Microsoft is "all in" with the cloud, and you can be too. The cloud represents one of the biggest opportunities in decades for the tech industry, for Microsoft and for you as our partner. From creating opportunities for you and your customers, to enabling...

Congratulations to Kieran Blok the June Microsoft Certification Hero!! Kieran has achieved the following Microsoft Certifications: · MCP · MCSE · MCSA (Charter Member) · MVP Kieran illustrates how Microsoft certifications...

Learn how to have much more profitable conversations with your customers See how to reach new markets by partnering with other businesses Learn how to use it, how to make it a major part of your business, and how you profit from it Learn how to evolve...

Potentially you could be - but unless you submit an entry , we'll never know! HURRY - SUBMISSIONS CLOSE SOON! "This is only going to inspire our team to continue to build industry leading solutions for a market segment we’re passionate about...

Learn how to upgrade your customers' operating systems now to ensure they are secure and are running at peak performance.

Microsoft's Partner Network benefits empower your business, why not share your experience with other Partners? Leave a post on this blog about your favourite benefit and how it helped your business. If you're quick, your post could even land you a new...

100 lucky BIG Cash winners have won a $100 Visa Gift Card this week. And just by purchasing qualifying Microsoft products, they've put themselves in the running for the BIG Grand Prize draw too. Make sure you check out the Big Cash Giveaway Website each...

Watch this webcast to discover how new competencies and subscriptions launching this year can help you win more customers.

The current eServices Head Agreement is due to expire 30 June 2011.  A public Request for Tender (RFT) will be released early in 2011 to establish a new panel.  The release of the RFT is currently on hold whilst the new State Government is briefed...

Los Angeles , is the site of the 2011 Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference! · Theme parks, nightclubs and parks to play in · An incredibly diverse mix of cultures and neighbourhoods to discover · Exotic ethnic restaurants, unique cuisine and world-class...

Newly appointed Virtualization Value Added Distributor Ingram Micro is hosting a Webinar series to outline the current Virtualization and Management offerings from Microsoft. Presented by Ingram Micro's Market Development Manager, Anthony Kola, the...

Authorised Education Resellers (AERs) can earn $$ for selling the new Open Value Subscription for Education (OVS-ES) licensing program. Register to attend this webcast to find out all you need to know about how to license OVS-ES and earn rewards with...

Global PC software theft grew to a record $59 billion . The Business Software Alliance (BSA) released last Thursday 12 th May, the Eighth Annual BSA Global Software Piracy Study . For the first time PC shipments to emerging economies outpaced those mature...

After last week's announcement of March 23 US (March 24 Australia) launch of Windows Intune, there have been additional training materials placed online. Now that Australia is confirmed as a launch country, take the time to check out some of these offerings...

If you are looking for advice on how to build your Private Cloud (SPLA) strategy, then register for Express Data’s upcoming Cloud Services Summit. Express Data are the only Distributor who carries both Open & SPLA so they are uniquely positioned to...

I’m excited to announce that you can now test (the only way to test) your product in Microsoft Platform Ready.. so if you have an Azure app (or code), SQL, Windows Server or Windows 7 you can quickly profile your application and test your application...

Join Ingram Micro at one of their Open Value Seminars , running in Brisbane, Sydney & Melbourne during November. Over breakfast, you'll learn the value of leading with Open Value and the benefits it can have to your business. The Ingram Micro team...

Today Microsoft and Telstra announced the launch of the Telstra Windows Phone 7 Social Review, a competition for social media-savvy consumers to win the opportunity to receive and review the new Windows Phone 7 handset, the HTC 7 Mozart. Twenty five entrants...

A fantastic opportunity for Partners to prepare for exams, for FREE . ExamFest is combinations of instructor-led technical labs and exam prep sessions. Lead by Microsoft Certified Trainers, the ExamFest provides you the knowledge of the product exams...

Hi, my name is Sarah Arnold and I am the Partner Program Manager for Australia. I am very excited to share my new blog with all of you. This blog is a new addition to the Microsoft Blog network and is dedicated to Microsoft Australian Partners of all...

I am currently busy booking the Australian networking dinner for when we are in New Orleans this year. To date we have 30 Australian Partners making the trip over to New Orleans. If you have not already please Register today for this year’s Worldwide...

… And hopefully the first of many. I am on the road this week with a couple of my team – Sarah Arnold, our wonderful Partner Program Manager whom you know and Wendy Komadina, our newly appointed Partner Marketing Lead. As you may know already, I am new...

I would like to congratulate Dimension Data for being the first Australian Partner to achieve the Virtualization Competency . The Virtualization Competency launched July this year and is the first Microsoft Partner Network Competency to launch. Is the...

Hi Partners, Ever dreamt of growing your own personal Money Tree? You thought they didn’t exist right? Well, if you have sold over $10,000 of Open Licenses in the past 12 months, you qualify as a Microsoft top value Added Reseller (TOP VAR). By becoming...

As of March 31, Microsoft LicenseWise for Volume Licensing includes support for the Microsoft ISV Royalty Licensing Program .