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Hello Northeast Partners...Looking for the latest tips and tricks for Developers? Check out Contagious Curiosity Lynn is a great resource and has an active Blog to keep you up to date. Check it out!!
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This is the third year we have published an SBS WW Community Survey to the SBS Community. We have learned an amazing amount of information from the people who have taken the time to tell us what they thought. Some things we kind of knew already, but other things were not as clear before we had received the feedback. Because of the previous surveys, we have made some adjustments in our community engagement. To name a few; we really worked on putting more focus on the Official SBS Blog. Our Sustaining Engineering team runs mini betas with our MVPs before KB's and Bug Fixes are released via Windows Update. We try to get more involvement in our techbetas from our User Groups. The list does go on. To the survey, the SBS Product Team would like to hear from the Windows SBS Community again. This survey is completely anonymous. In fact, some of you may have to sign out from Live in order to take the survey. So, if you get a PAGE NOT FOUND error message, please log out of Live and click on the link to the survey again. We want to know how valuable your experience is with the community resources and information that is available to you today as a member of the Windows SBS Community. We also want to know what you think could be done to improve your Windows SBS Community Experience. Please take a couple of minutes to provide us your candid feedback via this survey and let us know what you think. SBS WW Community Survey 2008 The WSSG Community Lead Blog : The Windows Small Business Server 2008 WW Community Survey is live
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What that means for you is bigger choice and bigger value. In addition to the products and licenses that are already available, here is what's new: Higher Payouts! For the Windows Server and Small Business Server product group.*
Open L&SA Coverage! For SQL Server, Windows Server and Small Business Server product groups.*
More Project! Project Open L is now included.*
* Applies to all qualifying purchases between Feb. 1, 2008 and June 27, 2008. Take advantage of this great offer and maximize savings! - The Big Easy Offer is the Microsoft Partner Subsidy program that covers most core products and solutions, delivering great value and flexibility for your business needs in one simple offer. With this offer, earn partner subsidy funds from Microsoft for qualifying purchases*. Then use your subsidy dollars to purchase additional products or services through the Microsoft partner of your choice and enrich your solution.
This program scales to your business, offering incremental subsidies for qualifying purchases between February 1 and June 27, 2008. Service benefits could be deployment, training, assessments, or solutions to meet your line of business needs. Additional products may include software and/or hardware. Work with the qualified partner of your choice to determine the best solution for your business and get additional value through subsidized services and products.
Choice
No two businesses need the exact same solution. The Big Easy offer helps you make the right choices for your business. Select the products you need to enhance your business and increase efficiencies, then apply subsidy dollars you earn towards additional services and products through the partner of your choice.
Value
The Big Easy Offer provides a cost -effective way to purchase the latest Microsoft technology and delivers more value by helping you earn subsidy dollars on each of your qualifying purchases. You and your qualified Partner can use the Big Easy Calculator on this page to estimate your subsidy amount, make an informed purchase decision, and realize the value.
Are you a Microsoft Partner?
Visit the Big Easy Partner Portal page for marketing resources, best practices and ready to go solutions to grow your business. The Bigger Big Easy Offer
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Please join Leo Manson with guest appearances including Steve Ballmer, Martha Rogers and Brad Wilson provides straight-forward family entertainment for all ages. The fast-paced dialogue and captivating graphics are sure to please and the hard-hitting business talk about our new Software-as-a-Service offering keeps it real. Those looking for a little drama and intrigue won’t be disappointed either. This is a great way to get a better understanding of the opportunity you and your customers have with adopting CRM Online.
enjoy http://www.microsoft.com/winme/0804/32257/Dynamics_CRM_Online_MBR.asx
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Microsoft Announces General Availability of Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online New online service redefines customer relationship management with on-demand CRM that is fast, flexible, familiar and affordable. REDMOND, Wash. — April 22, 2008 — Microsoft Corp. today announced the general availability of Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online, an on-demand customer relationship management service hosted and managed by Microsoft. The new Internet service delivers a full suite of marketing, sales and service capabilities through a Web browser or directly into Microsoft Office and Outlook. It provides “instant-on” access to businesses that want a full-featured CRM solution with no IT infrastructure investment or setup required. Businesses can learn more about Microsoft’s strategy for delivering next-generation CRM solutions from a new webcast being launched today at http://crmchoice.com, featuring Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and Martha Rogers from the Peppers and Rogers Group. “At Microsoft, we’re revolutionizing how companies deploy marketing, sales and service solutions to users within their organization,” said Brad Wilson, general manager of Microsoft Dynamics CRM at Microsoft. “Microsoft Dynamics CRM delivers the power of choice to customers, with a familiar and productive user experience and a multitenant platform that enables fast on-premise implementations or ‘instant-on’ deployments over the Internet.” Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online reinforces Microsoft’s broad software plus services strategy for delivering integrated business solutions over the Internet, and it is a part of Microsoft’s multibillion-dollar investment in global datacenters. In addition to full access through a zero-footprint browser client, the new service delivers marketing, sales and service information within a native Microsoft Office experience, integrated with the desktop tools that employees already use every day, enabling businesses to ramp up end-user adoption and productivity rapidly. Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online is initially packaged in two service offerings: Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online Professional delivers a full suite of CRM capabilities with extensive configurability and extensibility options. Businesses get 5 GB of data storage, 100 configurable workflows and 100 custom entities. The Professional edition is priced at $44 per user per month, with an introductory offer of $39 per user, per month. Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online Professional Plus delivers all the capabilities of the Professional version plus offline data synchronization with expanded data storage, workflow and customization options that give businesses 20 GB of data storage, 200 configurable workflows and 200 custom entities. The Professional Plus edition is priced at $59 per user per month. More than 500 customers and 200 partners have used Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online over the past six months via the Microsoft Early Access Program. “In today’s fast-changing business environment, we needed a system that our people could easily pick up and start effectively managing our customer relationships with,” said Lori McIntosh, founder and managing partner of Lure Executive Services. “We tried Salesforce.com but it was just too hard to adapt it to our business. Microsoft’s new on-demand service is fast to deploy and highly cost-effective with winning business benefits and, because it’s highly configurable, a far better fit for our rapidly evolving needs.” Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online delivers more capabilities at a better price than competing on-demand products, driving higher business productivity while reducing risk and total cost of ownership. For example, based on publicly available information from Salesforce.com, Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online Professional Edition gives businesses the following: 5 GB of storage versus 1 GB in Salesforce.com Professional Edition
100 workflows versus none in Salesforce.com Professional Edition
100 configurable entities versus 50 in Salesforce.com Professional Edition Significant cost savings and a dramatically lower total cost of ownership at $44 per user, per month versus $65 per user per month or more for Salesforce.com Professional Edition. “Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online presents partners with a great opportunity to reach broad new market segments,” said Ryan Toenies, vice president of CRM at Inetium LLC. “The product is functionally impressive and truly demonstrates the investment Microsoft has made in the on-demand space. We are very excited to be working closely with Microsoft to deliver powerful solutions that solve real customer needs.” Availability Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online is available in English in the United States and Canada. International rollout beyond the United States and Canada has not been announced, but Microsoft partners today offer hosted versions of Microsoft Dynamics CRM in many countries around the world. To learn about Microsoft Dynamics CRM and to sign up for the new online service, customers can visit http://crm.dynamics.com or call (877) CRM CHOICE (276-2464).
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Are you taking advantage of Partner Subsidies?
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What is the Microsoft Dynamics GP Technical Airlift? · An event designed to deliver advanced technical skills around Microsoft Dynamics GP 10.0 for the roles of consultants
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feature pack. · Dedicated “study hall” time for you to dig deeper into your technical studies, and interact with Microsoft subject matter experts
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consultants and developers face today. What’s in it for You? · Learn more about Microsoft Dynamics GP in solid technical detail · Understand Microsoft Dynamics GP product vision and roadmap · Network with key Microsoft Dynamics GP partners (your peers) and Microsoft engineers, developers and product management · Take your knowledge to the next level with advanced Microsoft Dynamics GP developer and application topics · Get educated and get inspired Register Now to Attend Microsoft Dynamics GP Technical Airlift, May 28-29 If you haven't already registered for this outstanding event, be sure to do so at www.microsoft.com/dynamics/gptechnicalairlift.
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| | You’re invited to an East Region Software Assurance Benefits Webcast! | | | | 
| Need help with your customer renewal conversations?
Microsoft Software Assurance is so much more than upgrade rights. Join me on March 11th to learn about the many benefits so that you can get those customer renewals closed!
Including how to get the most from the investment in software, I will discuss customer benefits like obtaining the latest software with phone support available 24 hours a day, partner services, deployment planning, training, and IT tools that help customers deploy, manage, and migrate software. After this session, you will better be able to articulate to customers how Software Assurance, can help them increase worker productivity, accelerate organizational performance, and quickly realize a return on their software investment. Who Should Attend?
Partners who resell to small and medium-sized businesses in the East Region who are looking to increase their annuity renewal rates and further develop their relationship with Microsoft. Attendance is by invitation only. Please RSVP to receive the webcast link and call-in information. | | 
To register, please visit www.microsoft.com/events and enter the Event ID 1032370312. |  
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Learn how Software Assurance can help your customers get the most out of their software investment: - Better understand how you can deepen your customer relationships, drive more business with your existing customers, and build stable year-over-year recurring revenue streams through Open License annuities and renewals.
- Better articulate the value of Software Assurance and capture the expiring Open License annuities of your customers.
Hear from Todd Juchem, Partner Solutions Advisor for Microsoft. | | | | | | | 
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Hello Northeast Partners...Are you currently receiving the Northeast Area Partner Newsletter?
Are you a Microsoft Partner & want to subscribe to the Newsletter? E-mail msnep@microsoft.com with your request to subscribe today. Here is a sample from February 2008: | | | | A Message from Barrie Mirman and Gail Corey, Northeast Partner Community Managers Welcome to the February edition of the Northeast Area Partner Newsletter.
Congratulations to those Northeast partners achieving double-digit revenue growth from selling Microsoft software in January! Great job and we are here to help you keep up the momentum as we head into February, our launch month!
February is a short month so here are the top 3 areas we recommend that you focus on: | • | Ride the 2008 Launch Wave!
Are you ready to talk to your customers today about Windows Server 2008, Microsoft SQL Server 2008, and Microsoft Visual Studio 2008? We boiled it down to 5 things you can do today. | | • | Renew your membership in the Microsoft Partner Program. Here are two great tips to save you time: Use the 2008 re-enrollment checklist or the 2008 re-enrollment video to take you through the re-enrollment process step by step. | | • | Understand What "The Big Easy Offer" Means For YOU
Available February 1, The Big Easy Microsoft offer, with up-to $10 million in partner subsidy funds, is available exclusively to Microsoft Partner Program members. This one offer covers most core products and solutions you sell to your small and medium-size customers. Register for a webcast to learn more. | Check out the Northeast Area portal so you can always have access to the latest Northeast Area information.
Regards,
Barrie Mirman, New England PCM
Gail Corey, Upstate New York PCM |
February News Act Now: Your SBS or Office 2007 or SQL Server 2005 Prospects MUST Purchase By January 31 To Receive Partner Subsidy Dollars!
There are still 4 business days left to take advantage of this offer! Consider the partner subsidy dollars when offering SBS or Office 2007 or SQL Server 2005 with Software Assurance to your customers. Are You Ready for Launch? Five Things You Can Do Today to Get Ready | 1. | Server and Tools Launch Webcast, February 12: Success Starts Now
This webcast will help you start conversations with customers about Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008, and Visual Studio 2008. You will learn how these products can provide dynamic solutions that grow with your customers, while giving you a great revenue opportunity. Join us on February 12 to learn more. | | 2. | Windows Server 2008 Release Candidate Evaluation Software
Get ready for the February 27 launch event for Windows Server 2008, the most advanced Windows Server operating system yet. Learn more about Windows Server 2008 and download the 30-day trial of Windows Server 2008 RC1 today. | | 3. | Prepare for Launch Success with the Launch Readiness Kit
The Launch Readiness Kit is your one-stop shop to help with your 2008 Server and Tools launch. The kit has valuable product information, marketing tools, and sales resources to prepare for this major IT professional and developer launch. Check out the Launch Readiness Kit and get ready to sell. | | 4. | Host Your Own Prelaunch Sneak Peak Event
By hosting a unique Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, and Microsoft SQL Server 2008 preview event, you can be one of the first partners to give insight on the latest information. Learn more on how to execute a Sneak Peek event. | | 5. | Northeast Has a Few Slots Left: Become a Launch Sponsor
With the combined launch of Windows Server 2008, Microsoft SQL Server 2008, and Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, the 2008 Launch Wave will be the largest outreach to customers, partners, IT professionals, and developers in Microsoft history. Space is limited, and city selection is on a first come, first served basis. Please contact:
Partner Names A - L: send an e-mail message to Julie Simms or call (206) 498-9108
Partner Names M - Z: send an e-mail message to Jenny Loofbourrow or call (206) 286-5428
Microsoft 2008 Launch Wave U.S. Sponsorship Opportunities |
Local Events and Training | | Register Now for Microsoft Hosting Days This free event for pure hosters, telcos, ISVs, VARs, and system integrators will give the knowledge and tools needed to expand your business. By using Windows-based Hosting Solutions, you can create new services, revenue streams, and growth opportunities. This seminar will show your team how to grow your business to attract and retain more customers. | Northeast Area Exclusive: Only CT has seats left! Windows Server 2008/Business Productivity Infrastructure Optimization (BPIO) Hands-on Training
Led by our own Northeast SMS&P sales & technical pre-sales teams, your technical and sales teams will learn "what's new" in Windows Server 2008 versus Windows Server 2003 and how to quickly articulate this to customers. The technical audience can dive deeper with Hands-On Labs and Loadfest activities, while the sales audience learns how to answer the tough questions and how to tap into tools to accelerate deals to close. Waltham is already sold out!
Register now for February 7 in Hartford, CT. Licensing Boot Camp for Partners (Seating Is Limited)
Back by Popular Demand! Microsoft, Tech Data, Ingram Micro and D&H Distribution will show you how you can differentiate your services from your competitors and help you stand out as a Microsoft partner that specializes in providing licensing solutions and services. This interactive event will help build your capabilities in the areas of Open License, Open Value, and financing options. Get the fundamentals and learn how you can sell Open Value Subscription and earn big partner subsidy dollars on the Big Easy Partner Incentive.
Register NOW for a Licensing Boot Camp: | • | Ingram Micro and Microsoft Licensing Boot Camp
Date: Wednesday, March 26, 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Location: Buffalo, NY
Register today. | | • | D&H and Microsoft Licensing Boot Camp
Date: Thursday, April 10, 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Location: Dedham, MA
Register today. | | • | TechData and Microsoft Licensing Boot Camp
Date: Wednesday, April 16, 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Location: Westborough, MA
Register today. | | • | Ingram Micro and Microsoft Licensing Boot Camp
Date: Wednesday, May 21, 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Location: Syracuse, NY
Register today. | Local Instructor-Led Training Local TS2 Events Build a Business Model That Supports Your Customers' Business Goals
Sales and Marketing Act Now: Your Office 2007 or SQL Server 2005 Prospects MUST Purchase By January 31 To Receive Partner Subsidy Dollars!
With the 2007 Microsoft Office System Partner Subsidy Offer, when your customers buy Microsoft Office Enterprise 2007, Office Professional Plus 2007, or Office Small Business 2007, they'll get up to $150 in partner subsidy dollars for each qualifying open license they purchase.
With the Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Open Partner subsidy promotion, we can give customers up to $5,500 back for each SQL Server 2005 license with Software Assurance they purchase. | | New Content: Upgrade the Desktop Ready-to-Go Campaign Reach out to customers and introduce them to the benefits (and readiness) of Windows Vista and the 2007 Microsoft Office system. This refreshed Ready-to-Go Campaign makes it easy. Use the content provided to customize before you reach out to new prospects or existing customers. Do not miss out on the Microsoft Software Asset Management partner subsidy offer. | | | Microsoft Open Licensing Renewals Made Easy Are you a strategic advisor for your customers? Do your commercial customers have Open License agreements with Microsoft that are due for renewal? Not sure? We can help.
Microsoft, in partnership with our top distributors, has teamed up to provide you with: | | • | Information about all of your customers that have Open License renewals coming up. | | • | Simple, concise training and documentation on how to approach the conversation with your customers and execute the renewal. | For more information, click here.
Launch: Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, and Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Download the Launch Readiness Kit
Join the Server and Tools Launch Webcast, February 12: Success Starts Now
Check out the Windows Server 2008 Release Candidate Evaluation Software
Not too late! Microsoft 2008 Launch Wave U.S. Sponsorship Opportunities | | Northeast Partners: Host Your Own Prelaunch Sneak Peak Event Host a Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, and Microsoft SQL Server 2008 preview event, you can be one of the first partners to give insight on the latest information.
Let us help you! Get free eval software for your attendees, marketing templates (from invitation, to follow-up e-mails); presentation decks; telesales scripts, agenda, and more.
Learn more on how to execute a Sneak Peek event.
We want to hear from you! E-mail us at msnep@microsoft.com if you are hosting a Sneak Peak event. If we can help you promote it, we will. |
Small Business Partners Act Now: Small Business Customers MUST Purchase By January 31 To Receive Partner Subsidy Dollars!
With the Small Business Server 2003 Partner Subsidy Promotion, your customers can receive partner subsidies when they purchase a Windows Small Business Server license with Software Assurance through the Open Value or Open Business Program. Plus, Small Business Specialist Community (SBSC) partners will earn an additional 50% of the partner subsidy value. Get Networking
Microsoft Small Business Server (SBS) user groups are locally based groups that install and support SBS and develop solutions based on SBS and Windows Server. The groups typically meet once a month to discuss the business and technical issues that the members deal with. It is easy to get involved.
New England Small Business Server User Group
Date: February 19, 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Where: Waltham, MA
Our topic will be business class mobility solutions. Bob Caporaso from Bluesocket of Burlington, MA, will discuss the type of WLAN and VoIP products that you cannot pick up at Staples. Click here for more information.
IAMCP Date: February 13, 2:00 PM
Where: Live Meeting
IAMCP Boston will host a Microsoft Office Live Meeting centered on the Students to Business program. This 30-minute seminar will cover the Microsoft Community Initiative designed to connect Microsoft partners and customers with qualified college and university students for entry-level and internship positions. Click here to register or call (508) 481-6375.
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