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April 2008 - Posts

Wednesday, April 30, 2008 9:21 AM

The Big Easy Offer just got bigger and better than ever. What you need to know is…

The Big Easy Offer just got bigger and better . What that means for you is a bigger sales opportunity, and for your customer’s, a bigger savings opportunity! To provide you, our Microsoft Partners, with the full details on this exciting expansion of the
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Monday, April 28, 2008 4:03 AM

Promotions and Offers to Help You Close Business - Webcast for Partners

Join us May 14, 2008 at 9 AM PST or May 16, 2008 at 9 AM PST to find out about current and new sales and services promotions that Microsoft is offering its customers that you can use to win and capture more business between now and the end of June. These
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Thursday, April 24, 2008 4:56 AM

Reminder – Monday is the last day for Alumni pricing discount for Worldwide Partner Conference

If you have attended Worldwide Partner Conference before, you qualify for the Alumni pricing when registering for Worldwide Partner Conference this year, but only until this upcoming Monday, April 28 th . With the Alumni pricing discount, you can register
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Tuesday, April 22, 2008 2:32 PM

New Microsoft Volume Licensing Reference Guide is now available

The new Microsoft Volume Licensing Reference Guide is now available for download. This new guide provides information and overview of the various Volume Licensing programs, including: Open Business, Open Value, Open Value Subscription, Select, Enterprise
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Tuesday, April 22, 2008 6:53 AM

New Partner Online Technical Communities launched yesterday

Yesterday, we launched three new Online Technical Communities in International English, including exclusive communities for ISV and Web Solution Partners, Gold Certified and Certified Partners, and MAPS subscribers. The Online Technical Communities provide
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Monday, April 21, 2008 1:48 PM

An upgrade is an upgrade. Apparently some people are easily confused – Part 2

What an interesting week it has been. Since my original An upgrade is an upgrade. Apparently some people are easily confused post, I have received many comments, pieces of feedback, and quite a unique perspective on many things. I wanted to wait a week
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Thursday, April 17, 2008 8:15 AM

Microsoft Partner Open Value Subscription Q&A session

In case you did not see this yet, I am posting it here for all of you. Do you have questions about the Microsoft Open Value Subscription Program? Looking to learn more and get answers to those questions? Here’s your chance! Join me, Eric Ligman – Microsoft
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Tuesday, April 15, 2008 2:39 PM

Weekly Microsoft Financing calls announced for Microsoft Partners

One of the great resources available to customers and Microsoft Partners is Microsoft Financing, where Microsoft will finance all of the hardware, software, and Partner services for IT projects involving Microsoft solutions. This provides spread payments
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Tuesday, April 15, 2008 6:14 AM

Open Value Subscription on D&H TV

Over the past few months, I have given numerous webcasts about Open Value Subscription, how it works, etc. as well as shared many Open Value Subscription posts here on the Blog. Well, I thought you might want to hear a different person’s overview of Open
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Monday, April 14, 2008 9:32 AM

Microsoft Open Value Subscription resources available for download

Have you seen the Microsoft Open Value Subscription downloads page we have posted for Partners? It is a collection of resources you can use to better understand and sell Open Value Subscription to your clients. You can find the resource page by clicking
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Friday, April 11, 2008 8:28 AM

An upgrade is an upgrade. Apparently some people are easily confused.

Below is the first post. You can find the follow-up here: An upgrade is an upgrade. Apparently some people are easily confused – Part 2 . It seems that there are some people out there who don’t quite get the concept of an upgrade. These people are even
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Thursday, April 10, 2008 5:30 AM

Why you should stop selling or buying Software Assurance…

Did you ever think you would see me say that? Well, that’s what I am saying to you today, with just one slight clarification. That slight clarification being the end of the statement above that was not included. What the full statement is, “Why you should
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Wednesday, April 09, 2008 9:38 AM

Microsoft SBSC “Partner Plunge” contest ends in May. Are you onboard yet?

Earlier this year we announced the “Partner Plunge” contest for all of the Microsoft Small Business Specialist Partners here in the U.S. Through this contest, you have the ability to win a ton of great prizes, including: The GRAND PRIZE is a raft trip
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Tuesday, April 08, 2008 1:55 PM

Here is how you can include videos from my Blog on your website or Blog

A Partner recently asked me if it was possible to embed a few of the videos located on my Blog onto their website or Blog and if so, how would they do it. I thought I would share this with all of you in case you wanted to do the same with any of my videos
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Tuesday, April 08, 2008 4:05 AM

Registration Fee Waived for Response Point SP1 Training with promo code

Back on March 13 th , I posted about the upcoming Microsoft Response Point Partner Training taking place in 12 cities across the country. Today, I am happy to announce that the Microsoft Response Point Team is offering a promotion to allow you to attend
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Monday, April 07, 2008 10:30 AM

Worldwide Partner Conference 2008 – Last day to apply for awards today and registration opens tomorrow

This year, Worldwide Partner Conference is taking place July 7-10, 2008 at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas , and just like past years, we are giving away our Worldwide Partner Conference Awards during Worldwide Partner Conference.
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Monday, April 07, 2008 9:10 AM

Microsoft Small Business Summit replay – See it here on the Blog today

For those of you who missed the live broadcast of the Microsoft Small Business Summit, we are rebroadcasting it this week and I am carrying it here on the Blog if you would like to watch it. Simply hover over the player below to expand it for full viewing:
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Monday, April 07, 2008 5:30 AM

Want to win a VIP NASCAR Race Weekend for two?

As you may have seen from some of my posts in the past, I like to put up offers and prizes and things here on the Blog that my readers can take part in as a benefit of reading my Blog. Well, here’s another one for you. Through the NASCAR BAM Racing Team
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Friday, April 04, 2008 10:44 AM

You saw Office Pro for $5, now how about Office Small Business for $11? Yes, it’s true.

Back on march 7 th , I put up my, “ Yes, Microsoft Office Professional Plus for $5 net first year payment ” post here on the Blog and I have been receiving quite a bit of emails and comments like, “Wow, I never thought of using it that way,” or “This
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Wednesday, April 02, 2008 6:15 AM

In Open Value Subscription, can I order Office Professional for some PCs and Office Small Business for the others?

------------------------------------------------------------------------- UPDATE: As of October, 2008, the “ Build Your Own Platform ” model is now available that lets you mix and match your versions of Microsoft Office through Open Value Subscription.
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Tuesday, April 01, 2008 1:55 PM

Upgrade a 10 PC company to Office Professional Plus 2007 and SBS 2003 for $209.00*! Don’t believe me? Take a look…

I know it sounds hard to believe, but it is true. You can upgrade a 10 PC company to Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2007 in addition to SBS 2003 Standard for just $159.00* first year payment. Here is how: Since we are talking about upgrading, I am
Posted by mssmallbiz | 2 Comments
Tuesday, April 01, 2008 10:37 AM

Did you see the Microsoft Small Business/SBSC car on Sunday? A whole lot of people did!

As I mentioned in my “ Off to the races! NASCAR Team #49 sponsorship details for Microsoft SBSCs ” and “ Microsoft Small Business and SBSC in NASCAR - Sponsorship opens doors for Microsoft Small Business Specialists ” posts, a few of my goals with the
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