"This three-day deep dive will enable you to obtain knowledge, build skills and win early customers with Microsoft Search technology. The goals of this Training event are to: Educate and excite partners about the opportunity for Microsoft Enterprise Search...

(For Registered, Certified and Gold partners) Anyone who has been a partner roadshow, or attended other informational briefings over recent months and even years will have heard about our Solution Profiler directory. Sometimes I think we are a little...

http://www.quickstartmicrosoftsearch.com (free to register) A reminder that this awesome site for helping partners get started with understanding and leveraging our search platform is up and running and being continually developed. The site has been added...

What is itsnotcheating.com.au ? Approx. 1 million Australian students in 43 Australian universities will be able to purchase Office Ultimate 2007 online for AUD$75 outright or AUD$25 for one year (subscription) simply by providing their university email...

Via Mark Harrison : " ArtemisCorp have announced details of their first RAPID module. The 'RAPID for SharePoint' Classification system will be available in a range of versions towards the end of March 2007. It enables SharePoint 2007 to meet current Public...

This excellent sales resource has just been published http://partner.microsoft.com/erg (Gold partners only can actually access the guide) "We are pleased to announce the release of the February 2007 ERG bulletin —providing an overview of several key infrastructure...

I know, a cheap headline, but I needed to get everyone's attention :-) This is only of relevance for Gold and Certified partners. Following up this post on the Early Start Initiative for Performance Management, I received a small parcel in the post from...

Somehow I missed this from a couple of weeks ago. Please use this search page as your main web search until March and we can all raise some money for a good cause: http://click4thecause.live.com More here on the official press release

Interesting video on how to use some of the higher end features in Live Search from one of the product team: Video: Windows Live Series - Live Search And a similar one on Live Maps: Video: Windows Live Series - Live Maps

Action Pack subscribers will shortly be receiving an email from Pip Marlow, following up on the one last week. We are detailing how you go about redeeming the offer from the CPLS partners for discounted training, and also reminding you about the Vista...

Via the VE Blog: " Weather.com goes live with Virtual Earth maps You can now view animated radar and cloud cover maps at Weather.com, built on the Virtual Earth platform. You can select what you want overlaid on the map and set the level of transparency...

" Welcome to Microsoft Office Enterprise Project Management University Looking to get trained and ready in how to plan, install, configure and manage a Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 deployment? You’ve found the right place. Microsoft is pleased...

A great article - often these 'early adopter' stories can't get to public press, so enjoy one that did make it ! I personally can't wait to see RoundTable get out there in general use... " BHP Billiton is banking on Microsoft technology to fulfill a three...

Remember that Gold and Certified Partners can register for what we are calling 'Early Start Initiatives' to help get ready for forthcoming specialisations in the competencies of the partner program. I registered myself (yes we can, as Microsoft, ensure...

Hi everyone. Just a quick update - we believe now that the delivery of the shipments is under control and most or all of you will have received it by now. If you haven't please do get in touch with the helpline on 13 20 58, option 4 to get your tracked...

Via Mary Jo : " This article contains a list of applications that have earned the "Certified for Windows Vista" logo or the "Works with Windows Vista" logo. These applications are officially supported on Windows Vista by our independent software vendor...

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Don't forget we kick off the exciting Innovation Days for ISVs this Thursday in Melbourne. We are close to capacity in all cities, and the team is excited to be delivering some awesome content around Web2.0, Vista and Office for the ISV community. http...

From PressPass: "Microsoft Releases SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 Update is fully compatible with Windows Vista and the 2007 Microsoft Office system; new licensing updates enhance opportunities for virtualization. SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 Web site...

Via Frank - note the video referenced is one of Frank's favourites, not mine - not that I dislike it :-) For those in the dark about Soapbox, it's Microsoft's video sharing platform a la YouTube. "The Soapbox Beta is now open to a wide audience. I've...

Just a quick one for you all - we have received confirmation (and evidence !) that the shipments have taken place so you should be receiving your pack very soon if you haven't already got it. If you don't receive yours by the end of this week, I suggest...

Further to my earlier post , Pip Marlow (Director, Small, Medium Business and Partners, and my manager) is emailing all the partners who have a MAPS (=action pack) subscription today/Monday to provide an update. This blog will provide the very latest...

I love this new facility we've just added into the partner portal: http://www.microsoft.com/australia/partner/evo/signature.aspx Instantly create your own signature: 1. Select Male or Female for the silhouette. 2. Drag and drop the logos that are your...

We've published an important note around the topic of the Open XML document format here. This has the potential to affect all Microsoft partners and we are grateful for all the support we've had so far from the channel in terms of supporting the selection...

We are hearing a significant number of questions coming into the helpline around the delayed January Action pack. They are centred on 2 main issues: 1. Where is the January pack ? We are investigating the delays and hope to update the subscribers in the...