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A winning combination for you and your small business customers.

The Windows Vista™ and the 2007 Microsoft® Office system include breakthrough product developments and an opportunity for you to drive sales to your small business customers by marketing a small business PC preinstalled with Windows Vista Business and Microsoft Office Small Business 2007. Together, these products offer your small business customers the essential software and security enhancements they need to get things done efficiently, so they can focus on what matters most.

This is the perfect time to talk to your small business customers about their current business challenges. To help you get started, we have identified several pressing issues facing today’s small businesses and highlighted how Windows Vista and Microsoft Office Small Business 2007 system can help. Use these topics to start a conversation with your customers.

Getting it done just got easier. Small businesses are interested in tools that help them work more efficiently, so they can focus on important tasks. With Windows Vista and Office Small Business 2007, your small business customers can find, work with and share information more intuitively and efficiently with powerful new search features, productivity tools and visual enhancements.

• Find just what they need – fast. Instant Search in Windows Vista helps users quickly find and read documents, images, programs, contacts and e- messages – on their computers or networks.

• Find what they need within e-mail. New Instant Search in Microsoft Office Outlook® 2007 lets them search for keywords, dates or other flexible criteria to locate items in their e-mail, e-mail attachments, , contacts or tasks to save valuable time.

• Find and use the Microsoft Office features they need.The new tool in the 2007 Microsoft Office programs replaces menus and toolbars with task-relevant commands and galleries presented in sets of tabs.

• Navigate easily through their work. The Microsoft® Windows® Aero™ includes visual effects that help users navigate easily between open windows.

• View tasks and appointments easily. The new Office Outlook 2007 To-Do Bar consolidates tasks, appointments and flagged e-mails so that users can scan their daily priorities quickly.

• Organise files easily.Users can add customised tags to all their files within the Documents Explorer in Windows Vista to organise and find files of a certain type more easily.

Built-in peace of mind. Not losing important business information is a key concern for small businesses. Show your small business customers how they can get enhanced protection against spam, spyware and virus threats, and help ensure their files are backed up easily with Windows Vista Business and Office Small Business 2007.

• Schedule automatic backups. Users can easily back up their data or entire hard disks to the location of their choice with the Windows Center.

• Restore lost work. The Windows Vista feature in Windows Vista automatically creates point-in-time copies of files while users work so they can go back to them easily. They can also recover files that closed unexpectedly with the enhanced Microsoft Office Document Recovery tool. Small Small business PC data sheet for partners Business Windows Vista Business and Microsoft Office Small Business 2007 PC

• Prevent harmful downloads. Windows Defender helps detect and remove spyware – software programs that can be installed on users’ PCs without their consent. Customers can set up user controls that prevent employees from downloading dangerous software with .

• Filter unwanted e-mail. Improved junk mail filters and anti-phishing technology in Office Outlook 2007 help filter unwanted and potentially harmful e-mail messages.

• Password-protect documents. The Encrypting (EFS) feature adds password protection to files to help prevent sensitive information from being shared without consent.

• Share documents with confidence.The new Document Inspector tool lets users remove comments, revisions and hidden text from Microsoft Office files before sharing them.

Customer knowledge at their fingertips. Managing customer information is a top priority for small businesses. Show your customers how they can manage all their customer information in one place and present a more professional-looking image in all their business communications.

• Organise their customer information in one place. Users can manage customer, sales lead and communication history information in one location – e-mail, calls, opportunities, tasks and related documents – with Office Outlook 2007 with Business Contact Manager.

• Run effective marketing campaigns. Your customers can use the Marketing Campaigns feature in Office Outlook 2007 with Business Contact Manager and Microsoft Office Publisher 2007 E-mail Merge to create, deliver and track targeted customer communications.

• Create in-house marketing materials. Microsoft Office Publisher 2007 provides customisable templates and intuitive design tools for creating publications and marketing materials in house for print, Web or e-mail.

• Distribute communications easily. Users can send business communications with the Windows Vista Business Fax and Scan feature or they can save and share Microsoft Office files in a fixed file format – PDF or XML Paper Specification (XPS).*

• Work with digital images easily. makes it easier for users to find the photo they want. Built-in photo-editing capabilities provide for easy image enhancement.

* You can save as a PDF or XPS file from a 2007 Microsoft Office system program only after you install an add-in from the Microsoft Office Download Centre at http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HA101675271033.aspx.

The workplace unplugged. Today’s workplace isn’t always at the office. Show your small business customers how they can stay connected with employees, customers, partners and suppliers from virtually anywhere. They can find and connect to wireless networks more easily with improved network roaming so they can work from Wi-Fi hotspots on the road.

• Connect easily to network domains. Windows Vista domain join functionality enables easy connection to Small Business 2003 or Microsoft Windows Server™ 2003 domains and improves PC security and manageability.

• Stay in sync with their businesses. Users can take advantage of Windows Vista Remote Desktop Connection to access files on their office computers from another computer – from virtually anywhere. Network roaming and improved Wi-Fi access lets them connect easily to available wireless networks.

• Connect and share with others. Easily share files directly from PCs to other Windows Vista PCs over one-time, wireless or peer-to-peer networks.

• Get the most out of their batteries. Preset power plans help your customers maximise portable computer or Tablet PC battery life.

• Synchronise with devices running on Windows Mobile®. Windows Sync Center provides one location for synchronising data between computers and devices running on Windows Mobile.

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For more information.

2007 Microsoft Office system Web site office.microsoft.com/en-au

Windows Vista Business Web site microsoft.com/windowsvista/smallbusiness

System requirements.

Minimum hardware requirements for Windows Vista Business and Office Small Business 2007 include:

A Windows Vista Capable PC, including at least:

• A modern processor (at least 800 MHz).

• 512 MB of system memory.

• A graphics processor that is Microsoft DirectX® 9.0 capable.

Windows Vista Premium Ready PCs.

To provide an even better Windows Vista experience, including the user experience, market a Windows Vista Capable PC that is designated Premium Ready or offer a PC that meets or exceeds the Premium Ready requirements described in the next paragraph. Features available in specific editions of Windows Vista, such as the ability to watch and record live TV, may require additional hardware.

A Windows Vista Capable PC, including at least:

• 1 GHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor.

• 1 GB of system memory.

• A graphics processor that runs Windows Aero.

• 128 MB of graphics memory.

• 40 GB of hard drive capacity with 15 GB of free space.

• DVD-ROM drive.

• Audio output capability.

• Internet access capability.

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Office Small Business 2007 (includes: Microsoft Office Word 2007, Office Excel® 2007, Office Outlook 2007 with Business Contact Manager and Office Publisher 2007).

• Operating system. Microsoft® Windows XP® Service Pack 2 (SP2) or later or (or higher) required.

• Computer and processor. 500 MHz processor or higher; 256 MB RAM or higher; DVD drive; 1 GHz and 512 MB of RAM or higher is required to run Office Outlook 2007 with Business Contact Manager.

• Hard disk. 2 GB necessary for install; a portion of this disk space will be freed after installation if the original download package is removed from the hard drive.

• Monitor resolution. Minimum 800 x 600; 1024 x 768 or higher recommended.

• Internet connection. Broadband connection, 128 Kbps or greater, for download and activation of products.

• Additional components. Microsoft ® 6 with service packs, Microsoft Exchange Server 2000 or later required for Office Outlook 2007 users. To install Office Outlook 2007 with Business Contact Manager, you will need to first install Office Outlook 2007.

Small business PC buying options.

Here are suggestions for talking to your small business customers about how to get Windows Vista and Microsoft Office:

• If your small business customers are interested in new PCs, talk to them about getting the best value by having Windows Vista Business (or Windows Vista Ultimate) and Office Small Business 2007 (or Microsoft Office Professional 2007) preinstalled on a new computer.

• If your customers are looking to upgrade their existing PCs, first determine if those computers are Windows Vista Capable. If they need to upgrade five or more PCs, they should consider one of the Microsoft Volume Licensing options available for small business customers. As an authorised Microsoft reseller, you can make sure that you get the best pricing plan for their needs.

© 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, the Microsoft logo, Aero, DirectX, Excel, Internet Explorer, the Office logo, Outlook, Windows, the Windows logo, Windows Mobile, Windows Server, and Windows Vista are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. SMB055 11/06

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