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This is now available in recorded format: http://www.msreadiness.com/coursedetail.aspx?id=6007

http://beta.channel9.msdn.com/ What do you think about it ? For me, a huge fan of the Channel 9 concept, I do feel it's time for an update on the look and feel. Off to explore the beta to make a decision if I like it but so far so good...

You'll notice the new addition no doubt to my left hand column: This is a very long story but Steve Clayton is the best place to start to learn more - you'll hear much more about this in Australia in the coming weeks and months. More info here: www.gapingvoid...

" REDMOND, Wash., June 26, 2007 – On Nov. 1, 2005, Microsoft announced Windows Live, a set of personal Internet services and software designed to bring together in one place all of the relationships, information and interests people care about most, with...

Via Shane Morris of our evangelism team: "Bite-sized Silverlight tutorials for designers - a perfect fit for your attention span This is big - but small at the same time. Our very own karstenj , designer to the stars, has launched " Nibbles Tutorials...

I had a great day at Remix yesterday - hope you did if you attended. Remember you can get eval copies of Expression tools here: www.microsoft.com/expression Watch this space for plenty of action in the coming 12 months around our web channel - web agencies...

Via Siatro (=Steve Iatropoulos) on the AUSPTSIW blog : " I have harped on about this for a while and you may have seen me talk about this at the latest Partner Roadshow in Aus. Its now available on the partner portal. But Demo Showcase 2007 is now available...

This is an exciting resource for partners - a comprehensive (seriously - check it out !) set of resources like training, white papers, sales tools (like call scripts), and marketing tools (photo library, marketing templates etc). "Marketing your product...

Awesome to see the guys at Readify get this up and running. 3days of deep dive training on Silverlight. More detail here on Frank's blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/frankarr/archive/2007/06/18/get-up-to-speed-on-silverlight-before-the-masses-with-readify.aspx

Well despite Christian Longstaff (previously the key person behind this UK video communication channel) leaving the UK to join our team here in Australia , the team in the UK are continuing to deliver some great content. This one caught my eye - http...

"Consumer Engagement Reference Architecture becomes first stand-alone module under new blueprint; both are available for download today on the MSDN Healthcare Industry Center. LAS VEGAS — June 20, 2007 — Microsoft Corp. today announced the broad availability...

Via Angus: http://blogs.msdn.com/angus_logan/archive/2007/06/22/want-a-microsoft-office-sharepoint-server-moss-2007-virtual-image-vhd-vpc.aspx or www.microsoft.com/vhd and the full list of images for download: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/results...

(Updated as links weren't working) Business Intelligence - A Complete Solution This is an intensive two-day workshop. Attendees will work through practical hands-on labs, building a complete BI solution by the end of the workshop. In addition, instructor...

Well we did warn you - WPC has sold out. You'll need to join the wait list if you still want to go but didn't yet register. I am very much looking forward to it - see you there if you are coming !! We have a team of people gearing up to host our attending...

Click here for more info and to register It's the highlight of our year - getting 100s of like-minded partners all together in amazing surroundings ( www.hamiltonisland.com.au ) - with huge opportunities for networking with each other and Microsoft managers...

Just saw this on Anna's blog : " this great story just arrived my inbox: '...we’re extremely proud to announce that the www.microsoft.com site is running 100% on our next generation web platform!!' For those of you curious about the scale and availability...

(Update - make sure you check out Oscar's comment on this post - info on how actually to federate with us). Interesting post from Oscar Trimboli (Mr UC for MS Australia) Find out who is federated here: http://blogs.msdn.com/oscartr/archive/2007/06/16...

Via Mike Heald's Marketing for Partners blog : "As part of our productivity campaign, we asked our event agency (Jack Morton) to conduct a live meeting for our partners about how to conduct a successful event. We had about 60 partners on the Live Meeting...

Attend Microsoft’s High Performance Computing Seminar (HPC) Leverage Microsoft’s investment in HPC to grow your infrastructure business If you are already involved in delivering Microsoft infrastructure solutions, then this is a great chance to expand...

I am really excited about this which we have been working on for a while - here is where we help the partner community with talent through our awesome set of interns. Our intern program allows us to hire top-level undergrads, and integrate them into our...

I've said a few times that it's the year for the Solution Finder - really time to get your solutions profiled as we invest in driving more and more customers to find partners through the front end surfacing of partners' profiled data. So here is an example...

http://www.microsoft.com/australia/education/pil/innovativeteachers/awards.mspx Know of a great teacher who has used technology innovatively to help students learn effectively ? If so please nominate them or get them to nominate themselves on the website...

Well my friends - I have good news. MS Press has released the first book for Longhorn Server, now officially Windows Server 2008. Remember Microsoft Partners get special pricing from our local distributor Woodslane. (Call them on 02-9970 5111) From the...

http://blogs.technet.com/homeserver/archive/2007/06/12/release-candidate-goes-live.aspx Quote: "That's right...we've reached another important product milestone! The highly anticipated Windows Home Server Release Candidate is available today. The product...