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Wednesday, April 08, 2009 9:34 AM

Want to know what Microsoft software is installed on your PC and network?

From time to time, I see or receive questions about how to find out what Microsoft software is installed on a PC or on a network. Doing a software inventory is a very important step in helping your business and that of your clients to maintain a good
Posted by mssmallbiz | 1 Comments
Monday, November 26, 2007 2:19 PM

November lawsuits announced to help protect customers and Partners against counterfeit software

In our efforts to continue to help protect our legitimate Partners and customers from the dangers of counterfeit and illegal software, Microsoft continues to work to identify and pursue those creating, offering, and selling these items into the market.
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Wednesday, October 31, 2007 1:39 PM

If you see someone trying to sell "AE" software to businesses, RUN!

A Partner forwarded me an email earlier showing a website offering Microsoft Office "AE" Edition: (Click image for larger size) The "AE" stands for Academic Edition, and unlike what they state in the image (circled in red), there are special requirements
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Wednesday, October 10, 2007 9:20 AM

Did I get your attention? (Fire your consultant!)

As I expected, since publishing my, “ Business owners: Fire any consultant who tries to sell you Office 2003, especially Retail Box ,” post, I have received several comments on the Blog as well as many offline emails, etc. regarding the post and the headline
Posted by mssmallbiz | 16 Comments
Monday, October 08, 2007 5:03 PM

Business owners: Fire any consultant who tries to sell you Office 2003, especially Retail Box

I post this because I actually saw a reseller earlier today trying to locate Office 2003 Retail Box product to sell to their customer. If you are that customer and you read this, it may be time to find a new consultant! Why? Many, many, many reasons but
Posted by mssmallbiz | 30 Comments
Wednesday, August 01, 2007 3:27 PM

OEM Microsoft Office and OEM Microsoft Windows licensing. The things you need to know and be aware of.

OEM Microsoft Office and OEM Microsoft Windows licensing is a topic that seems to again be generating questions and there are plenty of people out there who are illegally taking advantage of others to trying to make a quick profit by selling counterfeit
Posted by mssmallbiz | 5 Comments
Wednesday, August 01, 2007 9:57 AM

Latest rounds of lawsuits to help protect Partners selling legitimate software posted

It has been awhile since I have provided the latest update on some of the actions we are taking to help protect our legitimate providers of Microsoft software in the channel against those who choose to distribute counterfeit, illegal, mis-channeled, unbundled,
Posted by mssmallbiz | 2 Comments
Monday, June 18, 2007 7:00 AM

Say goodbye to Microsoft Office 2003

As you know, Microsoft Office 2007 launched for Business customers through Volume Licensing in November of 2006 and went to general availability through Retail Box and OEM in January of 2007. As such, now is a great time to educate your customers on the
Posted by mssmallbiz | 20 Comments
Thursday, June 14, 2007 5:31 PM

New Windows Genuine and Software Protection Program resources available online for Microsoft Partners

For years you’ve all seen and heard about the risks of counterfeit, pirated, or illegal software. Recently you may have also heard about the new Software Protection Platform which disables valuable enhanced features—such as Windows Aero and Windows ReadyBoost—on
Posted by mssmallbiz | 0 Comments
Friday, May 04, 2007 3:21 PM

Here are the links to view the replays of this week’s webcasts for Partners series

Thank you to all of the Partners who joined me this week for the series of webcasts we did designed to help you increase your sales of Microsoft solutions and increase your services opportunities while also helping your clients get more from their budget
Posted by mssmallbiz | 8 Comments
Monday, April 30, 2007 9:17 AM

Windows Genuine Advantage FAQs and other information regarding earlier post

Since my earlier, “ Make sure you are aware of the important activation changes in Microsoft Windows Vista ” post regarding Windows Genuine Advantage and the announcement of the “Reduced PC Functionality” associated with those running non-genuine Microsoft
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Monday, April 30, 2007 1:16 AM

Make sure you are aware of the important activation changes in Microsoft Windows Vista

The significant anti-piracy technologies built into Windows Vista software are designed to make the widespread pirating of Windows Vista more difficult. Now, all customers who deploy Windows Vista must successfully activate it using a genuine product
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Sunday, February 18, 2007 8:48 PM

OEM Microsoft software clarifications, plus, “If it’s labeled OEM, you should stay away from that,” Neil MacBride of the BSA (Business Software Alliance) about buying software online.

Based on some questions I’ve seen recently about buying OEM software and qualifications of doing so, I wanted to provide the following information to help address these. Have you seen the latest VIDEO from the BSA regarding software piracy, the risks
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Tuesday, December 05, 2006 4:08 PM

Anyone recognize some of the names in the latest round of lawsuits filed against alleged dealers of counterfeit software? I think you will…

In case you have not seen the latest round of lawsuits filed to help protect consumers and support our legitimate resellers and Partners, you can read the PressPass release to see the latest round. And I think you will recognize some of the names on the
Posted by mssmallbiz | 1 Comments
Monday, October 30, 2006 1:27 PM

It’s baaaaacckk… $200,000 from BSA for qualifying reports of Software Piracy.

Some of you may recall our prior posts on the $50,000 and $200,000 rewards the BSA has offered in the past for qualifying reports of software piracy. Well, they are once again offering a reward of up to $200,000 to anyone who provides a qualifying report
Posted by mssmallbiz | 3 Comments
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