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11月20日

The Time is NOW!!

Office 2010 beta has just been released so The time is NOW to begin discussing this exciting new product with your customers.  Here are our recommended actions:

 

·         Download the beta now and begin using at your company, see: Office 2010 Public Beta

·         Continue to run Microsoft Ready-To-Go campaigns and Microsoft Partner Events, and start to plan dates for your own “Sneak Peek” events, see details at: Ready-to-Go Homepage

·         Encourage your customers to download beta.  Please send the attached “to customer” email, and remind customers about the current promotions like Big Easy and Office No Better Time. 

·         Learn more, additional resources can be found at: www.microsoft.com, TechNet, MSDN, and in Microsoft Action Packs

We appreciate your support of this new launch.  Please let me know if I can answer any questions, and stayed tuned for future updates. 

 

11月4日

SaaS for partners!

SaaSplaza is a global Software as a Service company with 10 years of S+S experience. SaaSplaza is committed to making their partners, the Microsoft Value Added Resellers and Independent Software Vendors successful in their Software + Services (S+S) offerings.  SaaSplaza allows their partners full autonomy in terms of owning the customer relationship and giving partners the opportunity to make sufficient margin on both the software licenses as well as the SaaSplaza infrastructure services.  Together with Microsoft, SaaSplaza provides exceptional partner support in defining an ideal S+S offering and a solid go-to-market strategy.

 

The SaaSplaza portfolio includes all Dynamics ERP and CRM products, complimented with SharePoint, Exchange and Office – all offered in either a shared or dedicated environment.   Many 3rd party ISV applications are currently available on the SaaSplaza platform, with more coming onboard daily to further enhance the partner’s S+S offerings. By choosing to partner with SaaSplaza, partners build their unique portfolio of S+S solutions in their own “mySaaSplaza portal”.  This proprietary application makes it easy for partners to manage, monitor and offer their S+S solutions to customers and prospects, all from one centralized dashboard.

 

SaaSplaza knows that partners and customers need reliable and secure solutions and SaaSplaza sees compliance as an essential part of its corporate culture.  Partners and customers can depend on SaaSplaza to guarantee the availability, reliability and security of the SaaSplaza platform, confirmed annually with SAS 70 Type II certification.

 

Don’t delay any longer; contact SaaSplaza today at 858.385.8900 or www.saasplaza.com to learn about their no-risk partnership offering.

 

Thank you!

9月11日

Win7 at TechReady

a "MUST Read" - check out this detailed overview of Windows7 - powerhouse presentation.
8月25日

Get on the Office 2010 Bandwagon!!

http://www.microsoft.com/office/2010/  Highly recommend checking out this site! Office will be big this year ;-)
8月7日

Grow your business and provide more value to your customers with Microsoft Dynamics® CRM.

Press coverage for this latest release from Microsoft has increased five-fold in the past year, helping drive customer awareness and significantly increase demand. Adding Microsoft Dynamics CRM to your suite of product offerings helps you sell value-added services and related software, such as Microsoft® Windows®, Microsoft SQL Server™, or Microsoft Office SharePoint® Server.

By selling Microsoft Dynamics CRM you can:

  • Bring a valuable product to new decision-makers.
    Expand beyond traditional IT decision makers by bringing Microsoft Dynamics CRM to Services, Marketing,
    Sales leaders.
  • Maximize your investments and increase your revenue.
    Microsoft Dynamics CRM adds relevant business value to the Microsoft products you may already sell and support. Bring your customers new opportunities and expand your share of wallet. Microsoft Dynamics CRM resellers can earn significant revenue and service margin. 
  • Expand cross-selling and up-selling opportunities.
    Microsoft Dynamics CRM is a natural add-on that drives rapid ROI for your customers and profit for you.

 

CRM Solution Providers targeting small- to medium-sized businesses are 35% more profitable than competitors and achieve total deal margins greater than
30 percent.*

Discover Your Path to Partnership: link

  1. Enroll in the Microsoft Partner Program link
  2. Sign up for the Microsoft CRM Software Advisor Program link
  3. Earn the MBS Competency for Microsoft CRM Specialization link

1-888-477-7989 Option 2 or email mailto:mbsjoin@microsoft.com

Microsoft Dynamics CRM Resources:

  • Product Page link
  • Partner Portal link
  • Downloads link query on "CRM"
8月6日

UC/Sharepoint, BPOS, and More

ck out the great info on one of our Partner Technology Experts share -  skydrive

There is other useful info on the public folder of the skydrive.

 

BPOS Resources

Exchange & UC Resources

SharePoint Resources

7月31日

Security Alert

This alert is to provide you with an overview of the Microsoft Security Advisory 973882, released on Tuesday, July 28, 2009. This security advisory provides information about our ongoing investigation into vulnerabilities in the public and private versions of Microsoft's Active Template Library (ATL). In the advisory, we provide information about what Microsoft is doing in its ongoing investigation into the issue described, and we also offer guidance to both developers and IT professionals.

 

·         Guidance for Developers (bulletin MS09-035): The Microsoft ATL is used by software developers to create controls or components for the Windows platform. Microsoft strongly recommends that developers who have built controls or components with ATL take immediate action to evaluate their controls for exposure to a vulnerable condition and follow the guidance provided to create controls and components that are not vulnerable. For more information on the vulnerabilities and guidance to address issues in ATL, see MS09-035, "Vulnerabilities in Visual Studio Active Template Library Could Allow Remote Code Execution."

·         Guidance for IT Professionals (bulletin MS09-034): To help better protect customers while developers update their components and controls, Microsoft has developed a new defense-in-depth technology. This new defense-in-depth technology built into Internet Explorer helps to protect customers from future attacks using the Microsoft Active Template Library vulnerabilities described in this Advisory and Microsoft Security Bulletin MS09-035. IT professionals should first assess and prepare their own systems, then help their customers deploy the Internet Explorer Security Update offered in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS09-034, "Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer."

Please see below for important resources and a bulletin summary.

 

Key REsources

 

·         Full text of Security Advisory 973882 http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/973882.mspx

·         Full bulletin for MS09-034, with guidance for IT professionals http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms09-034.mspx  

·         Full bulletin for MS09-035, with guidance for developers http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms09-035.mspx

·         We recommend Microsoft partners use the Microsoft TechNet Security TechCenter as a source of security information http://technet.microsoft.com/security

 

New Bulletin Summary

 

Bulletin ID

Maximum Severity Rating

Vulnerability Impact

Restart Requirement

Affected Software

Visual Studio

(MS09-035)

Moderate

Remote Code Execution

Requires restart

Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003,

Microsoft Visual Studio 2005,

Microsoft Visual Studio 2008,

Microsoft Visual C++ 2005, and

Microsoft Visual C++ 2008

Internet Explorer

(MS09-034)

Critical

Remote Code Execution

Requires restart

Internet Explorer on Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, and Windows Server 2008

 

Regarding Information Consistency

 

We recommend that Microsoft partners use the Microsoft TechNet Security TechCenter as a key source of security information: http://technet.microsoft.com/security, and that you sign up for comprehensive alerts at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/notify.mspx.  We strive to provide you with accurate information in static (this mail) and dynamic (Web-based) content. Microsoft’s security content posted to the Web is occasionally updated to reflect late-breaking information. If this results in an inconsistency between the information here and the information in Microsoft’s Web-based security content, the information in Microsoft’s Web-based security content is authoritative. 

 

Launch events coming!

The worldwide launch for Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, and Exchange Server 2010 will be in San Francisco on September 29. There will also be launch events in Denver, LA, Orange Cty, PHX, Portland, Riverside, San Diego, Sacramento, SLC, San Jose, and Seattle. Many more details to follow.

Windows7 Challenge

I have just installed Windows7 (this morning) and would challenge each of you to do the same. I immediately noticed an incredible difference in my ability to select the windows I have active. I live in Outlook and am constantly switching between my calendar and inbox, and then to my contacts. Win7 makes my life really easy!!
 
Check it out and email me what's the biggest change you've seen and how it impacts your workday. I'll keep posting new Win7 discoveries (suzl@microsoft.com).  
7月27日

US Online Services Partner Update: July 23, 2009

 

 

Announcements

 

World Partner Conference 2009 Recap

This year’s WPC was a huge success with the Online Services Partner Community including several important new features announced for Online Services as well as a new partner business model. 

 

New Features Announced
Microsoft Online Services announced four new partner features and one new partner business model at this year’s conference. To view the full announcement, click here.

Partner Order on Behalf. Partners can now place Microsoft Online Services orders on behalf of their customers. The feature allows partners to initiate trials, specify the services and quantities they recommend for their customers, pre-configure orders for their customers to complete, and ensure they are the Partner of Record for their customers’ trials and orders placed in the system.

Partner Commerce Dashboard. The new Commerce Dashboard provides a consolidated view of Microsoft Online Services orders and commerce, such as the status of trials and subscriptions, for customers that have the partner specified as their Partner of Record. Partners can work within the Commerce Dashboard or export the information to Excel to be imported into a CRM system.

Delegated Administration (Available Q2 FY10)
This new capability of Microsoft Online Services will be available starting in Q2 FY10. It enables partners who have demonstrated commitment to the Online Services business. For example, to enable Accelerate Partners to perform technical administration tasks on behalf of their customers. Qualifying partners will be provided a mechanism to perform technical administration on behalf o their customers with a single partner log-in.

Partner Enterprise Agreement Payment. Microsoft Online Services Partners are now eligible to receive 12/6 payment fees for online services customers on enterprise agreements. Click here for details.

Distributor Model for Online Services. The new model announced for distributors focuses on the critical role that distributors play in the Microsoft business. The distributor model follows closely with the Microsoft Online Services Advisor model. Microsoft will pay a fee based on the revenue base generated by the distributor’s recruited channel. In the first 12 months of the channel partner revenue, Microsoft will provide a 2% fee and provide 0.5% annuity fee on the following years.

Announcements

Business Productivity Online Suite Internal Use Rights Benefits for Partners
Registered BPOS (MOSPA) partners qualify for up to 250 free seats of the Business Productivity Online Suite in year 1. For year 2 onwards, partner will continue to receive free seats if they have sold a minimum of two deals or greater with 25 seats or more per deal in the previous year. Otherwise, the cost to the partner is $5/seat/month. Learn more.

New Migration Toolkit for Online Services Partners
Access a new comprehensive Migration Resource Kit available to partners on Quickstart for Online Services. A limited amount were shared with partners on CD at this year’s WPC. Click here for more details.


FY10 Accelerate Initiative Unveiled
The Microsoft Online Services FY10 program is offered to top Microsoft Online Services Partners that commit to delivering eight (8) customer wins 25> seats by June 30, 2010. The initiative is based on a framework that allows incentives, tools, and resources to be delivered to partners to enable activation using a model of ‘Gives and Gets.’ In addition, participating partners will receive Sales and Technical Mentoring, Marketing Investment, Leads, Readiness and ongoing Sales Pipeline Review. Email USMOSG with questions.

 

 

 

 

Services Updates

 

July Service Update & TPM Weekly Update

Access the July Service Update including the ability for Administrators to assign user licenses to worldwide users, an important edition for multi-national organizations with users in numerous countries. Access the complete update


Access the TPM Weekly Update for the Week Ending July 17, 2009, click here.

Offers & Promotions

 

Partner Offers

250 Free Seats of BPOS. Registered BPOS (MOSPA) partners qualify for up to 250 free seats of the Business Productivity Online Suite in year 1. For year 2 onwards, partner will continue to receive free seats if they have sold a minimum of two deals or greater with 25 seats or more per deal in the previous year. Otherwise, the cost to the partner is $5/seat/month. Learn more.

Partner/Customer Offers

Microsoft Financing Offer. Any Microsoft Partner may use Microsoft Financing to increase sales, and enable customers with necessary software, services and hardware required to purchase Online Services. Learn more.

 

Resources & Support

 

5 New 1 Minute Demos for Partners Available on Quickstart

Access five new 1-minute demos just posted to help partners learn more about Microsoft Online Services new features and benefits. Click on the links below to access each 1-minute demo.

§   Lab: Order on Behalf Functionality Demo

§   Lab: Commerce Dashboard Features Demo

§   Lab: Internal Use Rights Benefits Order Process Demo

§   Lab: Quick Trial Process Demo

§   Lab: Delegated Administration Functionality Demo

 

New Migration Online Resource Kit for Partners
Access a new comprehensive Migration Resource Kit available to partners on Quickstart for Online Services. A limited amount were shared with partners on CD at this year’s WPC. Access the online version by clicking on each individual link below.

·          Whitepaper: Migration Depth Guides. This zip file contains the Migration Depth Guides: DirSync Tool- Troubleshooting Guide, General Migration Issues Troubleshooting, Messaging Troubleshooting Tools, Migrating from Hosted Messages with AD, Migrating from Hosted Messages without AD, Migration Tool – Troubleshooting Migration from Microsoft Exchange.

·          Presentation: Exchange to Microsoft Online Migration. This presentation provides an overview about Exchange On-Premise to Exchange Online migrations.

·          Presentation: IMAP/POP Mail Migration. This presentation reviews migrating mail from hosted Internet mail providers into the BPOS Exchange Online environment.

·          Video: Migration from Dominoe and GroupWise. This video and demonstration reviews migration from Dominoe and GroupWise to Microsoft Online Services.

·          Presentation: Site Planning & Preparation for Deploying Business Productivity Online Suite. Read this presentation to learn more about site planning and preparation for deploying Business Productivity Online Suite.

·          Presentation: Migration Process and Scenarios. Read this presentation to learn more about the migration process and different scenarios.

·          Whitepaper: Business Productivity Online Standard Suite Onboarding and Discovery Checklist for Partners. This document is intended to assist a Partner’s discovery and planning for a customer migration to Business Productivity Online Suite.

·          Tools: Customer Acceptance and Testing Checklist-Sample. Partners may use this checklist when planning for a customer migration to Business Productivity Online Suite.

·          Whitepaper: Migrate from Exchange Public Folders to Microsoft Business Productivity Online Standard Suite. This paper discusses the most common public folder scenarios and how they are represented in Business Productivity Online Standard Suite services.

·          Presentation: Solutions Developer ISV Summit Presentations. This zip file contains presentations from the April 20, 2009 Solutions Developer ISV Summit.

·         Presentation: Migration Process and Scenarios. Read this presentation to learn more about the Migration Process and different scenarios.

 

BPOS Discovery & Planning Checklist for Partners – Preliminary Version
This new preliminary document for Partners provides guidance on issues partners should consider when evaluating a customer’s business for a potential move to BPOS. It’s pretty comprehensive, but not exhaustive. Click here to access the document. *Please note: This particular document is made specifically for Partners and is available only to Registered, Certified or Gold Partners with a Windows Live ID.

Partner Support Contacts and Resources

·          Field Escalations:
Contact the Microsoft Online Partner Rapid Response Team (mosprrt)

·          US Partner Inquiries/Marketing/Partner Plans/Campaigns & Events
Contact US Microsoft Online Services Partners (usmosg)

·         Microsoft Regional Resource Center (MSPP)
Phone: 1-800-765-7768  |  Fax: 1-661-775-6475 
Email: MSPP-na@microsoft.com

6月17日

Microsoft CRM is HOT!

Our CRM partners are doing great - sales are up! Consider installing for your own use first and then team with a CRM partner or resell yourself. See attached article written by a West Region partner why their sales are doing better by using Microsoft's CRM product.
6月9日

Interesting Product and Special Microsoft Partner Offer

I had a good laugh watching their impressive YOUTUBE video. Hazards like earthquakes, fires, etc do happen.....

from Mark's email.

 

You already know Microsoft provides your company with data security and back up strategies.  Now you can further protect your personal and business data from loss with ioSafe’s water and fireproof data storage hard drives.  ioSafe designs and manufactures disaster proof hardware to protect digital assets. Using its patent pending technologies, ioSafe offers a new breed of data storage. Like an aircraft black box, the ioSafe system provides complete protection for your personal and business data.  There is no other hard drive manufacturer that can offer this level of protection for your data.  ioSafe is offering all Microsoft Partners a special discount.  Check out https://iosafe.com/mswest-promo-1 for more information on how to protect your precious data from loss from fire or water damage.

 

Best regards,

 

Mark Breunig                                   

Business Development

ioSafe, Inc.

mark.breunig@iosafe.com

Watch the firery ioSafe demo filmed by the Wall Street Journal at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fo1DDqdo1o

mobile: 916-799-2516

www.iosafe.com

Excellent Whitepaper on Small Business

if you sell into small to lower mid market accounts, please take the time to read this whitepaper.
 
let me know if you valued this recommendation!
5月26日

Online Technical Communities

can't find the technical information or support you are looking for? try these...(detailed pdf and doc on online technical communities)