Microsoft rewrote its whole playbook for taking a new client OS to market with the Windows 10 release. A year later, the company's financials and analyst reports reveal how well it's working out -- for Microsoft and the ecosystem.
- By Scott Bekker
- September 12, 2016
As partners scramble to find their place in the new cloud environment, the ISV category is expanding to include all different types of partners.
- By Barb Levisay
- August 08, 2016
The Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference sets the tone for partners for the year ahead. RCP analyzed the WPC session catalog to bring you everything you need to know to get the most out of the show or to track it from the office.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 01, 2016
If Microsoft's acquisition of LinkedIn closes as expected, partners may have new opportunities. But unique challenges add complexity to the already difficult integration inherent in big deals.
- By Scott Bekker
- June 27, 2016
The Internet of Things is everywhere. RCP looks at how Microsoft partners are getting involved and starting to make money in this burgeoning field.
- By Gladys Rama
- June 20, 2016
Microsoft partners are evaluating whether the Windows Server 2016 generation Azure Stack improves enough upon the Windows Server 2012-era Windows Azure Pack to meet customers' demands for private or hybrid cloud solutions.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- June 08, 2016
Who are the best Microsoft solution providers in the United States? You'll find them in Redmond Channel Partner magazine's first-ever list of the top 200 Microsoft partners, from huge generalists and deep specialists to well-connected influentials.
- By Redmond Channel Partner magazine staff
- June 01, 2016
WEB EXCLUSIVE: New product enhancements and expansions announced at the conference take aim at Kaseya's competitors, even as CEO Fred Voccola promises collaboration.
- By Scott Bekker
- May 05, 2016
WEB EXCLUSIVE: Improvements like a new SharePoint Framework and more robust mobile apps have Microsoft partners bullish about the platform's direction.
- By Scott Bekker
- May 04, 2016
The Microsoft business application suite has a new lease on life -- with major investments via 2015 acquisitions, important new cloud components, new management and new partnerships with former rivals.
- By Gladys Rama
- April 20, 2016
The shift to cloud services presents huge challenges to managed services providers (MSPs). Industry experts say the successful MSP of the near future looks very different from the successful MSP of the recent past.
- By Scott Bekker
- April 06, 2016
In this first of-its-kind award list for the magazine, Redmond Channel Partner's editors pick the hottest, most interesting, most game-changing technologies and programs for the Microsoft channel in the last year.
- By Redmond Channel Partner magazine staff
- April 04, 2016
For cloud-bound partners, navigating Microsoft's various resources can be a time-consuming task. Here are some handy maps to help you figure out where to go for what you need.
- By Barb Levisay
- March 28, 2016
What mobile-first means now to Redmond in a (mostly) post-Windows Phone era.
- By Scott Bekker
- February 29, 2016
While no one was looking, Microsoft assembled a surprisingly large library of major business and productivity apps for iOS and Android. Here are the best ones for partners.
- By Scott Bekker
- February 22, 2016
WEB EXCLUSIVE: Last year's CES event showcased mostly Windows 8.x devices that could be upgraded to Windows 10. This year, Microsoft's hardware partners were all-in on the new OS.
- By Gladys Rama
- January 08, 2016
From the Dell-EMC deal to the dawn of the Windows-as-a-Service era, the IT industry saw several significant changes in 2015. Here's a snapshot of the biggest milestones of the past year, and what they mean for the channel.
- By Gladys Rama
- December 14, 2015
Demand has never been higher for ways to protect data from prying eyes. Solutions abound for partners looking to encrypt their customers' data in Microsoft environments.
- By Scott Bekker
- December 09, 2015
The stakes were high in security this year with attacks designed not only to steal credit-card numbers but also to shame, spy on or extort their victims.
- By Chris Paoli
- December 07, 2015
For years, there's been conflict between MCS and Microsoft's closest enterprise partners -- sometimes boiling, sometimes just steaming. It's time for Microsoft to start communicating honestly and openly with partners about the role, and compensation model, of MCS.
- By Barb Levisay
- December 03, 2015