[AccessD] MAPS: Microsoft Action Pack Subscription Developmentand Design Benefits

Rocky Smolin rockysmolin at bchacc.com
Tue May 18 09:17:27 CDT 2010


Gustav:

I looked at the site but couldn't find a price.  Do you know how much the
Action Pack is now? I took a test a while back to re-enroll but never got
the Pack.

TIA

Rocky


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From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav Brock
Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 6:36 AM
To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com; dba-vb at databaseadvisors.com
Subject: [AccessD] MAPS: Microsoft Action Pack Subscription Developmentand
Design Benefits

Hi all

As of May 24. the development tools - most importantly Visual Studio 2010
Professional - is now part of a separate package dedicated developers:

Microsoft Action Pack Development and Design Benefits
https://partner.microsoft.com/global/program/managemembership/40133000

Three MSDN for Microsoft Action Pack Development and Design subscriptions
(licensed per user):
  Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Professional
  Microsoft Expression Web
  The latest version of the Windows and Windows Server operating systems,
and Microsoft SQL Server for development and testing 

You still have to pass some "test" every second year:
https://partner.microsoft.com/global/40132997

/gustav


>>> Gustav at cactus.dk 18-01-2008 09:10 >>>
Hi all

Well, this is on schedule. Today an envelope arrived including these
cd-roms:

  Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Standard Edition
  Microsoft Expression Studio

and a DVD:

  Custom Web Development Jumpstart
  and Windows Live Partner Resources Kit

Also, I received 2 GB of ram for my laptop. Do we have a match? 

/gustav

>>> Gustav at cactus.dk 04-12-2007 18:06:22 >>>
Hi all

Received this today:

Our records indicate .. that you are eligible to order the Microsoft Web
Solutions Toolkit. 
You will automatically be shipped the Web Solutions Toolkit in January 2008.


/gustav


>>> Gustav at cactus.dk 10-10-2007 10:09:07 >>>
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


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