Microsoft's announcement of a more restrictive deployment model for Azure Stack, in addition to its delayed release, has left lots of partners scrambling.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- September 06, 2016
Given Citrix's history with Microsoft and its decision to tap a former Microsoft president as its new CEO, it should come as little surprise the company is borrowing from Microsoft's script.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- August 09, 2016
From what they sell to whom they sell to, these are the business areas partners need to transform if they're going to survive the next wave of IT consolidation.
- By Mike Harvath
- July 28, 2016
Howard asked partners what their biggest grievances are with Microsoft. They were more than willing to share.
- By Howard M. Cohen
- July 26, 2016
Under pressure from trends like cloud computing and automation, how can the IT channel survive -- and what form will it take if it does?
- By Scott Bekker
- July 25, 2016
Instead of making more large-scale changes, Microsoft is looking to fine-tune its current partner initiatives and programs.
- By M.S. Partner
- July 18, 2016
Microsoft partners must answer some hard questions to determine which of Microsoft's CSP offerings fits their model best.
- By M.S. Partner
- June 28, 2016
The future of computing will involve some combination of public clouds, private clouds or hosting facilities managed by third parties. Whatever the deployment type, there's a role for partners.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- June 15, 2016
The IT market is changing, but many partners are having a hard time changing with it. Mike identifies the symptoms of an IT services company in peril.
- By Mike Harvath
- June 13, 2016
Microsoft has long favored its licensing partners -- until now. The upcoming retirement of a dozen MPN competencies, including Volume Licensing, marks a turning point in how Microsoft does business through the channel.
- By Scott Bekker
- June 06, 2016
The mother of Microsoft partner communities is shaking things up by adding a no-cost tier, shifting its focus to online meetings and setting lofty diversity goals.
- By Howard M. Cohen
- May 26, 2016
Just about everybody seems to think that the only way to create your own IP is to become a developer. As one Microsoft partner shows, that's not the case.
- By Howard M. Cohen
- April 28, 2016
You may have noticed Microsoft (and other cloud providers) usurping traditional partner services like migration. Get used to it.
- By M.S. Partner
- April 11, 2016
The deadline for this year's award for partners that have shown exceptional growth is May 2.
- By Mike Harvath
- April 04, 2016
More than being just a new offering, the CSP program requires Microsoft partners to design the business model that will take them into the future.
- By Barb Levisay
- March 23, 2016
CEO Satya Nadella's $1 billion security initiative yields fruit with the Azure Security Center, powered by the technology behind Azure Machine Learning.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- March 22, 2016
According to IDC, partners that bet their businesses on Microsoft's cloud are making out like bandits. Scott digs into some of the specifics.
- By Scott Bekker
- March 16, 2016
Redmond's cloud storage frenemies continue to deepen their integration with Microsoft even as they beef up their own services.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- March 14, 2016
As Microsoft becomes more and more desperate to drive consumption, expect the range of free services offerings from FastTrack to keep ballooning.
- By Scott Bekker
- March 09, 2016
Howard thinks it's time for partners to treat Microsoft with the same benign neglect it shows them.
- By Howard M. Cohen
- March 01, 2016