At long last, small business-focused partners will have their own competency in the Microsoft Partner Network (MPN) next month.
- By Scott Bekker
- May 07, 2012
An important licensing battle between Microsoft and gaming company OnLive over an app that gives users remote access to a Windows 7 desktop exposes a fault line running through Microsoft's products, business models and its hosting partners.
- By Scott Bekker
- April 03, 2012
Microsoft is currently paired with some big partners, with big risks. With Yahoo in the midst of an executive upheaval and Windows Phone still trailing badly in the smartphone race, can these partnerships yield the results Microsoft is looking for?
- By Scott Bekker
- March 01, 2012
What Microsoft's partners learn about the new Windows Store when it opens this month may have major implications for the future of Windows.
- By Scott Bekker
- February 08, 2012
The Small Business Competency will probably arrive in May, based on Microsoft's pattern of releasing MPN changes.
- By Scott Bekker
- January 18, 2012
For starters, this tablet thing seems to be really taking off.
- By Scott Bekker
- December 14, 2011
Now that the main elements of Windows 8 seem locked down, will Sinofsky be more forthcoming with information for Microsoft's hardware partners?
- By Scott Bekker
- November 09, 2011
The era of Windows 8, for better or worse, has begun.
- By Scott Bekker
- October 03, 2011
There has been activity among Microsoft's appliance partners revolving around Azure -- but you wouldn't know it from this year's WPC, where the product played a backstage role.
- By Scott Bekker
- September 01, 2011
Microsoft created a new partner category when it launched Office 365 to fix the billing problems that vexed partners with BPOS. But there's a catch.
- By Scott Bekker
- August 04, 2011
There are three reasons why Windows Phone "Mango" will finally move the needle for Microsoft in the smartphone market.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 01, 2011
While Apple and even IBM are rocketing up the polls in brand ranking, Microsoft's brand has been dropping. What gives?
- By Scott Bekker
- June 27, 2011
For some reason, Microsoft is being stingy with the partner licenses for Windows Intune, the cloud-based systems management and security toolset that launched in March.
- By Scott Bekker
- May 05, 2011
In a channel network that's 640,000 strong, it's a tall order to address the multitude of questions, concerns and grievances that partners may have. Thankfully, the leaders of Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Group seemed eager to hear them all.
- By Scott Bekker
- March 30, 2011
If Microsoft doesn't get BPOS billing right, the sharks will certainly be circling.
- By Scott Bekker
- March 01, 2011