Visual Studio 2010 announcements and impact on MPN – This is a very good resource that describes the changes that this launch will bring to the Microsoft Partner Network, in terms of SKUs that Certified/Gold Certified ISVs (and other partners) will receive the the Microsoft Partner network. In summary: Download the deck for details: Visual Studio 2010 announcements and impact on MPN
Summary What: Microsoft sponsored certification for Managed ISVs in Singapore When: Promotion runs until June 30, 2010 Details In an effort to encourage skills upgrading, we’re launching the Get Trained and Get Certified promotion exclusively for developers in our Managed ISV program where we’ll pay for your certification. All you have to do is take any 3 trainings from the sources below, send me information on the trainings you’ve taken and we’ll send you your details on how to get certified for free. Online Sources: Partner Learning Center at the Microsoft Partner Network (formerly Microsoft Partner Program) https://training.partner.microsoft.com/learning/ Sign in with the live ID associated with your company and register for trainings online. We have a huge catalog of live webcasts as well as on demand webcasts that you can search through for topics that are relevant to your projects. Channel 9 Learning Center http://channel9.msdn.com/learn/courses/ A free for all resource for technical training on the latest products from Microsoft including : Windows Azure Platform, Office 2010, SharePoint 2010, Silverlight 4 and Visual Studio 2010 Hands On Labs: Microsoft Innovation Centre Hands-On Labs Keep an eye on this site for announcements on hands-on labs for Microsoft sponsored trainings for partners. Courses held at Certified Partner for Learning Solutions Partners http://www.microsoft.com/singapore/learning/cpls.mspx Trainings you attend on your own or with company support at any of our CPLS partners above will count to your credit as well. Do note that our CPLS partners such as Avantus Training participate in funding schemes through IDA’s CITREP (Critical Infocomm Technology Resource Programme) that will subsidize training fees for your developers as well. All you need to do is take 3 trainings from any of the sources above, send the following information to sgisv@microsoft.com and we’ll give you a voucher to take your next Microsoft Certification Exam for free. Training Title: Date Completed: Training details (url / source / venue): Training Title: Date Completed: Training details (url / source / venue): Training Title: Date Completed: Training details (url / source / venue): This offer is exclusive to developers in Managed ISVs so do send us the above information through your company email address.
I realize that not a lot of people have heard about the ISV Royalty Program here in Singapore. The program is available to ISVs and what this allows you to do is license Microsoft products as part of your unified solution, that way, you can be your customers one stop shop for getting your software as well as the Microsoft licenses required to run it. There are 2 license types offered: ...