Microsoft Inspire

Microsoft Inspire
Microsoft Inspire
Status	active
Genre	Conference
Date(s)	July 15, 2018
Begins	July 12, 2002
Ends	July 13, 2017
Frequency	Annually
Venue	Varies each year
Location(s)	Varies each year
Country	United States of America
Inaugurated	July 12, 2002
Organised by	Microsoft
Member	Microsoft Corporation
Sponsor	Main sponsors: Huawei, Tech Data. BitTitan and Dell EMC
Website	partner.microsoft.com/en-us/inspire

Microsoft Inspire, (formerly the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference^[1], and previously abbreviated WPC), is a conference held annually by Microsoft Corporation for its partner community. At Inspire, partners are taught about Microsoft’s roadmap for the upcoming year, network and build connections, share best practices, experience the latest product innovations, and learn new skills and techniques.^[2] There are also keynote addresses from Microsoft executives, featured speakers, business-track specific offerings, and hundreds of sessions.

History

In its current form, it has been held since 2003.^[2] Before 2003, it was two different events, Microsoft Fusion and the Microsoft Business Solutions Stampede.^[3]

References

^ https://blogs.partner.microsoft.com/mpn/introducing-microsoft-inspire-a-new-name-for-our-worldwide-partner-conference/
^ ^a ^b http://www.digitalwpc.com/About#fbid=U5uRfPvLK-a
^ ^a ^b "Manta - The Place for Small Business". Manta.
^ "Manta - The Place for Small Business". Manta.
^ [1]
^ "Manta - The Place for Small Business". Manta.
^ http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/071306_Microsoft_Partner_Show_Continue
^ "Microsoft Unveils New Opportunities for Partners at Worldwide Partner Conference 2007". WebWire. 10 July 2007.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-05-22. Retrieved 2011-10-07. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ Mitchell Ashley (8 July 2008). "Meet Me In Houston At Microsoft WPC". Network World.
^ "Microsoft Pri0". nwsource.com.
^ "Microsoft Pri0". The Seattle Times.
^ "Microsoft Pri0". The Seattle Times.
^ "Microsoft Pri0". The Seattle Times.
^ http://www.digitalwpc.com/#fbid=U5uRfPvLK-a
^ http://www.digitalwpc.com/News/Details/183#fbid=
^ http://www.digitalwpc.com
^ "Microsoft Inspire Sponsors". Microsoft Inspire. Microsoft. Retrieved 19 June 2018.

External links

Official website

Year	Dates	Venue	Location	Participants (est.)
2002	July 12–15	Los Angeles Convention Center	Los Angeles, California	4,700^[4]
2003	October 9–11	Morial Convention Center	New Orleans	5,500^[3]
2004	July 11–13	Metro Toronto Convention Centre	Toronto, Canada	5,500 attendees^[5]
2005	July 8–10	Minneapolis Convention Center	Minneapolis	10,000 attendees 6,500 Microsoft employees^[6]
2006	August 11–13		Boston, Massachusetts	^[7]
2007	July 10–12	Colorado Convention Center	Denver, Colorado	^[8]^[9]
2008	July		Houston, Texas	^[10]
2009	July 13		New Orleans	^[11]
2010	July 11–15	Washington Convention Center	Washington, D.C. ^[12]	13,000^[13]
2011	July 10–14		Los Angeles, California	^[14]^[15]
2012	July 8–12	Metro Toronto Convention Centre and the Air Canada Centre	Toronto, Ontario	15,000^[16]
2013	July 7–11		Houston, Texas	^[17]
2014	July 13–17	Walter E. Washington Convention Center	Washington, D.C.
2015	July 12–16		Orlando, Florida
2016	July 10–14		Toronto, Canada
2017	July 9–13	Walter E. Washington Convention Center	Washington, D.C.	16.000
2018	July 14–19	Mandala Bay Convention Center	Las Vegas, Nevada	17.000
2019	July 13–19	Mandala Bay Convention Center	Las Vegas, Nevada

[introduceinspire-1] ttps://blogs.partner.microsoft.com/mpn/introducing-microsoft-inspire-a-new-name-for-our-worldwide-partner-conference/

[digitalwpc-2] ttp://www.digitalwpc.com/About#fbid=U5uRfPvLK-a

[golaith2-3] "Manta - The Place for Small Business". Manta.

[4] "Manta - The Place for Small Business". Manta.

[5] [1]

[6] "Manta - The Place for Small Business". Manta.

[7] ttp://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/071306_Microsoft_Partner_Show_Continue

[8] "Microsoft Unveils New Opportunities for Partners at Worldwide Partner Conference 2007". WebWire. 10 July 2007.

[9] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-05-22. Retrieved 2011-10-07. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[10] Mitchell Ashley (8 July 2008). "Meet Me In Houston At Microsoft WPC". Network World.

[11] "Microsoft Pri0". nwsource.com.

[12] "Microsoft Pri0". The Seattle Times.

[13] "Microsoft Pri0". The Seattle Times.

[14] "Microsoft Pri0". The Seattle Times.

[15] ttp://www.digitalwpc.com/#fbid=U5uRfPvLK-a

[16] ttp://www.digitalwpc.com/News/Details/183#fbid=

[17] ttp://www.digitalwpc.com

[18] "Microsoft Inspire Sponsors". Microsoft Inspire. Microsoft. Retrieved 19 June 2018.

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Microsoft Inspire

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