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August 20 Linked In - Big Easy LogoMissed today's Big Easy Live Meeting? let me know and i'll send you the deck and handouts. Plus, they mentioned a neat way to let your customers know about this offer, associate yourself with the group. go to
while there, please go ahead and get linked to me too :-) SMB Nation - Hope to See you ThereGet Your Geek On – SMB Nation 2008, October 4-6, 2008, Seattle Join hundreds of Small Business Specialists to learn more about Windows Small Business Server 2008, Essential Business Server and Microsoft Response Point plus many other technologies. BusinessSpeak track features sales activation content, issues sensitive to owners and much more. How To track provides practical hands-on business knowledge that you can apply immediately. Visit www.smbnation.com to sign up. Extended tuition payment plans available.
Please let me know if you will attending - can set up some meetings on the side!
August 15 New CRM Online Offer for Eligible PartnersA significant offer was announced at WPC in Houston this year for the new CRM Online product! Eligible partners can purchase the Professional Plus version of Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online for just $19 per month, per seat – this represents a 60% discount for our partners! All Certified (including Partners who have signed a CSA agreement), Gold, and SBSC Partners are eligible. Availability will begin in August for North America, with world Wide availability to be announced. Call to Action: Go to the Partner Portal for more information about the Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online Offer (https://partner.microsoft.com/CRMforPartners). Partners can sign up now with no obligation to purchase Selling in Economic Tough TimesI'm on Joanne Black's email distribution list and get these great articles. Had to forward this on and suggest you subscribe. Link is below. Suzanne :-) Get In and Get Started August 11 NorCal - PacIT trainingI want to give you an update on the classes for Pac IT Pros members: Pac IT Pros is offer the same class Pac IT Pro members for $300 - If you want to do the hands on portion of the class, you will need to bring your own computer capable of running 4 VMs, so relatively new machine with 2-4 gigs. If you don't have a machine that can run 4 VMs, (a relatively new machine with 2-4 gigs and 7200 RPM drives). An alternative is to bring 2 less powerful machines and run 2 VMs on each or we will pair you with a partner so each of you will run 2 VMs. (If you go the 2 machine route, bring a hub/switch and a power strip.) The cost fee for the AD troubleshooting class is $300. But wait, before you register, Microsoft has made a generous offers: Be one of the first 65 you will receive an NFR copy of Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition, - 32 bit and 64 bit, Visual Studio 2008 and SQL 2008 OR a NFR copy of Vista Ultimate with SP1 OR an NFR copy of Vista Business OR an NFR copy of Microsoft Office Business with Groove 2007. In this class Gil will talk you through steps to successfully migrate from AD 2003 to AD 2008. By the end of this class you will know exactly how to migrate from AD 2003 to AD2008 including: Preparation for migration, prepping AD for migration, how to migrate, and post-migration checks and AD clean-up. Gil will also cover some of the pitfalls inexperienced IT Pros make during migrations and how to avoid them. By the end of this 2 hour class you will know exactly how to upgrade your company's AD from Server 2003 to AD Server 2008 problem free. The cost for this class is $60 and you can register now at Registration for this class is on the DVC web site, http://dvc.edu The class is CNT-114, section 8566 August 08 Weekly Partner Live Meeting ContentMissed a previous Weekly Partner Live Meeting? you can access the slide decks here:
http://cid-e0867f061b7c8e88.skydrive.live.com/browse.aspx/Microsoft%20Partner%20Files OR if you would like to hear the complete session, email suzl@microsoft.com and I'll send you the invitation to hear/watch the Live Meeting after the fact. Previous Topics Available for Download:
Cold Calling 101
Managerd Services Series
How to Make Money Selling Licensing
EBS - Essential Business Server
Upcoming topics - Every Friday from 10 - 11 am PST
Aug 15th – Mobility (including comparisions to iPhone)
Aug 22nd – NO Live Meeting - please attend session offered through Academy Live (request invite from suzl@microsoft.com)
Aug 29th – S+S (Software + Services)
August 07 Want to understand how to better present SBS and EBS1. Small Business Server 2008
2. Essential Business Server 2008
August 06 New eBook by Stuart CrawfordI have recently published a new eBook on what IT Professionals need to focus on in the second half of this year and going forward into 2009.
Please feel free to share this eBook with your colleagues, friends and whoever would benefit from this...
Cheers
Have an awesome day!
Stuart
Stuart R. Crawford Vice President, Business Development
IT Matters Inc. 530, 1000 8th Ave SW Calgary, AB T2P 3M7 Canada
Phone: 403.710.4357 Fax: 403.503.0876 EMail: scrawford@itmatters.ca
Access at my Skydrive
http://cid-e0867f061b7c8e88.skydrive.live.com/browse.aspx/Microsoft%20Special%20Offers FREE Pre-sales Technical SupportDid you know that there is a skilled team of partner technology specialist solely dedicated to providing technical and competitive sales assistance for partners? This motivated team will provide FREE Pre-sales technical support for any Microsoft deal over $5k. Partners must be registered at a minimum to be eligible and also are required to share information about the new sale in order to qualify.
· Technical Sales Support: Accelerate your close rate with assistance with configurations, reliability, feature capabilities, readiness, product demonstrations, scalability, interoperability, and migration. · Competitive Sales Assistance: Overcome customer objections and positively position Microsoft technologies against the competition by providing white papers, discussion guides, case studies, customer-ready presentations, IT competitive comparisons, and business incentive funds. · Business Value, Licensing, and Pricing: Assistance with comparison proof points, TCO, ROI, cost/value, performance, and licensing. Keep this handy: · Call 1-800-426-9400 between 6:00 AM – 6:00 PM PST o Select option 1 o Enter extension 82973 for non-Dynamics products o Have your Microsoft Partner Program ID readyFor issues or questions with TPTS service, send mail to partresp@microsoft.com Weekly Partner Live Meeting ScheduleEvery Friday from 10:00 am to 11:00 PST - join us to get up to date information on the following topics, PLUS have a chance to ask interactive questions of the expert presenters!
•August 8th
•EBS – Essential Business Server
•August 15
•Mobility
•August 22
NO PARTNER LIVE MEETING - please attend Academy Live Training in previous blog message!!
•August 29
•Software + Services
https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/microsoft/join?id=7FHDJC&role=attend&pw=NWPartner Audio Information Computer Audio To use computer audio, you need speakers and microphone, or a headset. Telephone conferencing Use the information below to connect: Toll-free: +1 (866) 500-6738 Participant code: 675400 Technical Training on SBS2008 and EBS 2008 - FREEJoin us for a series of core technical readiness webcasts, starting with WES01PAL: 5W/50 Series - The Small and Midsize Business Server Platform: Which Is Right for Your Customer? Continue to learn about these exciting new products with two comprehensive 8-part technical readiness series, one for Windows SBS 2008 and one for Windows EBS 2008. For each product, you will learn about: · Planning, Design, & Installation · Migration · Management, Health, & Reporting · Messaging & Remote Access · Security & Backup · LOB Support, Extensibility, & Troubleshooting · Virtualization
https://training.partner.microsoft.com/plc/search_adv.aspx?ssid=2ff59e1b-42b9-4802-afc1-a02fb3d5eca3 August 04 Second Shothere's the best site to find out about "Second Shot" getting another chance at an exam.......
Enabling Mobility on SBS 2003From one of our SBSC partners:
1 – Open HTTP & HTTPS (ports 80 & 443) on the firewall and point towards the server.
2 – Install a third-party SSL certificate. For future compatibility when migrating to Exchange 2007 without ISA, I use http://www.comodo.com/msexchange/, otherwise I use http://www.dotster.com/other/ssl/123. a. Follow http://blogs.technet.com/sbs/archive/2007/08/21/how-to-install-a-public-3rd-party-ssl-certificate-on-iis-on-sbs-2003.aspx until you reach the Title “Transferring the SSL Certificate to the Default Web Site” b. If you are not running with ISA then continue with Transferring the SSL Certificate to the Default Web Site. c. If you are running ISA then install the certificate on to the two listening ports in ISA and leave the self-generated certificate on the Default Web Site.
3 – Exchange SP2 should be installed (done if R2 has been installed).
4 – Enable RPC over HTTP on Exchange
5 – Run CEICW and enable Outlook Mobile Access.
6 – Check Active Directory Users to make sure Mobile Services are enabled if not add users to Mobile Users.
7 – Enable Direct Push on the server a. Ensure that SP2 for Exchange Server 2003 is installed on the server. b. Open Exchange System Manager. c. Expand Global Settings. d. Right-click Mobile Services, and then click Properties. e. Verify that the Enable Direct Push over HTTP(s) check box is selected.
8 - Install the Exchange Server ActiveSync Web Admin Tool on SBS If you are trying to get familiar with the Microsoft Exchange Server ActiveSync Web Administration Tool on your Small Business Server computer to take advantage of the new Mobile Security Features that will be introduced in the Windows Mobile 5.0 Messaging & Security Feature Pack, you will need to follow the steps below to get the web interface functioning properly on your Small Business Server computer: a. Download the Mobile Admin pack b. Backup the metabase in IIS (right click the servername in IIS -> all tasks -> backup/restore -> create backup) c. TEMPORARILY set the default website to “all unassigned” (if it is not already) d. Run MobileAdmin.exe that you downloaded in step 1. e. You can also run OWAAdmin.exe at this point too for web based admin of OWA. f. Reset IIS back to the way it was before step 3, if applicable g. Open the properties for the ExAdmin virtual directory under the default website -> directory security -> Edit for Secure Communications and uncheck “Require SSL” h. Restart the IIS Admin service i. You should now be able to browse http://servername/mobileadmin and also select users to manage. Note this interface allows 2 options: 1) Wipe the device and 2) delete the partnership. “Wipe the device” is self explanatory - we remove all user-specific information from the device and return it to factory default (like a hard reset). So what is “delete the partnership” you ask? Well, when a device synchs with Exchange it pushes some information to Exchange so that the server knows about the device. This information is referred to as a “partnership” (not to be confused with an ActiveSync partnership -no relation). You can remove this partnership information by using the “delete” option on the MobileAdmin page. When would you want to “delete” a partnership. One scenario is if only one user cannot synch with Exchange when previously he/she could. It may be that this “partnership” is confused. Simply “delete” the device partnership on the MobileAdmin page and then resynch with the device. After deleting the partnership, resynch with the device. You should see a new partnership appear on the MobileAdmin page and hopefully the device synchs successfully.
9 - Define and enforce security policies for mobile devices a. On the server, open Exchange System Manager. b. Expand Global Settings. c. Right-click Mobile Services, and then click Properties. d. Click the Device Security button. e. In the Device Security Settings dialog box, configure the device security policy for Windows Mobile devices. f. Enforce, Minimum 4 Characters, 20 minutes of inactivity, Wipe after 3 failed attempts, refresh settings every 1 hour g. If you do not want to apply the policy to some user accounts, click the Exceptions button, and then add the user accounts to the exceptions list. h. Click OK.
10 – Double check and fine-tune installation by following http://www.petri.co.il/configure_rpc_over_https_on_a_single_server.htm
Inaugural FountainBlue Online eventFountainBlue cordially invites entrepreneurs from around the world to join us in an online lecture on Strategic Entrepreneurism, featuring Jonathan Fisher, Managing Director Teahupoo, LLC; Professor of Business, University of San Francisco; CEO, Bharosa, Inc. (Acquired by Oracle, Inc.).
What: FountainBlue Online Webinar on Strategic Entrepreneurism
Date: August 25, 5:30 – 7:00 p.m. PST
Location: LiveMeeting, sponsored by Microsoft
Costs: $20 for the Lecture, $30 for the Lecture plus one to four follow-up sessions at times to be confirmed
Registration: Pre-register at http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=163018 by noon on August 22. Registration following that time will be a $10 additional fee.
In Q2 2008, only 14 companies went public, none of which were venture-backed. This is the first time in 30 years, where not a single company going public was venture funded. These are the facts. But business people need to understand what that means for them, and how to take action to support their business interests.
Entrepreneurs from around the world are invited to join us in a lecture on Strategic Entrepreneurism, where entrepreneurs strategically build their organizations from the beginning with a particular acquirer's needs in mind.
Attendees who participate in the main lecture have the option of participating in interactive follow-up sessions, on up to four topics of their choice. The times and topics for these follow-up interactive roundtables are below: · What is strategic entrepreneurism? • Monday, August 25, 7:00 – 7:30 p.m. · Financing: Securing Resources for a Successful Company • Monday, August 25, 7:30 – 8:00 p.m. · Customers: Getting Customers On-Board • Tuesday, August 26, 5:30 – 6:00 p.m. · Employees & Partners: Signing on the Right People • Tuesday, August 26, 6:00 – 6:30 p.m. · Product Development: Developing with Partner in Mind • Tuesday, August 26, 6:30 – 7:00 p.m. · Exit: A Win-for-All Ending • Tuesday, August 26, 7:00 – 7:30 p.m.
For more information: · About Strategic Entrepreneurism, read the article ‘Lean times for venture-capital-backed IPOs’, by Tom Abate, 7/1/08, available at http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/06/30/BUKK11HKT5.DTL · About FountainBlue and our various entrepreneurial and leadership communities, visit http://www.fountainblue.biz. · About Jonathan Fisher, and his thoughts on Strategic Entrepreneurism, visit http://www.sandhill.com/opinion/editorial.php?id=193. · We are offering attendees a 20% discount on Mr. Fisher’s book on Strategic Entrepreneurship, scheduled for release on September 16, 2008. http://www.selectbooks.com/t_strategicent.htm.
We hope to see you online for this timely event! July 30 Free Exam VouchersHere is a great offer just announced by the Essential Business Server (EBS) Team. Free beta coupons for the EBS exam by Prometric! And to make it even sweeter, we’ll take an additional 50% off that, so now it’s FREE! Yes, I know that 50% off Free doesn’t really save you anything else, I’m just testing to see who’s really awake this morning. :-) Here’s what the EBS Team had to say about the offer: “Beta exams help you to understand what’s involved with running the product and help you get ahead of the pack supporting Essential Business Server 2008. You may be wondering why we’d give this away? Simple; we want as many people certified as possible, and we want to make sure this exam is set to the right level.” So, how do you get your FREE vouchers? Simple:
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