How to Become a Web Partner in New Zealand
This guide provides step-by-step instructions for enrolling in the Microsoft Action Pack program.
It took me 11 minutes to sign-up as a registered member and complete the Expression Web assessment this morning.
I recommend watching this 3 1/2 minute screen cast (video only) before you attempt the process.
1) Sign-up as a registered member for the Microsoft Partner Program.
Ensure you select "Develop web sites and/or web applications" as a service offered by your organisation.
Also select "Custom Development Solutions" as your business area.
2) Take a required course, I recommend the Expression Web Assessment as it is the easier of the 5 assessments on offer although the usability and a couple of questions are quite hard to follow.
1) Watch the training video on Expression Web and/or download the lab.
2) Sit the assessment by clicking on the "Registration" button.
The "Next & Previous" arrows are located beyond the current scroll bar down and to the right... (this becomes important later).
Answer the questions as asked.
Once you reach the end of the questions you must click the "Submit Assessment" image that doesn't look like a button and not the button that reads "Click Here to Continue", this is very important.
Now your score will appear, hopefully you have scored over 70% and you can now click the "Click Here to Continue" button.
On the next page click "Mark as Complete"
If you go back to the Additional Enrolment Summary page it will still show as "1 more training(s)" needed.
Wait for 24 hours
When you come back in here the next day it should give you the option to
"Click here to subscribe to Microsoft Action Pack"
Follow the wizard and pay your $869.00 NZD and you are now set to receive all the goodness of Action Pack + Visual Studio 2008 Professional and Expression Studio 2!
If you run into troubles completing this process please contact the Microsoft Regional Support Centre for New Zealand.
Telephone: 0800 444 392 (toll-free)
Email: sppartner@microsoft.com