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July 2009
| | | Recent successes? Let us feature you in a case study! If you have used Solution Accelerators to speed the adoption of Microsoft technologies, improve efficiency, or lower costs in your enterprise IT organization, we'd like to hear from you. Tell us your story. | | Stay in step with Solution Accelerators | | What's new with Solution Accelerators? | | | | Discover the Benefits Microsoft Partners Can Bring to Your Organization!
The Solution Accelerators team just got back from an exciting week at the 2009 Worldwide Partner Conference in New Orleans, and all we can say is -- wow! We heard countless stories of how Microsoft Partners are helping IT pros like you add value to your organization by reducing costs and improving IT services.
The buzz at this year's conference is no secret; Partners from all over the world are using Solution Accelerators to help customers make the move to Windows® 7 and Windows Server® 2008 R2.
We're devoting this month's issue to showing you how Microsoft Partners can help you move your organization to these powerful new operating systems. You don't have to go it alone!
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Getting Down to Business: Partners Helping IT Pros
Learn How These Featured Partners Are Helping IT Pros Utilize Solution Accelerators
While our Partners use Solution Accelerators for every phase of the IT service lifecycle, they've told us they most commonly use our tools and guidance with Desktop, Windows Server, and Communications/Collaborations. Keep reading for some real-life examples of how Microsoft Partners are helping IT pros operate more efficiently and effectively.
| | Dimension Data, former Systems Management Partner of the Year, specializes in providing IT services and solutions that help clients plan, build, support, and manage their IT infrastructures. For the last four years, Dimension Data has used Solution Accelerators -- specifically Business Desktop Deployment, now Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) -- to enable zero touch desktop deployment solutions. Dimension Data strives to significantly increase IT value for their clients through automating manual processes, keeping current with new technologies, and delivering seamless end-to-end solutions. To learn more about how Dimension Data is using Solution Accelerators to deploy their Dynamic Desktop Solution, visit their case study site. For inquiries, please complete Dimension Data's online inquiry form. | | | Getronics is a leading global systems integrator and Microsoft Gold Partner. A former Windows Desktop Partner of the Year, Getronics specializes in zero-touch delivery of Microsoft software and operating systems using Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit (MAP), Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT), and other Solution Accelerators. "Solution Accelerators allow us to deploy Windows at a much lower cost. That allows us to pass on the savings to our customers," says Lee Nicholls, Getronics' Global Solutions Director. To learn more about how Getronics can help your organization, visit their Web site. For inquiries, please complete Getronic's online contact form. | | | Pultorak & Associates help enterprise IT organizations and the providers who serve them get better results from IT services through consulting, training, and publications. They have embraced Microsoft Operations Framework (MOF), and offer services ranging from service management consulting and training to strategic IT sourcing and content development. Visit Pultorak & Associates' Web site to learn more about how they're helping organizations deal with IT service management issues. For general inquiries, please contact David Pultorak. | Our Partners told us how they're using Solution Accelerators; if you're interested in the benefits a Microsoft Partner could bring to your organization, we'd like to hear from you! If you'd like to take advantage of a Microsoft Partner to drive your adoption of the free tools and resources offered by Solution Accelerators, please e-mail SATfdbk@microsoft.com.
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| | | | | Are you getting ready for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 hardware upgrades? How about Hyper-V virtualization planning? Download the newly released Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 4.0 to determine if your desktop and server infrastructure meets hardware and device compatibility requirements. This new tool also includes Hyper-V virtualization planning features, and adaptive guidance and actionable proposals to help simplify the planning and deployment of your IT projects. | | | Windows Optimized Desktop Scenarios help simplify desktop user requirements gathering and automate desktop technology selection, providing you with the IT manageability you require, while giving users the varying levels of power and flexibility they need. Now updated to reflect functionalities available in Windows 7! | |  | | | As an IT pro, you're faced daily with challenges that require actionable results. We think you'd benefit from bite-sized solutions to those real-life IT problems. Allow us to introduce just such an answer -- the MOF Action Plan- Redistributing the Workload. Download the MOF Action Plan now and get concise, practical guidance addressing the challenge of redistributing the workload due to staffing cuts. | | | Updated to reflect new features and capabilities available in Windows Server 2008 R2, these guides outline the critical design elements that are crucial to a successful implementation. Updated guides include Active Directory Domain Services, Internet Information Services 7.5, File Services, and Print Services. Download the guides individually, or the entire IPD Guide Series today and streamline your design processes for Windows Server 2008 R2! | | |
Breaking News! | | | "It's a special year when we get a chance to do a Windows release. You know, at the heart of the company, the one thing that really knits everything together...is Windows." | | | | Steve Ballmer
Chief Executive Officer
Microsoft Corporation | | | It's official: Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 RTM code will be available next month. What does that mean for you? It's time to start taking advantage of Solution Accelerators to help you prepare to migrate to Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. . Visit the Windows Desktop Solution Accelerators page.  . Check out the Windows Server Solution Accelerators page.  | © Microsoft Corporation. Microsoft, BitLocker, SharePoint, Windows, Windows Server, and Windows Vista are trademarks of the Microsoft Group of companies. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. To cancel your subscription to this newsletter, reply to this message with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the Subject line. You can also unsubscribe at the Microsoft.com Web site. You can manage all your Microsoft.com communication preferences at this site. Legal Information. This newsletter was sent by the Microsoft Corporation One Microsoft Way Redmond, Washington, USA 98052 | | | | |
