-
I've had someone ask me about the WSS toolkit that was referenced at How to Sell, Deploy, and Build Business with Microsoft Windows Sharepoint Services 3.0 and SBS 2003 R2 . The download location has moved to http://www.partnersalesresources.com/Pages/sbskit.aspx# . ttfn David Technorati Tags: Windows...
Posted to
David Overton's Blog
by
David Overton
on
Fri, Sep 5 2008
Filed under:
Filed under: SBS 2003, Office System, Support and Tools, Business, Windows SharePoint Services, SBSC, Microsoft, SBS 2003 R2, Documentation, Tips, Small business, Partner, SharePoint
-
Each month the TRM blog product this great summary of the Microsoft world in various product areas. The blog can be found here http://blogs.technet.com/trm/ News Help your customers securely deploy Windows Server 2008 with the Windows Server 2008 Security Guide! http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId...
Posted to
David Overton's Blog
by
David Overton
on
Thu, Mar 6 2008
Filed under:
Filed under: Windows 7, Vista and XP, Office System, Support and Tools, Security, Community, Windows Server 2003, beta, Event, SBSC, Windows Client, Windows XP, Office 2007, Documentation, Malware, Tips, ISA Server, Partner, Service Pack, SharePoint, Windows Server 2008, Office Communication Server
-
[updated 4th March] Many people congratulated Microsoft after the Mr Busy campaigns allowed partners to drive their customers back to them using a MS campaign. Well, this is now being repeated for a number of campaigns. Today I found the click and go site to get them all ( http://www.campaigns.arvato...
Posted to
David Overton's Blog
by
David Overton
on
Tue, Mar 4 2008
Filed under:
Filed under: SBS 2003, Windows 7, Vista and XP, Office System, CRM, Support and Tools, Business, Windows Mobile, Windows SharePoint Services, Community, Windows Server 2003, SBSC, Microsoft, Windows Client, Vista, Office 2007, SBS 2003 R2, Marketing, Small business, Partner
-
I just found the MSDN Evaluation Center online today to give you evaluation resources that you might develop against. These include BizTalk Server, Office Communication Server, Office Enterprise , SharePoint Server, SharePoint Designer, SQL Server 2005, 2008, Express 2005 SP2, Windows Server 2008. I've...
Posted to
David Overton's Blog
by
David Overton
on
Wed, Nov 28 2007
Filed under:
Filed under: Office System, Support and Tools, Developer, SQL Server, beta, Office 2007, Documentation, Marketing, Tips, Trial, Partner, SQL Server 2005, Windows Server 2008, Unified Communications, SQL Server 2008, Office Communication Server
-
Today I did my last Webcast on SBS. It was the 3rd of a 3 parter on SBS. Part 1 was about how to use the OPK, part 2 was on Configuring SBS. I will post links to part 1 & 2 later today, but thought I would get the last one out 1st. If you watched the Webcast you will know that explorer crashed on...
Posted to
David Overton's Blog
by
David Overton
on
Wed, Aug 8 2007
Filed under:
Filed under: SBS 2003, Office System, Support and Tools, Windows SharePoint Services, Office 2007, SBS 2003 R2, Demo, Partner, Office 2003, SharePoint
-
The Video I have delivered a number of Vista and Office demos over my time, so I decided to record a number of them for others to borrow, use, learn from or anything else they choose. This video covers the following subjects in enough detail for people to hopefully understand what they need to know on...
Posted to
David Overton's Blog
by
David Overton
on
Thu, Jul 19 2007
Filed under:
Filed under: Office System, Support and Tools, Business, Microsoft, Marketing, Outlook, Demo, Training, Partner, OWA, Silverlight
-
The Video I have delivered a number of Vista and Office demos over my time, so I decided to record a number of them for others to borrow, use, learn from or anything else they choose. This video covers the following subjects in enough detail for people to hopefully understand what they need to know on...
Posted to
David Overton's Blog
by
David Overton
on
Fri, Jul 13 2007
Filed under:
Filed under: Office System, Support and Tools, Business, Office 2007, Excel, Demo, Tips, Small business, Partner, Silverlight
-
Someone asked me how to do this and I discovered that you can't have a negative discount percentage, negative quantity or negative price. So this makes it impossible to do... well, no, but it is not quite as easy as we would like. To make it work you need to create a Product and Service csv file...
Posted to
David Overton's Blog
by
David Overton
on
Thu, Jul 12 2007
Filed under:
Filed under: Office System, Support and Tools, Business, Office 2007, Documentation, Tips, Small business, Partner, BCM, Business Contact Manager
-
With a tear in my eye the time has come for me to move my stick hut somewhere new. I have loved working in and with the small business community and with a set of awesome partners who can complain and nag, but normally with good cause and that are more willing to say thank-you and "good job"...
Posted to
David Overton's Blog
by
David Overton
on
Fri, Jul 6 2007
Filed under:
Filed under: SBS 2003, Office System, Support and Tools, Community, Personal, SBSC, Microsoft, Office 2007, SBS 2003 R2, Small business, Partner, If you only read one post today, SBS Cougar
-
I found this on the Office Website when someone asked me about form customisation for BCM. I thought I would share it. Demo: Customize Business Contact Manager forms You can customize Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 with Business Contact Manager forms by adding fields and list items (drop-down lists) that...
-
I saw this on the Small Business site in the US and thought it was an excellent tool as to what has changed between the versions of Office from XP through to Office 2007. Simply go to http://www.microsoft.com/smallbusiness/products/wowpc/CompareOffice.aspx and click out the tabs to get the details. Ttfn...
-
Your Office and Vista questions answered We are offering UK partners the opportunity to talk directly to one of Microsoft Europe's leading technology specialists in a series of online Q&A sessions. These sessions will seek to answer the nitty gritty questions you need to answer to transition...
Posted to
David Overton's Blog
by
David Overton
on
Wed, May 30 2007
Filed under:
Filed under: Windows 7, Vista and XP, Office System, Support and Tools, Windows SharePoint Services, Community, Event, Vista, Office 2007, Partner
-
Hopefully I have your attention, which is good. Microsoft UK are trying to encourage the use of our marketing tools and also gain some feedback. First of all, the prizes for the best feedback - an Xbox 360 system OR 5 x Vista Ultimate AND 5 x Office 2007 Pro. Next, the cash - we can offer a limited number...
Posted to
David Overton's Blog
by
David Overton
on
Wed, Apr 11 2007
Filed under:
Filed under: Windows 7, Vista and XP, Office System, CRM, Support and Tools, Business, Microsoft, Windows Client, Vista, Office 2007, Marketing, Small business, Partner
-
I love standards - they make life easier. TCP is one, ODF is one, SNA is one, ASCII and EBDIC are. Even PDF is one. It just makes life easier. In this connected world standards are a good thing and sometimes more than one standard is very good. Microsoft has offered the Open XML (Office 2007 document...
Posted to
David Overton's Blog
by
David Overton
on
Wed, Apr 4 2007
Filed under:
Filed under: Office System, Support and Tools, Business, Developer, Community, Personal, SBSC, Microsoft, Office 2007, Word, Excel, Demo, Small business, Internet and Web, Partner, Licensing, Academic, Application Compatibility, Office 2003, Open XML
-
A nice man named Zack dropped me a mail asking about the Business Desktop Deployment (BDD) tools and "real" documentation, which led to Matt in the PTS team writing about all the great tools (see below). I then installed SP2 for Windows Server 2003 and realised that my SBS 2003 system now has the capabilities...
Posted to
David Overton's Blog
by
David Overton
on
Fri, Mar 16 2007
Filed under:
Filed under: SBS 2003, Windows 7, Vista and XP, Office System, Support and Tools, Virtualisation, Windows Server 2003, Windows Client, Windows XP, Vista, Office 2007, SBS 2003 R2, Documentation, Training, OPK, Partner, Virtual PC, Service Pack, Virtual Server, Office 2003
-
[updated 18th March 08:44am] - The links are working now - hurray Now before someone goes and shoots this down, we have managed a small discount for Microsoft UK Partners' friends and family. It is not a half price discount or anything close, but if you know someone who was going to buy our software...
Posted to
David Overton's Blog
by
David Overton
on
Wed, Mar 14 2007
Filed under:
Filed under: Windows 7, Vista and XP, Office System, Support and Tools, Community, Fun, SBSC, Microsoft, Windows Client, Vista, Office 2007, Partner
-
I'm beginning to think I need a subscription from Neoblog to appear higher in my list. I have not tested this, so let me know if there are any issues, but here is the information he has posted. OWA and Vista Posted on February 14th, 2007 by Kevin Higerty If you use Outlook Web Access and have recently...
Posted to
David Overton's Blog
by
David Overton
on
Wed, Mar 14 2007
Filed under:
Filed under: SBS 2003, Office System, Support and Tools, Community, Exchange, SBS 2003 R2, Tips, Small business, Partner, Office 2003, OWA