Unless you’ve been living in a cave this week, you probably heard that at Worldwide Partner Conference 2010 Microsoft announced previews of two new products in the SBS family code named “Aurora” and SBS “7”. If you didn’t make it to WPC, check out both videos from Microsoft Senior Program Manager Lead, Becky Ochs: Windows [...]

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Ding dong, the witch is dead… Support for Windows XP Service Pack 2 ended on July 13, 2010. Customers need to be on at least Service Pack 3 now. http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifean31 Likewise, Extended Support for Windows 2000 Professional is also over. http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifean35 If you need more guidance on support scenarios regarding these operating systems, check Eric [...]

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From the mailbag: We have several new computers and need to put Office 2010 on them. I read that I can install Office 2010 on multiple computers, is that true? ANSWER This question comes up *a lot* and the answer is, “It depends”. First, some background information about the availability of the software. Office 2010 [...]

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Today (June 15, 2010) Microsoft Office 2010 hit retail availability, and Microsoft is dropping $80 million in advertising to spread the word. The look of the new ad campaign is pretty different from the previous versions of Office. It basically shows happy people on light colored backgrounds with big bold text. Ho hum. I don’t [...]

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KYSBSUG June 2010 Meeting #76 – What’s New in Office 2010 Presenter: Tim Barrett Date: Wednesday June 23, 2010 Time: 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM Eastern Venue: Money Concepts Address: 323 Townepark Circle, Louisville, KY 40243 Map: Click here IMPORTANT: Due to a scheduling conflict, we’re meeting on the 4th Wednesday this month, not the [...]

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Whitepaper Title: VHD Getting Started Guide File name: VHD Getting Started Guide.docx Data Published: May 27, 2010 Language: English File size: 1.13 MB Pages: 82 Download URL: Click here Description: This guide provides an introduction to virtual hard disks (VHDs) in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. It includes an overview of technologies that [...]

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Are you ready for the next version of Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010? Tune in tomorrow to watch the webcast to see what’s new. Date: Wednesday May 12, 2010 Time: 2:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time Title: Announcing the Future of Productivity! Keynote: Stephen Elop, President, Microsoft Business Division URL: http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/2010launch Description: Meet businesses already benefitting [...]

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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 here to download PDF Description: For a limited time, Microsoft is offering a free download of the eBook “First Look: Microsoft Office 2010” which provides [...]

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