http://sbsc.techcareteam.com Perspectives and echoes of the latest news in the SBSC and MSP channels. Take it for what it's worth - marginally accurate second hand opinions. Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:13:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en   You receive this communication as a benefit of your Microsoft Small Business Specialist Community membership. Welcome to the July 2009 SBSC Program News. This newsletter is designed to present the most current and relevant information about Microsoft incentives, promotions, and opportunities available for SBSC members. New SBSC Advisory Board Announced: A Strong ... http://sbsc.techcareteam.com/archives/404 SAVE-THE-DATE! Join Microsoft partners and employees from around the world for a time of fellowship and prayer at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference New Orleans Marriott at the Convention Center 859 Convention Center Boulevard New Orleans, Louisiana 70130 Wednesday, July 15, 2009 7:00 - 8:00 a.m. Click Here to Register Today! Are you able to help fund this special ... http://sbsc.techcareteam.com/archives/401 My new favorite book “Re-Imagine” by Tom Peters if full of paragraphs titled “Sane People, Insane Statements.  The are statements from sane people that cause you to pause and say “holly crap, what if…”.  For example Greg Blonder, venture capitalist and former chief technical advisor for corporate strategy at AT&T ... http://sbsc.techcareteam.com/archives/397 Wow, three YouTube postings in 2 days.  I'm sure you convinced that all I do is surf videos.  I wish.  This came from my SBS Group Co-Lead in an email while I was recovering my servers this morning.  Enjoy and TGIF!!! http://sbsc.techcareteam.com/archives/395 Check out the new ads for Microsoft's new search engine called "bing".  Please share your thoughts on these ads in the comments.  Do you think MS has a shot against big G? http://sbsc.techcareteam.com/archives/389 Wow!  I just saw the new video on the XBOX 360 Project Natal (below) and I'm ready to sell my sell my Wii game system and all the crap I bought to go with it for this.  The kewl part is that I have a new XBOX 360 Elite sitting ... http://sbsc.techcareteam.com/archives/387 Microsoft has announced the public release of Windows Vista and Server 2008 SP2.  I don't know about you but I'm skipping SP2 on all my machines and going straight to Win 7 on ALL my PCs (see this blog).  Here is the blurb from TechNet this AM: Windows Vista Service Pack 2 ... http://sbsc.techcareteam.com/archives/385 Travis Austin, of Rezitech,  a young man who made quite a splash in the SMB community and Autotask circle when introduced for the first time at the Autotask CommunITy Live event this spring, has released his first Autotask community focused service called Email2AT.  Email2AT (short for email to Autotask but ... http://sbsc.techcareteam.com/archives/381 Thought you could get rid of me that easily didn't you?  Well it seems I just can't turn down the opportunity (and privilege) to serve my SBSC community.  I've been asked to contribute this year (Microsoft FY10) on the SBSC US Advisory Board.  The board will be made up ... http://sbsc.techcareteam.com/archives/379 Wow!  All I can say is wow!   Sitting in the back of a room at Microsoft listening to a couple of TS2 guys and Rhonda Layfield present on Window 7 I decided to pull the trigger an d did a clean install to Win 7 RC1.  The Toshiba Satellite with ... http://sbsc.techcareteam.com/archives/377