I am lucky enough to be heading over to Houston along with around 500 partners from the UK and a host of Microsoft folks to learn what we have in store for partners next year. I always get a huge buzz from these types of events and feel energised as a result, I know from speaking to many of you - you...

Nice new site showcasing Microsoft's work around the Environment, lots to look at and the following article caught my eye immediately: High-Performance Computing: Enabling Climate Change Analysis , as did the following: Energy Efficiency Best Practices in Microsoft Data Center Operations   The article...

  Working on HPC at Microsoft we have not said that every day, however now it is time to restate the facts on software and what is really the fastest in the world! And don't believe me - check out the customer story below! Kudos to Ryan Waite and the team: The NCSA cluster is amazing. 1200 nodes...

Couldn't miss the opportunity of letting you all know about this, click on the link below and learn from the best of the best! And the fast facts are: What is IBF 24? IBF 24 is the world’s first online gathering focused on intranet innovation · Go on live tours of 12 of the world's best intranets...

  I was at the last one and it was fab, you might want to go along this time: UK HPC User Group I wanted to let you know about the UK HPC User Group meeting coming up in June 26.  Registrations are here . This meeting is intended for customers, partners and developers to “meet and mingle”...

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Well why not... ICS Solutions are a Microsoft Gold Partner and experts in delivering business solutions based on SharePoint technologies. We present a free and interactive seminar where you can learn how Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 can be used to deliver and manage public facing web sites...

So those not accustomed to how Microsoft do acquisitions it kind of goes like this: 1. Offer made 2. Accounts and business reviewed in detail, final price agreed and purchase completed - regulatory approvals etc 3. Business is run as a subsidiary of Microsoft 4. Products go through the security development...

Oh Yes it doesn't get much better than this - 18 hours of free training on MOSS 2007 all online so you can peruse it at your pleasure courtesy of 'english-tiger' training! Technical Backgounder Before you learn from the online version of the deep three-day class (below), ensure you are up to speed by...

Our very own marathon running Partner Technical Specialist Jeremy Palmer has kicked off some monthly LiveMeetings for everyone who wants a simple way to stay in touch with the UK SharePoint Team. Links for registering for the May and June ones are here: Title May 2008 - Microsoft Office SharePoint Server...

Cool new event - check it out: SharePoint Deployment in Financial Services - Alleviating the burden of compliance and TCF Friday 2nd May 2008, Microsoft Offices - Victoria, London SWORD's SharePoint Consultancy is chairing this forthcoming event in association with Contrast Training . This free morning...

I really want a UK partner to win the Enterprise Search Partner of the Year Award!!!! Come on make sure you get what you deserve and submit yourself for an award at out annual Partner Conference in Houston Texas - YeeHah! You only have two days to go - so get your creative writing hats on!

More customer and partner workshops - back by popular demand! Enterprise search doesn't have to be complicated. In fact Microsoft recently announced that quick, easy and powerful search will soon be available for FREE in the form of Microsoft Search Server 2008 Express, a fantastic addition to the Microsoft...

- Are you using Microsoft Search Server? - Would you like to tell us how it has helped your organisation and why you chose our software (thanks!) over other alternative software platforms? - Cos guess what we would love to hear your views! Just click on the link below for a very simple web form to start...

Some of you will know the great man Lord Waite (they tell me the House of Lords is considering this upgrade to the existing Mr Waite as I type..) who looks after Windows HPC development alongside a team of merry men. He is currently on bended knee asking for your help; be you a customer or partner to...

Roll up Roll Up all UK attendees of the Seattle SharePoint conference - we have confirmed the venue and timing for the UK soiree - an evening of sophisticated discussion, sporting activity and of course fine food and refreshment! Date: Monday 3rd March - 6pm until midnight Location: Garage Billiards...

24,000 of our 34,000 Registered Partners currently subscribe to Action Pack, our quarterly toolkits of software and sales and marketing materials. These are created to help our partners stay competitive, meet their sales goals and grow their business. So what is in the new action pack? New Rules and...

On March 27, we are holding a 1 day technical introduction for the 2008 version of Windows HPC. The 1-day jumpstart will be held in London, at our Cardinal Place offices. The details are here . This would be a great opportunity for new or existing HPC partners in the UK to learn about the technical benefits...

Quick post - do you fancy a dream come true by playing on the hallowed turf at Wembley? We had a channel team last year and raised over £59,000 for the Wooden Spoon Charity. Fancy taking part then....send a mail to Donna Chubb @ i-dchubb@microsoft.com with your bid - the top 15 bids will get to take...

Been on holiday for a week so sorry for the lack of posts, hope you weren't too inconsolable :-) On my return nice to see a great doc out from the TechNet folk on deploying MOSS server globally - check it out by clicking on the image above. Enjoy!

I was fortunate enough to be invited to listen to Bill Gates at his last official appearance in the UK whilst still in his full time role as Chief Software Architect. He spoke around a few topics and then the most interesting part were questions from the amassed partners. The one which stood out for...

Two events coming up from Content and Code focusing on the Legal Industry and the Professional Services business. They both look well conceived ran by a good partner Content & Code. Here's the spiel: Microsoft® SharePoint® Server 2007: The Opportunity Explained -Legal industry at the core Thursday...

A colleague of mine pointed out this cool post on the Enterprise Search blog on how to get faceted search in MOSS 07 - I missed it so just posting it here in case you did too! How to: Enable Faceted Search in Search Server 2008 and SharePoint Server 2007 Search Enjoy!

So a few days ago I blogged about the new free Microsoft Enterprise Search workshops we are doing. These are simply fab in terms of content and this is a warning to those of you that want to go - the first two are nearly sold out so sign up quick or you may miss out! Link to the original post here: Microsoft...

Here are some more stories all around the FAST announcement yesterday - you have to love the manner in which the story is reported differently in the different media - Hats off to the IHT for using a picture of Bill Gates with Slash from Guns 'n' Roses to add just a touch of exotica to the story! The...