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Friday, June 26, 2009 10:35 AM

Pre-order Windows 7 at more than a 50% discount for a limited time only!

Limited time offer, just launched today! As a way of saying thank you to our loyal Windows customers, we are excited to introduce a special time limited offer! We will offer people in select markets the opportunity to pre-order Windows 7 at a more than
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Friday, June 26, 2009 9:15 AM

Get Windows 7 at NO COST when you buy a PC with qualifying Windows Vista on it starting today!

Announcing the Windows 7 Upgrade Option Program! Starting today, June 26 th , the Windows 7 Upgrade Option Program kicks off. Through this offer, anyone who buys a PC from a participating OEM or retailer with Windows Vista Home Premium, Business or Ultimate
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Friday, June 26, 2009 7:54 AM

Join me for “Help Your Customers Reduce IT Costs and Risks and Strengthen Your Business” at Worldwide Partner Conference

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
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Thursday, June 25, 2009 7:06 AM

Congratulations to the “Driving Small Business Success” SBSC Contest Winners!

Back in December, we kicked off the “ Driving Small Business Success ” contest for SBSC Partners in the U.S., which was this year’s version of the SBSC “ Partner Plunge ” contest that we ran last year, which was won by Wade DeVore and the folks at NetVision
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Wednesday, June 24, 2009 4:33 PM

Congratulations to the 2009 WPC Award Winners!

Thank you to all of the Microsoft Partners who submitted entries into the WPC 2009 Awards Program and congratulations to the finalists and award winners! We had over 2,000 amazing entries this year, so you can imagine what it was like working through
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Wednesday, June 24, 2009 12:52 PM

Download the Windows Small Business Server 2008 Migration Checklist today

How many of you have clients that are looking to migrate to Windows Small Business Server 2008 (SBS 2008) from Windows Small Business Server 2003 (SBS 2003)? How many of you have been trying to locate a document that helps you plan out the steps and find
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Wednesday, June 24, 2009 6:42 AM

FREE laptop contest ends in 2 days! Are you entered?

Here’s a quick reminder for all of you that the submission deadline for the FREE Dell Latitude E4300 Windows 7 Laptop contest that Microsoft is running ends in just 2 days! That means that if you have not submitted your entry into the contest prior to
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Tuesday, June 23, 2009 1:34 PM

Windows 7 – Your time is almost up!

Here are some very important updates on timing that you need to be aware of with Windows 7, so take a moment and read through these points: 1) For those of you that took advantage of the Windows 7 Beta download - You need to move to the Windows 7 Release
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Thursday, June 18, 2009 12:33 PM

Microsoft Office 2010 Technical Preview – How you can get it

Microsoft Office 2010, the next version of the Microsoft productivity suite, is coming. With it will be new capabilities and enablers for people everywhere. So, how would you like to be one of the people who get the Technical Preview of Office 2010, with
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Thursday, June 18, 2009 9:09 AM

Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 4.0 Beta Released and Now Available to Download

Here is some very exciting news, whether you used the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit in the past or not. The Version 4.0 Beta of the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit is now available! The Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit is
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Thursday, June 18, 2009 7:04 AM

Download: Comparison chart between Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1, and Windows XP SP3

As you look at Windows 7 through things like the Windows 7 Release Candidate , the Windows 7 learning portal , or any of the other many Windows 7 Resources out there, one question you might have (since I have heard it from some other Partners as well)
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Wednesday, June 17, 2009 2:53 PM

Replay availability of Windows 7 and Windows XP Mode Webcast for Partners

Back on May 13 th , I blogged about the upcoming Windows 7 and Windows XP Mode webcast for Partners that we were hosting to talk about this very exciting differentiator within Windows 7. Since then, I have been receiving multiple requests about whether
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Wednesday, June 17, 2009 11:56 AM

Microsoft TechDays 2009 coming to Canada. Register early for early bird discount.

Coming this fall, TechDays 2009 will be making its way across Canada, brining over 40 information-packed sessions to Canadian IT Professionals and Developers. These sessions will include such topics as: Application Compatibility Tools Application Lifecycle
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Wednesday, June 17, 2009 8:43 AM

Just over two weeks left to take advantage of the Big Easy promotion in the U.S. and Canada!

Have you been taking advantage of the Big Easy Partner Subsidy program? You know, the program that provides a check to your customers, made out to you, to pay for your services with them just because they purchased Microsoft solutions. That Big Easy Partner
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Tuesday, June 16, 2009 12:14 PM

Have I helped you in any way or increased your relationship or satisfaction with Microsoft?

For any of you familiar with the Microsoft year, you know that our fiscal year ends on June 30 th . So at this time of year, we look back over the past year and assess how we did against our individual commitments for the year and submit our reviews showing
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Wednesday, June 10, 2009 1:53 PM

Join in and help fight hunger with the “Browser for the Better” campaign!

Some days at Microsoft, we do things that just make you go, “Hmmmmmm….” Other days, we do things that you just want to share with everyone, and today is one of those days! Today we posted a release about, “Microsoft and Feeding America Join Forces to
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Wednesday, June 10, 2009 8:48 AM

Microsoft Gear Up Worldwide Sales Toolkit Cheat Sheet

Back in November, I put up a post letting you know about how the Microsoft Gear Up Sales Toolkit will now be available online . If you have not used the Gear Up Sales Toolkit yet, you really should, since it combines a wealth of information for you and
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Monday, June 08, 2009 9:24 AM

Reminder: May 31st offer for SBS 2003 R2 CALs accessing Windows 2008 Servers has expired

Last June there were a lot of questions floating around how Windows 2008 Servers could be accessed inside of an SBS 2003 R2 environment since Windows 2008 Server was available; however, SBS 2008 was not yet released. As you know, an SBS 2003 CAL doesn’t
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Monday, June 08, 2009 8:17 AM

Get Bing on the go, right from your phone

How many of you have ever been driving around or out somewhere and wanted to get information on things like: traffic, movie times, weather, driving directions, a good restaurant around you (Chinese, Japanese, burger joint, or whatever), local shops? Or
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Friday, June 05, 2009 2:02 PM

Bing and the Microsoft SMB Community Blog - Find it fast!

By now you’ve probably seen the information on Bing in many places, including several of my recent posts like: Get a sneak peek at the Bing commercials launching tonight Are you ready to “Bing?” Well, this past week I have received a few questions from
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Wednesday, June 03, 2009 2:29 PM

Get a sneak peek at the Bing commercials launching tonight

The other night I asked you, “ Are you ready to “Bing?” ” and there was an overwhelming number of people who were! Now tonight we start airing the Bing.com commercials on television. So how many of you would like to get a sneak peek at the commercials
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Wednesday, June 03, 2009 1:11 AM

Windows 7 coming October 22, 2009, along with Windows Server 2008 R2

The official word is out. Windows 7 will become generally available on Oct. 22, 2009, and Windows Server 2008 R2 will be broadly available at the same time. In addition to this, we also announced that Microsoft will deliver Release to Manufacturing (RTM)
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Tuesday, June 02, 2009 9:11 AM

Microsoft Partner TV Australia – Have you “tuned in” yet?

Attention all of you Partners from down under… Have you tuned in to Microsoft’s Partner TV Australia yet? Partner TV Australia is an initiative being led by our Australian Team to reach out to Partners and provide you with insights and information that
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Monday, June 01, 2009 10:43 AM

Digital Distribution of Microsoft Software Benefits is Now Live!

So be honest, how many of you Partners have asked (or thought), “Hey, Microsoft! Why can’t we download our Action Pack software so we can have access to it faster than having to wait for you to ship us a bunch of DVDs?!” Not to mention the fact that having
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