As part of the continuous interest of Microsoft to leverage business with its partner ecosystem and its commitment to enable its valued partners with all possible means, Microsoft Center of Expertise (CoEx) has launched its new initiative, PConnect.

PConnect is a FREE program designed and offered specifically to enable the Microsoft Partners Ecosystem in Emerging Markets. It creates unique opportunities for knowledge exchange with the Center Of Expertise Experts within the technical and presales fields.

PConnect aims to enhance your competencies as a Microsoft Partner throughout Microsoft's several workloads. To achieve our goal, we designed a set of FREE online sessions as well as “Ask the Experts” panels. Moreover, PConnect also serves as a communication channel between Microsoft and its Partners; accordingly it will help shed more light on your strengths and competencies.

Accordingly, we would like to ask you to nominate members of your team who will be attending our FREE online sessions in these different workloads:

Business Productivity Data Platforms Unified Communications Office 365 Data Center Optimized Desktop

Developers Tools Windows Apps Microsoft Business Solutions Microsoft Partner Sales Readiness

If you'd like to join the program please contact us at info@meapconnect.net and make sure to include your Partner Account Manager.

To be the first to know our latest news and updates, please make sure to visit our page on

• Facebook www.facebook.com/meaPC
• Follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/meapconnect

Please feel free to contact the PConnect team with any inquiries that you may have regarding the PConnect Program at info@meapconnect.net

Microsoft MEA CoEx is now hiring “Developer Evangelist” position the mission of  the role is engaging the broad community of developers and driving excitement around  Microsoft developer tools and Microsoft platform technologies.

Job requirements:

• Excellent oral and written communication skills

• Excellent presentation skills to large, demanding technical audiences.

• A blend of passion, optimism, customer advocacy, curiosity and creativity

• Demonstrated track-record of developer community involvement

• Preferred qualifications include Computer Science/Engineering or related degree, 10+ years of hands-on developer experience

• Demonstrated hands-on software development experience with current and emerging web technologies is required

• Demonstrated hands-on software development experience with current and emerging Windows platform technologies, the .NET Framework and Visual Studio + other Microsoft technologies such as SQL Server, BizTalk Server, SharePoint, Smart Clients, Microsoft Office, etc.

• Experience with multiple, current programming languages

• Experience using non-Microsoft technologies (PHP, Flex/Flash, Linux, Eclipse, Java, Ruby a HUGE plus

• Experience with or knowledge of future Microsoft developer technologies a plus

• Microsoft certifications (MCSD, MCT, MCSE, etc.) a plus

Please email your resume at  b-monael@microsoft.com