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Instead of attempting (and failing) to perform full blog posts around the a number of several Microsoft news bits I;ve read lately, I made the decision to perform a fast hyperlink listing. Here are a number of new items that could possibly be of interest:Microsoft is trimming a few of the advantages it is offering to participants in its Most Valuable Professional (MVP) plan, no doubt on account of cost-cutting actions impacting the corporation general. In a be aware to MVPs (posted around the ActiveWin.com site),Microsoft Office 2007 Product Key, Microsoft claims to be “expanding our investment in the MVP Award Program” with a new online MVP portal coming next year. But in the same notice,Microsoft Office 2010 Professional Plus, officials acknowledge that they are cutting various the “less significant” benefits, as of October 1, including Organization Store (MVP Bucks),Office 2007 Serial, E-Academy, E-Reference Library and MS Press Book Reviews. The worldwide MVP conference is not cancelled; it;s on for mid-February 2010 (but in Redmond/Bellevue, not in Seattle).Microsoft is allowing shareholders to have a formal say about its executives; compensation. In Microsoft;s case,Microsoft Office 2007 Professional, the “say on pay” input will be collected once every three years. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer just got a 4 percent raise for fiscal 2009, by the way (not counting bonuses). Microsoft is one of a growing checklist of public companies adopting the say-for-pay provision. The first nonbinding vote on executive compensation happens in conjunction with this year;s shareholders; meeting on November 19.
Microsoft Windows President Steven Sinofsky is slated to release a book later this year, co-authored with Harvard management professor Marco Iansiti that will offer insights into how to make a big organization not just survive, but thrive. The book will be published by John Wiley & Sons. Think of it a detailed analysis of Microsoft;s Windows client unit — which Sinofsky reorganized and pruned in order to get Windows 7 done in a timely way and to create the groundwork for future Windows releases. (TechFlash;s Todd Bishop found a Barnes & Noble listing for the forthcoming title, — tentatively named “One Strategy,Office 2007 Professional!” and due November 28.Microsoft has created available another piece of its Azure cloud platform puzzle: The Azure management API. The API is meant for developers who need to deploy and manage the compute and storage components of the Windows Azure operating product. The Azure management API is REST-based and will allow developers to code against in their toolset of choice to manage their services.