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Wednesday, September 23, 2009 7:12 AM
The New Efficiency Virtual Launch Event on Sept. 29th. Join us and submit your questions.
Next Tuesday, September 29 th , you have the opportunity to join us as part of Microsoft’s Virtual Launch Event for a kick-off discussion on “The New Efficiency” live from San Francisco at www.thenewefficiency.com . While the event is taking place
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Monday, August 10, 2009 12:34 PM
Partner Learning Paths – Available on the Partner Learning Center
As you probably know, we offer a ton of online training through Live Meeting for Partners on a larger variety of topics. These can be product specific, program specific, audience specific, general topics, and much, much more. Have you ever
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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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Thursday, June 18, 2009 9:09 AM
Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 4.0 Beta Released and Now Available to Download
Here is some very exciting news, whether you used the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit in the past or not. The Version 4.0 Beta of the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit is now available! The Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit is
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Wednesday, June 10, 2009 8:48 AM
Microsoft Gear Up Worldwide Sales Toolkit Cheat Sheet
Back in November, I put up a post letting you know about how the Microsoft Gear Up Sales Toolkit will now be available online . If you have not used the Gear Up Sales Toolkit yet, you really should, since it combines a wealth of information for you and
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Monday, June 01, 2009 10:43 AM
Digital Distribution of Microsoft Software Benefits is Now Live!
So be honest, how many of you Partners have asked (or thought), “Hey, Microsoft! Why can’t we download our Action Pack software so we can have access to it faster than having to wait for you to ship us a bunch of DVDs?!” Not to mention the fact that having
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Friday, April 24, 2009 8:50 AM
Microsoft Small Business Specialist 4 Hour Technical Support Expanding to over 50 products!
Some of you may recall back when we announced the SBSC Exclusive 4-hour response time managed newsgroup , where Microsoft Small Business Specialist Partners could now get 4 hour response times to their technical questions through our Online Technical
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Wednesday, November 05, 2008 6:41 AM
Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 3.2 Now Available
Many of you have probably used the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit in the past in migration and upgrade planning for your clients. Now, the latest version of the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit is available, with many new and improved
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Wednesday, August 20, 2008 8:37 AM
New Volume License Rights - Application Server License Mobility
Just released, an important new Microsoft Volume License brief, “ Application Server License Mobility ”, has been posted to the Microsoft Volume License Briefs site , which describes new Microsoft Volume Licensing rights that enable server application
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Tuesday, July 29, 2008 11:42 AM
New Microsoft Midsize Business Solutions Brochure – Another exclusive offer here on the Blog
Some of you may recall the “Microsoft Small Business Solutions Brochure – Exclusive offer for my Blog readers” post back in February where I offered 50 free copies of the Microsoft Small Business Solutions Brochure to the first 50 people who requested
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Tuesday, January 01, 2008 8:00 AM
Big news: Open Value Subscription launching in the U.S. and Canada!
Attention Microsoft Partners, it’s the first day of the New Year and it’s time for the first breaking news announcement of 2008… We are thrilled to announce that on March 3 rd , 2008, Microsoft will be launching the Microsoft Open Value Subscription Program
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Wednesday, November 07, 2007 3:00 AM
Announcing Windows Essential Business Server - Formerly codename "Centro"
Today Microsoft and the Windows Server Solutions Team are proud to unveil our new integrated server solution designed for midsize businesses – Windows Essential Business Server - previously known as Windows Server code name “Centro”. This is a significant
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Friday, November 02, 2007 2:25 PM
Free in-person Core Infrastructure Optimization seminars for Partners
Microsoft is offering free in-person seminars in cities across the US to learn more about Core Infrastructure solutions, the component products and most importantly how to sell the solution of Core Infrastructure Optimization to your customers. During
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