Get Ready for Windows Azure – Resources for Microsoft Partners

dianeja — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:54:24 GMT

Windows Azure is the Microsoft operating system in the cloud. Azure is a whole new way for Microsoft partners, including Systems Integrators, ISVs, and Web Developers, to offer a wide range of Internet services that can be accessed from both on-premises environments and the Internet.

Here are some recommendations for you to explore the Windows Azure Platform services:

Windows Azure Platform on the Microsoft partner portal: https://partner.microsoft.com/US/productssolutions/psazure
Sign up for your own Azure account under the no-cost Community Technology Preview (CTP): http://www.microsoft.com/azure/register.mspx
Visit the Azure Partner Quickstart community, The Hub: http://hub.digitalwpc.com/WindowsAzure
Watch video presentations about Azure: http://msdev.com/Directory/SearchResults.aspx?keyword=azure

Want to experience Windows Azure firsthand? We’ve created a simple step-by-step document that will guide you through creating and uploading your own "Hello, World" Azure application on a single Web page. The whole process takes only 45 minutes. Register for the Community Technology Preview, then go through the tutorial at http://www.msdev.com/Directory/Description.aspx?eventId=1550, presented by Tony Bailey.

Attendees at this year’s Professional Developers Conference in November will have the opportunity to go deep on Azure and leave the Conference ready to go beyond “Hello, World”. Visit the PDC 2009 site at http://microsoftpdc.com/.

Profiling your Office Business Applications can mean $$

dianeja — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:49:00 GMT

If you are a company building applications for Office, you have the opportunity to receive up to US$2500 for a qualifying solution entered into the Solution Profiler tool. Affectionately called "OBA", Office Business Applications are an emerging class of applications that streamline processes and information connectivity. Microsoft showcases qualifying OBAs on sites such as OBA Central (https://www.obacentral.com/default.aspx) and SolutionsConnect (https://www.solutionsconnect.net/US/default.aspx), which can help you generate new sales leads.

If you profile one of the first 100 qualifying OBA's now through June 6, 2008, you can receive US$2,500 to promote your solution. If you profile one of the next 45 qualifying OBA's, you can receive US$1,000.

Find out more about this promotion on the US ISV website at https://microsoft.mrmpslc.com/ISVCommunity/obapromo.aspx.

Cheers,

Diane Golshan, Sr. Marketing Manager, US Partner Group

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Get Ready for Windows Azure – Resources for Microsoft Partners

Profiling your Office Business Applications can mean $$