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Rob Craft, Senior Director of Cloud Strategy at Microsoft Corporation, is heading to New Zealand to present two Cloud Strategy Days - Auckland and Wellington. Seats are strictly limited, so register today using the tiles below. Rob Craft...

We are proud to announce the Virtual Machine on Windows Azure competition here in New Zealand. Get a solid understanding of Virtual Machines in Windows Azure and be in to win an Xbox + Kinect + Forza Horizon + Halo 4 combo! Windows Azure is Microsoft’s...

Windows 8 Competition Get a new Windows 8 app published onto the store to go into the draw to win one of the following prizes: Samsung Slate Ativ + Microsoft Wedge Keyboard + Microsoft Arc Touch Mouse + XBOX Kinect 4GB Bundle.: Goes...

Windows Phone 8 Competition: Get a new Windows Phone 8 app published onto the store to go into the draw to win one of the following prizes: • Nokia Lumia 920 Developer Phone + Nokia Wireless Charging Pillow: Goes to the...

4 February 2013 // Subscribe to the MSDN flash update for kiwi developers! Ian Randall Guest Editor Codemania Codemania returns in 2013! As some of you will doubtless be aware, last year...

18 January 2013 // Subscribe to the MSDN flash update for kiwi developers! Ryan Tarak Technical Evangelist Microsoft New Zealand Happy 2013!!! Welcome back for those of you just returning to work and getting...

This competition has now been extended! You have until January 10th to enter the competition... ... and until January 20th to get your apps published! 23 November 2012 // Subscribe to the MSDN flash update for kiwi developers! ...

Last week at the BUILD conference, we demonstrated several of the new and exciting features and services for Windows Azure. Next Wednesday, November 14 from 8:30 AM PST until 5:00 PM PST we will continue the momentum following BUILD with the first Windows...

Spend Two Days with Windows Azure One of our Windows Azure Training Workshops will get you hands-on with the latest Azure technologies and development tools. There will be presentations and hands-on labs, so you'll get practical experience all day...

This competition has been extended!!! By popular request the Windows 8 Slate Competition has been extended to 30 th January. That’s right, we’re giving you more time to fine tweak your apps and get them ready for the Windows Store. ...

It's here. To celebrate, Microsoft New Zealand is bringing hands-on Windows 8 App Development training workshops to five cities across the country. The Microsoft Team will be travelling the country to run developer workshops from mid...

Win 1 of 3 Samsung Slates: ...By Building a Windows 8 App! Build a Windows 8 app before September 9th, then present it briefly at CodeCamp for a chance to win your very own slate machine pre-loaded with the Windows 8 Release Preview! How do I enter...

  Thank you! We would like to thank all that participated in our @Home with Windows Azure effort ! You have lit up New Zealand with entries, from Little Barrier Island in the north to Dunedin in the south. Together we have and still are carrying...

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New Windows Azure Features & New Zealand Event Yesterday, we announced a number of exciting new services that will be available in preview, along with several updates to already existing Windows Azure services. Windows Azure is now more flexible...

Dear [Your boss' name] Wouldn’t you love to get bang for your buck while investing in me being here? There is a way: Microsoft TechEd New Zealand 2012. This year, the annual event will be held in Auckland from September 4 to 7 and it is the best...

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Windows 8 is the next significant milestone for the Windows Platform. This presents one of the biggest opportunities for developers all over the world in a very long time. There’s plenty of excitement around Windows 8, particularly around the Metro...

Update: Just a few days remain for you to enter the competition! Although the early bird prize category is closed, you can still win 1 of 3 tickets to Microsoft TechEd New Zealand 2012, or 1 of 5 Nokia Lumia 710 Windows Phones! Your odds are still really...

New Zealand's IT infrastructure is going through a change, and Microsoft wants to be there with you. Cloud computing is the future and having the right tools in place to manage cloud environments will be critical for IT Departments of the future. Microsoft...

Working in the Developer and Platform Evangelism (DPE) team is a lot of fun, we get to do all kinds of cool things like TechEd , Imagine Cup and TechDays . We travel the country talking to techie folks and communities about the latest Microsoft technology...

An Invitation to NZ Software Developers! You are invited to join Microsoft, and our universities’ brightest technical students, for the Microsoft Imagine Cup 2012 New Zealand Finals – at the Auckland Town Hall on the 30 th of April. ...

Dates and times: Friday 23/03: 6pm - 9pm Saturday 24/03: 8am - 9pm Sunday 25/03: 8am - 4pm Address: Microsoft Auckland Offices Level 5, Viaduct Harbour Avenue, CBD Interested in developing Metro Style Apps? Want to get together with fellow developers...

The Consumer Preview of Windows 8 was launched on 1 st March 2012 and I hope you have all had a chance to download it. We are very excited to hold our very first Windows Camps next week from the 20 to 23 of March in Christchurch, Wellington and Auckland...

The Windows 8 Consumer Preview was launch on the 1 st of March 2012. In conjunction with the release, Microsoft is delighted to bring Windows Camps to New Zealand. Catered for developers, Windows Camps will provide first hand training to start developing...