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Solution Accelerators Update February 19, 2008 Jerry Leishman https://partner.microsoft.com/solutionaccelerators. Why the investment by MS?. Models. Solution Accelerators. Help Partners + Customers Solve specific scenario problems Get the most out of Microsoft technology
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Solution Accelerators UpdateFebruary 19, 2008Jerry Leishman https://partner.microsoft.com/solutionaccelerators
Why the investment by MS? Models Solution Accelerators • Help Partners + Customers • Solve specific scenario problems • Get the most out of Microsoft technology • Get where they want to be faster • Build effective and efficient IT systems • Drive • Accelerated Adoption • Partner enablement • Customer satisfaction • Product improvement Scripts and Code Guidance Tools
Why Should You Care? • Partner Benefits • Free – MS best practices, guidance and tools • System integration out of the box… save the solution R&D money! • Focused on getting products adopted and post-deployment challenges • Deliver new and existing offerings faster to market • Tested and proven • Partner Satisfaction • 55% saved money • 74% recommend to others • 72% would use another • 55% increased SAT with Microsoft
Windows Vista/2007 Office Accelerators Service Management Assess WindowsVista ServiceLife-Cycle Management Windows Vista HardwareAssessment Secure Windows Vista Security Guide 2007 Office Security Guideand DataEncryption Toolkit MicrosoftDeployment Deploy
Windows 2008/Virtualization Suite Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool (coming soon) Microsoft Assessment and Planning (formally WVHA) Microsoft Deployment R1 Infrastructure Planning and Design Guides (WDS, TS, AD, Softgrid, Hyper-V) Windows Server 2008 Security Guide Available Feb 27, 2008
Microsoft Partner Portal (MSPP – 2/27/08)https:\\partners.microsoft.com\solutionaccelerators
Microsoft Partner Portal (MSPP)https://partner.microsoft.com/global/salesmarketingsection/40013781
Call To Action • Leverage additional 2007 MS Office/Vista Solution Accelerators • Expand your opportunities across MS technologies using Solution Accelerators • Visit the new MSPP Partner Site • https://partner.microsoft.com/solutionaccelerators • Join the Betasconnect.microsoft.com • Join the Solution Accelerator Partner Newsletter https://partner.microsoft.com/global/salesmarketingsection/40050529 • Provide feedbackSATFeedback@microsoft.com
Feedback? • What resources do you need to be successful with Solution Accelerators? • Sales resources? • Training – webcasts, short video? • Case studies – customer? • RSS Feed? • What scenarios would you benefit from the most? • How can we package SAs to help you build a service offering?
Resources • Solution Accelerator Partner Web Sitehttp://partner.microsoft.com/solutionaccelerators • Solution Accelerator Web Sitehttp://www.microsoft.com/solutionaccelerators • Desktop Deployment Solution Center (including Microsoft Deployment)http://www.microsoft.com/desktopdeployment • Server Deployment Solution Center (including Microsoft Deployment)http://www.microsoft.com/serverdeployment • Virtualization Tech Center (including Microsoft Deployment) http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/default.aspx