At last week's Innovation Day, The Developer and Platform Group at Microsoft here in the UK announced the availability of a limited number of free “Fasttrack” Architectural Reviews specifically for ISVs.

A "fasttrack" review is an opportunity for an ISV to lay out their technical, business and architectural problems in front of some of the Microsoft ISV technology team, and gain advice and guidance on choosing the best path for their future development. These are interactive, conversational engagements which typically last for a half day, and have proved very successful and useful for participants in the past, especially at critical junctures in the product planning and evolution.

There’s more information on what the review actually consists of here, there’s some points to think about before undertaking a review here and finally, there’s the application page for FastTrack Reviews here. We have already taken the first batch of requests in, and will be announcing some new dates soon, so if you are interested, please email your request sooner rather than later.