In the next year or so, a number of our BizSpark Startups will come to the end or their three years in BizSpark. Microsoft wants to be ready to help these companies transition into non-BizSpark partners as painlessly as possible.

Today we posted our offer to graduating BizSpark Startups. You can find the details here:

BizSpark Graduation Offer

The BizSpark Graduation Offer allows Startups who graduate from BizSpark to:

1. Keep, at no charge, all the software they currently use*, and

2. Have the option to purchase a subscription or maintenance to keep their software updated

Highlights:

After three years in the program, we will waive the $100 exit fee and offer the following:

ü Startups can renew their MSDN subscriptions at any level, starting at $935 for two years, per developer (MSDN renewals include Windows Azure benefits – compute hours, SQL storage, etc.)

ü Startups can purchase the first two years of Microsoft Software Assurance (upgrades, support and training) for production server licenses at a 50% discount.

If you’re not currently in BizSpark, check out the site at http://bizspark.com. If you’re eligible, apply for the program. If you’re a startup on the east coast of the US, go ahead and drop me a note at brianjo@microsoft.com and I’ll work with you directly.

It’s like watching your kids grow up.  

Brianjo

If you do any WP7, Silverlight, or WPF development, you’re probably not going to want to miss this.

Future of Silverlight

Keynote Starts December 2, 2010 at 9:00 pacific time

• Hear what’s coming next from Microsoft’s Scott Guthrie
• Training, labs & swag
• Online or in-person at Microsoft HQ, December 2nd 2010
• It’s just like an extra day of PDC, dedicated to Silverlight

Good stuff from our Partner Ignition blog…