Spark your Web with WebSiteSpark

Microsoft recently announced the availability of a new program for Web Professionals called Microsoft WebsiteSpark. With WebsiteSpark and the Microsoft Web Platform, Microsoft is demonstrating an ongoing and unwavering commitment to fostering the success of Web professionals and SMBs around the world.

The WebsiteSpark Program provides Web professionals with Microsoft software and solutions, together with related tools, training and support, to help their businesses succeed. The WebsiteSpark Program also helps drive new business opportunities by connecting Web professionals and hosters with an ecosystem of customers, partners and other professionals with complementary technologies.

Web development and design companies with up to 10 employees and owners can participate in the WebsiteSpark Program for three years with no up-front cost. There is only a $100 program offering fee, payable at exit, with no other costs or obligations. Once approved, these companies can have access to:

• Microsoft Web design and development tools, including three licenses of Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition, two licenses of Microsoft Expression Web 3, and one license of Microsoft Expression Studio 3.
• Four processor licenses for production usage of Microsoft Windows Web Server 2008 or R2 (when available) and four processor licenses for production usage of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Web Edition.
• A third-party premium Website control panel (DotNetPanel).

Find out more or join at WebsiteSpark!

Free Web Hosting & Web Tools from Microsoft

Here is a excellent *FREE* offering from Microsoft and our top web hosting partners.

• Free hosting for 60 days
• Free Microsoft Expression Web ($299 value) and Microsoft Visual Web Developer 2008 Express Edition
• Free $100 Microsoft adCenter search advertising credit

The Microsoft Web Platform

Rock solid Web hosting on Microsoft’s most up-to-date Web platform, including:

• Windows Server 2008
• IIS 7
• ASP.Net
• SQL Server 2008 Web
• PHP and MySQL
• Expression Web and
  Visual Web Developer Express
• Click here for a complete list of the Microsoft Web Platform components

This is a good example of our commitment to Interop and more importantly validation of our Software Plus Sevice strategy for providing customers to building consistent rich applications and with choice of hosting with our partners or in our cloud.

So Startup(s) grab this opportunity and also for Enterprise who are at looking at ways to reducing cost or exploring new scenarios this will great to try out.