WEB EXCLUSIVE: The Microsoft Onboarding Center (OBC) has been controversial with partners since it was unveiled as a way to help customers migrate mailboxes to Office 365. The current iteration goes further, with Microsoft employees migrating data and branching out to other products. A Q&A with senior Microsoft exec John Case.
- By Scott Bekker
- September 24, 2015
Microsoft turned off many partners last year when it flubbed the announcement of its Office 365 onboarding plans. This year, the messaging has been decidedly more partner-friendly.
- By M.S. Partner
- September 14, 2015
It's been 10 years since Redmond Channel Partner magazine launched at the 2005 Worldwide Partner Conference. Microsoft looked a lot different back then.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 09, 2015
Melanie Gass, a high-profile partner and author who cultivated an Internet radio identity as "The Microsoft Princess," is joining Microsoft as a senior business development manager for Microsoft Community Connections.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- July 06, 2015
How to navigate Microsoft's shifting attitudes toward the cloud in the coming fiscal year.
- By M.S. Partner
- June 29, 2015
WEB EXCLUSIVE: In a recent survey, partners reveal the most important reasons they align themselves with Microsoft.
- By Scott Bekker
- June 22, 2015
A regularly updated guide to what's hot, what's not, what's trending and what's flailing for the Microsoft channel.
- By Gladys Rama
- May 12, 2015
It's not enough for partners to drive sales of Microsoft's cloud; now, they're being asked to drive cloud workloads.
- By M.S. Partner
- April 30, 2015
WEB EXCLUSIVE: Former longtime IBM executive Victor Morales made his public debut at Microsoft Convergence after three months on the job.
- By Barb Levisay
- March 26, 2015
A brief glossary of the two-, three- and four-letter terms that Microsoft loves and partners should know.
- By M.S. Partner
- March 23, 2015
From security to storage to identity management, the recent raft of new Azure services gives Microsoft partners multiple ways to meet today's business requirements.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- March 12, 2015
Everything will change for the Microsoft ecosystem when the next client OS ships. Here's a feature-by-feature guide to what specific partner types should expect from Windows 10.
- By Scott Bekker, Kurt Mackie
- March 02, 2015
WEB EXCLUSIVE: Have faith in Microsoft on CRM, give Pinpoint another chance, check out DigitalStride, stay tuned on Surface in the channel and keep an eye on opportunities in Azure, hybrid cloud and EMS, Sorgen advises.
- By Scott Bekker
- December 10, 2014
Between the end of stack ranking and the emergence of faster release cycles, partners are contending with a much different Microsoft than the one under Ballmer.
- By M.S. Partner
- November 03, 2014
Impersonal vendor channels are drowning out partners who voice their concerns. Is the only solution to speak louder?
- By Howard M. Cohen
- October 29, 2014