Posted by Christian to our Ride The 2008 Wave blog : " ISV Innovation Days will allow you to connect with the Microsoft ISV Virtual Team (including the Partner Team - SMS&P; our Developer Platform Evangelism - DPE) and learn about the advantages and...

Had a great night on Weds at the ARN IT Awards . Many congrats to the team at ARN for pulling off a great night and a well received green theme, including providing a substantial donation to Clean Up Australia . We were delighted to win the software vendor...

"Built using an unprecedented level of customer feedback, the advancements in Windows Server 2008 are indicative of Microsoft’s commitment to give customers the tools and applications they want and need in today’s environment. REDMOND, Wash., Sept. 24...

http://blogs.technet.com/itproaustralia/archive/2007/09/24/technet-updates-october-network-policy-server-nap-and-wsus-3-0.aspx TechNet Updates October: Network Policy Server, NAP and WSUS 3.0 Published 24 September 07 11:41 AM The TechNet team is touring...

Via our MVP Program Manager - very much aimed at all Office developers, including partners. "We’d like to let you know about a community lead event taking place in the Microsoft Office on the weekend of November 3 & 4. The event has been organised...

http://halo3.msn.com/videos.aspx Updated with some awesome trailers (warning - some quite violent)... Includes an HD option: http://halo3.msn.com/videosHD.aspx Just make sure you switch to full screen to see the full effect - hopefully the lights are...

Check out the new Halo 3 skin on www.tafiti.com

If you are in a pre-sales or sales role and are talking to technical or business decision-makers, BPIO U will arm you with information and tools you need to drive your revenue. If you are a technical expert and support Microsoft Office Systems solutions...

Sign up today to attend the Microsoft Partner Academy training classes on: 1. Windows Server 2008 2. Exchange Server 2007 3. SQL 2005 This is the same training that Microsoft’s own technical specialists receive! This is a limited seat, distance learning...

" REDMOND, Wash. — Sept. 19, 2007 — As part of its commitment to providing industry-leading business intelligence solutions, Microsoft Corp. has launched Microsoft ® Office PerformancePoint™ Server 2007, an application that enables companies to drive...

Martin Gregory , the Director of our Server and Tools business (=Mr Wave Launch). and Ric Holland form WACOM:

Posting the BizTalk training article made me think that it's worth prompting partners to check out the latest readiness schedule all up. We've added a lot more in the past few weeks: Microsoft-delivered technical training schedule for partners " BPIO...

There have been some very significant enhancements to the BizTalk platform in R2. This Jumpstart has been designed as a fast pace, intense workshop to take highly proficient Partners across the new features of BizTalk 2006 R2. The course will explore...

This has been in works for a while, and has now gone live. The Sharepoint equivalent of the Desktop Deployment Planning Services initiatives. You can sign up for free and we will pay you to deliver a deployment plan for one of our Software Assurance customers...

1. All partners can today download a free copy of an ebook on WS2008 from http://www.microsoft.com/learning/windowsserver2008/default.mspx#ELEARNING 2. All partners can today sign for a free (limited time) Elearning courses : This online learning collection...

We've launched a new Partner TV video today - hear from a partner (Richard from CargoWise) on the subject of OpenXML. http://blogs.msdn.com/ozpartnertv/archive/2007/09/18/partner-tv-cargowise-talks-about-open-xml.aspx

One of the Vista team in the US went to the trouble of creating a list of Microsoft team blogs - meaning those in the product groups in the US building our products. If interesting then please go back to the list as I am sure this will get updated regularly...

This technical training focuses on the Small Business Server 2003 Release 2 and will be delivered in two sessions, with each session focusing on a different aspect of SBS Server 2003 R2. The sessions will run for approximately three (3) hours with a lunch...

http://www.microsoft.com/australia/servers/biztalk/event/default.mspx

Partners who crave deep dive expert training on WCF and WF may be very interested in these courses: Juval Lowy’s Windows Communication Foundation MasterClass– Registrations close 21 September Juval Lowy is returning to Australia by popular demand to deliver...

We will be making all keynote decks available on the main partner portal shortly but for now here is my keynote on Slideshare.net:

Via Christian : When? Tuesday 6 Nov 2007, 8.30am Where? Sydney: Clifton and Associates - Sydney CBD, Level 2, 200 George Street, Sydney, New South Wales 2000 Link to Register: Click here to Register Online or register by phone: 132058 (event id 1032352020...

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2007/sep07/09-11virtualization.mspx "This week at VMworld we’re announcing that the Community Technology Preview (CTP) of Windows Server virtualization is coming soon with the initial release candidate of Windows...

Our great Partner Technology Specialists team run 2 blogs - one is the IW blog which I've promoted before and then there is an infrastructure-focussed equivalent ("Plumbing and Wiring in a Microsoft world") which I haven't mentioned before. Some sample...

We have released a bunch of post-event resources. Start here for the main resources page. Or if you want a more direct link you can find: 1. Photos here https://partner.microsoft.com/Australia/40046363 (we will send out photos to all award winners separately...