Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference is kicking off in Los Angeles in July. Microsoft New Zealand has released news of incentives it is offering to partners wishing to send attendees.

For partners sending three or more attendees to WPC, there will be a US$400 discount off the full price of US$1,995 for the third registration.  A US$1,000 incentive to partners which fit one of the following three criteria:

• You must earn local Gold competency for Virtualisation or Systems Management or CRM solutions under the new MPN rules, by 15 June 2011
• You must attain "Cloud Accelerate" partner status by signing up before 15 June 2011
• Be amongst the First 50 APAC partners to sign up for Windows Azure Platform Developer Accelerator Extended Program, by 15 June 2011