Back on the 5 th of October, I told you about the Microsoft UK Business School Live Meeting sessions that the UK Team here at Microsoft is running to provide you with business related guidance and information to help you succeed. I am happy to let you know that the Microsoft UK Team is also launching another Live Meeting series, this one revolving around the technical side of the business, called “ Technical School .” Technical School is a series of monthly Live Meetings designed for our Small Business

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

Starting this morning at 9:00 am PST, we will start streaming the Microsoft Small Business Summit here to the Blog and continue running it until 9:00 pm PST on Thursday, March 27 th . It is four days filled with information, resources, tips, etc. for small businesses and business owners everywhere. Hover over player to the right to expand it: Thank you for viewing. The Summit is now complete. Thank you and have a wonderful day, Eric Ligman Microsoft US Senior Manager Small Business Community Engagement

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

What does X-Box 360, Halo, Zunes, keyboards, mice, and more have to do with the Small Business Desktop Advantage & Software Assurance? Everything now! If you have ever attended any of the “Introduction to Open License for Partners,” “Introduction to Open License for Partners,” or Small Business Desktop Advantage Sales Forums Live Meetings I have presented, one of the slides I show is the side by side listing of some of the more popular Software Assurance benefits included in Open Business, Open

I received the following question after my “ Preview and Sneak Peek of the new Small Business Desktop Advantage and Volume Licensing Sales Kit ” Live Meeting session that I thought I would post here along with the answer in case others out there may have the same or similar question. Here was the question: “It has been my (mis)-understanding that a customer who wants Software Assurance (SA) pays for it in association with the software license itself, but does not have to pay extra for SA enabled