Allison has just released this new partner-aimed webcast with advice for partners on how to survive and prosper in the current climate: Simply go to Digital WPC site and select Allison's link: http://www.microsoft.com/digitalwpc/

https://www.discoveronlineservices.com/Pages/Default.aspx This document provides many of the answers to the questions that partners are typically asking around the business model, product info and much more following the announcements at Worldwide Partner...

Keep an eye on the PDC announcements at the PDC Virtual Pressroom : http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2008/oct08/10-28PDCDay2PR.mspx Keynote Day 2: Keynote Day 1:

Really amazing to see this - a research project from a Canadian University with large screen projection of Virtual Earth. Multi-Channel Virtual Earth Viewer

Spotted by Steve Clayton , the S+S website has just been updated to include a new vision video amongst other changes.   http://www.microsoft.com/softwareplusservices/

This is the big announcement overnight Australian time at PDC . This is a very big deal for us and we hope will be a crucial milestone in the S+S transformation for development oriented partners like ISVs. http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2008...

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Partner Academy Lives (PALs) are 1 hour managed webcasts for Partners using Microsoft’s Live Meeting 2007. At these sessions Partners will learn more about Microsoft’s products (including insight into products on the launch horizon); positioning...

Please note this important posting (which will be replaced by the actual security bulletin over night Aussie time): http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-oct.mspx Really important for partners to help their customers quickly deploy this...

http://www.microsoft.com/australia/powertodevelopers/ Very exciting and we are working on a live stream option to help everyone across Australia who can't make it to the physical event.

By now most of you should have received an email from us or seen the local 'glass half full' campaign to customers. I am delighted to see such a strong call to action to customers to connect to partners to get help - we firmly believe there is enormous...

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd126738.aspx "Microsoft Australia Uses RoundTable to Improve Productivity, Save Costs, and Reduce Carbon Footprint"

http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2008/10/14/silverlight-2-released.aspx http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2008/oct08/10-13Silverlight2PR.mspx

Interesting webcast coming up and good news is that ( by my research ) at 6.30am Sydney time - so not too bad for Australian partners:   Windows Vista and the Road to Windows 7 Tuesday, October 28, 2008 12:30 pm PST www.microsoft.com/digitalwpc Presented...

The Partner Training and Readiness Centre is a valuable information tool – where you can find all the latest training information, both online and classroom-based. Gain access to a broad range of training options To help you keep your knowledge...

Just for Action Pack subscribers - your very own online technical support: https://partner.microsoft.com/global/actionpackcommunity " The MAPS Online Technical Community* provides an environment in which Microsoft Action Pack Subscription (MAPS)...

https://www.microsoft.com.au/events/register/home.aspx?levent=144052&linvitation This is your opportunity to 'get your feet on the ground, head in the clouds' and connect with top architects, developers, and IT Marketing professionals in the community...

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Interesting to see some of the articles coming out of the UK around Steve Ballmer's visit there. Lots of articles on his 'windows cloud' presentation. As I've said lots of times, watch out for much more coming out of what is expected to be the most significant...

As you know Microsoft is always looking at ways of improving things for our Partners. We ask that you please take a few minutes out of your busy day to let us know, what the top 5 things you go to the Partner Portal to do are? i.e. look for information...

See Mike Gannotti's blog: " Earlier this week I had the pleasure of co-presenting Enterprise Web 2.0 to some great folks down in Ft Lauderdale, FL as a part of the Microsoft Connections events there. During the presentation, as well as in after event...

Not a great time for Australians, but you can see the recorded version when complete... I know this is an important topic to many partners and of course is a great business opportunity. This is part of the Live Academy series... Presented by:  Mark...

These have been very popular so please register quickly if you'd like a place: Volume Licensing Boot Camps – Last Chance to Register Want to build your licensing capabilities and strengthen your understanding of new technologies? Ingram Micro...

The latest version of Virtual Earth (6.2) has now been released. News of the updates can be found at Chris Pendleton’s Microsoft blog. Virtual Earth Map Control 6.2 includes new geocoding and parsing improvements, plus other features including:...