We know you’re busy, but we need to hear from you so that we can improve our interactions with kiwi IT Professionals. In our efforts to improve your experience with Microsoft New Zealand, we would love to hear from you and your fellow IT Professionals...

You're invited to Experience a New Wave of Innovation. Free event in Auckland, Wellington and Hamilton. Catch a glimpse of the future of productivity and see how the new Microsoft Office enables this vision across devices, cloud, and social. Hear about...

Lync 2013 is here – planned your upgrade yet? Lync 2013 is here, and it's action-packed full of fantastic new features that will quite honestly change your life. If, like many organisations, you drank the kool-aid a while back and deployed OCS or Lync...

reminder about upcoming IT Camps in NZ on Windows Azure IaaS Windows Azure for IT Professionals - An IT Camp in Auckland on the 26th of March! Windows Azure for IT Professionals - An IT Camp in Christchurch on the 8th of April! For some, the cloud is...

Microsoft Auckland office – Level 5, 22 Viaduct Harbour Avenue, Auckland Tuesday March 19/03/2013 5:30PM “I moved from Google to Office 365, this is how and why I did it" Marty is a pretty simple guy - not really a techie at all. Recently he switched...

a reminder that the Auckland Windows Infrastructure User Group meeting is on next week This months presentation is on Windows Server 2012 IPAM IPAM: Throw away your IP spreadsheets! A deeper dive into the IP Address Management (IPAM) Server feature in...

Come to one of our upcoming Windows 8 IT Camps in NZ.  Learn about the new features and capabilities of Windows 8 that make migration, deployment, and management of tomorrow's environments easier for IT, while improving the end-user experience. Please...

For each download of a Microsoft System Center 2012 or Windows Server 2012 180-day trial in New Zealand this December, Microsoft New Zealand will donate $2 to the Child Cancer Foundation .*     This not-for-profit charity in New Zealand...

We would like to invite you to Microsoft Reimagine. Hear directly from Microsoft product experts and discover how you can “reimagine” your business. A half day full of valuable information, benefits for your business and product demos – plus the latest...

Following on from the official release of Windows 8 on the 26th October Nathan Mercer will present Windows 8 in the Enterprise. In this session Nathan will cover the changes Windows 8 brings from an enterprise view. Additionally Nathan will have a selection...

If you are one of a select group of IT Professionals in New Zealand who have received an invite to fill in our bi-annual Microsoft survey, please take a few minutes to let us know how we’re doing. The good news is that you don’t have to answer every question...

  Twice a year, Microsoft asks for your feedback as part of our ongoing effort to stay in touch and improve satisfaction among our customers and partners. We realise that you receive many requests for surveys. You probably doubt whether your answers...

Mitch Tulloch has updated his very popular free ebook on Windows Server 2012 based on the RTM version of the software.  A key feature of this book is the inclusion of sidebars written by members of the Windows Server team, Microsoft Support engineers...

Experience Windows Server 2012 firsthand in these virtual labs. You can test drive new and improved features and functionality, including server management and Windows PowerShell, networking, Hyper-V, and new storage solutions.   Virtual labs Active...

Microsoft IT Camps are expert led, no cost, hands-on technical training events for IT professionals, centred on the issues and workloads you’re tackling in your environment today. We will update this post with registration links and dates/locations shortly...

Want to win a ticket to TechEd NZ 2012? Show us why you deserve to join us... Tweet a PHOTO of why you should be chosen to win. Make sure to include the #tenz hashtag. Entries close Friday 17th August

30% Off TechNet Professional Subscriptions: Back By Popular Demand! Use promo code NZTN13-1 before 31 Dec 2012 to receive 30% off. Evaluate the complete stack of full-version and beta Microsoft software with no feature limits by purchasing a TechNet Subscription...

Half-day overview on Windows Server 2012 for NZ IT Professional’s, then a Windows 8 demo. What's new and what's hot in Windows Server 2012? Microsoft brings you all you need to know about the next version of Windows Server. Auckland and Wellington have...

The Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter provides a Microsoft-supported, freely available, stand-alone solution for converting VMware virtual machines and disks to Hyper-V-based virtual machines and virtual hard drives (VHDs). This tool simplifies low...

  Thanks for attending the recent event focussed on Windows Server 2012. The presentation on Windows Server 2012 focussed on Manageability, Virtualisation, Storage and Availability, and lastly Networking,  After seeing these revolutionary features...

  Watch the announcement of Surface, a new family of Microsoft-made tablet PCs that seamlessly transition between consumption and creation, without compromise. This is the full keynote where Steve Ballmer, Steven Sinofsky and other Microsoft executives...

I’ll be in Hamilton on Thursday July 12th 2012 at the Hamilton PC Computer Club presenting on Windows 8 Come along if you’re interested to find out more and see some cool demos 6 thru 10PM Venue: 'Te Whare o Te Ata' Community House, 60A Sare Crescent...

Our first two Auckland sessions became fully booked quickly, so we have added two new sessions! July 18 and July 19 1230PM arrival for the presentations and demos from 1PM through to 430PM Location is Microsoft New Zealand Level 5 22 Viaduct Harbour Avenue...

The Auckland Windows Infrastructure User group has restarted and their next meeting is planned for the evening of Wednesday 18 July Location is the Microsoft Auckland office – Level 5, 22 Viaduct Harbour Avenue, Auckland Please RVSP – http://www.mscommunities...

The next meeting is being held on Wednesday July 4 at 5PM Location is the Microsoft Wellington office, Level 12, 157 Lambton Quay, Midland Park, Wellington Please RVSP so we know how much beer and pizza we need Please RVSP at http://www.mscommunities...