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Deployment Resources for Windows Vista and the 2007 Office system
Interested in learning how Windows Vista and the 2007 Office system can make a difference in your organization or looking for the technologies and best practices for a successful deployment? Start here for the top resources to help business, IT professionals and partners evaluate, manage, and deploy the latest Microsoft-based desktop technologies.

Driving Deployment
Learn about the technologies and best practices for a successful migration to Windows Vista® and 2007 Microsoft® Office system. Attend a Free Microsoft Desktop Deployment Briefing Session. Visit www.microsoft.ca/deploynow/events for more details.

Keep Your PC Protected and Up-to-Date
Microsoft® Update helps keep your PC up-to-date and better protected from Internet threats by allowing you to download the latest updates automatically. Sign up at www.microsoft.ca/update.

Did You Know?
The Microsoft Office system is a suite of productivity tools that helps workers create, manage, analyze, and share critical information more efficiently. The Microsoft Office System Resources for Midsize Businesses points to advice, templates, best practices, and support options so that people in your organization can get the most from the 2007 Microsoft Office system and previous versions of Microsoft Office.

What's Keeping You Up At Night?
One of the biggest challenges successful organizations face is in developing customer relationships and optimizing customer satisfaction. So thought we’d ask – what are some of the biggest challenges you face when improving customer service and relationships? Send us your answer - we'll be running the best ones in a future edition of Momentum.

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Today’s IT professionals face a dilemma. On one hand they want to build a culture of innovation that will help their organization maintain a competitive edge. But in a world of explosive data growth and increasing complexity, they must ensure that core systems are running smoothly and efficiently. Learn the ways developers and managers can reduce complexity around a server environment.

Most technology partners and consultants known as value-added resellers (VARs) can easily install systems and deploy applications. But the best VAR-customer relationships involve a lot more than that. Here's how to build a partnership that goes beyond a transaction.

How to secure and manage mission-critical data will be a major challenge for administrators everywhere. Learn more about how Microsoft SQL Server® 2008 delivers improvements in security, policy management, performance monitoring, and data compression.

Faced with tightened budgets and regulatory requirements, IT professionals need to be prepared to justify their investments and plan an accurate budget. Without a clear budget to keep the project in check, costs can easily escalate out of control. Here are a few tips that can help you get started.

Learn more about Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) now at Springboard: a helpful collection of resources, tools, and monthly straight-talk articles designed to address your questions and offer upfront Vista guidance based on early adopter and community feedback. While SP1 contains valuable updates to Windows, organizations don’t need to wait to deploy and can experience the improved security, management and deployment benefits of Windows Vista today.

Most companies add individual security systems when new threats arise. The end result is often a complicated, patchwork security architecture that's difficult to manage and potentially insecure. Learn how to improve your IT security strategy.

Not sure which Volume Licensing program is best for your organization? Learn how Microsoft provides the tools and resources to help you determine which Volume Licensing program best suits your organization's needs.

Canadian Industry Webcasts Series
Join a vertically focused webcast from our Microsoft Partners. Learn how Microsoft Dynamics ERP and CRM Solutions can help drive your business needs. Click here to register and attend the Partner webcast series.

Join this exciting Business Mobility Workshop hosted by SOTI on April 23rd
Join SOTI, HTC, Palm, and others at the Microsoft Canada Headquarters to learn about the industry’s best business mobility practices. Get answers to your critical mobility questions including how to help secure mobile data and to maximize the efficiencies and potential ROI of your mobile devices. Whether you are using Windows Mobile® consumer based devices for push email or ruggedized devices in the field, this workshop will empower you with the knowledge to help with the success of your mobility project. The keynote will be presented by Microsoft Canada’s Alec Taylor – Director, Mobile Communications Business – who will speak about Microsoft’s commitment to mobility and the many ways that mobile solutions will help your mobile workforce to drive business results. Come and network with experts in the mobility field! Space is limited, please RSVP by Wednesday, April 16th. Register online by clicking here or copy and paste this into your web browser: https://www.clicktoattend.com/invitation.aspx?code=126434&wa=wsignin1.0 If prompted, please enter Event Code: 126434
Date: Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
Time: 8 am – 12 am

Learn about the technologies and best practices for a successful migration to Windows Vista and the 2007 Microsoft Office System
Interested in learning about the technologies and best practices for a successful migration to Windows Vista and 2007 Office System? Attend a free Microsoft Desktop Deployment Briefing Session. These sessions are designed to help Technical Decision Makers and IT Implementers better understand the steps along the deployment roadmap so that they can successfully evaluate and deploy the latest Microsoft-based desktop technologies. By registering for this co-hosted event, you consent to the sharing of any personal information between Microsoft and Nexient. Your information will only be used to contact you with respect to this event.

IT Executive Roadmap Tour post event resources available now
In January and early February, the TechNet team was on the road presenting the IT Executive Roadmap Tour. This event discussed how business productivity innovations from Microsoft can help you strengthen your connections to customers, employees and partners. The post-event resources are now available for you to download and view in order to help you drive your business forward. Visit www.microsoft.ca/winterroadmap/resources for further information.

Unable to attend a briefing session?
Visit http://technet.microsoft.com/en-ca/desktopdeployment/default.aspx for tools, webcasts, and more event information. For a complete list of upcoming Microsoft Events and Webcasts for Midsize Businesses, visit the event site.

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