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Tune in to our selected webcasts and find out how we can help you plan, deploy and manage your Enterprise Agreement.
  - Momentum Webcast: Software Assurance Benefits for You and Your Employees: Home Use Program and Employee Purchase Program
- In this webcast, we explain how to take advantage of two of the most popular software assurance benefits. Join us to find out how the Home Use and Employee Purchase can help increase your employees' satisfaction and productivity - and reduce your company's IT burden.
Presenter: Patricia Jones, Product Manager, IW Emerging Markets, Licensing, Microsoft Corporation
Patti Jones is the software assurance product manager with Office Emerging Markets. She manages the Home Use and Employee Purchase Programs, as well as Training Vouchers and E Learning. Patti has been with Microsoft since 1999, and has experience on the Windows team and creating licensing solutions for direct and non-Volume Licensing customers.
View webcast - Momentum Webcast: Determining the Value of Software Assurance Renewal for Your Organization
- This webcast is designed for growing and mid-sized organizations that have a Microsoft Software Assurance (SA) agreement through the Open Business, Open Value, Select, or Enterprise Agreement (EA) programs. Join us to find out how your organization can benefit from renewing your Microsoft SA agreement. Learn about the tools and resources available to help determine the value of renewing your agreement.
Presenter: Melissa Gerndt, Licensing Specialist, Microsoft Corporation
Melissa Gerndt is a licensing specialist based in Michigan. She provides licensing support to mid-sized businesses in Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee. Melissa has worked for Microsoft for more than 14 years, focusing on customers and partners.
View webcast - Momentum Webcast: Deploying Windows Vista and the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack
- So you have acquired the Windows Vista operating system and the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack for Software Assurance. Now what's next? Come listen to tips and tricks on how to start your deployment. Hear the best way to get the most benefit out of this set of tools, straight from Microsoft deployment experts.
Presenters: Justin Damelin, Senior Product Manager, Microsoft Corporation; and Todd Furst, Technology Solution Professional, Microsoft Corporation.
View webcast - Momentum Webcast: Five Ways to Get Top Value from Microsoft Office
- What are the top five ways to get maximum value from Microsoft Office? This webcast counts them down. You will learn: 1) reasons to upgrade to Office 2003, 2) advantages to choosing Office Professional Enterprise Edition, 3) tools for better information management, 4) ways to control spam, and 5) more about a $30,000 incentive to purchase Office before March 31, 2006.
Presenter: Tim Armstrong, Technology Presenter, Microsoft Corporation
Tim Armstrong joined Microsoft at the end of 2003 as a technology presenter on the Microsoft Across America Team. Tim's career activities have included consulting, network engineering, and training, with a strong focus on small and mid-sized companies. Because he has worked for a small, family owned consulting firm and two start-up companies, his roots in small business run deep. When Tim is not at work, he and his fiancée spend most of their time renovating their 1920s-era Chicago bungalow.
View webcast - Momentum Webcast: Using Technology to Manage the Complexities of Regulatory Compliance
- In this informative webcast, we describe what it takes to comply with the reporting and data retention requirements of regulatory legislation. Join us to learn what tools and systems are available to help you effectively and efficiently manage regulatory compliance in your organization. Many external and internal factors help determine and shape compliance. When working to meet compliance requirements, there are system changes that you can make that help to satisfy these increased controls. Tune in to find out how using Microsoft Dynamics applications to manage your business processes can also help provide your compliance experts with a solid foundation to meet your demands.
Presenter: Koi Setorie, Business Systems Advisor, Microsoft Corporation
Koi Setorie is a business systems advisor on the Microsoft Business Solutions Seminar Sales Team. He has worked with Microsoft Business Solutions products for more than nine years and is familiar with their rich functionality as both a customer and a partner.
View webcast - Microsoft Office System Webcast: Tips and Tricks for the 2007 Microsoft Office System
- The Microsoft Office system has evolved from a suite of personal productivity products to a more comprehensive and integrated system. The 2007 release presents the Microsoft Office Fluent user interface as well as new features that businesses and individual computer users can use to complete tasks more quickly and easily. In this informative webcast, you learn how the products and technologies of the 2007 Microsoft Office system can help you deliver better results faster, get more out of your information, and work more effectively with others.
Presenter: Andrew Reed, Senior Training Specialist, Microsoft Corporation
Andrew Reed has worked with Microsoft for nearly 20 years in various customer-facing roles. Throughout these 20 years, he has worked with customers on a worldwide basis, learning as much from his presentations, classes, and experiences as he has shared about Microsoft technology, products, and services. In his free time, Andy enjoys photography, giving him a creative outlet to balance his passion for technology.
View webcast - Momentum Webcast: Better Together: Your People and Your Software Together Are a Powerful Pair
- Join this invitation-only webcast for a discussion on how you can drive your business forward by empowering your people with the right tools, information, and opportunities. We describe how Microsoft business applications, such as Microsoft Office and Microsoft Dynamics, can help you simplify your work environment, increase your return on investment (ROI), and gain greater insight into your business performance.
Learn how you and your employees can use Microsoft Office and Microsoft Dynamics GP to:
• Create role-based home pages tailored to users’ responsibilities.
• Simplify tasks and deliver information using familiar tools.
• Generate data-filled documents automatically.
• Deliver comprehensive report books that incorporate Microsoft Office Excel, PowerPoint, and Word files to desktops or boardrooms.
• Improve accounts receivable collection rates.
Be sure to attend this event to see how the power of your software, combined with your people, can enable you to increase productivity in your organization.
Presenter: Debbie Hillebrand, Sales Consultant, The Partner Channel
Debbie Hillebrand is a sales consultant with The Partner Channel. For over 15 years she has worked in numerous roles as a general manager, sales manager, solution consultant, systems analyst, and partner at Great Plains software and Microsoft.
View webcast - Momentum Webcast: Creating an Innovation Breakthrough in Industrial Equipment Manufacturing and Machine Assembly
- Delivering high-quality products on time is a major challenge for industrial equipment manufacturers caught in the squeeze between cost pressures and quality demands. Other worries include the rapid rate of modernization in China and other parts of the world where labor costs are a fraction of the wages paid in industrialized countries. The good news is, as long-standing customer relationships erode, new opportunities exist for innovative companies to stand out from their competitors. The possibilities are enormous. However, realizing their full potential requires some significant changes for manufacturers. In this webcast, we outline some of the ways business leaders can cope with market changes through an interactive discussion of the common needs, issues, and pains manufacturers face and developing solutions with Microsoft Dynamics AX for Industrial Equipment Manufacturing.
Presenters: Jack Moran, Vice President Americas, To-Increase, and Bob Aronson, U.S. Microsoft Dynamics Manufacturing Industry Solutions Executive, Microsoft Corporation
Jack Moran is a seasoned manufacturing and distribution operations professional whose diverse background includes senior operations management roles with high-tech firms in the medical device, telecommunications, and semiconductor capital equipment manufacturing sectors. Jack developed his extensive knowledge of enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems and practices while working with leading mid-market products such as Microsoft Dynamics AX, Microsoft Dynamics GP, Microsoft Dynamics NAV, Microsoft Dynamics SL, MAS500, BPCS, Symix (now Syteline), MANMAN, and Fourth Shift. Jack earned his bachelor's degree from Siena College and his Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from Empire State College, both based in New York State. He also maintains a Certification in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM) status with the American Production and Inventory Control Society.
View webcast - Momentum Webcast: Discover how Business Analytics Are Not Just for Fortune 500 Companies Anymore
- Leaders of small and mid-sized company are turning to business-intelligence (BI) solutions to spot trends. In this session, we explore how BI solutions can help your company capitalize on opportunities and leap ahead of competitors. Join this invitation-only webcast to learn about BI solutions that can give you and your people better insight into business performance. We discuss how you can take advantage of your workforce, processes, and technology to look deeper into your key performance indicators (KPIs). Find out how you can use BI solutions to pinpoint your most profitable customers, highlight your most effective vendors, and tackle potential issues within your organization that require action. BI solutions provide instant access to information, letting you know whether your organization is delivering on its goals. We also discuss how you can:
- Quickly access real-time information and deliver that intelligence across your organization.
- Empower decision makers at all levels with the knowledge they need.
- Discover potential issues within your organization that require swift action.
- Use tools your people are familiar with, allowing them to get up to speed quickly
Presenter: Debbie Hillebrand, Sales Consultant, The Partner Channel
Debbie Hillebrand is a sales consultant with The Partner Channel. For more than 15 years, she has worked in numerous roles as a general manager, sales manager, solution consultant, systems analyst, and partner at Great Plains software and Microsoft.
View webcast - Momentum Webcast: Using Microsoft Dynamics NAV to Effectively Manage Operations by Leveraging an Integrated Business Solution (Part 1 of 2)
- In today's rapidly changing marketplace, innovative organizations need the ability to:
- Quickly adapt their business processes.
- Optimize productivity and streamline operations.
- Monitor and track critical activities.
- Align their people based on their role within the company.
The key drivers listed above apply to small businesses focused on a local market, medium-sized U.S.-based businesses with multi-location operations, and complex enterprises with entities across the globe. Businesses require integrated business solutions designed to help gradually transform and grow the organization. The challenge is finding the right solution that is designed to leverage technology, so that the solution works the way your business does, is easy to deploy, and allows your people to continue using existing productivity tools.
Join us for this webcast and discover how the Microsoft Dynamics NAV 5.0 integrated business management solution can help you improve productivity, manage change, compete globally, and simplify compliance. We provide a comprehensive overview of business applications that work the way technology should and your business does. This webcast is for unit managers, business owners, finance managers, operations managers, and IT professionals whose organizations are interested in Microsoft Dynamics NAV.
Presenter: Kathy Burkett, Microsoft Dynamics Partner Technology Specialist, Microsoft Corporation.
View webcast - Momentum Webcast: Learn How Microsoft Dynamics NAV Can Help You Leverage Technology to Optimize and Connect Your Business (Part 2 of 2)
- In today's rapidly changing business environment, management and IT support organizations are faced with the increased demand from business system users to provide:
- Access to data, reports, and key metrics in a timely manner.
- Consolidated management views across multiple locations.
- Automated processes and workflows.
- Secured way to allow users to collaborate and share information.
- Compliance and controls to protect valuable business assets.
At the same time, resource and budget constraints are driving the need for business leaders and IT departments to find ways to increase the return on investment for existing technology investments and accelerate user adoption.
Attend this webcast and learn how Microsoft Dynamics NAV 5.0 leverages Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 to provide expanded reporting, collaboration, and workflow capabilities and to implement controls through a role-based portal. Discover the breakthrough innovations in Microsoft Dynamics NAV 5.0, including Microsoft SharePoint Portal and Document Approval Workflow. We also provide an overview of how Microsoft Dynamics NAV 5.0 integrates with SharePoint and leverages business intelligence capabilities to connect businesses. This webcast is for unit managers, business owners, finance managers, operations managers, and IT professionals whose organizations are interested in Microsoft Dynamics NAV.
Presenter: Kathy Burkett, Microsoft Dynamics Partner Technology Specialist, Microsoft Corporation.
View webcast - How Microsoft Can Save You Money
- Attend this webcast to learn about ways that you can cut costs and reduce risks in your business as you confront issues in this current economic climate. If you are dealing with tighter credit, reduced business activity, or slower consumer spending, this webcast is for you. We’ve developed specific IT cost saving methods to help companies like yours reduce expenses such as deploying virtualization to cut electricity and hardware costs; drive cost out of IT with systems management; reduce travel and communication costs and utilize business intelligence to make more efficient business decisions. In addition, you’ll learn about how you can reduce your IT spend with hosted services, consolidating suppliers and leveraging Microsoft finance offers.
Presenters:
Tom Ford
Partner Technology Specialist
Microsoft Corporation
Dino Lence
Server Solution Specialist
Microsoft Corporation
Jack Elmore
Information Worker Solution Specialist
Microsoft Corporation
View webcast - Enterprise Agreement Welcome Briefing (60 min)
- If you are a new Enterprise Agreement Volume Licensing customer or administrator, join this webcast to find out how to get the most value from your investment. Join us to learn about the enterprise commitment, the true-up process and how our partners can assist you. We also provide you with an overview of Microsoft Volume Licensing Services (MVLS) and steps to activating your Software Assurance.
View webcast - Microsoft Enterprise Agreement Licensing Briefing (60 min)
- Take a closer look at the value provided by the Microsoft Enterprise Agreement. Join this webcast to get guidance on evaluating the Enterprise Agreement for your specific organisation to find out how the Enterprise Agreement can help you simplify software asset management, make software costs easier to manage, streamline software procurement, and maximise your software investments over time.
View webcast - Software Assurance Benefits (30 min)
- Log on to this webcast and get an overview of the range of benefits under Software Assurance and steps on how you can start activating those benefits.
View webcast - Activating Software Assurance Benefits through MVLS (55 min)
- Listen to what our customer, Dell has to say in this joint webcast with Microsoft about the existing benefits of Software Assurance such as receiving new versions of software upon release, accessing training and deployment resources as well as obtaining home use rights for employees.
View webcast - Software Assurance Benefits: Home Use Programme (60 min)
- In this webcast, we explain how to take advantage of two of the most popular Software Assurance benefits. Find out how the Home Use and Employee Purchase can help increase your employees' satisfaction and productivity - and reduce your company's IT burden.
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