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New Blog Location

tojuchem — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:12:00 GMT

Hello All,

I have moved over to the MSAM-Dynamics Team and my new blog location is:

http://blogs.msdn.com/tojuchem/default.aspx

I hope you will join me there.

Todd

Contagious Curiosity

tojuchem — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:34:31 GMT

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!!

Microsoft Action Pack

tojuchem — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:51:05 GMT

•Available exclusively to Registered Members

•Only the Action Pack lets you access software licenses, marketing material and localized offers —all for just US$299 a year.

•To learn more: https://partner.microsoft.com/US/program/managemembership/actionpack

•Beginning June 19, 2008, a one-hour online assessment will be required to renew a subscription to the Action Pack.

•To Learn more: https://partner.microsoft.com/US/program/managemembership/40049687

•Or call to re-enroll: 1-800-993-7764

Upcoming TS2 Events - Steve's TS2 Insider

tojuchem — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 19:50:14 GMT

Check out the upcoming events for June as well as a new IW series in a city near you.

Upcoming TS2 Events - Steve's TS2 Insider

The WSSG Community Lead Blog : The Windows Small Business Server 2008 WW Community Survey is live

tojuchem — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 19:44:37 GMT

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

The Bigger Big Easy Offer

tojuchem — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:50:09 GMT

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

Dynamics CRM Online Video

tojuchem — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:53:18 GMT

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

Dynamics CRM Online Announcement

tojuchem — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 02:51:24 GMT

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).

The Big Easy Offer

tojuchem — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 02:21:59 GMT

Are you taking advantage of Partner Subsidies?
The Big Easy Offer was designed to help drive your services revenue. The opportunity multiplies as you build
the stack of qualifying product groups. Click the below link to learn more.

The Big Easy Offer

Early Bird Registration for Microsoft Dynamics GP Technical Airlift

tojuchem — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:07:27 GMT

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
(both technical presales and implementation) and developers.

· A full two-day, two-track technical learning event. Check out the full agenda and role-based tracks for developers and consultants.

· Your opportunity to learn first-hand from the experts the new functionality that is part of the Microsoft Dynamics GP 10.0
feature pack.

· Dedicated “study hall” time for you to dig deeper into your technical studies, and interact with Microsoft subject matter experts
around a variety of planned subjects, as well as ad-hoc topics.

· Relevant keynote presentations that have been carefully orchestrated to address the questions that Microsoft Dynamics GP
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.

SBS 2008 sign up for the Public Beta Now

tojuchem — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 18:27:21 GMT

Be the first to know when the Public Preview Beta Software becomes available
If you wish to be notified when the Public Preview becomes available for Windows Small Business Server 2008 or Windows Essential Business Server 2008, send us an e-mail. We will send you instructions on how to enroll in the Public Previews when they are launched.

CRM Software - Microsoft Dynamics CRM

tojuchem — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 02:59:28 GMT

CRM Software - Microsoft Dynamics CRM

CRM 4.0 Launch

tojuchem — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 02:56:18 GMT

Are you a Dynamics Partner or want to become one?

This is your opportunity. Embrace CRM 4.0 with a Launch Event near you.

http://www.microsoft.com/click/dynamicscrmlaunch/default.html

Microsoft Dynamics CRM is the
right choice for your business.
Attend an exclusive launch event
to discover why.

Microsoft Dynamics CRM will help you spend more time
focusing on results and less time worrying about the
technology you use to manage customer relationships.
At this exclusive launch event, you will:

Learn from industry experts about the latest
trends for driving performance improvements
across sales, customer service, and marketing.
Hear directly from Microsoft Dynamics CRM
customers how they have been able to increase
revenues, deepen customer relationships, and
improve customer satisfaction.
Be among the first to see the new Microsoft
Dynamics CRM 4.0 as well as the ground-breaking
Microsoft Dynamics CRM Live, a new software-
as-a-service solution hosted by Microsoft.

View Sponsors: http://www.microsoft.com/click/dynamicscrmlaunch/sponsors.htm

Software Assurance Webcast March 11th, 2008

tojuchem — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 20:02:35 GMT

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 11^th 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.

WEBCAST

March 11, 2008

2:00 PM to 3:00 PM EST

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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