August 31st, 2009
Windows 7 Tour
Are you look for some simple ways to create some buzz for the upcoming Windows 7 release? Try pointing your customers to this Tour Windows 7 link. If you produce a customer facing enews document, that would be a great link to include.
Many of us get lost in the “nuts and bolts” of technology. If you haven’t done so already, I would encourage you to spend some time poking around on the Customer facing Microsoft website, What’s new in Windows 7: Lots of stuff there that will prepare you to answer the “simple”questions that customers may ask. Tired of watching their eyes glaze over every time that you or your techs try to explain something to them? Just send them there…
August 20th, 2009
Free E-Book: Understanding Microsoft Virtualization Solutions
Microsoft Press e-books is offering Mitch Tulloch’s Understanding Microsoft Virtualization Solutions via PDF download. Some basic information is required before you can download, but nothing out of the ordinary.
The book description is:
This guide will teach you about the benefits of the latest virtualization technologies and how to plan, implement, and manage virtual infrastructure solutions. The Technologies covered include: Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V, System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008, Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.5, Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization, and Microsoft Virtual Desktop Infrastructure.
August 19th, 2009
Microsoft’s ‘The Hot Sheet’
Sharing some news from the Central Region Partner Territory Manager, Andy McNulty…
1. Plan your Mobility Business Opportunity with the Partner Profitability Modeler
2. Windows 7 in 7 Minutes – Enterprise
3. Windows 7 Navigation Improvements
Labcasts
1. Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Ignite
2. Implementing & Administering Windows SBS 2008
3. Implementing & Administering Windows EBS 2008
Web Seminar
1. Windows 7 Partner Readiness Day
2. Windows 7 OEM Pre-Installation Kit (OPK) Training
3. Core IO University – Core Infrastructure Online Training
Learning Packages
1. Windows 7 Technical Training
2. Windows 7 Demos
3. Exam 70-653: TS: Configuring Windows SBS 2008
Launch Wave
1. Windows Server 2008 R2 & Windows 7 Better Together
2. Windows 7 Volume Licensing
3. Configuring Exchange Server 2010 Unified Messaging Virtual Lab
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Our Summer School curriculum continues with dozens of courses on topics like BPOS, Windows Server 2008, Exchange 2010 and Windows 7. For each course you take, you’ll receive an entry into the next two drawings. We’re giving away 5 Asus Netbooks on September 4.
Premier Training: Practice Accelerators for SharePoint
This limited roll-out offering is not just a technical training but rather is a set of tools, resources, and best practices on Microsoft SharePoint Solutions. Attend this event August 24-27. More info coming soon for these dates: September 14-17 & September 28-October 1. Partner price: $4,000.
Monthly Partner Webcasts: BPOS
Tune in to the Online Services Accelerate Initiative webcasts the third Tuesday of each month for program updates, marketing tools and other readiness resources on Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS).
Solution Selling for Success
Here’s a quick link to the latest training designed to build your business skills. Topics include how to build your brand with social media, the pros and cons of moving your business into the cloud, and how to fill
your pipeline with hot prospects.
August 18th, 2009
Save the Date for Worldwide Partner Conference 2010
Join us Monday, July 12–Thursday, July 15, 2010 in Washington, D.C., for WPC 2010. We’ll have more information about the conference agenda, including keynote speakers and schedules, in early 2010. Continue to check DigitalWPC.com for updates.
We look forward to seeing you there!
August 17th, 2009
Digital WPC – Watch WPC Keynotes and Sessions on-demand
Missed a keynote or session? Not able to attend WPC09 this year? Watch the vision keynotes, solution value keynotes and over 100 different breakout sessions on-demand through Digital WPC. And, get important content and presentation from WPC09 posted daily on session scheduler. Check back each day for new session postings.
August 4th, 2009
iPhone SMS Vulnerability Fix Should Be Applied ASAP
Forgive me, but I couldn’t resist….
According to eWeek:
Apple’s iPhone OS 3.0.1 update doesn’t provide any compelling new features
or functionality for users, but it does purport to fix the SMS vulnerabilities
discussed in depth at Black Hat in late July. Administrators and users are
advised to install the update ASAP, before attacks surface in the wild. READ MORE…
August 3rd, 2009
Network Migration Workbook is Here!
My friend Karl Palachuk is announcing the release of his eagerly awaited The Network Migration Workbook, subtitled Zero Downtime Migrations for Microsoft Networks. I’ve had a chance to see Karl present on this topic and I have had an opportunity to review part of the manuscript. I really think that he is on to something here!
If you know anything about Karl, you know that he is absolutely fanatical about Checklists; real, live, printed on paper CHECKLISTs. This book continues on in the Palachuck tradition. The book weighs in at about 600 8 1/2 x 11 pages. There are two HUGE checklist, one for SBS 2003 and one for SBS 2008. They are worth the price of the book on their own.
However, Karl is quick to point out, “People think they want the click-by-click instructions on doing a Zero Downtime Migration. And yes, you do want that. But the meat that makes this process successful is the process.” You can read his explanation of WHY you should by the book on his blog post, The “Guts” of the Network Migration Workbook
Order the book at the Pre-Sale price of $199 today. Karl has a sizable collection of books written by himself and other in the SMB space. If you haven’t checked it out, I would recommend that you visit, SMB Books