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Innovation Day Tour 2009

chlong — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:17:39 GMT

Sarah in the Partner Team is organising a lap around the map for a series of Innovation Days.

The morning sessions is on emerging opportunities for the web, mobile and beyond:

To deliver innovative experiences to attract and retain loyal customers.
To create products and services that are integral to customers' lives - from social experiences with Microsoft Surface to mobile experiences on Windows Phone.
To learn how Silverlight is enabling Australian companies to deliver unique, compelling and most of all interactive services on the web.
To learn more about game-changing tools like Expression Blend, Sketchflow and Visual Studio 2010 which will allow you to envision, design and deliver your ideas faster and cheaper - driving down costs and time-to-market.
To drive revenue and manage traffic with Microsoft's range of advertising platforms and tools, from Microsoft Advertising, to Bing and beyond.

This session is designed to inspire you, demonstrate latent opportunity, and make partnering with Microsoft simple.

Please visit our site at

https://partner.microsoft.com/Australia/40047632

In the afternoon we are running sessions for ISVs covering:

Professional Developers Conference (PDC) Highlights
xRM (Anything Relationship Management) - understand Microsoft's CRM strategy and how you get to market first with world class business solutions.
Windows 7 and Windows Server Application Compatibility
Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 and Microsoft Office 2010 - what's new for developers including the tooling in Visual Studio 2010 and simplified debugging & integration with Team Foundation Server.
Windows Azure - Understand the new platform announcements from the PDC
Windows Marketplace for Mobile – how to manage and distribute your applications, and directly connect with millions of Windows Mobile users worldwide

Please visit our site at

https://partner.microsoft.com/Australia/40047632

and register for the morning session only, or for just the afternoon, or come along for the full day. Places are limited.

City	Date	Time	Venue
Adelaide	1-Dec-09	8.30am - 5pm	Microsoft Adelaide, Level 2
Perth	3-Dec-09	8.30am - 5pm	Level 2, QV1 Building Perth
Brisbane	8-Dec-09	8.30am - 5pm	Microsoft Brisbane Theatre 1 & 2
Melbourne	10-Dec-09	8.30am - 5pm	Microsoft Melbourne Exhibition Room
Sydney	15-Dec-09	8.30am - 5pm	Microsoft Sydney Theatres

Going to TechEd Australia? Look for Dave…

chlong — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 04:31:16 GMT

Coatsey has pulled some quick stats from the TechEd09 registration report… looks like the most popular name attending the conference this is year ‘Dave’. The most popular female name is Simone, which I reckon is a simple spelling mistake.

One stat missing is the HUGE number of partners going… probably because of the Australia Partner Conference being at the same venue the week before. My team (the now called Partner Technology Advisors – more on that later) have put together 6 cool reasons why TechEd is cool for partners… and quite frankly anybody who works with technology. My top reason (over and above the netbook) is probably #3 as Andy says, it’s all about the community… keep up-to-date with the Twitter account (@auTechEd), for the breaking news and the hashtag #auteched.

There is a whole bunch of other social networking options on the TechEd Connect page as well as some other useful info over on Andy Coates, Nick Hodge’s, Andrew Dugdell’s and Jorke’s TechEd backstage blogs… whilst you’re there, check out the menu.

Look forward to seeing you there.

6 Reasons As To Why Tech Ed Is Cool For Partners

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Receive kudos for being you

chlong — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 11:40:33 GMT

I’m sure you’ve heard this via the normal channels… the Worldwide Partner Conference is open for award submissions from tomorrow.

Nominate your Solution for a 2009 Microsoft Global Award!
The Awards program is designed to recognize your innovative solutions built on Microsoft technologies. Successful partners in the Awards program will benefit from:

Recognition- be recognised in front of your peers and customers, along with photo opportunities with Microsoft Executives – woohoo – seriously though, this is great for PR and for your desk at work
Customised Promotions- receive personalised logos, web banners, and custom PR identifying you as an elite Microsoft Partner.
Exclusive Access- take advantage of an opportunity to meet with Microsoft executives at an award winner’s luncheon.

How do I do submit something?
Take this unique opportunity to showcase your innovative solutions. You can enter for an award using a web-based tool, between February 17th and April 2nd, 2009. The entry tool and detailed information about the 2009 Awards program can be found here. Winners and finalists will be announced on June 15th, and Partner of the Year awards will be presented to winning partners at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference.

Save the Date: July 13–16, 2009, Worldwide Partner Conference
Microsoft is pleased to announce that the Worldwide Partner Conference 2009 will take place in New Orleans, on July 13–16, 2009. Registration Opens in March (details will be coming soon).

Find full details of the Worldwide Partner Conference here.

I’m sure Sarah Arnold will be publishing some more info soon and there’s always our local Australia Partner Conference to look forward too.

The Economy and the IT Market

chlong — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:25:08 GMT

What do the experts have to say about the economy? Microsoft Financing has invited industry experts, Robert Gottliebsen, Jean Marc Annonier and Tracey Fellows to speak at this 1.5 hour session delivering valuable insight into current economic environment and what this means for you and the IT Industry.

When? Tuesday 25 November, 8-9.45am
Where? Hilton Hotel, 488 George Street, Sydney

Click here to find out more and register today.

Nick also blogged about the below Executive Brief from the IDC summarising the Economic Climate. From a software perspective, projects increasing security and productivity (especially those using virtual environments) are likely to proceed. Click here to download it.

Want to join Steve Ballmer?

chlong — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 03:22:00 GMT

Our CEO, Steve Ballmer, is in town on 6 November. If you would like to join us, please email me for details on how to register.

Innovation Days 2008

chlong — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 05:16:00 GMT

The dates for our ISV road show have now been published and we’re coming to a city near you.

What? “Get your feet on the ground, head in the clouds”

The day will concentrate on important announcements released at October’s Professional Developer's Conference, and will focus on our Software plus Services paradigm. This is Microsoft's vision for the next generation of computing that brings together the best of cloud-based services and traditional client computing software to deliver a richer experience to your customers.

When? 8.30am breakfast until 4pm

Canberra: 18 Nov
Sydney: 19 Nov
Brisbane: 21 Nov
Melbourne: 24 Nov
Perth: 27 Nov
Adelaide: 28 Nov

Who? Business/Technical Decision Makers in the morning… to become a little more detailed in the afternoon.
Click here to Register

Innovation Days, November 2008

chlong — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:50:33 GMT

We are about to announce our next ISV Innovation Day road show across Australia scheduled for the end of November 2008. The main theme this year is Software plus Services, which I’m sure won’t surprise many of you. We’ll be using content from the Professional Developers Conference (PDC) which is in LA at the end of October and whilst we’re waiting for the slide decks Craig Bailey from Elcom has been window shopping at the agenda tags:

“…Six sessions on Oslo (ie BizTalk) and seven on Parallelism should tell you something about the focus Microsoft is giving them. But 27 on Cloud services is the real give away. The buzz around Cloud, Identity, SQL Data Services and the Live/Mesh platforms is very high.”

Our Delicate Genius and Dave Glover are both attending PDC and will hopefully redeliver all the juicy content from the conference.

I’m really interested in what you want though, so in what is slowly becoming a tradition, please use this poll or leave a comment to help us create the agenda.

If you can’t make it to PDC, then try and attend another one of the Microsoft technical conferences in the diary as it’s going to be the year of big announcements. Just as the PDC is focused on the future of the Platform and technical strategy, there’s the world wide annual Tech-Ed Developers Conference (3-6 June in Orlando) which offers in-depth technical training on our current products. Then there’s the annual MIX Conference (18-20 March 2009 in Las Vegas) which is aimed at developers, designers and business decision makers who build next generation consumer web sites.

Credit to Steve for the graphic and for the great definition of what Software plus Services is…

TechEd SMB Pre Day

chlong — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:17:16 GMT

I went along to Robbie's Tech Ed SMB pre day today. I know now what Small Business Server and Essential Business Server is!

Tomorrow I'll be attending Anna's Software plus Services session in the morning and then various (ShaneMo's) UX; Silverlight sessions through out the day. See you there.

ISV Royalty LiveMeeting

chlong — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 07:24:58 GMT

When? Wednesday 10 September 10.30am – 12pm EST

Where? via Live Meeting

What?

Are you an Aussie member of the ISV Royalty Licensing Program and need help understanding the online tools and ordering process? Or are you an Aussie ISV interested in seeing whether the ISV Royalty Program suits your business needs before signing up?

If the answer is YES!, attend this Live Meeting at 10.30am EST Wednesday 10 September 2008, run by the Asia Pacific Operations Centre (APOC) for an overview of the program, as well as covering operational essentials such as:

MOET Training

How to place a fulfilment order
How to report royalty
How to reset MOET password

Explore.ms and CLT Training

How to view agreement, order and invoice details in Explore.ms
How to download the ISV price list
How to send an operational query to Microsoft EOC

To login to the Live Meeting on the day please follow these steps 15 minutes before the meeting starts (10.15am EST):

1) Click here to enter the Live Meeting Lobby

2) Check these details are entered:

Meeting ID: 69G8KM
Entry Code: g9dD[-hT3
3) Wait for the session to start
Trouble Accessing the Live Meeting?
1) Copy this address and paste it into your web browser:
https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/microsoft/join
2) Copy and paste the required information:
Meeting ID: 69G8KM
Entry Code: g9dD[-hT3
Location: https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/microsoft

DEVSTA: Code your way to Vegas

chlong — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:15:46 GMT

TechEd Pre Days

chlong — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:01:09 GMT

The Windows Mobile Team are holding an Embedded Developer PreDay to TechEd. Visit the TechEd site for more info on this and the SQL Server; SMB Day and Virtualisation.

APC Event Resources

chlong — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:33:27 GMT

The presentations from the Australia Partner Conference are now available for download from https://partner.microsoft.com/Australia/40043021.

The photos are also available here.

PDC2008 Early Bird Discount Extended

chlong — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 06:49:25 GMT

Due to popular demand, the PDC2008 Early Bird Discount has been extended. Register by 11:59 PM Pacific Time, Monday, 8th September and save $200 off the Full Conference Registration of $2,395.

It's going to be an exciting conference with some content. Watch this space for dates for our ISV Innovation Day road show, where we'll be redelivering much of the content.

For more info, visit:

Win a HP TouchSmart

chlong — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:23:15 GMT

Michael (aka the Delicate Genius) is organising a competition at TechEd to find The Ultimate Expert, with the prize being a HP TouchSmart IQ505a. Visit his blog to see how you can get involved.

Australia Partner Conference in Summary

chlong — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:36:00 GMT

The 2008 Australia Partner Conference has come and gone and I've explored another part of the country, this time Port Douglas!

Congratulations to all of the award winners, especially Dataract and Hyro for the ISV Software Solutions and Innovation Partner of the year respectively.


ISV / Software Solutions Partner of the Year	ISV / Software Solutions Innovation Partner of the Year
Winner: Dataract Pty Ltd	Winner: Hyro
Finalist: Task Retail Technologies	Finalist: Gravity Ventures Pty Ltd
Finalist: Nintex	Finalist: iCare Solutions

My ISV pre day

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I received some good feedback from my ISV pre day, although would have liked a few more people. Huge thanks to Joseph Najem, who is a Private Equity, Corporate Advisory and Finance guru and presented a number of workshops around setting up internationally; overcoming the challenges for growth and best practice. Joe met a number of partners during the conference including our MD... which you should ask him about as it's a good story.

Next year, I'd like to incorporate the pre day content into the conference itself, perhaps as a stream. This will also help to prevent any competition between the other pre days, like Business Intelligence.

slides 3, 87: Introduction to Joseph Najem
slide 10: Software plus Services
slide 15: Research
slide 35: SQL Server 2008
slide 59: ISV Royalty Licensing
slide 73: SPLA
slide 78: Partnering with Microsoft
slide 89: Application Platform Optimisation

Software plus Services sessions

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Lots of talk about Software plus Services during the conference. Lots of new Go Do's.

Watch the video and download customer ready slides here
Read the white paper here
Join Quickstart for Microsoft Online Services
Sign SPLA and/or ISV Royalty Agreements
Create a profile in Solution Profiler
Use the software + services Partner Evolution Interactive Guide
Explore P2P Opportunities
Assess your business model for Software + Services opportunities
Partner with a hoster

Hat tip to Simon Guest and PhilMe for their help and contribution.

NextWeb session with Michael Kordahi

The Delicate Genius himself presented 150 slides in 40 minutes, Michael Kordahi who also presented in the keynote. Many of you asked where you can get hold of the MSCUI Patient Journey Demonstrator... more details on his blog.

The presentations are now available from https://partner.microsoft.com/Australia/40043021