Tomorrow (Friday 14 May) is your last chance to buy early bird tickets at $195 including GST for REMIX Australia 2010. We really hope you can join us to hear more about the future of the web. There’s plenty of content on developing for Windows Phone 7, Silverlight, Azure and and so much more. Visit the...

As you may have seen on Michael’s blog , REMIX10 has been announced. Please find below the invitation and keep and eye on the REMIX Website for more information and the latest news.

Join us for this MSDN Book Club to discuss “ Building on the Windows 7 User Experience to Delight Your Customers ” When? Friday 26th March 2010 @ 12-1pm Sydney time. Click here to add the event to your diary Join the meeting Chosen video to review? click here to watch the TechEd video before...

We hope you can join us for our second MSDN Australia Book Club. What’s the Book Club? A regular LiveMeeting community discussion on a chosen presentation or video. This time we’ll be joined by Vijay Rajagopalan to discuss Developing Windows Azure Applications for PHP Ruby and Java using Eclipse "...

When? Tuesday 9th February 2010 at 6.30pm Where? University of Sydney: New Law School Auditorium Who? Developers who are interested in hearing Robbie Bach’s (President, Microsoft Entertainment & Devices Division) view on the future of technology and entertainment How do I register? I’m a...

Andrew Coates and Joel Pobar have organised our first MSDN Book Club! Review Joel’s TechEd presentation , download the slides and join this Book Club LiveMeeting to have your questions answered and to discuss the finer points of “Big Algorithms Made Easy”. More info here .

Sarah in the Partner Team is organising a lap around the map for a series of Innovation Days. The morning sessions is on emerging opportunities for the web, mobile and beyond: To deliver innovative experiences to attract and retain loyal customers. To create products and services that are integral to...

Coatsey has pulled some quick stats from the TechEd09 registration report… looks like the most popular name attending the conference this is year ‘Dave’. The most popular female name is Simone, which I reckon is a simple spelling mistake. One stat missing is the HUGE number of partners going… probably...

I’m sure you’ve heard this via the normal channels… the Worldwide Partner Conference is open for award submissions from tomorrow. Nominate your Solution for a 2009 Microsoft Global Award! The Awards program is designed to recognize your innovative solutions built on Microsoft technologies. Successful...

What do the experts have to say about the economy? Microsoft Financing has invited industry experts, Robert Gottliebsen, Jean Marc Annonier and Tracey Fellows to speak at this 1.5 hour session delivering valuable insight into current economic environment and what this means for you and the IT Industry...

Our CEO, Steve Ballmer, is in town on 6 November. If you would like to join us, please I would like the registration details for the Steve Ballmer Developer Event please">email me for details on how to register. I would like the registration details for the Steve Ballmer Developer Event please.">

The dates for our ISV road show have now been published and we’re coming to a city near you. What? “Get your feet on the ground, head in the clouds” The day will concentrate on important announcements released at October’s Professional Developer's Conference , and will focus on our Software...

We are about to announce our next ISV Innovation Day road show across Australia scheduled for the end of November 2008.  The main theme this year is Software plus Services , which I’m sure won’t surprise many of you.  We’ll be using content from the Professional Developers Conference (PDC)...

I went along to Robbie's Tech Ed SMB pre day today. I know now what Small Business Server and Essential Business Server is! Tomorrow I'll be attending Anna's Software plus Services session in the morning and then various ( ShaneMo's ) UX; Silverlight sessions through out the day. See you there.

When? Wednesday 10 September 10.30am – 12pm EST Where? via Live Meeting What? Are you an Aussie member of the ISV Royalty Licensing Program and need help understanding the online tools and ordering process? Or are you an Aussie ISV interested in seeing whether the ISV Royalty Program suits your business...

The Windows Mobile Team are holding an Embedded Developer PreDay to TechEd. Visit the TechEd site for more info on this and the SQL Server; SMB Day and Virtualisation.

The presentations from the Australia Partner Conference are now available for download from https://partner.microsoft.com/Australia/40043021 . The photos are also available here .

Due to popular demand, the PDC2008 Early Bird Discount has been extended. Register by 11:59 PM Pacific Time, Monday, 8th September and save $200 off the Full Conference Registration of $2,395. It's going to be an exciting conference with some content. Watch this space for dates for our ISV Innovation...

Michael (aka the Delicate Genius) is organising a competition at TechEd to find The Ultimate Expert , with the prize being a HP TouchSmart IQ505a . Visit his blog to see how you can get involved.

The 2008 Australia Partner Conference has come and gone and I've explored another part of the country, this time Port Douglas! Congratulations to all of the award winners , especially Dataract and Hyro for the ISV Software Solutions and Innovation Partner of the year respectively. ISV / Software Solutions...

It's been a while since I've blogged with lots happening at work and home becoming a Dad. Another fiscal year has come and gone and my first year in Australia has come to an end. I'm pleased to say they haven't asked me to leave yet so I'm around for FY09. Our next big event for the Partner Team is the...

As Nick mentioned in a recent posting, we're planning the content for the Australia Partner Conference held between 5-7 August 2008 at Port Douglas at the Sheraton Mirage between 5-7 August 2008. Click here to pre-register (you will need your partner ID and a LiveID account). I am holding an ISV pre...

As a major partner and media sponsor of the show, ZDNet Australia is again teaming up with CeBIT to host the ZDNet Australia and CeBIT 2008 Emerging Innovation Award . The award seeks to recognise and applaud stand-out technological innovations that have had a significant impact on the Australian landscape...

Hosting Days is hitting the road. Choose from two tracks, Services or Solutions, before coming together for an afternoon of Business focused content. Visit https://partner.microsoft.com/australia/40048707 to see both sessions and register. Solution track links are below.