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Girl Geek Dinners this Thursday 27 November!
Girl Geek Dinners are organised all over the world and are great fun. One in Auckland and one in...
Author: davidmsteele Date: 11/22/2008
December UNPLUGGED Update: Take your Applications to the Cloud and Beyond – PDC, Visual Studio, Azure, Office 14 and Windows 7
Today we will be sharing principles, practices, patterns and tools announced at PDC in October. Come...
Author: davidmsteele Date: 11/22/2008
Enjoy two VSTS Team Editions for the price of one!
Great news for developers working with databases! Now if you purchase Visual Studio Team System 2008...
Author: davidmsteele Date: 11/19/2008
Register for the WLG SQLServer PASS User Group
This month's topic is "Video Viewer for Transit NZ" presented by Matti Seikkula, CIO with eSpatial....
Author: davidmsteele Date: 11/16/2008
Tell us what you love and hate about Microsoft & receive a Microsoft LifeCam VX-7000 in Auckland
We're holding focus groups for NZ developers for the first time in Auckland and we want to hear from...
Author: davidmsteele Date: 11/03/2008
November MSDN UNPLUGGED Update - Double Sessions: Begins next week!
The November MSDN UNPLUGGED events Christchurch, Wellington and Auckland begins next week! We're...
Author: davidmsteele Date: 11/03/2008
Urgent Call for Industry Mentors in Auckland for Imagine Cup 2009
We urgently need industry mentors from the IT communities in all major NZ centres to help guide...
Author: davidmsteele Date: 10/28/2008
Important Security Bulletin from Microsoft
Microsoft released security bulletin MS08-067 on October 23, 2008. Vulnerability in Server Services...
Author: davidmsteele Date: 10/27/2008
Enjoy two Team Editions for the price of one!
Great news for developers working with databases! From this month onwards, if you purchase Visual...
Author: davidmsteele Date: 10/27/2008
10K Smart Coding Challenge
This is interesting! If you only had 10 kilobytes of code, what would you create for the web? The...
Author: davidmsteele Date: 10/27/2008
Microsoft Certification Second Shot Offer Gets Even Better!
Win both ways! Sit for a Microsoft Certification Exam from Oct 15 - Dec 31 2008 and you will get a...
Author: davidmsteele Date: 10/27/2008
November MSDN UNPLUGGED Update - Double Sessions
Join us in November for MSDN UNPLUGGED Update - Double Sessions. Come to two afternoon sessions on...
Author: davidmsteele Date: 10/19/2008
Are you ready for PDC2008?
Microsoft will share their vision for cloud computing, building applications that seamlessly bridge...
Author: davidmsteele Date: 09/28/2008
Check out the new ad series for windows featuring Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld
Check out the new ad series for Windows featuring Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld at...
Author: davidmsteele Date: 09/14/2008
Unplugged MSDN / SEP-OCT / Kicking off SEP 23 2008 in Dunedin
Get ready for cloud-based services, IE8 and Silverlight 2! Join us for a session created...
Author: davidmsteele Date: 09/08/2008
Tech.Ed NZ 2008 Keynote + 6 Technical Breakout Sessions Available Online Now
If you missed Tech.Ed NZ 2008 or just want to revisit the most popular sessions and keynote from the...
Author: davidmsteele Date: 09/08/2008
Explore Tech.Ed 2008 NZ as it happens!
Enjoy the Tech.Ed experience in the comfort of your own desktop. Catch all the action, watch...
Author: davidmsteele Date: 08/26/2008
Register by 29th Sep 2008 to enjoy 40% off on selected Microsoft VS2008 and SQL2008 Exams!
Register for the "First to Know" Visual Studio 2008 and SQL Server 2008 Exams Offer - Be among the...
Author: davidmsteele Date: 07/28/2008
Tech.Ed 2008 Australia: 20% Discount for NZ customers!
With NZ Tech.Ed selling out so quickly, we know there are many disappointed customers who missed out...
Author: davidmsteele Date: 07/28/2008
Support the next generation of ICT professionals with Imagine Cup 2009!
The New Zealand team performed well at the world wide finals in Paris this year - however it was our...
Author: davidmsteele Date: 07/28/2008
Brightest Spot in the World for the first week of July!
This week, our winning NZ Imagine Cup team will be joining 400 students from all around the world in...
Author: davidmsteele Date: 06/29/2008
Join Nathan Mercer and Sandy Miller for Unplugged in June!
Come along to this month's Unplugged event to get up to speed with the latest enhancements to the...
Author: davidmsteele Date: 06/09/2008
Join a .NET User Group
.NET User Group have been active in NZ since 2001 and are growing and thriving. These groups exist...
Author: davidmsteele Date: 05/28/2008
Tech.Ed 2008 Sold Out!
Tech.Ed 2008 in NZ has sold out in record time (less than 3 weeks after registration going live!)....
Author: davidmsteele Date: 05/28/2008
Looking for advice on buying Visual Studio and MSDN
Contact our specialist developer tools reseller Developers Inc. for adviceon purchasing Visual...
Author: davidmsteele Date: 05/28/2008
Check out the WorldWide Telescope
The World Wide Telescope is a Web 2.0 visualisation software environment that enables your computer...
Author: davidmsteele Date: 05/28/2008
Microsoft Expression 2 Now Available in NZ
Expression 2 is now available in NZ, for more information and purchase options, please visit...
Author: davidmsteele Date: 05/18/2008
Tech.Ed 2008 NZ - Registration Now Open
Get your tickets now for Tech.Ed 2008 in Auckland to avoid disappointment. Tickets are selling FAST...
Author: davidmsteele Date: 05/14/2008
The New Zealand Leg of Ron Jacob's 3D Tour - 20-23 May
Ron Jacob will be featuring at the up-coming architect forum, Team System Groups and the new...
Author: davidmsteele Date: 05/14/2008
Everything you need to know about Visual Studio 2008
Check out the Visual Studio 2008 Product Comparisons for a comprehensive look in to the Microsoft...
Author: davidmsteele Date: 05/11/2008
Join Nigel Parker for the Unplugged Event for May Kicking off in Wellington
Join Nigel to as he showcases technical aspects of Microsoft's latest web technologies including...
Author: davidmsteele Date: 05/08/2008
Successful R&D tax claims generate 15 cents tax refund for every qualifying dollar spent!
Register and attend the seminar series by the global R&D team from KPMG who will be providing...
Author: davidmsteele Date: 04/27/2008
Microsoft Unplugged Returns for 2008!
Come along to the first MSDN Unplugged session for 2008; 'Mixing up the web using HTTP, REST, WCF,...
Author: davidmsteele Date: 04/07/2008
Contact our specialist developer tools reseller Developers Inc. for purchasing Visual Studio 2008 and MSDN
Developers Inc. are an Auckland-based Microsoft reseller, able to provide technical guidance and...
Author: davidmsteele Date: 03/19/2008
Watch Bill Gates last day at Microsoft & See new Surface Apps from this year's CES!
Bill Gates spoke at this year's keynote for the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas for the very...
Author: davidmsteele Date: 01/13/2008
Visual Studio 2008 has arrived!
Visual Studio 2008 has released to manufacturing and is available for MSDN subscribers for immediate...
Author: davidmsteele Date: 11/19/2007
New Zealand Government 2007 Daylight Saving Changes
A number of Microsoft products require updates for the new daylight saving times. Please visit this...
Author: davidmsteele Date: 05/30/2007
Microsoft Tech.Ed Live - Download the presentations
Check out the event online for photos, videos, blogs and presentations from this year's Tech.Ed...
Author: davidmsteele Date: 03/11/2007
Subscribe to the MSDN Flash newsletter for the latest news, training and events for NZ Developers
Sign up to this bi-weekly newsletter that is composed and sent out by the team here in NZ. In...
Author: davidmsteele Date: 03/01/2007
Microsoft Acquires TeamPlain Web Access
TeamPlain is a web front end for VSTS that allows users to access most of the functionality of Team...
Author: davidmsteele Date: 03/01/2007
Beginner Developer Learning Centre Launches
This is a new centralised learning environment specifically targeted to beginning programmers,...
Author: davidmsteele Date: 11/07/2006