How does Solutions Pathway work?
A. An example scenario will clarify how the Solutions Pathway concept will work. Let’s say a customer has Windows SBS 2008 Standard. Whatever channel the customer buys it from, the partner (on behalf of customer) can go to the Solutions Pathway online store and choose the mobility path, whether it is an upgrade from the Standard to the Premium edition within the same product or from Windows SBS 2008 to Windows EBS 2008, or from Windows SBS 2008 to standalone products. On the Solutions Pathway online store, the partner will be asked to input the information about the current product, and the most important piece of that information is the 5×5 product key (xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx). In this example, the partner will enter the Windows SBS 2008 Standard product key. The back-end infrastructure of Solutions Pathway will recognize the product key and then display the available options based on the fact that customer has Windows SBS 2008 Standard. The partner can then choose the path she
Related Questions
- What are the licensing implications for Solutions Pathway? If I have SBS 2003 R2 Standard OEM and want to apply an upgrade to SBS 2008 via Solutions Pathway, am I allowed to transfer the licenses?
- My country is tax exempt, and I have already placed an order on the Solutions Pathway. How do I request a refund for the taxes charged on my order?
- When is version 2 of Solutions Pathway scheduled for release and what new features can we expect?
