April 2007 - Posts
To: Microsoft Partners From: Allison Watson Subject: Important activation changes to Windows Vista Date: April 27, 2007 As a valued partner and trusted advisor to our customers, I wanted to re-iterate Microsoft’s commitment to helping protect consumers
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Lots and lots of chatter and interest in Silverlight, our new name for WPF/E, the rich interactive web user experience solution. These blogs look like a good set for adding into RSS readers: http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/asp/blogs.aspx Of course,
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This interests me - in my previous life running a Gold partner in the UK, we built one of the largest BizTalk solutions in Europe for a large UK retailer - and it looks like we are delivering a SOA platform in the cloud through this. Really really exciting
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http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver/longhorn/default.mspx Update: More info on Jeff's blog.
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[Disclaimer: my blog is not an official Microsoft notification on this particular issue, nor is binding on behalf of the company - this posting is provided in good faith, and with the intent of accelerating the communication of the known change to MOSS
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Really interesting announcement - also demonstrating the level of business collaboration between 3 big IT leaders... " ATLANTA — April 23, 2007 — HP, Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq “MSFT”) and SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) today unveiled a new appliance that allows access
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This three-day intensive, hands-on technical training session is devoted to Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 and to Microsoft-based management solutions. The goal of this workshop is provide attendees with an understanding of the new features in the Windows
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Interested in Unified Communications ? Then check out the relatively new blog from Oscar Trimboli who leads that exciting business for us here in Australia. http://blogs.msdn.com/oscartr Includes this interesting post, showing who Oscar is aware of amongst
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On Demand: http://www.msreadiness.com/wscart.asp?eid=5164 "This briefing will provide an overview of the Virtual Earth Platform technology and architecture components. It will also include a presentation and demos on developing data visualization solutions
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This is a really exciting announcement - we are all proud of and committed to our focus on citizenship and this is a significant announcement concerning the expansion of our Unlimited Potential Program. " BEIJING — April 19, 2007 — Microsoft Corp. today
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We really hope to see a good partner turn out at the APAC Sharepoint Conference `and there will be a significant customer presence so a great opportunity for partners all round. Register asap to guarantee your spot.
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Check out this little lot then: http://thespacecraft.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!8AA773FE0A12B9E3!34590.entry That is a big release - I am off to try out the new guestbook feature...
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I am pleased to announce that we have added dates for Perth and Canberra to the others already announced : Canberra http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032338901&Culture=en-AU Perth http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032338903&Culture=en-A
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Interesting initiative by our global community of regional directors: http://microsoftregionaldirectors.com/ "Welcome to The Region, global hub for the 140 software architects, developers, trainers and other professionals selected by Microsoft as Regional
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http://www.microsoft.com/australia/teched07/index.aspx
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Every year partners miss out on going to the Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) by not moving quickly enough. It sells out every year weeks before the event itself, so go to the website for registration if you want to go, and move quickly !! http://www.microsoft.com/partner/events/wwpartnerconference/default.ht
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Thanks to those that came to our Health Partner Networking Night this evening, and indeed those that came on Monday to the FSI equivalent. Discovered this healthcare blog which I am sure will be useful for partners playing in this space: http://blogs.msdn.com/healthblog/default.aspx
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UPDATE: Date moved to 15th June. Our friends at Dimension Data Learning Solutions (DDLS) are running a charity day in aid of the Starlight Foundation and we are supporting the initiative with some prizes and I will be there as part of the opening 'ceremony'
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www.designedforbig.com Has case studies (video and written) on 4 very large enterprise-scale deployments of System Center - Dell, EDS, HSBC and Nissan. Perfect ammunition if you are a partner positioning your services on top of this awesome management
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http://www.microsoft.com/australia/partner/events/mfproadshowplus.aspx More info on the new format on the website and here . We are really excited about the new format - reminder that readiness places are strictly limited and first come first serve to
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Exciting news yesterday - WPF/E finally got a new name - Silverlight. This is the new platform for rich interactive experiences for the web. " LAS VEGAS — April 15, 2007 — Today at the 2007 National Association of Broadcasters conference (NAB2007), Microsoft
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(Updated with Roadshow website added) For general consumption and also for those select partners who attended the business update here are some useful links as a quick reminder: Quick Start for Search: http://www.quickstartmicrosoftsearch.com Information
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Via Andrew Coates : "Can't make it to Mix in Vegas ? Never mind, do the next best thing. Monique just sent me this exciting news: Remix Experience Australia at - the World of Entertainment - Crown Promenade – MELBOURNE 25-26 th June 2007 Remix Australia
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[This follows the training offered in the other cities earlier this year, although this is new content including IAG. We will be running this course in the other main cities early in the new financial year] Forefront Security Partner 3-Day Technical Boot
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Up on the readiness portal : Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Unified Messaging Power-Up Training for Partners Microsoft one-day training workshops for qualified partners with telephony experience who are ready to deploy and manage Microsoft Exchange Server
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Well after several months of planning and brainstorming within my team I am pleased to announce the forthcoming Partner Roadshow dates, and a change of format. We surveyed many many partners, read the feedback from the last round of roadshow, and came
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I learnt today there are still many partners who are not using the excellent services offered to Gold, Certified and Small Business Specialists relating to pre-sales technical support (TPTS). We will be mailing out in the near future to the whole base
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(Update: Perth and Canberra Dates Added: See here ) Microsoft Windows Server Technical Readiness Microsoft invites you to attend a one-day technical readiness event designed to introduce you to many of the new features of Windows Server codenamed “Longhorn”.
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MEDC ANZ 2007 - May 15th - Sheraton on the Park, Sydney If you’re working at the cutting-edge of mobile and embedded design, you can’t miss MEDC ANZ 2007. The sessions will be practical yet technical. The trainers will be industry specialists. And everything
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http://blogs.msdn.com/nickmayhew/archive/2007/03/23/announcing-our-new-partner-networking-nights-industry-aligned-insight-and-connections.aspx "Financial Services Event Mark Pey, Industry Manager for Financial Services at Microsoft Corporation Australia,
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Just read that Tesco has moved it's store locator to Virtual Earth: http://www.tesco.com/storelocator/ - excellent to see. Keep watching this space for a local initiative for partners on VE...
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Just in from our MSPress colleagues and plus we have of course this extra special offer for Australian partners: Microsoft Partners in Australia enjoy 40% discount off MSPress at http://www.woodslane.com.au/mspartners/ Windows Server "Longhorn" upgrade
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This time of year is when we renew the MVPs and of course add new ones. You can see the full list for Australia on this search and whilst it's difficult to pick out only one or two I did want to offer congrats to Mark Soester of SDM who becomes the first
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[Update: just a reminder - I forgot first time round - that MicroISVs will be very interested in our Project Glidepath initiative - check it out here : http://projectglidepath.net/ ] Interesting session on the Channel 9 MicroISV show " This week Michael
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Follow up from this post and I am pleased to say I have confirmation that the MSDN boxes received by Gold & Cert partners will include the Expression products Web and Blend. This is great news as I know many partners who build websites and web apps
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From our friends in the Partner Technology Specialist (PTS) team: http://blogs.msdn.com/ausptsiw/ Definitely worth adding to your RSS reader.
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Via Somasegar's blog : I am going to check whether this applies to partners (Gold and Certs get MSDN and it does get advertised as Premium editon so this is a good sign) but this is still good news to see us driving access into the customer base of our
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Via Mark Harrison : " ArtemisCorp have announced details of their first RAPID module. The 'RAPID for SharePoint' Classification system will be available in a range of versions towards the end of March 2007. It enables SharePoint 2007 to meet current Public
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