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In the most recent UK TechNet Newsletter*, Microsoft announced their new IT Professional Community Council. I'm happy to say that the TechNet team have asked me to be a member of the council, representing views of the IT professional community on Microsoft's products and related issues. I'm especially covering the area of IT infrastructure, since that's what i do for my day job, but since there's only four members of the council I expect we'll be collaborating across all areas. You can see a listing of Community Council members, along with the other UK IT Professional Teams on the TechNet site.

So, what does this mean? Well for one thing, if you've got anything that you want to get off your chest regarding existing Microsoft products, or products/features that would help you in your work, you can ask me to pester them incessantly take that to them on your behalf. You can do that by contacting me via the contact page on this site, or on Twitter. Also, you'll find future posts here in which I'll be sharing my opinion on Microsoft products and related issues. That doesn't mean that you'll automatically see glowing recommendations - it's not like they're paying me, so I remain completely independent and free from any editorial control. I do have a generally favourable opinion of Microsoft products, especially in the area of enterprise IT infrastructure, but anyone who read my recent rant constructive criticism of Windows Mobile will be aware that I don't own any rose-tinted glasses!

* At the time of writing, the latest Newsletter is the 1st May 2009 issue, which doesn't currently appear to be available on the web archive, but I expect it'll soon appear. If you are an IT professional working with Microsoft products, especially if you're in the UK, you should definitely subscribe to the free email newsletter on the TechNet site (which is also where you'll find the archive).