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Announcing the Retirement of the Partner TDT and Release of New Product Demos Resource

Chris Parkes sent a mail round internally telling us about MORE resources & demos etc available to partners.  Chris has written about it on his blog (discovered this after I wrote this - here, there may be some comments on his worth reading, so double check!!)

The Demo Showcase has been extended to include Deep Dive/Product virtual environments *which are available to all partners*  Only Demo Showcase remains as the Gold/Cert benefit moving forwards...

The following are now available for immediate download:

2007 Microsoft Office System

  • 47 Hands-on Labs
  • 25 demonstrations

Microsoft Forefront and System Center Demonstration Toolkit

  • Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager
  • Microsoft System Center Operations Manager
  • Intelligent Application Gateway
  • Microsoft Forefront Security for Exchange Server
  • Forefront Client Security

Microsoft Business Intelligence Demo (Data warehousing, reporting and analysis, performance management)

  • Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007
  • Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
  • Microsoft Office 2007
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2005

 

Download location is here:

https://partner.microsoft.com/global/salesmarketingsection/smsalesdemos/sdproductdemos

As for the difference between the two, the web site says:

"This collection of Microsoft software product demonstrations is designed to complement the business-scenario-based Demo Showcase sales tool. These demos illustrate product-specific features and functionality in detail, while the Demo Showcase tool helps illustrate how a full range of integrated Microsoft software platform solutions work together in business scenarios. Use the links in the table to download or order the product demos you need."

However I was able to access the demo content online at https://partner.microsoft.com/global/salesmarketingsection/smsalesdemos/sddemoshowcase - perhaps as I am a SBSC partner!! Smiley 2

 

ttfn

David

Posted Thu, Feb 7 2008 5:53 PM by David Overton
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Mike Gibbs wrote re: Announcing the Retirement of the Partner TDT and Release of New Product Demos Resource
on Thu, Feb 7 2008 10:45 PM

This didn't work for me Dave and I'm an SBSC partner.

The link to "This demo collection contains content for 47 Hands-on Labs and 25 demonstrations related to the Microsoft Office system and Microsoft SharePoint technologies. Included in this demo are two virtual machines that are preconfigured with the 2007 Office system and Windows SharePoint Services."

Only shows up as a DVD to order and only available to Certified Partners. The BI and Forefront demos seem to be available for download though.

Am I missing something?

David Overton wrote re: Announcing the Retirement of the Partner TDT and Release of New Product Demos Resource
on Thu, Feb 7 2008 11:31 PM

Mike,

are you able to see partner.microsoft.com/.../40029577

thanks

David

Mike Gibbs wrote re: Announcing the Retirement of the Partner TDT and Release of New Product Demos Resource
on Fri, Feb 8 2008 8:38 AM

Hi David

Yes I can view that page but cannot download the VMs. I get taken to a page that tells me I need to be a "Certified Partner" to access the content.

Cheers

Mike

David Overton wrote re: Announcing the Retirement of the Partner TDT and Release of New Product Demos Resource
on Fri, Feb 8 2008 11:23 AM

Mike,

Hi, I see what you mean - I now get the same.  I've asked someone to look at it internally.

ttfn

David

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