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Learn Windows Azure LIVE Today!
13 Dec 2011 
Microsoft is holding a special Learn Windows Azure training event today for developers. It should prove to be a great way to learn about the Windows Azure platform and the capabilities it provides.
This should prove to be a great online session for attendees to learn how to build cloud-based applications using Windows Azure. An added treat is that the session will be delivered by three of Microsoft’s foremost technology experts, Scott Guthrie, Dave Campbell, and Mark Russinovich. Having heard each of these gentlemen speak during my tenure at Microsoft, you won’t be disappointed.
Register now for this great event. Oh yeah, the event is FREE!
Microsoft BizSpark Incubation Week for Windows 7 in Reston, VA
Sanjay and our ISV Team are at it again and is putting on another great incubation event. This time it’s around Windows 7!
If you’ve enjoyed the Dynamics CRM Incubation weeks Sanjay and our ISV Team have put on (in Reston and Boston), you’re certainly in for a treat!
For those of you out in the blogsphere who’re local to the Reston, VA area and has a startup business, or is contemplating building competencies around the delivery of solutions on our latest and greatest Windows release, I welcome you to attend the inaugural Microsoft BizSpark Incubation Week for Windows 7, to be held in at the Microsoft Technology Center in Reston, VA the week of August 24th, 2009. The event will cover the following:
- Learning and building next generation applications utilizing new and unique Windows 7 capabilities with help from onsite advisors and off-shore development teams
- Getting entrepreneur coaching from guest speakers and a panel of industry experts
- Generating marketing buzz for your brand
- Creating an opportunity to be highlighted at the upcoming Windows 7 launch
My colleagues, Sanjay Jain and Ashish Jaiman, and the ISV Evangelism Team is hard at work putting this outstanding event together. To get more details about this event, head on over to Sanjay’s Blog or e-mail him or Ashish directly to nominate your team.
To learn more about how Microsoft can help startups, head over to the Microsoft BizSpark Website.
Dynamics CRM Incubation Week – 2nd Installment – Boston, MA
Due to the popularity of the inaugural Dynamics CRM Incubation Week event , Sanjay and his team are at it again with the 2nd installment of this great event.
For those of you out in the blogsphere who are local to the Boston, MA area and has a startup business, or is contemplating building a new business around the delivery of business solutions, a co-worker of mine, Sanjay Jain, recently made an announcement of a great event, called the Dynamics CRM Incubation Week, that’s being held at the Microsoft Technology Center in Boston, MA from 4/20/2009 to 4/24/2009. The event will cover the following:
- Learning how to build next generation business solutions on the Microsoft Dynamics CRM platform
- Getting entrepreneurs coaching from an industry panel of experts (to include VC and Angel Investors, Academic, Marketing)
- Generating marketing “buzz” and recognition for various Awards
This event is interesting in that its geared at empowering entrepreneurs to build successful businesses leveraging Microsoft as a key partner.
To get more details about this event, head on over to Sanjay’s Blog or e-mail him directly to nominate your team.
To learn more about how Microsoft can help startups, head over to the Microsoft BizSpark website.
SharePoint Conference 2009
The SharePoint Conference is a great event to attend. This year’s conference will be especially good as we begin to unveil a lot of great information around the next version of SharePoint (codenamed SharePoint “14″). You don’t want to miss this one. Here’s an excerpt (below) from an e-mail that’s circulating to the SharePoint community.
President-Elect Obama’s Inauguration to be streamed online using Silverlight
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What great news! The historic inauguration of President-Elect Barack Obama will be streamed LIVE using Silverlight, our online Rich Internet Application (RIA) and media platform, via the Presidential Inaugural Committee website on January 20th. For those of you who followed the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, you witnessed first hand and what our Silverlight technology can do in the online media arena! This is a great time for our country and a very exciting time for Microsoft to be able to showcase argueably the most important moment of our time using the power of the Microsoft platform!
