How would you like to save 15-25% off of your Microsoft certification exams?  Well, that’s exactly what Microsoft if offering right now on select exams to make it easier for you to obtain your Microsoft certifications.  Using these exams, here are just a few of the certifications you can work towards, plus much more: Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) certifications – These provide the foundation for Microsoft Certification. These certifications are designed to validate your

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?  I will be giving out some free clues on where I am through my Twitter account during the day.  I did already give one clue out for Tuesday in this Blog post . AGENDA Registration Hours: 7:00am – 6:00pm Schedule Meetings using WPC Connect on www.digitalwpc.com

From 5:00 – 6:00 PM on Monday, July 13 th at Worldwide Partner Conference, I have the pleasure of hosting the, “SMB002 Help Your Customers Reduce IT Costs and Risks and Strengthen Your Business” session, which will be in rooms 218 & 219. Joining me will be Andy Trish, founder of NCI Technologies out of the UK, SBS MVP, and SBSC PAL, and Arnold Bogaards, Sr. Marketing Manager at Microsoft. During this session, we will be talking about simplifying client’s IT environment, minimizing network disruptions,

On Friday, I posted about an exciting announcement for our Microsoft Small Business Specialists taking place this morning at 9:00 am PST: Microsoft Small Business Specialist 4 Hour Technical Support Expanding to over 50 products! Well, there is exciting news for all of our Partners starting today. Announcing the launch of Partner Online Technical Communities Forums! Online Technical Communities (OTCs) provide unlimited, no-cost online technical support to partners in over 60 countries around the

Did you catch the Microsoft Small Business Summit when it aired live back in March? Of not, or if you’d like to view replays of the various sessions run throughout the Small Business Summit, we now have the Small Business Summit replay engine up and running directly on the home page of the Microsoft Small Business Cente r. It looks like this: By simply choosing the session you want to view by clicking on it, you will be able to view that session directly from the comfort of your office on your PC

After my, “ Only 23 days left to the Office Partner Subsidy Promotion! ” post yesterday, I started receiving inquiries about whether or not the SBS Partner Subsidy that we announced at the same time as the Office Partner subsidy was ending at the end of January as well. The answer to that question is, “Yes, the SBS Partner Subsidy is ending then as well.” So, if you are looking to take advantage of the SBS Promotion for your clients, and remember that the SBS Partner Subsidy promotion was expanded

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 in both the U.S. and Canada. This is an exciting new offering for SMB Partners and customers in these countries! Based on feedback and input we have received from customers and Partners alike, this new offering is one that will offer a solution

Some business owners look at IT and technology as a part-time thing that their brother-in-law, the neighbor's kid, or the son of the friend of the butcher who lives down the street who's taken a computer course can look at once in awhile for them. Is that really who you want to bet your business on? If you're answer to who takes care of your computer systems is, " We've Gotta Guy ," you may want to rethink that approach... Thank you and have a wonderful day, Eric Ligman Microsoft US Senior Manager

Several people have asked if the presentation from the SMB Nation keynote was posted anywhere. Harry and Beatrice have posted a PDF of the presentation on the SMB Nation website and you can download it HERE . Also at this link, they will be posting PDFs of the other presentations from SMB Nation as well, including the " Building an Open License Business " presentation I gave on Monday. Thank you and have a wonderful day, Eric Ligman Microsoft US Senior Manager Small Business Community Engagement

Here's a brand new contest exclusively for Microsoft Small Business Specialists that was just announced during the keynote session at SMB Nation ! The premise behind the contest is very similar to the "Partners in Paradise" contest run by Microsoft two years ago. The top prize... A multi-day Grand Canyon Colorado River Raft trip for you and your team! And the best part, the tab is picked up by Microsoft! I can tell you this, when we host a trip, we do it right... This trip is bound to be a ton of