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Don’t miss the boat! Be there when Windows Essential Business Server 2008 (EBS) AND Windows Small Business Server 2008 (SBS) are front and center at our event! Right in Microsoft’s home town, you can ride the leading edge of this new era with EBS 2008 and SBS 2008!

This is a special time in the SMB technology as Microsoft will be releasing the new EBS 2008 product this fall along with an update to the popular SBS 2008 product family! Join SMB and SBS author Harry Brelsford and over 600 SMB resellers, consultants, and trusted business advisors at this long-standing popular professional conference as you seize this opportunity to master these product releases from both business and technical vantage points.

Over three days, you will take it all in:

• Meet fellow SMB technology professionals just like you. We call it “peer-to-peer networking” or “Hallway 101″!
• Attend non-commercial, academic content tracks:
• BusinessSpeak: Your weekend pocket MBA curriculum for increasing your success as an SMB channel partner. Led by well-respected SBSers.
• GeekSpeak: Hosted by acclaimed technical MVPs and other technical gurus - do a DEEP DIVE and go on to THRIVE!
• How To: Bona fide tactile hands-on knowledge you can use the next day such as how to hire your first salesperson!
• Learn more about Microsoft SMB product stack components such as Microsoft Response Point (SMB telephony) and the Small Business Specialist Community (SBSC).
• Witness major third-party ISV and sponsor updates: hardware, threat management, security, managed services, virtualization…

SBS 2008 and EBS 2008 Launch Party on Saturday night,
including christening the M.V. SBS 2008!

Everyone knows getting a JUMP on new technologies is essential to your successful career as a channel partner. SMB Nation 2008 is UNIQUELY positioned to give you that OPPORTUNITY!

See you in Seattle in early October.