Reaching Out to Microsoft Partners in Australia
Building the cloud computing infrastructure
Steve Clayton spotted this article on some insight into Microsoft's investments in b uilding data...
Author: NickM77 Date: 06/26/2008
Windows Server 2008 Power Savings Whitepaper published
Via Bianca's great blog: "Microsoft has published a new whitepaper on Windows Server 2008 power...
Author: NickM77 Date: 06/26/2008
TechEd08 Australia: The Early Bird Catches the Worm!! (or at least you'll catch a saving of $250 if you register NOW!)
Tech Ed has proven to be an amazing technical event for our Partners and this year will be no year...
Author: NickM77 Date: 06/25/2008
I Want One Of These...HTC Diamond
With all the publicity about the iPhone being launched, it's good to know that the Windows Mobile...
Author: NickM77 Date: 06/25/2008
New Blog from Our Local Windows Mobile Team
https://blogs.msdn.com/wmoz/default.aspx " Welcome along to the WMOz blog, a Microsoft team blog...
Author: NickM77 Date: 06/25/2008
Announcement on Windows XP to customers and partners
https://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsxp/future.mspx or...
Author: NickM77 Date: 06/24/2008
Scoble and Brad Goldberg on Microsoft Live Search
This is a fascinating interview led by Robert Scoble with Brad Goldberg who runs Live Search - learn...
Author: NickM77 Date: 06/21/2008
Bill G interview on the BBC
https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7464074.stm It's a fascinating interview, and the link includes...
Author: NickM77 Date: 06/20/2008
New Worldwide Site on our Environmental Strategy
https://www.microsoft.com/environment/ I have been personally quite heavily involved in our local...
Author: NickM77 Date: 06/20/2008
Microsoft Online - portal pages
As we ramp up quickly towards the WPC (worldwide partner conference) updates on our MS Online...
Author: NickM77 Date: 06/20/2008
Latest Surface Demos and Releases - check these out
I watch closely the progress on Surface and there are some meaningful commercial launches now and...
Author: NickM77 Date: 06/20/2008
New on Health Partner blog - Live Search for Health
David Dembo's blog continues to develop nicely as a great local resource for Aussie partners...
Author: NickM77 Date: 06/20/2008
ISVs - learn about the ISV Royalty program
https://www.microsoft.com/isv/licensing/isvroyalty.aspx We are having enormous success with...
Author: NickM77 Date: 06/19/2008
Partner Conference Pre-Days - don't forget to register
https://partner.microsoft.com/Australia/40068098 I was looking over the draft agenda for the ISV...
Author: NickM77 Date: 06/18/2008
Partner FAQs on SBS and EBS and training reminder
Via Robbie's blog: "Great FAQ for Partners just released covering Small Business Server 2008...
Author: NickM77 Date: 06/18/2008
Find out about our worldwide positioning for partners in industry
These new pages have recently gone live on the global portal - good for a worldwide perspective on...
Author: NickM77 Date: 06/18/2008
Announcing our Partner Readiness Special Offers - limited availability and early bird offer
One of the critical functions of my team is to build out the technical and sales & marketing...
Author: NickM77 Date: 06/17/2008
Learn More About Certification
There is no doubt that the value of certification for IT professionals and developers both in...
Author: NickM77 Date: 06/16/2008
APC Award Submission Extension
APC=Australian Partner Conference. We were aware of a number of great partner solutions that we...
Author: NickM77 Date: 06/16/2008
WPC Awards Formal Announcement
The formal press release of the Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) finalists and winners has gone...
Author: NickM77 Date: 06/16/2008
NineMSN using Silverlight
Via Michael Kordahi: " Paul Keen breaks the news. Ninemsn is now live streaming the 6pm news...
Author: NickM77 Date: 06/13/2008
New Microsoft Video Site
Spotted by Steve Clayton and The Liveside team: https://preview.microsoft.com/video/ This is a...
Author: NickM77 Date: 06/13/2008
Worldwide Partner Conference Award Winners Announced - well done DiData and Eclipse
https://partner.microsoft.com/US/trainingevents/wwpartnerconference/40069287 Many congratulations to...
Author: NickM77 Date: 06/11/2008
ARN Awards - get yourself submitted!
Well it is definitely the season for awards for partners. On top of the Worldwide Partner Conference...
Author: NickM77 Date: 06/10/2008
Software+Services Strategy - more info for Aussie Partners
S+S = software plus services as many of you know. Get ready for a lot (and I mean a lot !) of info...
Author: NickM77 Date: 06/06/2008
Performance Point Server - SP1 available - now formally supporting WS2008
https://www.microsoft.com/business/performancepoint/...
Author: NickM77 Date: 06/05/2008
World Environment Day at Microsoft Australia
Check out Jeff's post on the World Environment Day events in our office:...
Author: NickM77 Date: 06/05/2008
Hyper-V RC1 now available
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=7edaa89f-9f64-488d-93c0-858d2d8799df&Di...
Author: NickM77 Date: 06/05/2008
Up and Coming Partner Academy Live Sessions - SQL Server 2008, SOA, BI,
Partner Academy Live is a great resource - instructor led online training - and even if the timings...
Author: NickM77 Date: 06/05/2008
Bloggers - tech preview of next version of LiveWriter
Every blogger I know in Microsoft and almost every one elsewhere used LiveWriter as the tool to...
Author: NickM77 Date: 06/05/2008
TechEd US - highlights coming - including Silverlight 2 announcement
Bill Gates kicked of TechEd US with a keynote that included some important announcements. Keep...
Author: NickM77 Date: 06/04/2008
New Partner Events Tool - available now
Mike Heald just announced this - an event tool that partners can use to run your own customer...
Author: NickM77 Date: 06/04/2008
Sharepoint Developer Introduction Courses
Via Mark Harrison: "SharePoint Developer introduction for .NET developers...
Author: NickM77 Date: 06/03/2008
TechEd Australia Updates
There is a whole host of TechEd Australia news and we know that many partners will have people...
Author: NickM77 Date: 06/03/2008
Guess Who's Coming Back to Australian Partner Conference ?
Mike Heald lets the cat out of the bag.... We are excited about this one... was very well received...
Author: NickM77 Date: 06/02/2008
Reminder - get your solution in for an award category before 16th June
With Australian Partner Conference coming round fast, we are excited by the quality of the...
Author: NickM77 Date: 05/30/2008
Partner Productivity on Digital WPC
[You will see the acronym WPC used a lot in the coming weeks = Worldwide Partner Conference ! ] As...
Author: NickM77 Date: 05/30/2008
Mike Fitz's movements - hello to one of our Australian ISVs
Many of our local partners will known Mike Fiztmaurice from the corporate Sharepoint team...
Author: NickM77 Date: 05/30/2008
SBS Beta Available
Author: NickM77 Date: 05/29/2008
Microsoft Health Partners Win AiiA Awards
Via David Dembo's new health partner blog - congrats to the partner listed below. "Microsoft...
Author: NickM77 Date: 05/28/2008
Windows 7 Touch Interface Demonstrated
Author: NickM77 Date: 05/28/2008
CRM Online Demo at Office DevCon
Good spot by Ross Dembecki - this video comes from the recent keynote at Office DevCon in the US...
Author: NickM77 Date: 05/28/2008
Briefings on the new Small Business Server and Essential Business Server
With the public beta for both products now available, we’re happy to announce the first...
Author: NickM77 Date: 05/27/2008
Health Partners in Australia - a great new resource for you
Announcing a new blog aimed specifically at health partners in Australia launched by our health...
Author: NickM77 Date: 05/27/2008
Partners - getting ready for IE8
Ensuring your customers’ websites are ready for Internet Explorer 8 Consistent with our...
Author: NickM77 Date: 05/26/2008
Reminder and last chance to get free licensing training - next week in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane
The licensing training is next week - a reminder to register to secure your spot:...
Author: NickM77 Date: 05/22/2008
Hear about our environmental strategy in the partnering context
https://partner.microsoft.com/global/40063406 Allison Watson, who runs partner worldwide for...
Author: NickM77 Date: 05/22/2008
Pimp Your Laptop :-)
See Christian's blog for an opportunity to win a TekSkin:...
Author: NickM77 Date: 05/22/2008
Aussie Partners - want a Mesh account ? Get in touch with me...
There is a huge buzz around Live Mesh - I've been using it myself to test it out and the concept is...
Author: NickM77 Date: 05/21/2008
Microsoft Worldwide Telescope
Harvey blogged about this - looks awesome......
Author: NickM77 Date: 05/21/2008