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The day is almost over, or at least the sessions etc. will shortly becoming to and end and then it’s off to a cocktail reception at the W Hotel courtesy of the Windows 7 Ignite team.

For me the 2 main point of interest today (and there have been a lot) is the announcement around the partner program changes and the fact that Dynamics CRM gets a Twitter add-on!

Corporate Vice President Allison Watson kicked off the WPC09 conference on Monday, July 13, by launching the new Microsoft Partner Network. Watson was joined by Stephen Elop, president of Microsoft Business Division and Bill Veghte, senior vice president, Microsoft Business Division, to outline a bold roadmap of products and services the company will deliver in the coming year to help partners distinguish themselves with customers and compete confidently in the new economy. Watson said, “With the Microsoft Partner Network we’re creating a community based on our continued commitment to serve the needs of our partners and help them reach their full potential. Working together, we continue to focus on creating innovative solutions that drive profitability and sustain competitive advantage.”

Looking forward to the keynotes tomorrow and some more excellent breakout sessions.

Another vid from WPC09: A quick tour of the city and the day of giving on the Sunday:

A couple of vids from WPC09

So I’m making the final preparations before heading off to New Orleans for the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC09), which I am very much looking forward to. This will be my first time attending WPC and I’m guessing the scale of it is going to come as something of a shock to the system!

I’ve got a full itinerary of keynotes, breakout sessions, focus groups and partying planned courtesy of the Windows 7 Ignite team, my fellow MS partners and the digital WPC site.

One of the most important meetings I’ll be attending is the first PAL meeting for the 09/10 PAL’s which is scheduled for the Thursday morning. There I should find out who my fellow PAL’s from around the globe are and find out what changes are planned for the SBSC program and other relevant information.

I’m planning on blogging during the events but I’ll also be tweeting about the most important announcements so please feel free to follow me on twitter. I’m also taking the Flip HD video camera kindly provided by the Windows 7 Ignite team so I might even post up a few vids! Watch this space.

Please feel free to send me any questions you’d like me to put to either the Windows 7 team or anything regarding SBSC and I’ll make sure it gets asked.