One of the highlights of the MVP Summit was the keynote by Bill Gates. This was the first time I have had the opportunity to see Bill speak live and there were certainly some animated people in the crowd. Bill’s session also included some Q&A time where MVPs were able to walk up to a number of microphones around the auditorium and ask Bill questions.

After the keynote, I attended a number of executive sessions* including a session from S. Somasegar (Developer Division Corporate VP) on the developer division roadmap. All I can say is that there’s some great things on the way. Soma has even mentioned the Summit on his blog.

I also enjoyed a session called “Server at the Core” presented by Iain McDonald which covered some of the new technologies coming up in Windows Server codenamed “Longhorn”. I recognised some of the content which will be included in the Longhorn Jumpstart sessions that the Microsoft Readiness team will deliver around Australia in a few months.

• Much of the content is confidential at this stage and is covered by an NDA so I can’t offer any specifics.