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- MICROSOFT TECHNET: YOUR FRONTLINE RESOURCE TO
- TECHNICAL INFORMATION
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- OVERVIEW
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- Microsoft TechNet is designed for technical professionals
- who administer enterprise applications and networks,
- integrate products and platforms, support and train users,
- or evaluate and decide on new technology directions.
- Microsoft TechNet is the leading resource for fast,
- complete answers to technical questions on Microsoft
- desktop and system products.
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- Updated monthly on CD-ROM, it provides the most complete
- collection of technical information on Microsoft products
- anywhere. In one place, you get everything from crucial
- data on client-server and workgroup computing, systems
- platforms, and database products to the latest
- applications support for Microsoft Windows and the
- Macintosh. Benefits include:
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- ╖ Twelve monthly Microsoft TechNet CDs. They contain: the
- complete Microsoft Knowledge Base; complete product
- resource kits for Microsoft Windows 95, Microsoft
- Windows NT, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft FoxPro,
- Microsoft Word, Microsoft Windows for Workgroups,
- Microsoft Windows, Microsoft LAN Manager and MS-DOS;
- customer solutions; session notes from key Microsoft
- conferences; and other valuable technical and strategic
- information
- ╖ Twelve monthly Microsoft TechNet Supplemental
- (Drivers and Patches) CDs. They contain: the complete
- Microsoft Software Library, with drivers for the entire
- line of Microsoft software products, code samples,
- articles and useful utilities; and patches for many
- Microsoft products, including the Microsoft Windows NT
- operating system
- ╖ A dedicated Microsoft TechNet CompuServe« forum
- (GO TECHNET)
- ╖ WinCIM, a Windows-based application for accessing
- CompuServe
- ╖ 20% discount on Microsoft Press« books
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- COST AND PRODUCTIVITY SAVINGS
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- An independent study conducted by Burke Marketing Research
- for Microsoft measured customer cost savings and
- productivity gains from using TechNet. The average user
- referenced TechNet more than six times a week, saving
- $36 per task compared to the cost of using alternate
- methods to complete the task. Average annual savings were
- $12,436 per user, corresponding to a break-even time of
- 3.4 weeks for a one-year subscription. Ninety-seven
- percent of TechNet subscribers would recommend TechNet to
- a colleague.
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- HOW TO SUBSCRIBE
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- Microsoft TechNet is $299 annually for a single-user
- license, or $699 annually for a single server-unlimited
- users license. Both are accompanied by a 90-day
- money-back guarantee. To order Microsoft TechNet, calL
- your authorized reseller or call (800) 344-2121 dept. 3092.
- Outside of the US and Canada, contact your Microsoft
- subsidiary, or call (303) 684-0914.
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