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Thursday, March 26, 2009 7:24 AM

Windows 7 and the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Group say, “Time to place your bets…”

So, are you feeling lucky? Well, whether you are or aren’t, you can still be a winner and join the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Group and Windows 7 for what’s bound to be a great night of food, fun, music, and more during the “CASINO ROYALE” night in New
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Monday, March 23, 2009 12:45 PM

Microsoft SharePoint Tips & Tricks and Resources

Whether you are running Microsoft Windows Server (yes, it’s in there), Microsoft Windows Small Business Server (yep, in here too), or Microsoft Office SharePoint Server, the family of Microsoft SharePoint products and technologies is available to use
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Friday, March 20, 2009 3:14 PM

Windows Desktop Licensing Resources for You from the Microsoft OEM Team

You may recall my post last week from Larry’s question about Microsoft OEM Windows licensing. In there, there were several topics like what qualifies for the Windows Vista Business Upgrade, etc. Well, our Microsoft OEM Team has some pretty nice, customizable
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Friday, March 20, 2009 7:46 AM

Introducing Open Value Price Level C

Do you sell to clients with 150 or more PCs? If so, then you will want to attend the “ Microsoft Volume Licensing – Open Value Price Level C Update for Resellers “ Live Meeting next week being presented Jon Trohimovich, Licensing Strategist from the US
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Thursday, March 19, 2009 2:56 PM

Registration for Worldwide Partner Conference opens today

It’s that time again! Today the registration for Worldwide Partner Conference 2009 (WPC09) opened up for one and all to get signed up. Register today for this year’s conference, scheduled for July 13-16 in New Orleans. Get the latest information and insights
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Thursday, March 19, 2009 11:57 AM

Download Internet Explorer 8 today, now available online

Yes, you can now download Internet Explorer 8, the latest browser from Microsoft directly to your computer from the Internet Explorer 8 web page . Also on the IE8 page, you can: Take a tour of Internet Explorer 8 See why you should download Internet Explorer
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Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:27 AM

Introducing Microsoft Learning Packages Created To Drive Your Success

We are continually trying to help make information and resources available to you to help you grow your business and build your success when dealing with our solutions. As part of this, we are happy to announce new Microsoft Learning Packages, designed
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Thursday, March 19, 2009 7:43 AM

Is your site IE8 ready?

As many of you probably already know, with the introduction of Internet Explorer 8, web pages will be displayed in Internet Explorer 8’s standards mode by default. This decision was driven by Microsoft’s Interoperability Principles and their goal of helping
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Friday, March 13, 2009 9:09 AM

I forgot to purchase Software Assurance when I ordered. Now what?

Thanks to Tim for sending this question over yesterday. His question is, “If a customer purchased an SBS Server and did not purchase Software Assurance with the original order, can they add it now and if so, which programs qualify?” Ok, Tim, here is the
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Thursday, March 12, 2009 3:38 PM

If I add Software Assurance to my OEM Windows license, can I transfer the Windows license to a new PC?

Larry sent this question to me, asking what is actually a relatively common question and a good one to make sure that everyone knows the answer to. Because of this, I thought I would share it here on the Blog. In essence, what we are talking about here
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Thursday, March 12, 2009 11:37 AM

Get your submissions in for the WPC09 Awards

Worldwide Partner Conference is still a little ways off on July 13-16 th this year; however, the deadline for getting your WPC09 Awards submissions in is almost upon us! That’s right, you only have a few weeks left before the April, 2, 2009 deadline to
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Thursday, March 12, 2009 5:36 AM

What exams qualify for becoming a Microsoft Small Business Specialist?

Here’s a question I have received from a few Partners over the last couple of weeks, so I thought I would share it here. As you know, we have been talking about the 70-282 “Designing, Deploying, and Managing a Network Solution for a Small and Medium-sized
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Wednesday, March 11, 2009 1:56 PM

Is it too much bad, too little good, or both?

Shortly after receiving the results back from my annual physical, I was having a conversation with my doctor that led me to thinking about the strong similarities to the world of IT we all work and exist in and how many people often overlook the power
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Monday, March 02, 2009 1:59 PM

Travel cuts? Save the money and have the meeting “face to face” anyway!

This weekend I was out at a birthday party for one of our friends and a group of us were talking about our various companies and schedules, etc. You know the routine. As happens so many times nowadays, the topic of travel cuts and impact to the businesses
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Monday, March 02, 2009 8:00 AM

Start connecting with WPC09 online and let’s see those talents!

In just a few short months, Worldwide Partner Conference 2009 will be upon us! While some things remain the same (a summer Microsoft convention located where the average daily temperature is 90+ degrees), some things are quite new. For instance, as we
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