Benefits of the Microsoft Platform Ready Program

1. Microsoft Windows Azure User Group Accelerating Your Windows Azure App Wes Yanaga (wesy@microsoft.com)

2. What Is Microsoft Platform Ready? Speed your time to market Microsoft Platform Ready (MPR) provides you tools and resources to help streamline your development efforts. Once your solution is market-ready, you’ll get access to customizable marketing templates to help you promote it. http://www.microsoftplatformready.com http://phone.microsoftplatformready.com @realmsdev /realmsdev

4. Windows® 7*

5. Windows® Server 2008 R2**

6. Microsoft® SharePoint 2010

7. Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008 R2*

8. Microsoft® Office 2010

9. Microsoft® Exchange Server 2010*

10. Microsoft® Dynamics CRM 2011*

11. Windows® Phone 7 *MRP Online compatibility tests available now. **MPR Online Test and Logo program available now. MPR Stats: 30,000+ Unique Organizations with at least 1 profiled application 171 Different visiting countries registered applications from 129 countries

12. Why MPR? Thousands of companies have already sped their time to market “With MPR, we created a user interface that met the specific needs of a new market—and we’re getting Microsoft’s help in reaching that market” In the US,6,000+ companies have registered14,500+ solutions “Without MPR, we wouldn’t have considered releasing this technology as a commercial product. It sped development and expanded our potential market” Worldwide,19,000+companies have registered26,000+ solutions

13. MPRBenefits

14. How does MPR work? 1 Sign Up Sign up and Profile your application. 2 Develop Use our resources to speed up your development time. 3 Test Test your app for platform compatibility. 4 Market Take advantage of marketing resources and offers to get your app to market.

17. Tell us your Twitter and Facebook username.

18. Tell us about your application.

19. Name, audience, description.

20. Supported languages.

21. Supported technologies.

22. Submit!1

23. How to use the MPR site? You’ll find everything you need in the My MPR Dashboard. Select your application and the relevant technology to access your available resources and benefits. See the status of each app and technology. Your resources and benefits will be displayed in the content pane at the bottom of the page.

24. How to use the MPR site? Develop Here you’ll find resources to help build your solution on the selected technology. You can also access your Microsoft technology specialist support from here. 2 3 Test Use the MPR Online test tools for compatibility testing. 4 Market Once you’ve told us your solution is ready, you can access customizable marketing templates. You’ll also get guidance on how to list your solution in customer-facing directories.

25. On- Demand Windows Azure Training Videos

26. NextSteps Sign up for MPR@ www.microsoftplatformready.com Check out free training@ www.msdev.com Questions? Call toll-free for answers@ 1 (866) 613-9198 HelpNow@Microsoft.com