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
Microsoft on Tuesday announced a major, cloud-oriented streamlining of the Microsoft Partner Network (MPN) competencies that it uses to identify and validate the expertise of its partners.
- By Scott Bekker
- April 13, 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 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
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
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
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
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
Stephen Boyle spent his first four months on the job getting an education from partners and other Microsoft executives. Now he's vowing to provide some education in the form of partner enablement.
- By Scott Bekker
- December 02, 2015
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