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25% Discount on selected Microsoft Certification Exams
If your developers are considering get their Microsoft Certification, take advantage of the current, limited time, offer of 25% off on selected exams. Remember, having staff with Microsoft Certifications can count towards your Microsoft Partner points. Read More...
Microsoft Unplugged Update – December 2009
Join us in December 2009 for the latest Microsoft UNPLUGGED Update. Come to TechNet morning for IT Pros and/or afternoon MSDN sessions for Developers. TechNet Sessions for IT Pros: 9am – 12.30pm • Migrating Windows XP to Windows 7: Get it done with Microsoft Read More...
Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Beta 2 Available
Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 is available for download by MSDN (and BizSpark) subscribers today, with a more general availability starting October 22nd (NZ Time). There are also some changes coming to the number of versions of Visual Studio and MSDN available. Read More...
WebSiteSpark joins the *Spark Family
Yesterday at PICNIC , Scott Guthrie announced the launch of another member of the family of programmes to help software entrepreneurs get started building their companies. WebSiteSpark is designed for small professional Web development and design companies Read More...
Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4 Beta 1 available for MSDN Subscribers
As announced on Soma’s blog , Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4 Beta 1 was made available for download to MSDN subscribers today. If you are an MSDN subscriber you can visit the download centre and download it now. If you want to know more about what is new Read More...
Unplugged Tour – Windows 7 and Silverlight 3
  Nigel , Nathan and I are on the road again in May/June to talk about Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 and Silverlight 3. Nathan is covering Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 from an IT Pro’s perspective with no nonsense technical sessions that Read More...
Australia and New Zealand TechEd 2009 Call for Content
With TechEd North America underway this week (you can visit TechEd online too) we are kicking off the 2009 TechEd season. Australia and New Zealand have ours in September (8-11th for Australia, 14-16th New Zealand). Planning is well underway for our local Read More...
Innovation Day for Independent Software Vendors
We would like to invite you to attend the first Innovation Day for ISVs to be held in Auckland. This is your opportunity to 'get your feet on the ground, head in the clouds' and connect with Microsoft New Zealand for a day of technical sessions, compelling Read More...
You are invited to see the top teams compete in the Imagine Cup Finals in Auckland!
Imagine Cup is a competition which encourages students to use technology to transform great ideas into real world solutions every year. Student teams from around New Zealand have come up with solutions to the world’s toughest problems. Join them at The Read More...
Virtual Tech.Days 2009 - 24 Hours of round the world learning
Hey all you developers out there! How is your personal development plan coming along? Time to learn some new technology skills? Brush up on some existing ones? On April 1st, 2009, be part of history and join developers from all around the world for the Read More...
December Unplugged Events
We are currently working on the December Unplugged events which are going to be all about some of the announcements made at the Professional Developer Conference in Los Angeles recently. A lot of the announcements were around Microsoft’s cloud strategy Read More...
BizSpark – Helping to ignite software start-ups
Today we launched a global programme known as BizSpark targeted at early stage software start-ups, with resources including access to Microsoft platform software and development tools with no upfront costs. The program will also provide access to technical Read More...
Visual Studio 2008 SP1 and Team Foundation Server SP1
Yesterday we released Visual Studio 2008 SP1 ( bootstrapper or ISO ) and Team Foundation Server 2008 SP1 ( self-extractor ). There is also a download available for just the .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 ( bootstrapper and self-extracting package ). These are Read More...
Missed out on TechEd NZ? We have a great deal on TechEd Australia
We know we have some disappointed customers that missed out on TechEd NZ tickets this year due to the speed with which it sold out. An alternative may be to head to the Aussie TechEd which runs from 2-5th September in Sydney. There are many of the same Read More...
New Zealand TechEd 2008 Registrations now open!
The registration site for TechEd NZ 2008 has gone live and the Early Bird registrations are selling fast (and I mean very fast; you can see for yourself with the early-bird-sold-so-far-o-meter on the site) make sure you get in soon if you want to take Read More...
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