I was talking with members of the South West of England small biz group last night and the topic of Vista and Office access and Technet came up. Being a dutiful person, I came and spoke to the Technet team here and this is what I found out.
Action Pack gives you licenses you can use to run your business and evaluate solutions for your customers.
Technet Plus gives you two support calls, access to managed news groups (ask and get your technical questions answered), and the ability to download and evaluate MS products and beta products.
To me, this means that every serious partner that wants to play with betas or products long before a customer can get hold of them should get an Action Pack subecription to give them intenral use licenses and Technet for the beta access.
More information on the Technet from the web site http://www.microsoft.com/uk/technet/abouttn/buynow.mspx:
Buy TechNet Plus Direct (Online) £230 - 1st time £170 - renewal
Buy TechNet Plus (DVD) £330 - 1st time £270 - renewal
- Telephone Support
- Every TechNet Plus Subscription includes two complimentary professional support incidents (a £250 value) plus a 20 per cent discount on additional technical support calls.1
- Unlimited Managed Newsgroup Support
- Get reliable answers to your questions by the next business day in more than 100 Managed Newsgroups (English only).
- Immediate Online Support through Online Concierge
- The Online Concierge is a one-to-one web-based chat service for TechNet Plus subscribers. The online assistant will help you locate the information you need to answer your questions.
- Online and Offline Access to the Microsoft TechNet Knowledge Base and Library
- Access the latest Microsoft technical resources, including the Microsoft Knowledge Base, white papers and technical product information
Posted
Fri, Dec 15 2006 3:33 PM
by
David Overton