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MPN Masterclass, Birmingham
Posted by: guygregory on: October 28, 2010
From the UKSBSC blog: “Taking place during November in Edinburgh, Manchester and Birmingham, these Masterclass events will help you exploit the sales and marketing benefits of your Microsoft Partner Network partnership.” The Birmingham event is on the 23rd November at Maple House. Register to attend here: https://partner.microsoft.com/UK/40127070
Symantec Roadshow, Birmingham
Posted by: guygregory on: October 27, 2010
We’ve just had an e-mail from Dean Walsh of Symantec (colleague of Alex Macindoe, previous AMITPRO speaker). He’s brought our attention to the Symantec Roadshow which is touring the country at the moment, and arrives at the Birmingham Hilton on the 7th December. Not only will you learn how Symantec solutions can complement and enhance [...]
MPN Business Assessments 101
Posted by: guygregory on: September 5, 2010
All Microsoft Partners aspiring to the Silver or Gold competency levels should be aware of the important changes occurring on October 1st. A common requirement of the revised competencies is the online “Business Assessments” which require partners to prove a minimum level of understanding around selling and licensing Microsoft products. Around half of the new Silver [...]
SharePoint Saturday @ NEC, October 2nd
Posted by: guygregory on: August 31, 2010
This post comes courtesy of Sam Dolan of Pink Petrol, and has been unashamedly swiped from his blog (with his permission). Sam is a freelance web designer who specialises in creating beautiful looking websites (including SharePoint sites). Sam will also be speaking at SharePoint Saturday. On Saturday 2nd October 2010 the first ‘SharePoint Saturday’ event [...]
SBS “7” & “Aurora”: Must-see Live Meeting
Posted by: guygregory on: August 10, 2010
Next month, Microsoft UK’s Gareth Hall and Stuart Leddy be visiting AMITPRO to introduce to Small Business Server “7” and “Aurora”, explaining key features and opportunities, and answering any partner questions. If you’re not going to be able to make it, or would like to have a sneak preview of their content, check out their Live [...]
7 SBSC Highlights from WPC 2010
Posted by: guygregory on: July 19, 2010
Having just returned from WPC in Washington DC, I was blown away by how many of the announcements were focussed on the Small Business space. Not only did Microsoft deliver a new version of Small Business Server, but we also got a brand new hybrid addition to the SBS family: Windows Server code name “Aurora”. [...]
SBS 2010 and all new Small Biz ‘Hybrid Server’ Coming Soon?
Posted by: guygregory on: June 20, 2010
As WPC gets closer, a few clues have emerged pointing towards Microsoft’s Small Business lineup for 2010/11. One is an update to the popular ‘Small Business Server’ product, the other is a ’Hybrid Server’ (cloud & on-premise?) which is reportedly a partnership between Microsoft, Intel and Lenovo. First, the update to Small Business Server appears on the ‘Microsoft Partner [...]
IBIT Solutions and Microsoft @ AMITPRO
Posted by: guygregory on: June 9, 2010
However you measure it, last night’s AMITPRO meeting was truly exceptional. We had a packed room, a record number of new visitors for the month, a few people who’d travelled halfway across the UK to join us and some of the ‘old school’ SBSC crowd who hadn’t been to AMITPRO since it was called the ‘Midlands SBSC [...]
FREE StorageCraft Presentation at the Arden Hotel, 3rd June
Posted by: guygregory on: May 27, 2010
Past AMITPRO Speakers, StorageCraft, are having a free half day presentation next week around the new version of ShadowProtect. The event will take place on Thursday 3rd June, and is at the Arden Hotel (so AMITPRO regulars shouldn’t have a problem finding it!). Full details are below, or click on this link to go directly [...]
Free Microsoft Licensing Workshop
Posted by: guygregory on: April 19, 2010
Pete Walker (Microsoft Partner Territory Manager) has flagged-up some local training for Midlands-based Microsoft Partners who want to improve their licensing knowledge and work towards the MLSS credential. Bell Micro are delivering a free Microsoft Licence Bootcamp on June 10th in Coleshill, Birmingham. Microsoft’s continued investment for Midlands workshops is dependant on maintaining numbers, so please register [...]
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