In a few short days, Microsoft’s senior leaders and thousands of Microsoft partners like us from over 100 countries will come together in our nation’s capital for the 2010 Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference. For partners, WPC is a fantastic annual opportunity to start the new (fiscal) year informed, connected and in sync with one another. But I think it’s much more than that.

To me, the theme this year, Infinite Possibilities, conveys the mindset that Microsoft would like to inspire its partners to take on. Microsoft thinks big and has an incredible vision of what’s possible in the world. But having a great idea or creating a phenomenal plan for the future will only go so far. You need to engage those that surround you and have them touched, moved and inspired by that possibility in order to create an environment that’s conducive for the fulfillment of that dream.

So Microsoft brings together partners from across the planet, conveys its vision and strategy, celebrates the latest product innovations and accomplishments, and provides hands-on-labs, training and discussions to give people essential capabilities and knowledge. Microsoft not only gets people out of town and out of the office, it gets people out of their short-term, constrained and limited ways of thinking. Microsoft not only sees what’s possible for software and technology, Microsoft sees what’s possible for people, businesses, non-profits, and governments around the world. But rather than keep that beautiful vision locked up, they want to bring us all together in the capital of the United States of America, share it, and empower us to achieve what we can now imagine.

Personally, I’m a fan of people from around the world returning to their state, city or village filled with a sense of infinite possibility, hope and power. Let freedom ring.