Have listed below the awards and criteria that Partners can submit entries for. To submit your entry please download and complete this entry form, then email it to nzawards@microsoft.com before 5pm 31st August 2007.

The Partner Awards are:

• Citizenship: Solution that adds the most value to the NZ Community
• Partnering Award of the Year
• Infrastructure Solution of the Year
• Infrastructure Solution of the Year – Small Business
• Business Productivity Solution of the Year
• Business Productivity Solution of the Year – Small Business
• Software Solution of the Year
• Microsoft Dynamics ERP Solution of the Year
• Microsoft Dynamics CRM Solution of the Year
• Learning Solutions Partner of the Year
• Reseller Partner of the Year
• Microsoft Technology Advocates
• Partner Solution of the Year - Small Business
• Partner Solution of the Year

Software Solution of the Year
Mandatory Competency	ISV Mobility Custom Dev
Description	Partners must have a channel based model which supports their primary focus of developing software for commercial resale or Partners must focus on delivering customized solutions developed with Microsoft software and development tools.
Criteria	Alignment of a software solution with key horizontals: Business Intelligence Enterprise Content Management Customer Relationship Management Engineering and Finance (Strange bedfellows!) Accounting and Human resources Clear description of the Microsoft products on which the ISV solutions depend upon. Case study or industry/customer reference that clearly articulates the business benefit for the customer Project must include at least one of the following products: Windows Server 2003 Windows XP/2007 Windows 2007 Professional Windows for Pocket PC Windows for Smartphone SQL Server 2005 Visual Studio 2005 Commerce Server 2002 MBS ERP Product (note that the Partner must be providing a solution that integrates to an MBS product) Products that have gained any of the following will be reviewed more highly: Certified for Windows Server 2003 Verified for Windows Server 2003 Designed for Windows XP Gold Test Verified for Windows XP Certified for SQL Server 2005 Verified for SQL Server 2005 Designed for Windows for Pocket PC Verified for Microsoft CRM Designed for Windows for Smartphone .NET Connected Logo Test Download the Software Solution entry form

Partnering Award of the Year
Mandatory Competency	All Certified Partners
Description	Project could contain the following: At least one Certified partner – partnering with another organisation, association to deliver value to a Microsoft customer
Criteria	Criteria that will be assessed but not limited to: Two Certified partners building a complete solution from two different competencies One of the certified level partners can be either a Small Business Specialist partner or a Registered member Download the Partnering entry form