Reaching Out to Microsoft Partners in Australia

[Note from Nick - you can't actually register yet, but we'll send an update asap when rego opens. For now please makr your diaries if this is of interest - important for almost every ISV, plus many SIs]. Sydney – Tuesday 13 February 2007, Microsoft Sydney...

We continue to add lots of technical training courses on pre-release and recently-released technologies (remember our Learning Partners can provide courses on more mainstream and mature technologies) - this is turning into a very comprehensive offering...

Found via the official Sharepoint blog : A nice little gentle introduction to Wikis on MOSS for those not too sure : http://www.microsoft.com/technet/technetmag/issues/2007/01/Wiki/default.aspx

Hot off the press, I am delighted to announce that we have locked the dates and venue for this year's partner conference, targetted at our Gold and Certified partners (although all partners are welcome !). Dates: 29th August to 1st Sept 2007 Venue: Hamilton...

Again from the Certified Partner Newsletter: " ISV Innovation Day 2007 Would you like to learn how to make the most of the features of Windows Vista, the 2007 Microsoft Office system and SharePoint? Do you want to learn more about Microsoft Business Solutions...

From the Australian Technet Blog and definitely useful partners (although please note the ausl alias is for customers - partners should use the partner hotlline, option 4 at 13 20 58, or your PAM if you are Gold or Certified) " We have found some useful...

I am delighted to confirm that Lorna Farrar has been appointed to the SBSC role, replacing Bill Vlandis who many SBSCs knew well. Lorna is also known to many of you through her awesome work on our partner events (roadshow and the partner conference) plus...

From our colleagues in Volume Licensing: "Microsoft includes product activation technology in some products that are sold through original equipment manufacturer (OEM), retail, and Volume Licensing channels. The Windows Vista operating system will...

From Angus : " I’m organising the agenda for the APAC SharePoint Conference in Sydney early May 2007. This survey will help us understand what is right for the conference. We will be seeding the agenda from the SharepPoint Conf Europe - it can be found...

Via UK Dynamics : "Want To Learn Microsoft Dynamics? Microsoft Dynamics e-Learning is now available for purchase from Microsoft Learning. You can view courses for: Microsoft Dynamics AX Microsoft Dynamics GP Microsoft Dynamics NAV Microsoft Dynamics SL...

Thanks to Eddie Geller, CEO of Unique World , I've been 'tagged' which is a viral craze going round the blogging community. I tell you all 5 things you might not know about me and then tag 5 more people. So here goes: 1. I have a PhD from Oxford University...

From the global partner portal : "ISV Profitability Resources Increase Your Profitability: IDC Presents How You Can Improve Your Business Performance Is your company doing everything it can to protect your bottom line and drive profits? According to the...

Great idea and only recently released (see here for more info from the dev team). [Yes, I do have more to do than this shows, but I needed to temporarily remove some items that are not suitable for public broadcast !] ISVs - you should definitely be thinking...

From Oscar Trimboli, Director for Unified Communications in Australia: "The release and launch of Exchange 2007, our national road show provided great insights into our customers upgrade schedule compared to our Exchange 2003 release. Equally exciting...

This is the 'cure' for the digital amnesia, announced today at CES !! http://kindel.com/blogs/charlie/archive/2007/01/07/3602.aspx Channel 10 video: http://on10.net/Blogs/jesse/windows-home-server-will-live-in-your-closet-simplify-your-life/ I think this...

Found out about Jeff Jones' blog today - the official story on security. http://blogs.technet.com/security/ Lots of good posts up there: Mac OS X Security Myth #1: Mac OS X Has Few Security Bugs Microsoft SQL vs Oracle : David Litchfield Comparison Paper...

I like this new press release: "The ability to deploy a modern, integrated communication and collaboration platform with Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and the 2007 Microsoft Office system prompts companies to...

Via Lorna : "The Corp OEM team are putting on a LIVE online training event with a Q&A session to celebrate the launch of Vista and Office 2007. January 30 th at 8.30 am (Australian time) You can register here The session will be in 2 parts - the first...

What an awesome idea - templates for the MySite functionality in Sharepoint - from the Sharepoint Blog : "Building on the successful concept of Application Templates for Windows SharePoint Services , we are announcing a set of Role-Based Templates for...

Via Frank http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb264574.aspx " The following software development kits and application programming interfaces are available to Windows Live developers: Microsoft adCenter API - The Microsoft adCenter application programming...

"About BPIO University: The BPIO University is a 3-day, in-depth, instructor-led sales readiness workshop for Microsoft Partners. Focused on three main capabilities, Unified Communications and Collaboration, Enterprise Content Management and Business...

Now this will definitely be of interest to infrastructure partners, and indeed some ISVs (who would like virtualisation to help get their apps rolled out): "IT departments today are struggling to cut costs while increasing operational agility, delivering...

Via the VE Blog: " Australia Day Imagery online Judging from the amount of blogs and online news sources talking about this this week, It seems a lot of folks have been waiting to check this out! Microsoft Australia partnered with the National Australia...

Video: Wow! Windows Vista

Via Tim Sneath: The British Library has published a new application allowing you to read some of the world's oldest books in an intereactive way. Try the app directly here: http://ttpdownload.bl.uk/browserapp.xbap More info here: http://www.turningthepages...