February 2009 - Posts
Microsoft is underlining its commitment to interoperability and web standards by releasing IE8 with “standards” mode as the default rendering mode. This may cause content written for previous versions of Internet Explorer to display differently than intended.
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Great blog post on some of the new stuff in Windows Media Center in Windows 7 – will be of interest to many partners I am sure. http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windowsexperience/archive/2009/02/20/windows-media-center-s-new-pictures-videos-features-in-windows-7.aspx
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(The time is not good for Australia but you can follow the link shortly after to watch it on demand.) BOS28PAAL: BPOS Partner Solutions Showcase Program Helps Partners Deliver Customized Apps and Integration for Microsoft Online Services Presented by
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Some big announcements overnight on our mobile platform. http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2009/feb09/02-16MWCPR.mspx for the key points or you can go here: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/en-us/business/cmpn/mwc2009/default.mspx to watch
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We’ve published a new (quite simple) explanation of what Software Plus Services is. Let me know what you think of it ? Does it help you articulate this as an opportunity to customers ? Video: Software + Services: Microsoft Customer Video
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On Thursday 19th February 2009 between 1:00pm to 4:00pm, Microsoft and National ICT Australia are holding the inaugural Voices for Innovation forum at the Microsoft Sydney Office. The forum will bring together leaders from industry, government, academia
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Just published, we have some new ‘how do i’ videos for the Azure platform: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dd439432.aspx Get Started Developing on Windows Azure? If you’re a developer and you’re new to Windows Azure, start here! You’ll see what
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Unbelievable scenes of course in Victoria and everyone at Microsoft’s thoughts are with everyone affected in any way by the disaster going on. Our government affairs blog has a note on some of the things going on in our company . Our Live Maps team has
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The Microsoft Press online store has offered great prices since being launched last year – but just to make sure customers are really clear, there is an explicity price match offer with Amazon ! http://www.mspress.com.au/promotion_amazon.aspx “ If you
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We published overnight some information on the way we will integrate FAST and Sharepoint going forwards, as well as a broader view on our search roadmap. http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2009/feb09/02-10NewEnterpriseSearchPR.mspx http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2009/feb09/02-10FASTFeature.mspx
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See the Software Enabled Earth blog for more info :
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I had an interesting phone call this morning with Joe Porteus from Shirlaws – they provide business coaching services to all sorts of businesses and are interested to offer their services to Microsoft partners. They are running a seminar on Feb 18th in
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Have you switched from product to platform selling yet? We have just refreshed the online sales training for partners on application platform – go check it out in the PLC : Microsoft Application Platform University (APU) Here is the full list of courses
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"Offering Microsoft Open Value helped VL Systems grow its Microsoft business by 25%. VL Systems found that Open Value gives us a competitive advantage." Lee Green, VL Systems Director of Marketing. Right now, Microsoft is offering you^ the chance
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This is an interesting and useful-looking section on the Microsoftio.com website: http://www.microsoftio.com/it.aspx Helps you bridge between IT and business perspectives but also includes more specific scenarios. Example: healthcare: http://www.microsoftio.com/it.aspx#Hea
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This has just gone live – the corporate/worldwide site for our Green IT story. http://www.microsoft.com/environment/greenit/ The site includes 2 sustainability calculators – desktop and servers.
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http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windows7/archive/2009/02/02/ecosystem-readiness-program-helps-partners-develop-products-for-windows-7.aspx
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Assessment Requirement Suspended for MAPS Renewals The Microsoft Action Pack Subscription (MAPS) brings the latest Microsoft software right to your door, so that you can spend your time serving clients and growing your business. We’re improving the process;
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“Q&A: Windows General Manager Mike Ybarra discusses how Windows 7 editions are being designed to make buying simple, while serving the needs of more than 1 billion customers worldwide.” More..
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We have launched a useful website to help you assess your own readiness in the transformation to Software Plus Services. http://www.splussready.com/
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http://blogs.msdn.com/ozpartnertv/archive/2009/02/01/partner-tv-nt-solutions-on-microsoft-financing.aspx Please note that NT Solution was acquired by Ensyst in Dec 2008.
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