Anith Gopal

Hi Partners, Deeps Da Silva , Microsoft Tech Audience Manager, has written an important post in regards to the End Of Support for Windows XP SP2, Windows Vista RTM and Windows 2000 Server. I have posted the article in full below, to ensure that you are across the changes to support that are occurring and how this will effect you: “End of support for Windows XP SP2, Windows Vista RTM and Windows 2000 Server As we announced in 2008, support for Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) will end on July 13, 2010. Support for Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 Server will end on the same date

On behalf of Microsoft I would like to thank everyone who has given us feedback over the past couple of years around the price of the Microsoft Action Pack for Australian Partners. I am happy to share with you that as of today Microsoft Corporate have reduced the price of the Microsoft Action Pack to Digital Distribution only – $396 Australian Dollars after tax Physical Media and Digital Distribution – $660 Australian Dollars after tax regards, Sarah Arnold…( read more )

… And hopefully the first of many. I am on the road this week with a couple of my team – Sarah Arnold, our wonderful Partner Program Manager whom you know and Wendy Komadina, our newly appointed Partner Marketing Lead

I saw this article published in ARN and it was interesting to read the concerns expressed by Tony Banks over losing the investment in certifications for his team. I wanted to take a moment to clarify that this does not need to be a significant concern as long as certifications are kept up to date. Credit for certifications aligned to relatively new technology sets will continue to be an important part of meeting the requirements of a competency under the new Microsoft Partner Network.

Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Beta Well-Received at WPC09 Partners attending WPC09 were excited by the Microsoft Exchange Server demos they saw. Download the beta as well as the promotional kit designed to help you market Exchange Server to your customers

Corporate Vice President Allison Watson kicked off the Worldwide Partner Conference 2009 on Monday, July 13, by launching the new Microsoft Partner Network! The Microsoft Partner Network is a community borne from our continued commitment to serve the needs of our partners and help them reach their full potential. We’re evolving from the Microsoft Partner Programme to the Microsoft Partner Network to strengthen the relationships we have with our partners—and the relationships you have with other partners and your customers. All partners have a home within the Microsoft Partner Network.

Thousands of developers have chosen MSDN Subscriptions for the great product benefits and access to key technical resources for Developing & Testing applications, Including Visual Studio 2010 & Windows 7 when they ship!  Now is a great time to consider a MSDN subscription and save big.

Sure. We’re good at what we do.

The Worldwide Windows Marketing Team has launched a Windows 7 partner video contest and I would love to see Australian Partners involved.  To get involved all you need to do is be a Microsoft Partner, create one or many 2-3 minutes video(s) and post it to DigitalForumTV.com for voting by anyone with a Live ID.  Each video is required to include: 1) a brief introduction that begins with “I believe Windows 7 will help my customers work reliably, easily, and securely by  .

Improve Access to Your Software Benefits Using Digital Distribution Beginning June 2009, you can digitally access your software benefits—including Microsoft Action Pack Subscription and Microsoft Gold Certified and Certified Partner box shipments—from one, central location at any time. By digitally accessing your software benefits, you can take advantage of: · Flexible access : 24×7 availability · Quicker access : Download updates the moment they’re made available—no need to wait for a quarterly shipment of software

  Where has the year gone?  It only feels like yesterday we where at Port Douglas.  This year’s Australia Partner Conference, set against a backdrop of global financial uncertainty, promises to be one of our most strategic yet.

I’m excited to announce that this year’s award submissions tool is now open . We currently have 57 partners working on submissions for one of the 30 awards being offered at this year’s Conference.