Microsoft presentation and T-COSY

Hey there,

My name is Jonathan Giles. Some of you may know me: I'm a fourth year software engineering student at

Massey. This year I'm doing a bit of work representing Microsoft around campus, so you'll probably hear

from me a bit. Basically I get to know about Microsoft technologies, and plan to help anyone out there

to get the most out of this stuff.

I'll probably give a few presentations, but I'd rather get behind things like T-COSY and helping to get people enthused about Microsoft stuff, whether it's the Xbox 360 or the latest Visual Studio. To this end, specifically for those people involved with T-COSY, I plan on getting a few prizes to hand out over the year, as judged by the organisers of the event. For the upcoming LAN

on March 11th, I should have some games and copies of Microsoft Office, plus various Xbox 360 goodies to

tide you over until the 23rd (The 360's launch day).

Also, in relation to the 360, I've got a way you could win one, as well as heaps of other cool prizes.

Firstly, there are two Microsoft presentations coming up on March 16th and 17th. The times and places

are yet to be announced, but they will be the same in content - so just come to whichever you can make

it to. I'll get posters out over campus shortly, but otherwise check out my blog here:

I keep this page updated with the latest news about all things Microsoft and Massey.

On the 16th and 17th you'll learn about ways Microsoft can help you out at Massey through the Academic Alliance, etc, and also how you can win those prizes I keep mentioning.

But because the draw closes on the 17th, heres how to enter: sign up for the MSDN Connection newsletter

here, and say you're from Massey University:

http://www.microsoft.com/nz/msdn/connection/default.mspx

That'll get you entered into the draw. Trust me, the prizes are well worth it. They include:

* XBOX 360

* 17" and 19" Philips LCD Screens

* Philips Digital Photo Frames

* Navman Navigation System

* Microsoft Office Professional 2003

* Microsoft Office OneNote 2003

* Microsoft Windows XP Professional

* Microsoft Digital Image Suite 2006

* Age of Empires 3

* Microsoft Freebies Pack (assorted goodies to get you going)

Now, to steal from a fellow ambassadors blog:

Heard of the MSDN Academic Alliance? It's a programme Microsoft runs worldwide for universities (and

polytechnics) to give IT-related students access to an absolutely massive range of software, completely

free of charge. This includes Windows XP, all the Windows Server System products (such as Windows

Server, SQL Server, BizTalk Server...), Visual Studio, Visio and heaps more. It doesn't include games or

Microsoft Office (or anything XBox-related!) but there are separate promotions for those.

So, see you on the 11th, and hopefully on either the 16th or 17th. Feel free to ask me any questions.

Cheers,

Jonathan Giles