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Wednesday, July 29, 2009 10:40 AM

Making understanding Microsoft Windows License choices easier

Here is a topic that has been discussed numerous times in a variety of different forums and on that people still seem to have questions or misunderstandings about.  The topic I am referring to is the Microsoft Windows Desktop Operating System license
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Wednesday, July 29, 2009 7:41 AM

Windows 7 Keyboard Shortcuts to Make Your Life Easier

Ok, admit it.  How many of you would much rather hit ALT+ [some key] vs. taking the mouse, clicking File, then some other menu item and maybe a sub-menu item to get your work done?  C’mon, you know you do.  All of us have our favorite keyboard
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Wednesday, July 29, 2009 6:26 AM

Microsoft Yahoo! Deal Announced!

You’ve seen various speculations and stories on this topics for awhile and guesses on will it or won’t it?  Today the answer was revealed and Microsoft and Yahoo! have announced an agreement that will improve the Web search experience for users and
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Friday, July 24, 2009 9:27 AM

Microsoft Word 2007 Training Roadmap

How many of you would like to become more efficient in how you use Word? How about learning how to save time, reduce steps, and get your work done faster like mastering mail merge or keyboard shortcuts?  You may want to try taking a look at the Microsoft
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Friday, July 24, 2009 8:11 AM

Installing Windows 7 Using A USB Stick – Video Shows How

With Windows 7 reaching the RTM milestone , interest in the already popular next generation operating system continues to increase.  One area that people are looking at is, the installation of Windows 7 on the various types of machines they have. 
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Thursday, July 23, 2009 2:45 PM

Microsoft Tag API Announced

Ok, here’s a post for all of you out there who are currently using Microsoft Tag or who want to start utilizing Microsoft Tag.  Today, the Microsoft Tag Team announced the Microsoft Tag API.  The Microsoft Tag API allows anyone to create Tag
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Thursday, July 23, 2009 1:23 PM

Sneak Peek at the Windows 7 RTM announcement from MGX!

Last night, Brandon LeBlanc posted up a short video that is an inside peek from our annual sales kick-off event in Atlanta. Steven Sinofsky joined Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer on stage to announce the RTM of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. There’s
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Thursday, July 23, 2009 12:36 PM

Have you seen the online Windows 7 Feature Walkthroughs?

Since yesterday, the buzz around Windows 7 RTMing and the availability for Partners and Customers has been seen everywhere and people have now been talking for months about many of the new features and enablers within Windows 7 that will be released to
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Thursday, July 23, 2009 12:04 PM

Microsoft Outlook 2007 Training Roadmap

How many of you spend a good part of your day communicating with colleagues and others, scheduling meetings, organizing contacts, and more, all through Outlook?  How many of you would like some tips and information on how to do more and become more
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Wednesday, July 22, 2009 4:09 PM

Win $500 and a Bing backpack in the Bing cashback sweepstakes

Do you Bing?  Whether you Bing today or not, now is the time to start!  The Bing team has just announced a fun Bing Twitter Sweepstakes where they are giving away cool Bing backpacks with $500 Visa cash cards.  Starting tomorrow, July 23,
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Wednesday, July 22, 2009 3:44 PM

Windows 7 RTM Sign-Off Video

By now, you’ve probably seen to news flying all over today about Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 hitting the Released To Manufacturing (RTM) stage of the lifecycle.  Here is a short video posted earlier about Windows 7 and the RTM sign-off put
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Wednesday, July 22, 2009 2:27 PM

Windows Server 2008 R2 RTM’s!

Today, the Windows Server Team announced that Windows Server 2008 R2 has reached the Released To Manufacturing (RTM) milestone, which means this latest release of Windows Server 2008 R2 is now blessed by engineering as ready for the manufacturing process. 
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Wednesday, July 22, 2009 2:10 PM

Windows 7 RTM’s! Availability for Partners and Customers

A question being asked by many is, “When will Windows 7 Release To Manufacturing (RTM) and when will I be able to get Windows 7 RTM code?”  Just today it was announced that Windows 7 has Released To Manufacturing!  Today after all the validation
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Wednesday, July 22, 2009 12:50 PM

Requirements to run Windows 7

Coming off of Worldwide Partner Conference last week, the buzz and excitement around Windows 7 continues to grow more and more!  It is very exciting to see all of this excitement expanding as we move closer and closer to the final release of Windows
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Thursday, July 16, 2009 5:25 AM

Playing For Change – An Inspirational Story To Share

I share this with you, in the hopes that when you finish reading it, you will want to share it with others and spread the word about this amazing movement. For those of you who know me or have followed my Blog for any amount of time, you know that I try
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Wednesday, July 15, 2009 12:56 PM

Have you found any of the #WPC09 prizes yet?

This morning I posted about A New Contest @WPC09 For Today and the way we’d run it today.  The question now is, how are you doing in finding the prizes?  Just to share the fun out a little, here are a few snapshots of some of the prizes in their
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Wednesday, July 15, 2009 6:24 AM

Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 4.0 Released and Now Available to Download

For those of you that follow my Blog regularly or subscribe to my RSS feed , you may recall back in June when I posted about the “ Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 4.0 Beta Being Released and Now Available to Download .”  As a recap, the
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Wednesday, July 15, 2009 4:51 AM

A New Contest @WPC09 For Today

Over the past few days, I have been running the “ Contest for FREE STUFF – Just for fun and introducing yourself ” where the object was for you to track me down and introduce yourself, and you could win prizes for doing so.  The key to it was, you
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Tuesday, July 14, 2009 11:16 PM

Agenda for #WPC09 today, Wednesday, July 15th

For all of you @WPC09 this week, here’s a quick overview of the agenda for Wednesday, in case you didn’t look it up on Digital WPC : AGENDA 7:00am – 6:00pm Registration Hours 7:00am – 6:00pm Schedule Meetings using WPC Connect on www.digitalwpc.com 7:00am
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Tuesday, July 14, 2009 7:35 AM

Announcing SPLA Essentials and an update to SPLA Licensing

Microsoft is invested in working together with partners to grow web share. Now, we are announcing several licensing changes to help hosting partners be more agile and grow their business. The first is a new licensing offering under the Services Provider
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Tuesday, July 14, 2009 6:50 AM

Keynote kicking off at Worldwide Partner Conference 09

Here at WPC09, the keynotes are just now kicking off.  I put up the full agenda for today earlier, but now it is time to get the day started by hearing from: Allison Watson , Corporate Vice President, Worldwide Partner Group, Microsoft Bob Muglia
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Tuesday, July 14, 2009 4:16 AM

Check out the online videos of Office 2010 in action!

As mentioned in my, “ Microsoft Office 2010 Hits Major Milestone and Enters Technical Preview ” post earlier, the Technical Preview of Microsoft Office 2010 is now released.  Yesterday at Worldwide Partner Conference, attendees were able to see Microsoft
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Monday, July 13, 2009 11:29 PM

Microsoft Office 2010 Hits Major Milestone and Enters Technical Preview

Back in June, I put up my, “ Microsoft Office 2010 Technical Preview – How you can get it ,” post here on the Blog, talking about how you can sign up to be considered for the Microsoft Office 2010 Technical Preview.  I also mentioned that we would
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Monday, July 13, 2009 11:02 PM

Agenda for #WPC09 today, Tuesday, July 14th

For all of you @WPC09 this week, here’s a quick overview of the agenda for Tuesday, in case you didn’t look it up on Digital WPC : Just a quick reminder, my Contest for FREE STUFF is being continued today (Tuesday).  Have you found me yet? 
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Monday, July 13, 2009 9:10 PM

Let’s do it again! Contest for FREE STUFF – Just for fun and introducing yourself

This morning kicked off the Contest for FREE STUFF – Just for fun and introducing yourself for Partners here at WPC09 and it was a lot of fun getting to meet and talk with Partners I both knew and had never met before!  After I reloaded today with
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Monday, July 13, 2009 6:00 AM

Check out the local Microsoft Local Engagement Team and SBSC Advisory Board locator online

Here’s an online resource for you to leverage for all of the Partners in the U.S., the Microsoft Local Engagement Map . The Local Engagement Team, comprised of ten locally-based Microsoft Business Development Managers, is a resource to help you successfully
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Monday, July 13, 2009 4:09 AM

FREE STUFF Contest Hint

Last week, I put up the post about the Contest for FREE STUFF – Just for fun and introducing yourself that I was going to kick off this morning.  Then last night, I posted via my Twitter account that I would be providing some hints about how to find
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Sunday, July 12, 2009 10:56 PM

Agenda for #WPC09 today, Monday, July 13th

For all of you @WPC09 this week, here’s a quick overview of the agenda for Monday, in case you didn’t look it up on Digital WPC : Just a quick reminder, my Contest for FREE STUFF kicks off this morning (Monday). Have you found me yet? Who knows, I may
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Saturday, July 11, 2009 10:25 PM

Have you seen the new Microsoft Partner Network website?

Have you gone out to the Microsoft Partner Program website recently? If so, you are bound to have noticed the new look and brand for the Microsoft Partner Network. If you haven’t gone out there yet, take a few minutes and take a look . As for you at #WPC09
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Friday, July 10, 2009 11:23 AM

Tip: Install Windows 7 Alongside Windows Vista for a Dual Boot System

So how many of you out there want to test Windows 7 but don’t have an extra machine to do it on? Well, here’s a solution for you from TechNet Magazine. Create a dual boot system so you can keep your current machine and have the option to boot into Windows
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Friday, July 10, 2009 7:22 AM

Contest for FREE STUFF – Just for fun and introducing yourself

For several years now, I have been attending Worldwide Partner Conference and many other conferences throughout the year that focus on Partners and saying how much I enjoy meeting and talking with Partners from all over. With #WPC09 around the corner,
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Thursday, July 09, 2009 10:17 AM

Short video shows how Microsoft Office Live Meeting makes meetings simple and affordable.

In the past, I have put up a few posts here on the Blog regarding Microsoft Office Live Meeting, such as: Travel cuts? Save the money and have the meeting “face to face” anyway! – Includes information on how to get a FREE 30 day trial of Microsoft Office
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Wednesday, July 08, 2009 2:50 PM

Some nice updates for Microsoft Online Services announced for July. Check them out.

In the Microsoft Online Services Service Update for July 2009, the Microsoft Online Services Team disclosed some pretty nice updates that will begin deployment into production data centers on July 7 and are scheduled to be available to all customers by
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Wednesday, July 08, 2009 2:21 PM

U.S. SBSC Advisory Board Members posted for the new year

Each year in the U.S., a new SBSC Advisory Board is chosen with a representative from each of the areas. SBSC Advisory Board members are committed and eager to be the local partner liaison between you and Microsoft. The role of the SBSC Advisory Board
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Wednesday, July 08, 2009 8:31 AM

Reminder – Join in for the Day of Giving this Sunday

As mentioned in my Day of Giving post a while back, this year at Worldwide Partner Conference (#WPC09) taking place in New Orleans, we are going to be spending Sunday afternoon giving back to the New Orleans community through some community improvement
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Tuesday, July 07, 2009 9:06 AM

Scheduling Meetings in WPC Connect

Last week, I put up a post on how to Get signed up to use WPC Connect today to connect with your peers and Microsoft at Worldwide Partner Conference . In this post, I will show you how to send meeting requests to other attendees and find others to meet
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Thursday, July 02, 2009 1:20 PM

Use WPC Connect today to connect with your peers and Microsoft at Worldwide Partner Conference

Earlier today in my, “ Connect with your peers in the Yellow Lounge at Worldwide Partner Conference ,” post, I mentioned how one of the greatest values Partners tell us they get from conferences such as #wpc09 is the peer to peer and Partner to Microsoft
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Thursday, July 02, 2009 7:29 AM

Connect with your peers in the Yellow Lounge at Worldwide Partner Conference

For the past few years at Worldwide Partner Conference , SBSC Partners from around the world have been gathering in the Yellow Lounge to meet and network with their peers. This year, the famous Yellow Lounge is back again at #WPC09! Once again, you will
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Wednesday, July 01, 2009 8:46 AM

Join me for “Strengthen Your Business by Helping Your Customers Save Time and Get Organized” at Worldwide Partner Conference

From 2:00 – 3:00 PM on Tuesday, July 14 th at Worldwide Partner Conference, I have the pleasure of hosting the, “SMB003 Strengthen Your Business by Helping Your Customers Save Time and Get Organized” session, which will be in rooms 218 & 219. Joining
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