Following on from the US launch for three of Microsoft's major products in 2008. Today is the big day for the UK launch up at the NEC in Birmingham. Ballmer should be just about through his keynote by now.

As with the US launch, the Virtual Launch Experience (VLE) - see below - features in Microsoft UK's various activities.

Georgina (aka Curious George) in the UK TechNet team has already written a great post on the benefits of the VLE. Georgina says the UK target is to get 50,000 visitors to the VLE - not all on day one I hasten to add.

To be one of them, go here.