Microsoft Regional Business Building Sessions - Coming to a Town Near You

Microsoft's Brad Clarke will be hitting the road again next month presenting SMB focussed 'Business Builder' sessions in the following locations:

• Albury
• Ballina
• Canberra
• Ballarat
• Coffs Harbour
• Gosford
• Liverpool
• Newcastle
• Orange
• Penrith
• Wollongong
• Gold Coast
• Ipswich
• Cairns
• Townsville
• Caloundra
• Geelong
• Bendigo

These sessions will cover

• Small and Medium Business Technology Overview
• Partner Network Update
• Cloud Computing

You can register for a session in your location here. Contact Brad at bradcl@microsoft.com.au if you'd like more information or to organise a 1:1 session.

Keira McIntosh is the General Manager at Directions Technology - an Australia owned small business providing managed and reliable IT Support in Brisbane. You can also find her on Twitter and Linked In.

Microsoft SMB Roadshow - November

I'm happy to share with you that Microsoft will be continuing the recent reintroduction of roadshows with planning currently underway to hold a series of roadshows in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth in November.

The great thing is Microsoft recognise that the content and format needs to be relevant to partners - not just Microsoft talking from the front of the room.

I've been asked to gather input from the SMB partner community to help make sure these events are useful for partners - so please email me at keira@directions.com.au with your wishlist!

I look forward to your input.

Keira McIntosh is the General Manager at Directions Technology - an Australia owned small business providing managed and reliable IT Support in Brisbane. You can also find her on Twitter and Linked In.

Microsoft SMB Partner Roadshow - Save the Date

I wanted to make sure everyone reading along is aware of the upcoming SMB Partner Roadshows coming to a city near you.

This is a great opportunity to learn more about:

• Microsoft Partner Network Update
• Licensing
• Online Services
• Windows 7 and Windows Server Opportunities for SMB
• Management Opportunities with Hyper V, Virtual Machine Manager and MDOP
• Growing your Business with Partner Marketing Centre and the Customer Insight Tool
• SMB Campaigns & Marketing Opportunities

This is also your opportunity to meet Mark O'Shea, recently appointed SMB Partner Technical Advisor who I'm sure you'll agree is a welcome addition to the Microsoft SMB lineup.

And if that's not enough the roadshow will conclude with networking drinks - a great opportunity to chat with the team from Microsoft and other partners.

Here's the dates:

Brisbane 18 March
Melbourne 19 March
Adelaide 22 March
Perth 24 March
Sydney 30 March

Full details in this month's edition of Spark. You can register here.

If you're in a regional area - don't despair! Brad Clarke and other Partner Territory Managers are planning to get out on the road and see more partners - if you'd like a visit in your area please let me know.

Keira McIntosh is the General Manager at Directions Technology - an Australia owned small business providing managed and reliable IT Support in Brisbane. You can also find her on Twitter and Linked In.