Microsoft IT-Girls 2012 (formerly known as DigiGirlz) was held to a packed theatre on Monday 2 nd April 2012 at the Microsoft offices. Over 150 girls from 16 schools participated in a full (and pretty exhausting) day of workshops, presentations and careers panels, to learn more about the career opportunities...

      The Power of Lightswitch on Windows Azure       EVENT DETAILS Please register your attendance via the “Register Now” links below. Check in will be open from 7:30am on site. Introducing Microsoft Visual Studio LightSwitch , a simple self-service tool that allows developers...

      After 4 SOLD OUT years, REMIX is back for another year! This year, we’re bringing the love to the Seymour Centre in Sydney and we’re doing it with a special event on the evening of 1 June then a mega-full day of learning and loving on 2 June . REMIX has always been the place where...

www.sydstart.com - where startups meet talent and change the world. Sydstart is a community run event for startups to hear from successful leaders in the startup commnunity - those who are leading by example with great recent success such as exits or investment or new industry initiatives - as well as...

We ran our first Azure BizSpark event in Sydney in April last year. Since then we have had Phone 7 ones in Melbourne and Brisbane as well as 2 more Azure Startup camps in  Perth & Melbourne . Each one has been bigger than the previous one, and as we get feedback from each one, we take that on...

On the 4-6 th of February, in tumultuous flooding rains, Melbourne was host to their first Azure BizSpark camp. This was the most successful BizSpark camp we have run to date. Not only did we have 11 teams present their solutions at the end of the event, but the noise & excitement generated by the...

  View online version     Bigger, better – and back again! Microsoft's business building roadshows are back for 2011 – and we're coming to your State capital this March. So clear your calendar for the Partner Connect Roadshow. You'll get a full day of incredibly valuable information –...

Windows phone 7 Acceleration - Briefing Invitation   Abstract Join us to attend one of three Windows Phone acceleration events. Nick Randolph from Built To Roam once again will be sharing his wealth of knowledge of the Phone 7 platform.   This time around we’re hitting Sydney, Melbourne and...

I am noticing a growing trend in the number of startups in Perth! And not to be outdone by other cities – it seems that every time we run events elsewhere, it is the Perth contingents job to ensure that we know that it’s their turn to host an event next!! I am very happy to announce that that time has...

Are you interested in Windows Phone 7 Development ? Do you already have your killer App in mind and want to get support while you build it? Do want to learn from Technical and Business Experts? Do you want the opportunity to present your business idea to Investors and Venture Capitalists while networking...

Attending the XAPFest in your city is one of the best way for you to test your Windows Phone 7 application on a real device. The Australian Developer Platform & Evangelism team is running a PDC 2010 Roadshow . As part of this event Dave Glover is presenting  the Phone 7 update to give you the...

Over the weekend I was fortunate enough to be involved in the 4th Sydney Start Up Weekend. The idea is something that was kicked off by local entrepreneur Bart Jellema and with 3 Sydney & 2 Melbourne based Start Up Weekend events behind him already (although he claimed we would all learn as we went...

Its a great time to be a Start Up in Australia! There is so much activity going on! Perth in particular seems to be a growing hub of energy! I have just head that local Web Incubator Pollenizer is running a Bootcamp specifically for start ups in Perth. Space is limited so get in Quick! In a nut shell...

Bright and early on a rainy Friday, 234 excited developers from all over Australia (and even 3 from New Zealand) descended on the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney to attend Day 1 of WebCamp. WebCamp is James Senior’s brain child and after some date tweaking (& persistent requesting), we were fortunately...

It's camping season! function WebCamps () { Day1.Learn(); Day2.Build(); } Interested in learning how new innovations in Microsoft's Web Platform and developer tools like ASP.NET 4 and Visual Studio 2010 can make you a more productive web developer? If you're currently working with PHP, Ruby, ASP...

You asked, we listened! In the coming weeks there are a series of events for our partners & customers in Adelaide & Perth. Perth and Adelaide SQL 2008 R2 events – New Era of Data Management and Business Intelligence SQL Server 2008 R2 released to RTM on April 21st and will officially launch on...

  SQL Server 2008 is a broad, integrated, easy-to-use, and rich platform for database management and delivering Business Intelligence (BI). SQL Server 2008 R2; the latest release to this enterprise-class DBMS, was announced at TechEd 2009. SQL Server 2008 R2 delivers several breakthrough capabilities...

Across the weekend, we selected 10 companies (from the submissions we received) to participate in the first Australian BizSpark Camp. We decided to focus this first event around Azure technologies, so asked the teams to submit how they thought they might use Azure for their solution. The event kicked...

On Wednesday the 24th of March 2010, we held the first Australian DigiGirlz Event here at The Microsoft North Ryde office. We had over 120 attendees from 7 local schools - North Sydney Girls High School, Riverside Girls High School, St George Girls High School, Strathfield Girls High School, PLC Croydon...

With several successful Microsoft BizSpark Incubation Weeks under our belt ( Azure Atlanta , Win7 Boston , Win7 Reston , CRM Reston , CRM Boston , Win 7 Irvine , Mobility Mountain View ,), we are pleased to announce Microsoft BizSpark Camp for Windows Azure in Sydney! We hope you’re tapping into the...

Minister Jodi McKay MP keynoted a recent Females in Telecommunications & Technology luncheon to celebrate International Women’s Day. During the event, she highlighted one of the biggest challenges facing Women in Technology: One in five Australians studying to work in ICT was female, and the number...

Working with Visual Studio is part of the day to day life of most Microsoft Developers & Project team members – so knowing the in & outs of the application is key to your Productivity. With each new release comes a new plethora of features – and where else should you learn about how to best use...

This month the Melbourne xRM usergroup has a fantastic session planned – they are looking at Investing your existing .NET skill in Microsoft Dynamics CRM. At the moment, there is a huge demand in Microsoft CRM market and unfortunately followed by a shortage of skill around Microsoft CRM. In this upcoming...

Adelaide Microsoft CRM UG Wednesday 31 th March 2010,  12:00 Noon - 1:30 PM  Level 2, WestPac House, 91 King William St,  Adelaide Microsoft Dynamics ® CRM contains a variety of tools to track, manage, execute, and report on customer interactions. The system includes a large and customisable...

I just heard about a great FREE event taking place in in Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney at the end of January that I thought I recommend you attend to find out more about the great new features in SQL 2008 R2. Its the SQL Server 2008 R2 Hot Lap which is being run by Wardy IT Solutions. The SQL Server...