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Microsoft Small Business Server
Partner Group
Tour
Microsoft Took To The Road -- And Came To Sacramento!
March 15, 2005
On March 15th, 2005, four representatives from Microsoft, and 68 IT Consultants got together in Sacramento, CA. And here's what we saw.
The two main speakers were Bala Kasiviswanathan, from the SBS Product Team, and Alan Billharz, from the SBS Development Team. Aanal Bhatt, Product Manager for CRM, showed up to plug some new initiatives in CRM. And Anand Iyer from the MSDN Team showed up to represent the TS2 Team.
All photos except the first one are by Jim Riffel. Thanks Jim.
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Jim Handled Registration
Dan Inspected the Food Line
Paul and Bob Managed the Give-Away Table
Denny and Steve Ponder an Excellent Point
Anand Iyer representing the TS2 Team
And the Winner Is . . .
The Real Grand Prize was a copy of Harry Brelsford's SMB Consulting Best Practices
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Karl Greeted the Crowd
Alan Billharz, from the SBS Development Team
Aanal Bhatt, Product Manager for CRM
Bala and John hob-knobbed
Break Time
Al's a Winner!
Jonathan's a Winner!
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The Crowd was Great
Many people came from out of town (thank you!). The Microsoft folks were extremely helpful and willing to spend time with local partners. All in all, it was a great event.
Prizes were wonderful. In addition to 128 MB USB keys and SBS-logoed "padfolios," we had three raffle items.
Microsoft donated a full version of SBS 2003 Premium Edition (valued at $1500 retail).
New Horizons Learning Centers donated three $245 certificates for training. Thank you, Walter.
And the grand prize was a copy of Harry Brelsford's SMB Consulting Best Practices (priceless).
Follow-up Required:
The next step is to join an SBS User Group!
In the Sacramento Area, (or Northern Nevada, California, Central Valley generally), please join the Sacramento Small Business Server User Group. In the Bay Area, please join the San Francisco Bay Area Small Business Server User Group.
To find out more,
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Join The Sacramento SBS User Group
Join our online community (Yahoo! Group) at http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/sacsbug
And come to our next group meeting
Second Tuesday of Every Month at the New Horizons Learning Center 1215 Howe Avenue Sacramento, CA
For More Info, Contact Karl Palachuk
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Join The San Francisco Bay Area SBS User Group
Join our online community (Yahoo! Group) at
And come to our next group meeting
Second Wednesday of Every Month at the Microsoft San Francisco Office One Market San Francisco, CA
For More Info, Contact Steve Lai
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