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When: April 18-21, 2008
Produced by: SMB Technology Network (SMBTN), Heartland Tech Groups (HTG), The Ziem Group Inc.
Details: www.smbsummit.com
Who: SMB partners who want to grow their business and get up to speed on technical and business training around Microsoft’s upcoming Cougar and Centro Server products for the SMB space. SMB Consultants, resellers, VARs, VAPs, System Builders, or solution providers in the SMB space, this conference is a must for you.
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Where: 221 East Las Colinas Blvd. Irving, TX 75039 972-869-5533 |
Hotel Info: http://www.omnihotels.com/FindAHotel/DallasMandalay.aspx Hotel Registration for Event: Room Rates: $149 per night We are tentatively planning to hold hands on labs and a load fest at the event |
Tentative agenda
with expected topics presented by Microsoft PSS, SBS Dev Team, MVPs, and
Partners:
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DAY
ONE |
Dedicated
Session (2 hours each) |
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Cougar/Centro |
Session 1A – Positioning of Cougar and
Centro |
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Cougar |
Session 2A – Cougar Overview: What’s New |
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Cougar |
Session 3A – Installing, Upgrading,
Migration, and Configuring Cougar |
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Cougar |
Session 4A – Cougar Integration and Management |
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Cougar |
Session 5A – Cougar Solutions and
Selling Cougar to Customers |
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Cougar |
Session 6A – Partners Share Best
Practices with Cougar |
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Cougar |
Panel Discussion Q&A for Cougar |
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DAY
TWO |
Dedicated
Session (2 hours each) |
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Home Server |
Session 1B – Installing, Configuring
and Using Home Server |
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Centro |
Session 2B – Positioning Centro with
Windows Servers 2008 and Cougar |
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Centro |
Session 3B – Technical Overview of
Centro |
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Centro |
Session 4B – Installing, Configuring
and Managing Centro |
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Centro |
Session 5B – Centro Solutions and
Selling Centro to Customers |
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Centro/Home Server |
Panel Discussion Q&A for Home
Server and Centro |
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DAYS Three and Four |
DAYS Three and Four |
DAYS Three and Four |
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Best practices for an Exit Strategy ·
Mergers and Acquisitions - Learn from Partners Who Have
Done It Successfully ·
Key Business Productivity Indicators that Your Business
Needs and How to Implement Them ·
Hiring employees and Retention ·
Is your business recession proof? ·
More… |
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Sales compensation ·
Sales training ·
Marketing Plans and strategies ·
How to build a sales process ·
How to position and build a business on Managed Services ·
More… |
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Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 ·
Small Business Response Point ·
Virtualization - What You Need to Know to Optimize
Configuration, Deployment and Management - and Make Money on Services! ·
MS CRM 3.0 --
Expanding Your Service Set to Include CRM and BI Solutions ·
Disaster
recovery options ·
More…. |
.Agenda and topics subject to change
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