Reaching Out to Microsoft Partners in Australia

http://blogs.technet.com/itproaustralia/archive/2008/08/29/microsoft-surface-in-australia-at-teched-2008.aspx Deeps tells us all - there will be a Surface table to try out at TechEd next week.. See you there :-)

Now I know some clever Australia partners will have a go with this :-) http://popflyteam.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!51018025071FD37F!321.entry

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/internet-explorer/beta/ http://blogs.msdn.com/ie And all partners need to make sure they are on top of the tag changes needed before the IE8 product becomes widespread: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956197

http://www.microsoft.com.au/techconnect/default.aspx This is new initiative to help connect experts in the community with each other and with Microsoft. Have a look - goof for partners too !

One of the team locally sent this article round: http://rcpmag.com/features/print.aspx?editorialsid=2532 It is a 3rd party article but on a quick read it does look like a useful article for partners to read. "Unlocking the Secrets of Microsoft's...

We ran this last year and it was very successful. it's a collaboration between Austrade and Microsoft Australia and is a great chance to travel to our Redmond HQ and be part of a special technology trade mission. From the brochure : " Be part of...

Good post from Bruce at Carpe Diem based on a Harvard Business Review article: "It is continually frustrating to see IT sales people that know so much about their products - but so little about the businesses of the customers they sell these products...

Steve Clayton spotted this white paper a week or so ago and I have been reading it since. It's a great intro into the cloud services market trend, and is a great foundation for partners interested in SaaS and S+S. Also as we move to provide much more...

This year's dedicated event for Embedded Developers This event encapsulates the only in-depth technical training for Windows Embedded available in Australia this year. If you're an Embedded Developer, you don't want to miss it. Take back skills to your...

Straight from the official SBS product team blog , Small Business Server 2008 has 'released to manufacturing' - which means the code is baked and moves to escrow etc. The product will be generally available within a few weeks and the worldwide launch...

http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/press/2008/aug08/08-20Photosynth08PR.mspx So we have just released a v1.0 of the truly amazing Photosynth technology. This is the auto-stitching technology where you take a collection of digital photos and it brings...

https://training.partner.microsoft.com/plc/search_adv.aspx?ssid=862db7d8-f078-40aa-a93e-526e618c05b0 BPIO University Online Course: BPIO Overview This is the first module in an 8-part series about Business Productivity Infrastructure Optimization –...

https://partner.microsoft.com/Australia/40043021 You can download all the presentations, see event photos , and much more..

I installed the Edison PC Power Management application today. It's a great piece of software we are officially endorsing and it provides a consumer-friendly interface to help the users decide how much power saving they want to do - but it also tells you...

With the release of the upcoming Virtualisation exams, 32% discount will help you acquire the new competencies /specialisations · 70-652 TS: Windows Server 2008 Virtualization Configuring (expected release in late Aug/early Sep) · 70-403 TS...

This is a great story on how we are using RFID tags to track people at the TechEd event coming up in a couple of weeks. http://www.itnews.com.au/News/82862,microsoft-tracks-people-with-rfid-tags.aspx Part of the plan is to de-mystify the RFID technology...

For those of us not in the US, this is what we are missing - amazing concept to see the power of a great user experience (via Silverlight) effectively redefining the way people will watch internet based TV in the future. What do you think ? Watch the...

Delicate Genius Michael Kordahi (who was part of our keynote at APC recently) is having some fun with the "ask the experts" spot at TechEd. I would love to see one our partners win this !! Find out more here: http://delicategeniusblog.com/?p...

We have just put some Surface devices in a few Sheraton hotels. Nice to see the real world momentum building. Here are some links to see more: Press release: http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/press/2008/aug08/08-13SheratonMSSurfacePR.mspx Surface website...

Just launched - a great way for partners to keep track on the developments coming in the next version of Windows: http://blogs.msdn.com/e7/

Check out Bianca's (Little Miss Enviro Geek) session if you are attending TechEd Australia: http://blogs.technet.com/lmeg/archive/2008/08/12/announcement-green-it-session-teched-australia.aspx

For those partners that attended the second day keynote at APC (Australian Partner Conference) you will have heard me, in my section on environmental sustainability, talk about the power saving feature built into Vista helping default power usage (versus...

http://www.arnnet.com.au/index.php/id;1881772501;fp;16;fpid;1 Check out all those photos - brings back nice memories from last week :-) Example photo (go Productiv !)

(Aug 21 Update - added Dataract's press release) If any of our award winning partners from Australian Partner Conference (APC) want to send me their own press releases I will put links to them here for others to see. Well done again! Here are some...

https://partner.microsoft.com/global/40073057 The forthcoming release of IE8 means that partners need to modify existing websites that are optimised for other versions of IE. The link above provides all the info you need.