51 GMT

Microsoft Office Live Workspace beta is a free Web-based extension of Microsoft Office that enables people to access their documents online and easily share their work and collaborate with others

Anywhere Access

Store over 1,000 Microsoft Office documents and other files (500 MB available) in a password-protected location on the Internet and access them from almost any Internet-connected computer (full Firefox support for PC & Mac)
View Microsoft Office Word, Microsoft Office Excel, Microsoft Office PowerPoint or PDF documents, even if Microsoft Office is not on the computer you are using
Keep Web-based lists (eg to-do lists, guest lists and wish lists) and ad hoc notes so that they are available when needed

Share and Collaborate With Others

Share a single document or a collection of documents; you control who has access to the areas of your workspace
Give editing or view-only rights to those with whom you share access, with full document versioning and time-stamping
Track workspace activities with the new activity panel and receive notifications when changes are made in the workspace
Use Microsoft SharedView beta to work with others in real time and share applications

Extend the Microsoft Office Experience

Open and save files directly to your workspace from Microsoft Office XP, 2003 or 2007
Automatically synchronise Contact, Tasks and Event lists with Outlook 2003 and 2007 so you are always up to date
Export any workspace list to Excel to archive list content or simply take it offline

Outlook for Photographers

jpalmer — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 19:31:08 GMT

We've just released a very cool plug-in for Microsoft Office Outlook for Photographers called Microsoft Pro Photoshoot. This plug-in allows any photographer to create a list of their clients and equipment in Outlook and will help ensure that the right equipment arrives at the right shoot. Read more about it.

Microsoft Certification Second Shot Campaign

jpalmer — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 12:22:29 GMT

It's back! The Microsoft Second Shot offer allows you to take any Microsoft IT professional, developer or Microsoft Dynamics certification exams and you'll get two chances to pass. All you have to do is register before your first exam. All of the information can be found at the Second Shot web page.

Free 2007 Microsoft Office System Training for IW, MBS and ISV Partners

jpalmer — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 13:14:39 GMT

We've launched a new initiative to help Microsoft Certified Partners holding the Information Worker, Microsoft Business Solutions or Independent Software Vendor competencies get up to speed on the new Office platform. Microsoft is investing an incremental US$5 million to get this initiative off the ground.

For more information visit http://iwaccelerator.com.

Free T-Mobile HotSpot WiFi for Windows Vista Users

jpalmer — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 21:22:06 GMT

While I was surfing the Microsoft Office web site this afternoon I stumbled across an ad from T-Mobile offering Windows Vista users free T-Mobile HotSpot WiFi access until 30th April 2007. Sign up at http://www.skysurprise.com/.