TechNet subscriptions now offer more content and greater customization for international markets.
TechNet: Plenty of CDs, Plenty of Value
TechNet subscriptions now offer more content and greater customization for international markets.
- By Mona Bonaci
- March 01, 2000
If it’s been a while since you’ve checked into TechNet
CD subscriptions, now would be a great time to do so.
Just a few years ago, a subscription delivered only one
or two CDs per month. Today, subscribers receive more
than 60 CDs with their 12-month TechNet or TechNet Plus
subscriptions. Both subscriptions now include Seminar
Online CDs, along with the complete Microsoft KnowledgeBase,
all the Microsoft Resource Kits, service packs, utilities,
case studies, white papers, evaluation guides, and more.
In addition, TechNet Plus ships select beta releases
for those who wish to evaluate and test new software as
soon as possible. And TechNet international subscriptions
are now more customized to meet the needs of specific
markets. Eligible customers in the U.S. and Canada may
request 128-bit encryption software, when available, in
addition to the standard 40-bit versions. Subscribers
outside the U.S. and Canada receive additional technical
information, service packs, and utilities for products
localized for their specific region.
The subscriptions deliver great convenience, powerful
searches, and enhanced productivity. And subscribers realize
this. For example, Melanie L. Owen, an MCSE and network
engineer at Albuquerque’s Presbyterian Healthcare Services,
uses her TechNet subscription almost daily to look up
errors, install service packs, and optimize Windows NT
and Windows 9x workstations. Jim Roscovius, network administrator
at Gateway Computer, finds the CDs a “top-notch” way to
access content when he’s working at home. And Tom Sandberg,
an MCSE and MCSD at Toyota Corp., finds that the Seminar
Online CDs eliminate the problems he experienced accessing
the seminars from the Web through a firewall and proxy
server.
In addition, subscribers have told us the subscription
costs are reasonable and among the most beneficial IT
investments they’ve made. A TechNet Single-User license
subscription is $299; a TechNet Plus Single-User license
is $449. Or if you’d rather, you can always access the
free TechNet Web site (www.Microsoft.com/technet),
which includes 95 percent of the content delivered with
a standard TechNet CD subscription. The Web site also
provides MCPs with an opportunity to interact with peers
and share technical tips and tricks through discussion
groups and technical online chats.
Microsoft recently made several changes to the MCP benefits
package to support our ongoing relationship with you.
Those changes include an expansion of the free, online
resources available through the secured MCP Web site,
the addition of products and services from selected companies,
and a 50 percent discount off a 12-month Single-User license
TechNet or TechNet Plus CD subscription for newly certified
MCSEs and MCDBAs. We think that TechNet CD subscriptions
are a great deal, and we’re continually improving them.
Look for a new, improved search engine to debut this spring
and a new DVD subscription to reduce the number of CDs
you need to juggle.
Interested? It’s easy to subscribe. Visit us online at
www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/subscriptions/Default.asp.
About the Author
Mona Bonaci is Microsoft TechNet Group Manager.