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Tuesday, March 28, 2006 3:24 PM

Get Your Core Microsoft Technologies for less than your daily cup of coffee! Microsoft Small Business Summit session by Eric Ligman

You may have heard about the new Small Business offer from Microsoft that gets you your core Microsoft technologies for “Less Than Your Daily Cup Of Coffee” either online, in our User Group, on the Blogs, or in one of my Live Meetings, but did you catch
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Tuesday, March 28, 2006 3:05 PM

Dana Epp Shares His Wealth of Knowledge At The Small Business Summit - See the replay here!

Whether you’ve seen him at Harry B ’s for a cookout or at SMB Nation presenting in Kodiak with Susan , you all know Dana Epp and the solutions he brings to the table for small businesses. Did you catch his session at the Microsoft Small Business Summit
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Tuesday, March 28, 2006 2:58 PM

Susan Bradley, SBS Diva, Shares Her Wealth of Knowledge At The Small Business Summit - See the replay here!

You all know her, whether as the SBS Diva , or as Susan Bradley , but did you catch her presentation at the Microsoft Small Business Summit about “Moving Your Business To Meet Your Needs”? If you didn’t you certainly missed out! Fear not… We’ve got you
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Saturday, March 25, 2006 8:36 AM

So, what have we become and who do you think we are?

For several years now, you have seen the logo above associated with the various components of what has become the Small Business Channel Community. Now, I am looking to you for your thoughts and suggestions about the future. When I first set out to create
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Thursday, March 23, 2006 5:24 PM

"The Official SBS Blog" is now live. Have you seen it yet?

Here’s a quick snippet from the site to give you an idea of what to look forward to: “With the upcoming SBS 2003 R2 launch, we want to pilot a new approach for delivering product information and real-time issues to SBSers. To that end, we're renaming
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Monday, March 20, 2006 11:53 PM

Common Question: What qualifies for the Windows XP Professional Upgrade or Upgrade + Software Assurance and where would I find this answer at?

One of the questions we get asked quite often is, “What Operating Systems qualify for the Windows XP Professional Upgrade or Upgrade + Software Assurance and where would I be able to find this listed?” To answer this question, I am going to refer you
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Monday, March 20, 2006 10:27 PM

April Partner Community Virtual Briefing – Powered by PCMs & TS2: What’s (Still) so Special about Office System 2003

We continue to hear enticing leaks of information about the 2007 Microsoft Office System, but it won’t be available until later this calendar year and even after it’s released, will your customers immediately install it? Can your customers wait another
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Monday, March 20, 2006 1:44 PM

Microsoft to initiate over 100 legal actions to target Cybercriminals with Launch of Global Phishing Enforcement Initiative

In an expansion of previous efforts targeted to help protect consumers from online fraud, Microsoft announced efforts overseas bringing together law enforcement, governments and industries in worldwide fight against online fraud. “Phishing is a crime.
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Wednesday, March 15, 2006 7:39 AM

How does that eBay deal look now? Microsoft Files Lawsuits Against Online Sellers to Help Protect Consumers From Illegal Software

For those of you that read our Blog consistently, you may recall the earlier posts about why internet search engines and auction sites are not the place to look for software deals along with the programs like Windows Genuine Advantage from Microsoft and
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Tuesday, March 14, 2006 8:12 AM

Live from the Small Business Summit

Here we are, counting down to the beginning of the Small Business Summit. Soon people will be joining us here at the Hyatt Bellevue and we will begin broadcasting around the world. I just thought I would share a "live" view from the Summit and a quick
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Tuesday, March 14, 2006 5:17 AM

Microsoft now offering Small Business financing for software, hardware & services for deals as small as $3,000, starting today! Plus get deferred payments until June 30th!

Hey, Microsoft Partners! Stop losing sales to "I don’t have the budget." Microsoft® Financing will provide loans for IT solutions that include Microsoft software and they will finance hardware, software (even without a hardware purchase!), and your services
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Monday, March 13, 2006 9:42 AM

Illegal & Counterfeit Software - Microsoft to heighten efforts to target these activities

In case you have not seen the announcement yet, I thought I would share the latest announcement from Microsoft in the area of illegal and counterfeit software. The bottom line is, expect to see Microsoft taking further steps to address this issue through
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Wednesday, March 08, 2006 1:25 PM

Have you checked out the EXCLUSIVE Microsoft Small Business Specialist site yet?

Attention Microsoft Small Business Specialists... Visit a new website created just for you. Take advantage of small business opportunities, offers, and promotions. The link is: http://partner.microsoft.com/us/sbscsecure . Not yet a Microsoft Small Business
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Wednesday, March 08, 2006 8:04 AM

Partner webcast tomorrow - Small Business Platform Offering: Are you seeing the success your peers are with this?

As a reminder, we are offering this webcast to all Partners tomorrow, so be sure to register if you haven't already. Small business partners across the U.S. are having great success offering the NEW single SKU solution to their Small Business customers!
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Monday, March 06, 2006 3:18 PM

BSA now offering up to $200,000 in rewards for Qualifying Piracy Reports!

Last month I posted about the Business Software Alliance offering up to $50,000 in rewards for qualifying reports of illegal software use and that offer ended February 28th. Well, they've upped the reward for March! Yes, you read the headline properly
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Monday, March 06, 2006 1:49 PM

Think you know what you get with Software Assurance? There’s probably a lot more than you think…

There have been many questions and misconceptions about what actually are the benefits of Software Assurance. Believe it or not, some people still think Software Assurance is upgrades only. This is far from being the case. Here is a quick list of some
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Monday, March 06, 2006 1:42 PM

Microsoft CRM 3.0 Implementation Guide now available for download

This Implementation Guide provides the information required for a successful Microsoft CRM implementation into your business. This guide addresses the planning, installing (both hardware and software), pre-deployment testing, and operating tasks for the
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Thursday, March 02, 2006 12:14 PM

NEW Microsoft Small Business Center Site Launches! Check it out!

If you haven't seen it yet today, you should head over to the brand NEW Microsoft Small Business Center that was just launched today! Be sure you check out some of these great new features: 1) The Small Business Specialist Locator Tool - Located on the
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