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What if I told you that I have been working on a project to provide Vitrual PC demo images, scripts, powerpoint decks and installable demos to Certified and Gold Certified Partners?

 

What if I told you that it included demo content for Office 2003, Windows Server 2003, Group Policy, Microsoft CRM, Windows XP Service Pack 2, Exchange Server 2003, SharePoint Portal Server, Live Communication Server and more?

 

Would something like that be of interest to you?

Would you use it?

Would you pay for it? How much?

 

Weigh in now! Comment on this post with your thoughts!

Published Monday, September 20, 2004 1:13 PM by sluper

Comments

 

Mark Harr said:

Would something like that be of interest to you? ABSOLUTELY

Would you use it? Frequently. Especially Sharepoint, LCS, CRM. Would also use Great Plains, Project Server.

I have my own VM's for these, but without scripting/sample data other than is given in the product itself. It would be nice to have it all tied together for any products. Not to mention having some evening/weekends free that I have to use now to build and maintain these.

September 20, 2004 1:26 PM
 

Don Newman said:

It would be nice to have them available to MSDN subscribers as well.
September 20, 2004 2:41 PM
 

Jason Catlett said:

Absoultely would be of interest and used often.
September 20, 2004 3:26 PM
 

Paul Schaeflein said:

YES!! Please!!

I blogged about this a while back...
http://www.schaeflein.net/blog/PermaLink.aspx?guid=c9584893-664b-4075-a83e-e1bfa4cfe5b6
September 20, 2004 3:28 PM
 

Steve Luper (MSFT) said:

Paul,

The current expectation is to make this available to Certified and Gold Certified Partners.
September 20, 2004 3:44 PM
 

Kris said:

Oh please, please make it available for MSDN subscribers too. Dont leave us poor developers out :-(
September 20, 2004 5:16 PM
 

Roger said:

It would definitely push us to become a certified partner.

Roger
September 20, 2004 6:24 PM
 

Brian Prince said:

This would be fantabulous!! So many times I have had to show my clients our own systems to show them the power and capabilities of these packages.
September 20, 2004 9:10 PM
 

Anthony said:

+ Would something like that be of interest to you?

Maybe, not a definate yes but not a definate no.

+ Would you use it?

Yes, depending on the content & whether or not it was relevant.

+ Would you pay for it? How much?
Nada, Zip, Nothing. This assists selling product, not services. If it helps a client see a solution with using product MS*.* instead of *.*, its really only helping MS make money (and a trivial amount in markup).
September 21, 2004 2:38 AM
 

Jason said:

Yes!
September 21, 2004 5:38 AM
 

Dave Robb said:

You bet I would.

Would I pay for it? I know how long it takes to set these things up, so I have an apprciation for the work that is involved. On the other hand, I do not hold the purse stings, so I doubt I could pay much for them.
September 27, 2004 10:07 PM
 

David Bitel said:

Yes - we would like to have these as soon as they are available.
September 29, 2004 11:10 AM
 

Darren Sargent said:

We are a Certified Partner and would definitely be interested in this. We have been evaluating Virtual Server for quite some time now and any "inside" tips and tools would be most welcome.

Thanks!
September 30, 2004 3:04 PM
 

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