jwcolby
jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Wed Oct 10 09:01:35 CDT 2007
Well, I just renewed to avoid that hassle for another year. John W. Colby Colby Consulting www.ColbyConsulting.com -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav Brock Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 8:50 AM To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com Subject: Re: [AccessD] Action Pack,now with special edition toolkit for Web Solution Providers Hi Jim That's right, but only every second year, and it is an on-line course: https://partner.microsoft.com/actionpack https://partner.microsoft.com/40044196 Some of these my colleague can do with closed eyes ... /gustav >>> jimdettman at verizon.net 10-10-2007 14:35 >>> Gustav, I hate the Microsoft exam circus as well and in fact gave up on the SBS certification because of it. But got bad news for you; the Action Pack will shortly require passing a Microsoft exam in order to continue to receive the subscription. They want to get rid of the deadwood<g>. Jim. -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav Brock Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 4:09 AM To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com Subject: [AccessD] Action Pack, now with special edition toolkit for Web Solution Providers Hi all We (my employer and I) don't want to spend money on the "MS exam circus" as the ROI is zero. Thus, our official Small Business Specialist status will be lost (and our clients don't care as they hardly knew that anyway). No big deal. However, that status have the additional benefit that combined with the Action Pack Subscription (where the ROI is huge) you are offered Visual Studio Standard 2005 for free. So no SB partner => no free VS which is bad now that VS2008 is close. But a new free add-on to the Action Pack is now announced which could be of interest for those of you not having Visual Studio yet or have felt the limitations of the free Express editions, a "special edition toolkit" for Web Solution Providers: https://partner.microsoft.com/webresourcekit It includes Microsoft Visual Studio Standard 2008 and Expression Studio. The estimated ship date for the kit is January 2008. One of the steps to obtain the kit is to: Successfully complete one of three free online courses and the associated assessment with a score of 70 percent or higher .. These seems to have a duration from 0,5 to 1,5 hours, so you have to pay by spending some of your valuable time! /gustav -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com