Fasttrack ISV Virtual Design Review Team

Microsoft runs occasional Azure Deep Dive events, with a small numbers of customers and partners, to help accelerate their progress building real world solutions on the Azure Platform, and providing feedback to the product team. This video looks behind...

The Microsoft Developer and Platform Group are offering a limited number free half day Fasttrack Architectural / developer Reviews focused on the Windows Azure platform for partners. These will take place at the Microsoft offices in Reading, and will...

We’re now all living in the on-line, on-demand, on-camera era, so it seemed only right and proper that our team join in all the fun, so I have done a video with one of my colleagues Keith Burns where we talk about one of the topics that comes up regularly...

We have eight new free slots for architectural reviews, open to ISVs and technology Startups at our Microsoft London office Wednesday 15th April, 2009. London.  Morning (9:30 - 13:00) & Afternoon (13:30 - 17:00) Thursday 16th April, 2009. London...

In discussions with ISV’s recently it’s become apparent that a lot of people are interested in investigating the Azure Services but it’s finding the time to get started. It’s a big topic and there are lots of sources of information around already. What...

Our team is always under pressure to try to get out and about to visit partners, so we are pleased to announce two new dates for our Fasttrack Reviews in Manchester: 12th February, 2009. Morning (9:30 - 13:00) / Afternoon (13:30 - 17:00) 19th March, 2009...

Our team have had quite a lot of questions and discussions with partners around Azure, in both Fasttrack Reviews and at other events, so we thought it would help if we ran a couple of technical briefings to help get partners up to speed on what Azure...

One of the most common topics that we have discussions around in our Fasttrack reviews with ISVs is the choice of User Interface (UI) technology. If you go back 10 years or so, it was a an easy decision - there was the choice of Visual Basic or MFC/C...

We have four new slots available for Fasttrack Architecture Reviews, and we are now open for bookings. We will have our SQL Server expert at some of the sessions, and have marked those days with a "( SQL Related topics )", so if your areas of...

At a recent Fasttrack Architectural review we spent the afternoon with MCG Consulting, who provide commercial and operational systems for the Food and Drinks industry. The session focused primarily on .Evolve, which delivers ERP functionality through...

One if the great things about doing Fasttrack reviews is getting feedback from ISV’s. We were recently in a review where the ISV was using both SQL Server and MySQL. Of course working for Microsoft my first question was to ask why they had chosen...

To make it easy for ISVs to plan the best time to have a a Fasttrack review, we have booked a whole host of new half day slots that are available from now until Christmas 2008. We will probably also add some dates for Edinburgh and Manchester, so do let...

We have four new slots available for Fasttrack Architecture Reviews: Tuesday, 1st July 2008 - London: Morning Session (9:30 - 13:00) Afternoon Session (13:30 - 17:00) Wednesday, 2nd July 2008 - London: Morning Session (9:30 - 13:00) Afternoon Session...

Rich User Experience choices for a Line of Business application Context SmartPoint are innovators in the CRM space, and have developed an application which is able to detect user activity in a variety of applications and send specific sets of related...

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We have updated the section on this blog with details about what makes a good FastTrack review - http://blogs.msdn.com/fasttrackreview/pages/contact-us.aspx - check it out and let us know if you qualify.

Due to high demand for the first set of reviews in the London area (all booked up now I'm afraid) we'll be putting on some more around there soon. Rest assured we'll also be moving around the country to some other locations too. Here's the next set of...

If you're interested in having your very own Fasttrack Review , then we've just set up the dates for the first four sessions: Wednesday, 7th May 2008 - London: Morning Session (9:30 - 13:00) Afternoon Session (13:30 - 17:00) Thursday...

10 PRINT "Hello World" Another day, and another website surfaces out of the vast primeval soup of bits and bytes that make up the internet. This one won't help you put together that IKEA flat-pack, and contains no exciting facts about pottery - but...

What is the virtual fasttrack review program anyway? (Click here if you're interested in what a physical fasttrack review actually consists of) We on the Virtual Design Review Team are aiming to help ISVs with common technological problems they...

Apply to take part in a fasttrack review session We're always looking for keen ISVs to take part in one of our fasttrack review sessions. You'll get one on one support with architecting your solution and choosing the right technologies from Microsoft...