1. Michael van Dijken Marketing, Hosting Business Communications Sector Microsoft Corporation

2. Industry observations Windows SharePoint Services IIS 7 Beta 3 Another Windows SKU?? User Experience Lunch!

3. “Longhorn” & IIS 7 Beta 3 go-live announced Silverlight shipped NET Framework 3.0, ASP.NET Ajax Windows SharePoint Services shipped Exchange Server 2007 shipped SaaS On-ramp & Incubation Centers Hosting certification and exam Microsoft Dynamics SKUs are available on SPLA

5. SMBs moving to hosted “IT Services” Consumers moving to ad-supported social networks & media sites “Web 2.0” driving new user experiences “Cheap revolution” = price pressure

6. S MALL B USINESS

9. Windows SharePoint Services v3 Best of breed collaboration tools Web 2.0 features Fantastic 40 Application Templates Tools and Partner Ecosystem Application Kit and Marketing Guidance Create and sell packaged offerings Convenient managementConvenient management Easy provisioningEasy provisioning Profitable up-sell opportunitiesProfitable up-sell opportunities

14. Target New Markets Pre-built Applications Designed for Hosting As a Web hosting company with a strong focus on the SMB market, we find Windows SharePoint Services Version 3.0 to be a powerful enhancement to the Windows- based Hosting solution,” Mark Richman Director of Windows Development, Affinity Internet Inc.

16. Hoster Feedback Revealed… Site density on shared servers is too low Metabase corruption and replication issues Too few options for site owner administration Site/server failures too difficult to troubleshoot Not enough flexibility for customization Current support for PHP apps is inadequate

17. Microsoft is Dedicated to Resolving These Issues. With IIS7, Hosters can expect… Reliable Hosting of More Sites Lower Infrastructure Support Costs World Class Hosting for ASP.NET and PHP A SKU Built for Hosting

18. Scalability Fast and Scalable Configuration System Intelligent Process Model Reliability Rapidly Diagnose Site and Server Issues Optimized PHP Application Hosting Manageability Delegated Administration Extensibility

20. What is it? A free license to deploy Beta builds of IIS7 and Windows Server Codename “Longhorn” in production Restrictions? NDA required, License not for redistribution For noncommercial usage of only IIS7 Support? License itself does not guarantee support Private forums available on IIS.net for pilot customers IIS Team will provide best effort support

21. What happens when LHS Launches? The licenses can be converted to SPLA. Can I run other released software (e.g. SharePoint) concurrently? Yes, please test these scenarios. Can I charge for “upsells” to my “Free” IIS7 hosting offer? Yes, provided these “upsells” are completely optional and the base IIS7 Beta Hosting offer is still free.

22. www.iis.net/golive

24. Windows Server 2003 SKU on SPLA Single-purpose Web server for service providers Removes technical limitations of Web Edition Allows use of SQL Server

25. Greater technical capacity Strong platform for hosting ASP.NET based Web sites and applications Affords price parity with alternative platforms Richer functionality Windows SharePoint Services SQL Server PHP Support

27. Creating offers targeting developers and designers Email templates and datasheets http://www.microsoft.com/technet/serviceproviders/documents/default.mspx

30. ASP.NET AJAX.NET Framework SQL Server IIS & Windows Server Visual Web Developer Expression Web SharePoint Designer

31. SharePoint Designer & Expression Web Bundle Tools & Hosting Packages Great Value for Dedicated and Shared Hosting Customers

32. Photo, Music & Video Sites Social Networking Sites Enable Richer Sitebuilders Compelling Online Gaming

35. Market is evolving Microsoft is investing Web hosting platform SharePoint “Longhorn” & IIS 7 User Experience Partner with Microsoft

37. www.microsoft.com/hosting http://www.codeplex.com/sharepointhosters www.iis.net www.asp.net http://ajax.asp.net/ http://www.netfx3.com/ Scott Guthrie Blog http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/ http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/ http://www.microsoft.com/serviceproviders/licensing/default.mspx http://www.microsoft.com/serviceproviders/licensing/default.mspx https://partner.microsoft.com/US/program/competencies/ai solutions/hosting https://partner.microsoft.com/US/program/competencies/ai solutions/hosting

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