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Lots of notes & noise swirling around today after the Professional Developers Conference announcement of Windows Azure , Microsoft's platform for cloud computing and software + services. As you can imagine the wraps on this were kept tighter than
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Not sure how many partners in Australia use this complimentary online technical support service but it could be worth a look. Not the be all to end all of technical support, but another tool in your armoury. Open to MAPS subscribers only, questions will
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Straight from the official SBS product team blog , Small Business Server 2008 has 'released to manufacturing' - which means the code is baked and moves to escrow etc. The product will be generally available within a few weeks and the worldwide launch
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Both the Small Business Server 2008 & Essential Business Server 2008 betas are proving very popular in Australia & so if you haven't already, now's the time to get started with them. We're currently ranking fourth worldwide & accounting for
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Hot on the heals of the EBS 2008 beta , the Small Business Server 2008 public beta is now available for you to download. Using RC0 code, this is your first chance to have a play with the software you've been reading about for the last couple of months.
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We're starting to roll out our training schedule for our Small Business Partners, starting with the below 1-day course on SBS R2. The full day training including lunch is only $163.90 and I'd say it was well worth your money. See more details below and
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I've had a few people ask questions about the the interoperability with Forefront and SBS - have had a chat to a few Microsofties and I've included comments below: “Whilst Microsoft haven’t yet made any public statements about the Forefront server Products
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I've had a few questions from Partners about the SBSC Add-On Pack - date for shipping was late April. However, Corp shipped the kit to us without the second Visual Basic CD - so instead of sending you a incomplete kit and then sending you another a few
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I caught up with Luisa Pagliarini who works in the Partner Team, looking after Partner Readiness and Internal Communications. She asked me to blog about a project she's currently working on called Loadfests - so I thought it would be a great opportunity
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After much negotiation I have been allowed to open up registration to the upcoming APAC Sharepoint Conference on the 15 - 16 May in Sydney. This is the first time this event has been held in Australia and is a great opportunity to learn more about Sharepoint
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Courtesy of my boss and fellow blogger, Nick Mayhew - register for the Longhorn Readiness Sessions in Sydney Melbourne and Brisbane. Microsoft invites you to attend a one-day technical readiness event designed to introduce you to many of the new features
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Hot off the press - Corp have just launched an Action Pack Managed News Group for support around Action Pack! They have committed to a 1-day turnaround on responses - which given its based in the US will be a bit longer here in Australia. Should be a
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We've finally had confirmation on the release date of the MAPS SBSC Add-On Kit - which will hit your desks in mid April. The Kit is part of a new value-add for SBSCers - and you will receive one every quarter. Despite the fact that the name of the kit
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Corp are offering a chance to win one of 10 mobile devices every month as part of the new mobility part of the Technology Assessment! So now, that means the new Technology Assessment offers you the chance to get the following: * Free copy of SBS R2 for
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I've just come back from a week at Building Number 122 at Microsoft Corp in Redmond - despite the fact that Redmond reminded me very much of the Truman Show :-) the visit was definitely worthwhile. I finally put faces to names of some great people who
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