Microsoft TechNet 2005 & TechNet Plus 2005
General information:
Microsoft
TechNet is a central information and community resource designed for IT
professionals. The TechNet program includes technical briefings, special offers,
Web site, and electronic newsletter, in addition to the CD subscription.
Designed to meet the technical
information needs of anyone who plans, evaluates, deploys, maintains, or
supports Microsoft business products, the TechNet program will keep you informed
about Microsoft strategies and industry trends. It will also provide you with
the kind of "how-to" information you need to be successful. TechNet serves as a
forum to share information, ideas, and opinions with your peers in the IT
community - and with Microsoft. If you’re an IT professional working in
technical support, network or systems administration, or technology
architecture, TechNet was created for you.
TechNet Subscription
The Microsoft
TechNet CD or DVD subscription product delivers the most complete and current
source of Microsoft technical information on evaluating, planning, deploying,
managing, supporting Microsoft business products. A one-year subscription
delivers up-to-date technical information every month including the complete
Microsoft Knowledge Base and the latest Resource Kits, Service Packs, drivers
and patches, deployment guides, white papers, evaluation guides, and much more.
With more than 200,000 pages of content, a subscription is a great
investment—whether you make high-level decisions on technology, deploy new
systems, or troubleshoot desktops, servers or entire messaging systems.
A key addition to the subscription
program is TechNet Plus, a higher-level subscription that combines the Microsoft
Beta Evaluation program with the regular TechNet subscription. If you like to
try out beta evaluation releases of upcoming products, you'll want to sign-up!
Customer Benefits
Save Time – Your Most Precious
Resource
Saves Money
- Save money by
deflecting support calls and time spent searching for answers.
Access to Additional Microsoft
Support Resources
- Online Concierge Chat
support connects you to a Microsoft Support Advisor to help you find the
appropriate content.
- Managed Newsgroups
ensures an answer to technical questions within 48 hours.
Confidence in the Information
- The information in
TechNet is developed by Microsoft technical content specialists.
Portability
- Delivered on CD on
DVD, internet access is not necessary. Take it with you on client site visits.
Compare
the TechNet Standard and TechNet Plus Subscriptions
Feature/ Benefit
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TechNet Standard
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TechNet Plus
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New!
Evaluate Microsoft Software (without time limits)1:
Full-version software licensed for evaluation purposes; includes
Microsoft Office System and Windows Server System software.
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Beta Software: Get pre-release versions of Microsoft operating systems, servers,
and Office applications to keep up to date on the latest technologies.
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Technical Support Incidents: Complimentary and discounted live support to help you
resolve technical issues fast.
Two complimentary technical support incidents
A 20% discount on additional technical support calls3
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Security Resources: The latest security updates, bulletins and hotfixes delivered
reliably every month.
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Unlimited Managed Newsgroup Support2: Get reliable answers by next business day from Microsoft Support
Professionals and community experts in over 100 Managed Newsgroups
(English only).
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Microsoft Knowledge Base: Find comprehensive technical support information
developed by Microsoft Support Professionals.
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Online Concierge2: Use this service to locate
content on your TechNet subscription media, TechNet Web site, Microsoft
Knowledge Base or other Microsoft online resources with the help of an
Online Assistant.
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TechNet Subscriber Welcome Kit: Get a binder for organizing monthly shipments and the
CDs/DVDs needed to get you started when you receive your initial
shipment.
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1 Software licensed for evaluation purposes only - not for use in production
environments.
2 Managed newsgroups, online concierge, and other TechNet Subscriber Online
Services are not available in Asia Pacific or Latin America. Postings in French,
German, or Spanish Managed Newsgroups will be responded to within 2 business
days.
3 Discounts on pay-per-incident support are available only in the United States,
Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, Netherlands, Italy, Sweden, Switzerland,
Norway, Poland, Denmark, Spain, Austria, Ireland, Finland, South Africa, Greece,
Liechtenstein, Faeroe Islands, Gibraltar, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Korea,
Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, India, Australia, and New
Zealand.
More
Information
For more
information look on
http://www.microsoft.com/technet and
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/abouttn/subscriptions/tvleufaq.mspx
Licensing
See the chart
below for single-user and single-server use rights.
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TechNet Standard
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TechNet Plus
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single-user subscription is for
individuals who need the technical content and resources just for
themselves. |
A
single user license allows a single user to access all the content
within a TechNet Standard subscription including the technical
information library, Microsoft Knowledge Base, resource kits, training,
downloads, utilities, service packs, security updates and the online
concierge service. |
A
single user license allows a single user to access all the content and
services within a TechNet Plus subscription including the technical
information library, Microsoft Knowledge Base, resource kits, training,
downloads, utilities, service packs, security updates, beta and
evaluation software, technical support incidents, online concierge
service, managed newsgroups and the TechNet Plus Subscriber Online
Services Web site. |
A
single-server subscription is for
workgroups who need to share the technical content with others in their
organization. |
A
single server license allows the subscriber to load TechNet Standard
technical information library CDs or DVDs onto a single server. This
license grants all users attached to that local area network access to
the technical information library, Microsoft Knowledge Base, resource
kits, training, downloads, utilities, service packs, and security
updates.
IMPORTANT:
Each single-server license entitles only the designated subscriber
(media recipient) to access the TechNet Standard Subscriber Online
Services Web site, including the online concierge service. |
A
single server license allows the subscriber to load TechNet Plus
technical information library CDs or DVDs onto a single server. This
license grants all users attached to that local area network access to
the technical library information, Microsoft Knowledge Base, resource
kits, training, downloads, utilities, service packs, and security
updates.
IMPORTANT:
Each single server license entitles only the designated subscriber
(media recipient) to use evaluation software, support incidents and
access the TechNet Plus Subscriber Online Services Web site – no other
users are entitled to use these resources.
Beta software included with
TechNet Plus contain separate license terms that must be agreed to in
order to use pre-release software.
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