February 2008 - Posts
If you’re a systems integrator or a managed-services provider, deploying and managing the Windows Vista operating system and the 2007 Microsoft Office system represent significant opportunities for you. Maximize these opportunities with Solution Accelerators—free guidance and automation tools that help you reduce your development overhead and help contain your customers’ costs of deploying, securing, and managing the software.
Assessment Phase
Assessment Solution Accelerators
Are you spending unbillable hours prospecting for customers and assessing their desktop readiness for Windows Vista migration? Microsoft has tools to help increase your efficiency. Get started now
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Deployment Solution Accelerators
Reduce manual operating-system deployment of the Windows Vista operating system and the 2007 Microsoft Office system. And lower data-migration times with Microsoft Deployment Solution Accelerator. Get started now
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Windows Vista Service Life-Cycle Management Solution Accelerator
Help customers reduce the total cost of ownership (TCO) of their desktop infrastructures by raising their desktop-infrastructure service-maturity levels. Use this Solution Accelerator to learn how to build more effective teams. And find tips on processes that can help make customers’ desktops and mobile systems more secure, effective, and productive, at minimal cost. Includes a rich set of document templates, as well as links to authoritative Microsoft product literature, articles, white papers, and additional Solution Accelerators. Get details and download.
Solution Accelerator Suite
Windows Server 2008
Virtualization
Security and Compliance
Communication and Collaboration
Windows Vista and Office 2007
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Discover the “Better Together” Solution around Windows Vista with Service Pack 1 and Windows Live Services!
Learn how to provide your customers with the complete PC solution featuring Windows Vista SP1, Live Services, OneCare, and the 2007 Microsoft Office system. Help your customers be more successful, productive, and connected—while enhancing your business! PLUS, all attendees will receive a FREE* 2.0 GB SD Multimedia Card reader!
Here’s how:
- Attend this on-demand webcast between now and 5:00 PM PST, May 7, 2008.
Learn more about the Windows Vista SP1 + Windows Live “Better Together” opportunity and what it can do for your business by visiting the All New Vista Resource Center.
*Offer good only to legal residents of the 50 United States (includes District of Columbia) who are employees of Registered, Certified and/or Gold Certified Partners actively enrolled in the Microsoft Partner Program with a valid Microsoft Partner Program Number. To receive a free 2.0 Gigabyte SD / MMC Card Reader, you must attend the Better Together on-demand webcast between February 13, 2008 and 5:00 PM PST, May 7, 2008. Limit one 2.0 Gigabyte SD / MMC Card Reader with Memory Card per person. This offer is non-transferable. This offer expires on May 7, 2008 while supplies last and is not redeemable for cash. Taxes, if any, are the sole responsibility of the recipient. Any gift returned as non-deliverable will not be re-sent. Please allow 6 - 8 weeks for shipment of your gift.
The Big Easy Offer -- Putting Together Choice, Value and Simplicity
Welcome to The Big Easy Offer, with up to 10 million partner subsidy dollars available exclusively to Microsoft Partner Program members! Offer is valid February 1 to June 27, 2008.*
Choice
No two customers are alike. This one offer covers most of the core products and solutions you sell to your small and medium-size customers. Select from our eight, recommended, Ready-to-Go Campaigns to easily prepare for and promote this offer. Or leverage customizable materials for products you choose, to build solutions that meet your customers’ unique needs.
Value
The Big Easy Offer provides you an opportunity to reach new and existing customers with a cost-effective way to buy the latest Microsoft technology. With a qualifying purchase, your customers receive subsidy dollars to spend on additional services and products you provide. This helps you grow your revenue and secure your place as a trusted advisor.
Simplicity
You only have to learn about one, simple offer, because The Big Easy Offer applies broadly to most core services and products you sell.
Get started with these simple steps:
1. Prepare
Learn more about this offer and the products included, with the following readiness materials.
Live and On Demand Partner Webcasts
Partner Ready Offer Presentation (5 slides)
Partner Ready Offer Detail Presentation (22 slides)
Terms & Conditions
Microsoft Incentives
Offer Calculator
2. Promote
Ready-to-Go Campaigns help make it easy for you to capitalize on this offer opportunity and sell your services and solutions. Within the Ready-to-Go Campaigns we’ve incorporated The Big Easy Offer resources to help you identify product sales opportunities, generate demand, and grow your customer base. With the customizable direct marketing templates and sales tools you can easily tailor a Ready-to-Go Campaign to the specific needs of your business, and introduce this offer to your current customers and prospects.
3. Win
Close deals, secure solutions, and help your customers redeem their offer.
*Offer open to qualifying U.S. commercial and government organizations participating in eligible licensing programs. Partner subsidy dollars will be awarded for qualified purchases between Feb. 1, 2008 and June 27, 2008. Purchases must be registered by July 31, 2008 and subsidy dollars expire 90 days after issue date. Subsidy dollar amounts depend on many factors. For this information and minimum/maximum purchase requirements and other restrictions see full terms & conditions.
5W/50 Series - SB: Intro to Building Your Business on SBS part 2
If you are a new partner or thinking about becoming a Microsoft partner for small business, then this webcast is for you. Now that you have your business set up (be sure not to miss Part 1 of this series, http://www.msreadiness.com/CourseDetail.aspx?id=6521), let’s turn the conversation from business to technical. What do you really need to know to get Windows SBS 2003 R2 installed and configured, where can you go for help, and what training is available to you? We will talk about a checklist of the top technical topics at a high level that are essential for getting your business started. In this hour we will cover these topics and more:
- Installing and configuring SBS
- Attaching clients to the server
- SBS Wizards (CEICW)
- Remote Web Workplace
- SPAM Control (Intelligent Message Filter)
- Connecting Mobile Phones
- Best Practices Analyzer Tool
- Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer
- What it takes to takes to become an SBSC member (Small Business Specialist Community)
2/8/2008 9:00 AM PST
60 minutes
Online
Free!
Microsoft Open License is a Volume Licensing program that offers discounts off the estimated retail price of full packaged products and is designed for your small and midsize corporate customers with 5 to 250 PCs. Open License provides your customers a simple, flexible, and cost-effective way to acquire the latest Microsoft technology to meet their needs and procurement procedures.
Technology Providers of all types can sell Microsoft Open License by establishing a reseller account with an authorized Microsoft distributor.
This new contest from the Microsoft Central Region SMS&P Team is designed to help you and your team get better acquainted with the tools and resources available to help support your Open License selling efforts and capitalize on the tremendous opportunity in the small and midsize organization market!
Don't think you'll sell enough to win? You won't know unless you sign up and try!
Have you heard about the Big Easy Offer?
The Big Easy Offer provides you an opportunity to reach new and existing customers with a cost-effective way to buy the latest Microsoft® technology. With a qualifying purchase, your customers receive subsidy dollars to spend with you on additional services and products. This helps you grow your revenue and secure your place as a trusted advisor.
This is a limited time offer, running from February 1, 2008 through June 27, 2008.
Want to learn more about The Big Easy Offer?
Visit https://partner.microsoft.com/us/bigeasyoffer for training and details.
First Place Prizes
A trip for two to Park City, Utah
Second Place Prizes
A Toshiba Flat-Panel LCD HDTV and Toshiba HD DVD Player
Third Place Prizes
An HP Laptop Computer
Each of these prizes will be awarded in each of the four Sales Areas (Heartland, Midwest, North Central, and South Central) in Central Region. That means four trips, four Toshiba HDTV and HD DVD players, four laptop computers, and sixteen Zune 4GB players!
For full terms, conditions, and restrictions, please visit http://www.ms-gearup.com/central.
Once enrolled, you can return to the site to access a "best of" collection of resources to help support your Microsoft Open License selling efforts.
Sell Open License!
BONUS! To participate in the Monthly Zune 4GB Offer, return to the site and register at least one Microsoft Open License agreement each month during the contest period and you'll be entered into a monthly random drawing.
Questions?
Please contact the Microsoft Central Region Partner Marketing Team with any questions.
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