Nowadays you can’t swing a dead cat without hitting someone who’s talking about virtualization. I’m guessing that your technicians are up-to-speed with virtualization, but are your sales folks?
Microsoft has a great series of webcasts for Microsoft Partners to give them the basics of virtualization with the following 4-part (6 segment) series with Ronald Grattopp […]

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Title: First Look: Microsoft Office 2010  Author: Katherine Murray Publisher: Microsoft Press Date Published: © 2010 Microsoft Corporation Pages: 202 File size: PDF 10.5 MB Price: FREE Download URL: Click […]

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Microsoft TechNet Event Primary Target Audience: Microsoft Partners Start: Wed 12/2/2009 8:30 Eastern End: Wed 12/2/2009 12:00 PM Eastern
Venue: Kentucky Intl. Convention Center Address: 2210 Fourth Street, Louisville, […]

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This is a friendly reminder about the August KYSBSUG Meeting tonight:
Group: Kentucky Small Business Server User Group (KYSBSUG) Meeting #: 66 Meeting Date: Wednesday August 19, 2009 Time: 6:30 PM Eastern Location: Money Concepts […]

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Recently announced: Service Pack 2 for Microsoft Office 2007 is finally available for download.
Download URL: Click here File name: office2007sp2-kb953195-fullfile-en-us.exe Date published: 04/24/2009 Size: 290 MB
KEY IMPROVEMENTS:

Ability to open, edit and save OpenOffice.org 1.1 documents (*.odt, *.ods, *.odp)
SaveAs PDF has been added back in […]

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This week, Thursday March 19, 2009 marks the 5-Year Anniversary of the Kentucky Small Business Server User Group (KYSBSUG). Where did the time go?
It’s pretty amazing to look back at all the events and topics we’ve covered in the last 60+ months. Some of the highlights we’ve met on include:

Backup & Disaster Recovery
Linux for […]

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Event Title: 5W/50 Series - New Generation Certifications: Program Overview & Certification Resources Available for the SBSC Community Date: Monday April 20, 2009 Time: 12:00 PM Eastern (GMT –5) Duration: 1 hour Presenters: Deborah Vosler (Microsoft) & Mark Crall […]

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Today Microsoft announced the SKUs for Windows 7.
The version lineup is different than Vista. Home Basic is now only available in “emerging markets”, and a new “Starter” edition has been added for lower-powered PCs (think netbooks). That’s a bit of a reversal compared to Vista where “Home Basic” was on just about every […]

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I got an email from Microsoft that I’ve just received the Small Business Server Most Valuable Professional [SBS-MVP] award for 2009. Yay!

Also re-awarded with the SBS-MVP this January are several others, including:

Stuart Applegate - Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Steven Banks - Seattle, Washington, USA
Mick Malloy (aka Super Gumby) - Sydney, NSW, Australia
Dave Nickason - […]

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It seems like everybody has an opinion about Vista these days, and more often than not, it’s a negative opinion based on press / advertising / word of mouth / and perception rather than hands-on experience (think ‘Mojave Experiment’).
If you’re a Microsoft Partner and you’d like to know how to handle these objections and get […]

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