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Q: (from Denise)

Hi,I was hoping you might be able to help me out. I have 2 great opportunities in Annapolis MD for a SharePoint Developer and a SharePoint Admin. Any suggestions on how I can get this out to SharePoint professionals in that vicinity? I have posted on a couple of Linkedin groups and one yahoo group but I was hoping to pinpoint the location further.

A:

Funny you should use the phrase "pinpoint". Microsoft has a service for partners to post their services called Microsoft PinPoint. Go to www.microsoft.com/pinpoint and you can look for partners by technology and geography. From there you might find an appropriate organization or individuals with which you would like to partner.

The other alternative would be to promote the opportunities through one of the local SharePoint user groups in the area. The links on my blog appear to be up-to-date: http://ts2blogs.com/blogs/sdeming/archive/2009/06/24/northern-va-sharepoint-user-groups.aspx

Q: (from Ellen)

How do we get up-to-speed to deliver a Windows 7 presentation to our customers?

A:

Here’s I would start:

• Demo Ready Toolkit (DRT) is a complete Windows 7 image with applications, demo software, and scenarios preconfigured – free partner resource
  http://partner.microsoft.com/windowsdemotoolkit
• Ready-to-Go campaign on Windows 7 Sneak Peek includes pre-event marketing materials, event content, and post event follow-up ideas – free partner resource
  http://www.mspartnerdirect.com/action/microsoft/site/library/CampaignView?campaignID=1407

Just so you know – I’ve been using the DRT for partner presentations for the last three months and many of my presentation decks have been based on slides from the RTG site.