As announced today at MIX08, Schematic is now part of Microsoft’s elite group of 20 agency partners. That means we’ve become one of 20 global interactive agencies the company recommends to its partners to design the best experiences using Microsoft technologies.

The announcement represents the next step in our long-term relationship with Microsoft. As you know, Schematic was chosen by MSN and NBC to create the network’s 2008 Olympics Web video player using Microsoft’s new Silverlight 2.0 technology. CTO Matthew Rechs demonstrated some of our Olympics work during the MIX08 keynote address.