What a night..  as part of our December Partner Marketing Roadshow (now called Fastlane) our focus is around Server 2008 technologies.  Agenda included Bruce Rasmussen from Carpe Diem who focused on how to sell and position 2008 technologies.  I came on stage and presented sales and marketing i.e. campaigns, launch etc.  Then we had Dean Calvert on stage presenting the bits and bites of Server 2008.  Overall it was a good session with approximately 50 attendee's.. and these people were very technical in nature but I believe adding marketing in the mix provided good variety - and will hopefully help them create demand - increasing their bottom line.

Stay tuned as we will be promoting the 'Server 2008 partner roadshow' kicking off in Sydney on February 28th.  You will need to RSVP fast as we only have room for 1,700 attendee's across Australia.  So stay tuned via the partner portal:  www.microsoft.com/partner/australia

Here are a few photos from the night:

Kim Partridge - Hats off to her as she organised the event and did an amazing job!
yes, this is me presenting the sales and marketing session for Server 2008
Dean Calvert from Calvert Technologies.  One of our MVP partners who volunteered to travel on the road with us and present Server 2008 from a partner perspective - great session and feedback!