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...
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on Wed, May 30 2007
Filed under: Windows 7, Vista and XP, Office System, Support and Tools, Windows SharePoint Services, Community, Event, Vista, Office 2007, Partner
I saw this was released and thought I had to share it - finally a resource will logo'd ready and community opinion on application compatibility for Vista. It states: Welcome to the Windows Vista Application Readiness Beta site! The central place to find and share information about software that runs...
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on Fri, May 11 2007
Filed under: Windows 7, Vista and XP, Support and Tools, Community, Windows Client, Vista, Documentation, Partner, Application Compatibility
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...
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on Wed, Apr 11 2007
Filed under: Windows 7, Vista and XP, Office System, CRM, Support and Tools, Business, Microsoft, Windows Client, Vista, Office 2007, Marketing, Small business, Partner
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...
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on Fri, Mar 16 2007
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...
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on Wed, Mar 14 2007
Filed under: Windows 7, Vista and XP, Office System, Support and Tools, Community, Fun, SBSC, Microsoft, Windows Client, Vista, Office 2007, Partner
Lets start off by saying this is a RANT. If you don't like rants, look away now. I saw this in CRN and it made me laugh and cry. We have seen news that iTunes has undisclosed issues with Vista (even after being fixed ), poor drivers from nVidia and others and even enough to stop a BBC reporter from getting...
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on Sat, Mar 10 2007
Filed under: Windows 7, Vista and XP, Support and Tools, System Builder Information, Business, Developer, Community, Microsoft, Windows Client, Vista, Partner, rant, Application Compatibility