We’d like to send a big ‘thank you’ out to all who attended the SMB MVP Tour event in Louisville on Thursday Jan 19, 2012. We had a ton of help from Jeff Slyn, Lee Johnson, and many other local KYSBSUG members which was MUCH appreciated! Kudos as well to the friendly staff at Republic Bank in Springhurst for the awesome venue and assistance. To Dave from Penn Station – lunch was awesome! HP, Microsoft & SBSMigration.com – this amazing tour wouldn’t exist without you. Last, but certainly not least, thank you Mr. and Mrs. “Handy” Andy Goodman, Kevin Royalty & to Jane Takeuchi and Steven Goddard from Microsoft. Thank you all!

What did the attendees think about the content? Listen and find out:

Benjamin Hill – Benjamin Hill Computer Consulting, LLC

Michael Patrick – The Mirazon Group

To find out if the tour is coming to your area, check out the official links.

Website: http://mvptour2011.sbsmigration.com

Twitter: @SMBMVPTour

Facebook: SMBMVPTOUR

The international SMB MVP Tour / Roadshow / Geekfest comes to Louisville, Kentucky next week. There’s even a video about it!

LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY

Date: Thursday January 19, 2012, 12:30 PM – 4:30 PM Eastern
Free lunch is provided by Penn Station.

THERE ARE STILL SEATS AVAILABLE!

Louisville registration URL for this FREE event:
http://mvptour2011.sbsmigration.com/event_selector.php?event_id=205

The presenters for Louisville are:

• Kevin Royalty [SBS-MVP]
• Tim Barrett [SBS-MVP]

The Tour will also be in Ohio a few days earlier…

COLUMBUS, OHIO

Date: Monday January 16, 2012, 9AM – 1PM Eastern

Columbus registration URL:
http://mvptour2011.sbsmigration.com/event_selector.php?event_id=208

See you there!

I’ve had a couple folks today ask about other stops on the SBS 2008 Tour.

Here are the remaining dates and the URL to register:

• Downers Grove, IL – Tuesday, September 16
• Irving, TX – Wednesday, September 17
• Minneapolis, MN – Thursday, September 18
• South Field, MI – Wednesday, September 17
• Waltham, MA – Thursday, September 18
• New York, NY – Friday, September 19
• San Francisco, CA – Monday, September 22
• Irvine/Los Angeles, CA – Tuesday, September 23
• San Diego, CA – Wednesday, September 24

Registration URL: Click here to Register at the event of your choice

Good news for SMB Resellers interested in getting the scoop on SBS 2008 – Microsoft has recently announced the SBS 2008 Partner Group Tour, so go ahead and block the date on your calendar (these are typically evening events).

Unfortunately, the tour can’t come to every city, but there are 14 stops planned so far.  Here’s the current list of cities and dates, as of 7/27/2008:

*Dates and cities are subject to change.

Registration isn’t open yet, but when the ticket window opens, we’ll let you know ASAP.  The closest stop to us is Cincinnati, OH on Monday September 15, 2008. Hope to see you there!

UPDATE: 08/18/2008 – Registration for the Cincinnati event is now open. Click here to register today!

The pictures I took at the SBS Tour in Louisville last week on 18 September 2006 are now online on Flickr.  Our presenters were Ron Grattopp from the TS2 team and Paul Fitzgerald who is the Lead Program Manager for SBS.

If anyone else has event pictures that they’d like to share from the Louisville event or one of the other 12 cities, Flickr is a lot easier than emailing pictures back and forth, and it’s free for a basic account.

Direct link for the Louisville pics:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/timbarrett/sets/72157594302123073/detail/

Also, when uploading my pictures to Flickr, I saved them under the tag “2006 SBS Tour”.  That way if anyone else uploads pictures to Flickr with the same tag (be sure and enclose the tag in quotation marks), all the pictures from the entire tour will show up in one single location:
http://flickr.com/photos/tags/2006sbstour/

(If the Louisville link above breaks, just go here and click ’2006 SBS Tour’ on the right). 

Happy uploading!

Several folks have reported that they had some difficulty registering for the Vista / Office 2007 / SBS 2003 R2 September 2006 SBS Partner Group Tour.

I’m happy to report that the issues have been resolved, and you should be able to register for the event now – sorry for the confusion!

Detailed information for the Louisville, KY / New Albany, IN stop on the tour can be found here:
http://www.nogeekleftbehind.com/sbs-tour/

And here is a complete list of registration links and dates for all cities on the tour (in chronological order):

1. Seattle / Redmond, WA
   Wednesday, September 06, 2006
   http://www.msusapartnerreadinessevents.com/add-event.asp?evID=16499
    
2. Portland, OR
   Monday, September 11, 2006
   http://www.msusapartnerreadinessevents.com/add-event.asp?evID=16501
    
3. Sacramento, CA
   Tuesday, September 12, 2006
   http://www.msusapartnerreadinessevents.com/add-event.asp?evID=16502
    
4. San Diego, CA
   Wednesday, September 13, 2006
   http://www.msusapartnerreadinessevents.com/add-event.asp?evID=16503
    
5. Irvine, CA
   Thursday, September 14, 2006
   http://www.msusapartnerreadinessevents.com/add-event.asp?evID=16504
    
6. Louisville, KY / New Albany, IN
   Monday, September 18, 2006
   http://www.msusapartnerreadinessevents.com/add-event.asp?evID=16505
    
7. Detroit / Southfield, MI
   Tuesday, September 19, 2006
   http://www.msusapartnerreadinessevents.com/add-event.asp?evID=16506
    
8. Indianapolis, IN
   Wednesday, September 20, 2006
   http://www.msusapartnerreadinessevents.com/add-event.asp?evID=16507
    
9. Denver / Aurora, CO
   Thursday, September 21, 2006
   http://www.msusapartnerreadinessevents.com/add-event.asp?evID=16508
    
10. Boston / Waltham, MA
    Monday, September 25, 2006
    http://www.msusapartnerreadinessevents.com/add-event.asp?evID=16509
     
11. New York, NY
    Tuesday, September 26, 2006
    http://www.msusapartnerreadinessevents.com/add-event.asp?evID=16510
     
12. Charlotte, NC
    Wednesday, September 27, 2006
    http://www.msusapartnerreadinessevents.com/add-event.asp?evID=16511
     
13. Tampa, FL
    Thursday, September 28, 2006
    http://www.msusapartnerreadinessevents.com/add-event.asp?evID=16516