Free Microsoft Office Small Business Edition 2003 Sales Kit for MS Partners.

[TheToOTaLL]

Originally posted by: Spongey
Yeah, it turns out that to be a partner you need to have at least one "certified by MS" logo, which you can get by having any Hardware designed for Windows, which is practically any hardware. The only catch is that you have to own a coder SSL certificate, which is about $300 bucks. No thanks.

LOL.... wrong! Read it and weep:

http://members.microsoft.com/partner/program/levels/certifiedpartner.aspx

To be a partner, you have to have at least 2 MCPs on staff & pay $1450 US a year to be "certified". If you were a certified partner, then you wouldnt really even care about this stuff, because you get the MSDN Universal subscription and more.

In my case, I do have a legitimate business in consulting, but since its just me, and I don't have all that money to drop, I'm just a Registered partners. I've got the Action Pack (best spent $200 ever), got the xP promo deals (remember the lava lamp??), and have the SBS 2003 kit on the way. This will definitely help me to demo it to customers, plus I'd imagine the rebates I can offer will help the sale

 

[codeyf]

Back up now, just ordered mine. Will most likely give to a client though, as I am already using the 2k3 Pro I got from the TS2.

 

[clarkmo]

Originally posted by: codeyf
Back up now, just ordered mine. Will most likely give to a client though, as I am already using the 2k3 Pro I got from the TS2.

Worked for me, too.
Thanks for the post, Wayliff!

 

[Aravot]

Link please

 

[Dacalo]

Thank you OP!

 

[tinkakat]

Thanks i,am in. Right thur after passport. Be here 7-10 days.

 

[Aravot]

Link?

 

[FunkierThanU]

Originally posted by: Lark888
If qualified as Partner - you should be on the MS Subscription Action Pak service. The only extra I saw here was the coupons to offer to clients.

I thought the Action Pack costs $$$ to start.

 

[Spongey]

Originally posted by: TheToOTaLL

Originally posted by: Spongey
Yeah, it turns out that to be a partner you need to have at least one "certified by MS" logo, which you can get by having any Hardware designed for Windows, which is practically any hardware. The only catch is that you have to own a coder SSL certificate, which is about $300 bucks. No thanks.

LOL.... wrong! Read it and weep:

http://members.microsoft.com/partner/program/levels/certifiedpartner.aspx

To be a partner, you have to have at least 2 MCPs on staff & pay $1450 US a year to be "certified". If you were a certified partner, then you wouldnt really even care about this stuff, because you get the MSDN Universal subscription and more.

In my case, I do have a legitimate business in consulting, but since its just me, and I don't have all that money to drop, I'm just a Registered partners. I've got the Action Pack (best spent $200 ever), got the xP promo deals (remember the lava lamp??), and have the SBS 2003 kit on the way. This will definitely help me to demo it to customers, plus I'd imagine the rebates I can offer will help the sale

Yes, that is one of the other requirements. According to page 13 of the Program guide (http://members.microsoft.com/partner/program/programguide.aspx), the following requirenments must be met in order to be a MS Cerified Partner:

A minimum of 2 MS Certified Professionals who have passed a qualifying exam

OR

One tested software solution that holds certification such as "Cerified for Windows 2003"

OR

Have an eligible hardware solution that has succesfully completed the "Designed for Windows" logo hardware test.



What I was referring to was option 3. To get the logo, one must download a program that will test your hardware. The program then has to be signed with the $300 SSL certificate and sent to MS.

 

[sujanks]

Ordered and it says, it will be delivered in 6-8 weeks.. i only joined few days ago.. i think you will have to be a microsoft product reseller by product or services.

 

[Lark888]

FunkierThanU - I stand corrected You are right that this deal is at an even better price point if SBE is all that one needs. However, the Action Pak setup is a great deal for those that qualify. Many jumped in on this deal when it was available at $99 or $199 for the Year. It's the best deal I've seen for IT consultants or SOHO suppliers. This thread's deal does also have coupons that can be used to entice clients.

 

[patrickj]

Mine is on the way...

 

[Andy]

Any more MAPS for $100?

 

[sterling]

HI All

I received an email saying id receive this package in 7 to 10 days. Its been about 2 weeks for me and
havnt received anything. Has anyone gotten it yet?

thanks

 

[terminalmind]

Originally posted by: sterling
HI All

I received an email saying id receive this package in 7 to 10 days. Its been about 2 weeks for me and
havnt received anything. Has anyone gotten it yet?

thanks

Has it been 14 business days or just 14 days?

It has been 7 business days since I received the shipping notification and I am still waiting.

 

[clia]

Originally posted by: terminalmind

Originally posted by: sterling
HI All

I received an email saying id receive this package in 7 to 10 days. Its been about 2 weeks for me and
havnt received anything. Has anyone gotten it yet?

thanks

Has it been 14 business days or just 14 days?

It has been 7 business days since I received the shipping notification and I am still waiting.

i am facing the same situation. just checked Microsoft website. below is what i found (quote from ms website). the delivery time has been extended to 6 to 8 weeks. hope it will come.


ATTENTION MICROSOFT PARTNERS: The response to this promotion has been extremely strong, and we are unable to accommodate any additional orders for sales kits. Please utilize the on-line resources posted for this campaign to support your Office Small Business Edition 2003 and/or Office Professional Edition 2003 marketing and sales efforts with your clients.

Offer good only for Microsoft Partners, including Technology Providers defined as software resellers, technology consultants, system integrators, developers, system builders and/or service/solution providers that sell or distribute Microsoft products or provide solutions based on Microsoft products; and have been in business in one of the aforementioned roles for at least one month. Limit one sales kit per partner. Please allow 6 to 8 weeks for delivery of your sales kit. Not-for-resale copy of Office Small Business Edition 2003 is to be used for your internal evaluation purposes only and is not to be redistributed.

 

[HedonicFiend]

Offer is dead? I am in a page that quoted: "Order your copy today", but without an order link?

 

[Glenn]

Just wanted to bump this up and see if anyone has received theirs yet? I know the site now says 6-8 weeks but was hoping some may have flown out under the radar?

Glenn

 

[Optical]

Looks like site is doing some kind of maintainance.

Since this is a marketing/business crowd, anyone know of a forum where ppl exchange service and marketing ideas particularly to the small business sector. I own my own consulting firm and want to share ideas with others that are in the field. Most of the discussion I found thus far are scattered at best.

 

[DREAMSOURCE]

I talked to a MS Action Pack rep yesterday and was told that they are revamping the MAP program and are redoing their website. Also, when I signed up for this sales kit, I got a confirmation email stating 7 to 10 business day delivery. That puts it at today for 10 days and I have yet to see anything. I am not giving up yet though, MS has come through on previous offers I have signed up for.

I also would like to plug their Action Pack subscription, if you can qualify. $200 per year isn't bad for 10 licenses of XP Pro, 10 Office 2003 Pro, 10 Visio, Server 2003, etc. etc. It is great for smaller companies who can't really afford multiple licenses of all the MS products. My 2 cents.

 

[sterling]

HI All

Its been about 13 business days and counting. Has anyone received anything yet?

 

[Ludacris]

This is the main reason I didn't post the link when I received the e-mail a few weeks back. Too many idiots screw up a good thing for the rest of us and now the people who are partners have to wait while they sort threw all the nonsense.

 

[moktaw]

Attended a TS2 seminar today as legitimate MS partner. We were told that the MS partner site is down as of today and will be down for a complete overhaul over the next seven days.

We were also told that all partners will need to re-do and enter new profiles because of the sheer numbers of partners involved. It's too expensive for MS to do it all. Maybe its MS's way to weed out "fake" partners. Don't know. However, if you are a legitimate partner, its a great deal as is the Action Pack.

I also ordered the kit but can wait if it takes longer than the 10 days promised. They have always come through with these in the past.

 

[Ludacris]

looks like we will still get our kits but there is a new time frame due to the sheer volume of orders:

Please allow 6 to 8 weeks for delivery of your sales kit. Not-for-resale copy of Office Small Business Edition 2003 is to be used for your internal evaluation purposes only and is not to be redistributed.

 

[jbwhite99]

This must mean that Microsoft is converting this server from Windows to Linux in order to support incremental volume >-)