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Monday, June 30, 2008 11:05 AM

The 50% off, Up-to-date discount is still available

A question I have started to see circulating is whether or not the 50% off year 1 up-to-date discount available through Open Value Subscription expired last Friday (June 27 th ) just like the Big Easy offer expired , or the Open Value VAR Rebate expired
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Monday, June 30, 2008 7:00 AM

Microsoft is giving away 5,000 gallons of gasoline!

Gas prices got you down? They’re insane! Well, the Microsoft Small Business Team has got a little something that should help you get by during the summer months—actually, 5,000 little somethings. We’re giving away 5,000 gallons of gas! Yep, we’re offering
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Monday, June 30, 2008 5:00 AM

Yes, Hyper-V has officially RTMed and here are a bunch of resources for you

Late last week, we made the announcement that Microsoft’s Hyper-V, the hypervisor-based virtualization technology that is a feature of select versions of Windows Server 2008, RTMed. Hyper-V offers customers a reliable, scalable and high-performance virtualization
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Tuesday, June 24, 2008 8:14 AM

The end of Windows XP, an update on Windows Vista, and Windows 7 you say?

Yesterday, Bill Veghte, Microsoft Senior Vice President, published an open letter to all business customers around the world regarding Windows Vista, the continued support and availability of Windows XP and the future roadmap on Windows 7. I am sharing
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Monday, June 23, 2008 11:30 AM

Single day passes available for Worldwide Partner Conference

There have been some questions regarding if single day passes to Worldwide Partner Conference would be available for Partners who wanted to attend a specific day of the Conference without attending the entire Conference. The answer is, “Yes, there will
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Monday, June 23, 2008 5:20 AM

Get SBS 2003 Premium R2 for as little as $101.40, if you order by Friday!

Are you debating if you should buy SBS 2003 R2 Premium now or wait until SBS 2008 comes out? Wondering if there is any reason to make the decision sooner rather than later? If so, then how does getting your SBS 2003 R2 Premium Server for as little as
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Monday, June 23, 2008 5:10 AM

Get SBS 2003 R2 Standard for as little as $48.60, if you order by Friday!

Are you debating if you should buy SBS 2003 R2 Standard now or wait until SBS 2008 comes out? Wondering if there is any reason to make the decision sooner rather than later? If so, then how does getting your SBS 2003 R2 Standard Server for as little as
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Monday, June 23, 2008 5:00 AM

Do my SBS 2003 R2 CALs allow me to access a Windows Server 2008 server in my SBS Domain?

Here’s a question that has been coming up from time to time now that Windows Server 2008 is launched and SBS 2008 is still not released. The basic question is, since SBS CALs include rights to Windows Servers in the SBS domain, how does this apply now
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Monday, June 23, 2008 4:45 AM

Upgrade to SBS 2003 R2 before Friday and get your SBS 2003 R2 CALs for as little as 75¢ each!

Are you debating if you should upgrade to SBS 2003 R2 from your SBS 2000 or SBS 2003 now or wait until SBS 2008 comes out? Wondering if there is any reason to make the decision sooner rather than later? If so, then how does getting your SBS 2003 R2 CALs
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Friday, June 20, 2008 3:14 PM

Join me at WPC on Thursday, July 10th from 1:30 – 2:30

For those of you coming to Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference , and for those watching the Digital WPC presentations, come join me on Thursday, July 10 th from 1:30 – 2:30 in Room 372 BCEF for the session SMB007 - More Money through Higher-Value
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Thursday, June 19, 2008 7:56 AM

Yes, $4.49 a month per user for Microsoft Live Meeting through Open Value and Open Value Subscription, plus you can all sell this today

Did you know that you can sell (or buy) Microsoft Office Live Meeting (you know, the same service we use when we present webcasts or when you attend our virtual meetings) to your clients through the Open Value (OV) and Open Value Subscription (OVS) Programs
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Tuesday, June 17, 2008 11:42 AM

Where do I get the Promo code to get the $3,995 price on the NASCAR Team #00 sponsorship?

Since my “ Yes, that's included. Plus answers to many more questions ” post that talked about several of the benefits included in the NASCAR sponsorship opportunity, the pictures of the car with where your logo would show up, and the fact that SBSC Partners
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Tuesday, June 17, 2008 10:24 AM

View replays of sessions from the Microsoft Small Business Summit right from your computer

Did you catch the Microsoft Small Business Summit when it aired live back in March? Of not, or if you’d like to view replays of the various sessions run throughout the Small Business Summit, we now have the Small Business Summit replay engine up and running
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Tuesday, June 17, 2008 3:09 AM

The Microsoft Windows Vista Small Business Show – Playing live here on the Blog

Starting at 7:00 am PST this morning, the Microsoft Windows Vista Business Small Business Show will be playing live, here on the Blog. We’ll keep it playing from 7:00 am PST on Tuesday through 7:00 PM PST on Wednesday. The viewer is contained below, so
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Monday, June 16, 2008 10:38 AM

Can we re-install an OEM Windows Desktop Operating System license on a PC when we refurbish it?

I received the following question over the weekend calling out the fact that although I have covered OEM Windows licensing, transfer rights, etc. on the Blog, apparently I have not directly answered the question of reloading an OEM Windows license on
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Monday, June 16, 2008 5:30 AM

Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 3.1 Beta just released

The Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit (or MAP) is the next-generation version of the agent-less assessment platform from Microsoft. In this new version, MAP has expanded its capabilities into assessment areas of Hyper-V server virtualization,
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Friday, June 13, 2008 2:40 PM

Win an Xbox 360 game system and the NASCAR 09 game in our TuningITUp giveaway!

Yes, we are giving away an Xbox 360 gaming system along with the new NASCAR 09 Xbox 360 game in our TuningITUp.com promotional giveaway! Back in my Tuning IT Up post in May I eluded to this promotion, only I inadvertently listed that we would be giving
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Friday, June 13, 2008 8:57 AM

Thank you, Paige, for everything you’ve done for SBSC! The Microsoft Partner Group will miss you…

As the saying goes, “all good things must come to an end,” and just moments ago, Paige Boesen made the public announcement to the SBSC Advisory Group that she is moving on from the position at Microsoft that so many of us have come to know her to be in.
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Friday, June 13, 2008 5:09 AM

Hear how Open Value Subscription is helping close deals and win business for one of your SBSC peers: Jason Comstock, President of Clarity Technology Solutions

Ever since the announcement of the launch of Open Value Subscription here in the US, there has been a lot of excitement around this offer. Since then, the momentum has continued through the addition of Open Value Subscription to the Big Easy Offer and
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Thursday, June 12, 2008 9:34 AM

Do I need to include my LOB PCs in my count of total computers to meet the company-wide requirement for Open Value Subscription?

As noted in several of the Open Value Subscription posts to date, one principal of Open Value Subscription to remember is that your initial agreement will be a company-wide agreement (meaning one license per computer in your company) for at least one
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Thursday, June 12, 2008 5:16 AM

How do we get the Up-to-date (UTD) discount on one or more components of the Small Business Desktop Suite if we own qualifying licenses for those components but want to order the full suite?

This question is one that I presented on back in my Introduction to Open Value Subscription for Partners Live Meetings I was conducting back in January and February. Now that Open Value Subscription has launched here in the US and more and more Partners
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Wednesday, June 11, 2008 1:26 PM

Microsoft Task Market Project – Kick the tires and give us your feedback!

Microsoft® Task Market is a new Technology Preview site that lets people with tasks find people with the know-how to do them – saving time, and improving the end product. For every person who throws up both hands at the prospect of creating a complex
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Wednesday, June 11, 2008 6:00 AM

View Windows Vista success stories and submit your own story for possibility to win

Have you seen the new Windows Vista Experience site ? This newly launched site hosts many stories from real small businesses who are benefiting from running Windows Vista on their PC’s. This interactive site also includes the option of submitting your
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Wednesday, June 11, 2008 3:00 AM

Congratulations to the 2008 WPC 2008 Award Winners and Finalists

Microsoft is proud to recognize partners who have developed exemplary solutions for their customers during the past year and who are winners of and finalists for the 2008 Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) Awards. These outstanding partners demonstrated
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Tuesday, June 10, 2008 7:22 AM

17 days left for the Open Value VAR Rebate! Will you take advantage of it?

Back in March, I posted about the Open Value VAR Rebate returning until June 27 th , 2008. Well, we are now 17 days from the end, which means you only have that long to make sure you are registered for the rebate and to close any Open Value or Open Value
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Friday, June 06, 2008 3:14 PM

Yes, that's included. Plus answers to many more questions.

Ever since the debut of the Microsoft Small Business Specialist branded car last week at the NASCAR race in Dover, DE, I have been receiving several questions and requests for information regarding various aspects of the sponsorship opportunity available
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Friday, June 06, 2008 9:19 AM

As a Microsoft Partner, can I plug "my device" containing the SysInternals utilities into a customer computer and run the utilities to diagnose the customer computer?

I have seen some conversations and debates going on recently in several online Partner groups regarding the licensing of SysInternals as a Partner and the use of it to diagnose client’s computers. As such, I took the question being asked, “Can I plug
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Friday, June 06, 2008 7:32 AM

Expiring soon! Open Value Subscription $150,000 Sales Rep Spiff

In just 21 days, the Open Value Subscription $150,000 Sales Rep Spiff that I announced will be expiring. That means that you have only that much time to get those Open Value Subscription deals in and claim your spiff . Plus, unlike many other spiffs,
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Thursday, June 05, 2008 7:43 AM

If Software Assurance expires on SBS 2003, will the client lose the right to install SBS 2003 on new hardware after SA expiration?

In addition to the, “ If software assurance expires on SBS 2003, will the client lose the right to Cold Backup for Disaster Recovery? ” question that was posed by a Partner yesterday, another one that was asked was, “If Software Assurance expires on SBS
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Wednesday, June 04, 2008 12:24 PM

If software assurance expires on SBS 2003, will the client lose the right to Cold Backup for Disaster Recovery?

Earlier today, a Partner asked this question regarding the Cold Backup for Disaster Recovery benefits you receive when you have Software Assurance on your Microsoft Server and Server CAL products. I thought I would post the answer here for the broader
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Wednesday, June 04, 2008 6:35 AM

Only 23 days left to take advantage of the Big Easy Partner Subsidy Program!

That’s right! The Big Easy Partner Subsidy Program , where Microsoft sends checks (that are made out to you) to your clients so they can spend them with you for services, software, and hardware purchases, expires in just 23 more days! That means that
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