Reaching Out to Microsoft Partners in Australia
Action Pack Update - Monday 19th
Just a quick one for you all - we have received confirmation (and evidence !) that the shipments...
Author: NickM77 Date: 02/18/2007
Action Pack Update
Further to my earlier post, Pip Marlow (Director, Small, Medium Business and Partners, and my...
Author: NickM77 Date: 02/16/2007
EVO Signature Builder - build more business !
I love this new facility we've just added into the partner portal:...
Author: NickM77 Date: 02/16/2007
Interoperability, Choice and Open XML
We've published an important note around the topic of the Open XML document format here. This has...
Author: NickM77 Date: 02/15/2007
Action Pack FAQ
We are hearing a significant number of questions coming into the helpline around the delayed January...
Author: NickM77 Date: 02/15/2007
ISV Virtualization Executive Summit - March 5th, Sydney
Via JeffA: " Hello folks, At the end of this month the APAC leg of the Microsoft ISV Virtualization...
Author: NickM77 Date: 02/13/2007
Research Seminar in Sydney - Open to All
Microsoft Research: Driving Innovation for 15 Years Date: 21 Feburary 2007 [Wed] Time: 4.00-5.30pm...
Author: NickM77 Date: 02/12/2007
More announcements - summarised
Wow, this is a week of important announcements. Here are some in the last 24 hours: 1. CRM Analytics...
Author: NickM77 Date: 02/12/2007
Windows Mobile 6 Announced
Via PressPass: "Microsoft Reveals New Windows Mobile 6 Smartphone Software, Improves World’s...
Author: NickM77 Date: 02/12/2007
Performance Point Update
EmmaB, a channel development colleague in MS UK, focussed on BI , says this is a good update on...
Author: NickM77 Date: 02/11/2007
'The Age of User Experience' tour - for partners who care about the user experience of their technical solns
(and who shouldn't care about the UX ??) Via Frank: Shane Morris, our new User Experience evangelist...
Author: NickM77 Date: 02/11/2007
The Windows Vista Innovation Cafe...
https://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/innovation/default.mspx "Try Windows Vista...
Author: NickM77 Date: 02/08/2007
For small software developers/ISVs: Project Glidepath; Win a Zune !
Via the Vista Team blog: "Project codename "Glidepath" is an Evangelism initiative targeted at...
Author: NickM77 Date: 02/08/2007
Profiling Your Business Solution Just Got Easier
We continue to drive focus from customers towards the partner solution finder/profiler in order to...
Author: NickM77 Date: 02/07/2007
New Beta Hosting Solutions Released
"The betas of Windows Based Hosting 4.5 and Windows Based Hosting for Applications have been...
Author: NickM77 Date: 02/07/2007
New Exec Email from Bill G - Enabling Secure Anywhere Access in a Connected World
Introduction: "During the last decade, digital technology has changed the world in profound and...
Author: NickM77 Date: 02/06/2007
Setting up Outlook 2007 to add RSS aggregation
I did this recently as I wanted to move off RSS Bandit to Outlook 2007 as my main RSS aggregator....
Author: NickM77 Date: 02/06/2007
Which Office Application Are You ?
Via the UK IW Partner Blog: "Just when you think you've seen it all, a new "cosmo" style personality...
Author: NickM77 Date: 02/05/2007
New Business and Technology Assessment Toolkit
Via Lorna's SBSC blog: " Corp have just launched the updated Technology Assessment Toolkit. It's a...
Author: NickM77 Date: 02/04/2007
New Home Server team blog goes live
https://blogs.technet.com/homeserver/
Author: NickM77 Date: 02/01/2007
System Builder Webcast available on demand
Bill Gate's keynote aimed incorporated into the System Builders specific launch webcast is now...
Author: NickM77 Date: 02/01/2007
Vista Launch - further details
Jeff summarises nicely the big announcements made this week about music, videos etc in terms of our...
Author: NickM77 Date: 02/01/2007
For EPM Partners - a list of Project related blogs
Posted on the official Project dev team blog....
Author: NickM77 Date: 02/01/2007
Where Am I Right Now ?
I've been using this great little demo from our friends at Power Business Systems for a while, but I...
Author: NickM77 Date: 02/01/2007
Reminder - online training resources for partners on IO
Note - MSPTR.com is for Gold partners only and is one of the enhanced benefits on offer to that...
Author: NickM77 Date: 01/31/2007
Look Up and Smile photos on VE..
Via the VE Blog: " Australia Day Imagery online Judging from the amount of blogs and online news...
Author: NickM77 Date: 01/31/2007
Check this out - another awesome WPF application
Via Tim Sneath: The British Library has published a new application allowing you to read some of the...
Author: NickM77 Date: 01/31/2007
Vista TV ad - Wow !
Video: Wow! Windows Vista
Author: NickM77 Date: 01/30/2007
Softricity whitepaper published
Now this will definitely be of interest to infrastructure partners, and indeed some ISVs (who would...
Author: NickM77 Date: 01/29/2007
The "Wow" starts now
A big day today - Vista & Office have finally launched to everyone !! Don't forget the Bill...
Author: NickM77 Date: 01/29/2007
Hosting Days - registration is open now !
https://www.mscsattend.com/hostingday/ or via the Global Hosting Days site which is...
Author: NickM77 Date: 01/28/2007
Reminder SIs and ISVs - register now for BPIO University
"About BPIO University: The BPIO University is a 3-day, in-depth, instructor-led sales readiness...
Author: NickM77 Date: 01/28/2007
Windows Live SDK published
Via Frank https://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb264574.aspx "The following software development...
Author: NickM77 Date: 01/28/2007
70+ Office Development Blogs !
Wow - check out this list of 70+ Office development bloggers:...
Author: NickM77 Date: 01/28/2007
Join BILL GATES LIVE from New York!
Via Lorna: "The Corp OEM team are putting on a LIVE online training event with a Q&A session to...
Author: NickM77 Date: 01/25/2007
The Value of Partnering with Microsoft
This nice little summary of our high level value proposition for partners was pointed out to me this...
Author: NickM77 Date: 01/25/2007
ASP.NET AJAX 1.0 released to web
Via Mark: "The final release of ASP.NET AJAX 1.0 (formerly code-named 'Atlas') has been...
Author: NickM77 Date: 01/24/2007
New MS Expression website
https://www.microsoft.com/products/expression/en/expression-web/default.mspx Expect much much more...
Author: NickM77 Date: 01/24/2007
Announcing Role-Based Templates for SharePoint My Sites
What an awesome idea - templates for the MySite functionality in Sharepoint - from the Sharepoint...
Author: NickM77 Date: 01/22/2007
Microsoft Hosting Days for Partners
[Note from Nick - you can't actually register yet, but we'll send an update asap when rego opens....
Author: NickM77 Date: 01/22/2007
Good Times for Partners Who Help Customers Move to Microsoft's Unified Communication and Collaboration Platform
I like this new press release: "The ability to deploy a modern, integrated communication and...
Author: NickM77 Date: 01/22/2007
Intro to Wikis with MOSS 2007
Found via the official Sharepoint blog: A nice little gentle introduction to Wikis on MOSS for those...
Author: NickM77 Date: 01/19/2007
ISV Innovation Day Dates for Syd, Melb, and Bris
Again from the Certified Partner Newsletter: "ISV Innovation Day 2007 Would you like to learn how to...
Author: NickM77 Date: 01/17/2007
Enterprise Search Strategy Partner Briefings for Mel, Syd, Adel and Perth.
From the January Certified Partner newsletter "You're invited to a Microsoft Partner Briefing:...
Author: NickM77 Date: 01/17/2007
adCenter Labs - check out the video advertising !
https://adlab.msn.com Many of us are watching the adCenter developments with strong interest. I found...
Author: NickM77 Date: 01/17/2007
Dynamics eLearning Courses Available
Via UK Dynamics: "Want To Learn Microsoft Dynamics? Microsoft Dynamics e-Learning is now available...
Author: NickM77 Date: 01/16/2007
Help us define the Sharepoint Conference Agenda
From Angus: " I’m organising the agenda for the APAC SharePoint Conference in Sydney early May 2007....
Author: NickM77 Date: 01/16/2007
Help card for partners on the new Volume Activation in Vista
From our colleagues in Volume Licensing: "Microsoft includes product activation technology in some...
Author: NickM77 Date: 01/16/2007
100 million IE installations..
Wow - that's a great milestone. From the IE Blog:...
Author: NickM77 Date: 01/16/2007
Partner Program Re-enrolment support
No doubt many of you are aware of the fact that there is a significant amount of re-enrolment in the...
Author: NickM77 Date: 01/15/2007