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Momentum Webcast: Determining the Value of Software Assurance Renewal for Your Organization (Level 100)

Overview This webcast is designed for growing and mid-sized organizations that have a Microsoft Software Assurance (SA) agreement through the Open Business, Open Value, Select, or Enterprise Agreement (EA) programs. The presenter of this webcast explains how organizations can benefit from renewing their Software Assurance agreement with Microsoft. The attendee will learn about the tools and resources available to help determine the value of renewing the agreement.

Further White Paper Details
Publisher	Microsoft
Live Date	28th August 2007 01:00 BST
Format	Webcast
Topics	SLA

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Channel:
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Channel:
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Tags:
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