Microsoft at a glance: June 2010 Edition

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Microsoft Student Newsletter for June 2010

View the mobile version | Sign up for other newsletters | Unsubscribe | Update your profile Welcome to the Microsoft Student Newsletter, offering news, tips, advice, career info, and special offers for today's students. Forward this newsletter to a friend! Make the Most of Your Summer Welcome to summer! Before you get too far out the door, make sure your computer is updated with Microsoft Office 2010, including the full versions of Office Web Apps. Use Bing Maps  to plan your adventure, and visit the Student Lounge to post your own blog and keep up with your friends worldwide. Not all students are on vacation-some are in competition. Stay updated on the 2010 Imagine Cup. Office 2010 Stand out in your classes this fall with the innovative Microsoft Office Professional Academic 2010. Qualified students can buy now for just $79.95 USD. Imagine Cup 2010 People's Choice Award Check out the Imagine Cup Software Design Finalist Project through July 7 and raise awareness for how students are using technology to solve the world's toughest problems. Go on a virtual road trip Scavenger Hunt Register now to play the Microsoft Student Scavenger Hunt. Players have a chance to win the daily instant-win prize of $1,500 USD or the grand prize of $5,000 USD. Global companies hiring IT students The Microsoft S2B virtual career fair features companies like Avanade and Ericsson. Learn how to apply for jobs, and receive 25% off student-priced certification exams. Get the details. Office for Mac is now only $99.95 USD Get a head start on your career with the professional tools you'll need. Through June 30, 2010, U.S. College Students can save up to 75% on Office 2008 for Mac Business Edition. Rally Winners In the Scholarship Challenge, students showed us how they use Microsoft technologies to learn, work and play. Check out the scholarship winners! Your very own career and workplace advisor Meet Alexandra Levit, career and workplace expert. Read Alex's advice on everything from workplace attire to good habits to develop before starting a career. Be an MSP: deadline extended Find more with Microsoft Tag Second Shot on Microsoft Certifications Watch Project Natal in action Stanford students take to the cloud See what you missed at TechEd 2010 TechFair 2010 highlights Accelerate your web development for free   Check out your favorite People's Choice project  Microsoft Unlimited Potential blog   Get Microsoft Office 2010 for only $79.95 USD Windows 7 for less than $30 USD  Special offers for students on Windows PCs U.S. college students save up to 75% on Office 2008 for Mac Business Edition   Follow us on Twitter Join us on Facebook Visit us on your mobile phone Explore the Student Lounge   Microsoft respects your privacy.  Please read our online Privacy Statement. If you would prefer to no longer receive this newsletter, please click here to unsubscribe or reply to this message with "UNSUBSCRIBE" in the subject line. To set your contact preferences for other Microsoft communications, see the communications preferences section of the Microsoft Privacy Statement. Microsoft Corporation One Microsoft Way Redmond, WA 98052 USA [+/-] Windows Logo Program Newsletter for June 15, 2010 Sign up for other newsletters | Unsubscribe | Update your profile The Windows Logo Program Newsletter provides up to date information about the Windows Logo Program. Did you get this newsletter from a friend? Subscribe to the Windows Logo Program Newsletter. New Billing Service Features Go Live On July 1 The Microsoft Pay It Your Way website (http://payityourway.com/) is an online account receivable service. This service will go live on July 1, 2010. You can use this service to: View transaction history. Make a payment with a credit card. Change the purchase order (PO) number on your invoice. Edit PO numbers on your unbilled submissions. Frequently Asked Questions FAQ 1: How do I get my sign-in information? Each billing contact associated with your account number will have access to this website. Your username is your email address. To activate your username, click this link https://www.payityourway.com/ForgotPassword.aspx and enter your email address. You will receive an email from webmaster@payityourway.com with your temporary password. FAQ 2: I've received my invoice but the PO number is wrong. How do I change the PO number on my invoice? To change the PO number on an invoice: Sign in to Pay It My Way and click View Transactions. In the Edit PO column, click the button for the invoice you want to change. On the Change Purchase Order Number screen, enter your new PO number. If you do not want to have a hard copy sent to you via the United States Postal Service (USPS), clear the corresponding checkbox. Click Proceed. A revised invoice will be emailed to you automatically. Changing PO Numbers on Unbilled Submissions Billing is done quarterly. At the end of each calendar quarter, submissions to be billed are loaded into the billing system. Invoices for the quarter are produced on the 16th day of the month following the end of the quarter ("billing month"). For example, on March 31, submissions from January 1 through March 31 are loaded into PayItYourWay.com. Edits to the PO numbers for the submissions are allowed during the first two weeks of April. On April 16, invoices are generated and no further edits are possible. Invoices are sent to you within five business days from the 16th. Payment on the invoices will be due on the 25th day of the month following the billing month. This due date provides you at least 30 days from the date you receive your invoice. During the time that you are able to edit PO numbers on your submissions, there will be a button labeled Edit Pre-Bill PO Numbers on the Welcome page. This button is only available from the 1st through the 15th of the billing month. When you click this button, you will be presented with a screen that will allow you to make changes to the PO numbers on each of your submissions. The screen is self-explanatory but feel free to email us at whqlbill@microsoft.com with any questions. In summary, the following steps are involved: Unbilled submissions are loaded into PayItYourWay.com on the last day of the calendar quarter. Email notices are sent to all billing contacts notifying them that they can edit submission PO numbers. Users can sign in to PayItYourWay.com and edit their PO numbers. On the 16th day of the billing month, invoices are generated. No further edits to submission PO numbers can be made after the close of business on the 15th. Invoices are prepared and mailed via USPS. Payment on invoices is due on the 25th day of the month following the billing month. VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION ******* PLEASE READ THIS SECTION When we generate invoices, the submissions are grouped by account number and PO number. We generate a separate invoice for each unique combination of account number and PO number. For example, if you have one account number and two submissions and both submissions have the same PO number, you will receive one invoice with both submissions on it. If each submission has a different PO number, you will receive two invoices. If you have more than one account, you will receive at least one invoice for each account and possibly more than one invoice per account if the submissions for a given account have different PO numbers. If one of your engineers made a submission under the wrong account, you will have 15 days to discover this and notify us. If you need an invoice split across two or more PO numbers, you will have 15 days to make the necessary adjustments. After invoices are generated, there is only one change that will be made to your invoice and that will be to change the PO number on the invoice (see FAQ 2 above). The billing team will NO LONGER MAKE INVOICE CHANGES. Your company has 15 days to identify and make the necessary adjustments to your submissions to ensure they are billed properly. Please take this notice of policy seriously as we will not honor requests to make changes to invoices. Retiring Windows Logo Program Categories The following logo program categories and requirements will be retired when we release version 1.6 of the Windows Logo Kit (WLK): Modem MODEM-0001 through MODEM-0025 Winsock Direct NETWORK-0141 through NETWORK-0143 ISDN NETWORK-0026 NETWORK-0027 NETWORK-0029 NETWORK-0030 NETWORK-0033 NETWORK-0130 through NETWORK-0132 IrDA CONNECT-0025 CONNECT-0027 CONNECT-0029 Starting with WLK 1.6, any devices that previously submitted via these categories can use the Unclassified category to get a signature. Please use LogoPoint to send us any feedback you have about this announcement. New FAQs for the Windows 7 Software Logo Program We would like to announce a new section on the Windows 7 Software Logo Program website. This new section answers some frequently asked questions that Microsoft has received since the start of the Windows 7 Software Logo Program. We have categorized the questions into three sections: Windows 7 logo program processes (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/ff718594.aspx) Logo application submissions and the Winqual process (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/ff718579.aspx) Software Logo Toolkit requirements and test cases (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/ff718270.aspx) Please send any questions to winqual@microsoft.com. Windows Summit 2010 Virtual Event Windows Summit 2010 is a virtual event for software and hardware developers, designers, engineers, and testers, who build or want to build hardware and software solutions on the Windows 7 and Internet Explorer (IE) platforms. Specialized content tracks for devices, systems, and software experts have been developed and are being released on a rolling schedule. Device and System Track Content is Now Available The Device and System tracks have kicked off and the content is now available online. You can access tools, resources, and information about building great products on Windows 7 and Internet Explorer from the convenience of your computer, including information that addresses the Windows Logo Program - from what you need to know to certify your product to what's new in the Windows Logo Kit (WLK) 1.5. To get started, simply sign in at http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-summit/default.aspx?ocid=sum10_lognews. Software Track Begins June 16 The Software track of Windows Summit 2010 kicks off on June 16 with an opening talk by Dean Hachamovitch, General Manager of the Internet Explorer Team. Dean is responsible for the design, development, and release of Internet Explorer, the Microsoft RSS platform, and future versions of our web browser, as well as security and customer response for the currently supported versions of IE. Here's a sampling of the sessions for the Software track: Developing Multi-Touch Applications for Natural Experiences Unleashing the Latest Innovations in Modern Graphics Hardware with Windows 7 Windows 7 Ribbon: The Next Generation User Experience for Presenting Commands in Windows Applications Extending Battery Life by Creating Energy-Efficient Applications Related track content goes live after the opening talk and will be available 24x7. You can watch all sessions or choose the ones that most interest you. There is also the opportunity to ask the experts questions and the answers will be posted to the site on a regular basis, viewable by everyone. To see a full list of sessions and to learn more, visit http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-summit/default.aspx?ocid=sum10_lognews. Edition for June 15, 2010 In This Issue: New Billing Service Features Go Live on July 1 Retiring Windows Logo Program Categories New FAQs for the Windows 7 Software Logo Program Windows Summit 2010 Virtual Event What's New on WHDC? Windows Logo Program References • Windows Logo Program Newsletter Archives Sign up for other newsletters | Update your profile © 2010 Microsoft Corporation Terms of Use | Trademarks | Legal Information   Microsoft respects your privacy. Please read our online Privacy Statement. If you would prefer to no longer receive this newsletter, please click here to unsubscribe or reply to this message with "UNSUBSCRIBE" in the subject line. To set your contact preferences for other Microsoft communications, see the communications preferences section of the Microsoft Privacy Statement. Microsoft Corporation One Microsoft Way Redmond, WA 98052 USA           Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)