Is your IT services firm's recent history a great growth story? Redmond Channel Partner and consultancy Revenue Rocket want to hear about it for the first-ever Excellence in Growth Award.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
 - January 09, 2013
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Channel luminaries offer their best advice to help Microsoft partners succeed in the coming year. 
                    
			            - By Redmond Channel Partner magazine  staff
 - January 04, 2013
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    As the recent ConnectWise conference demonstrated, the channel hasn't been made obsolete -- it's just gotten more evolved. 
                    
			            - By Howard M. Cohen
 - December 12, 2012
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Rage was the first reaction to the death of the Microsoft Windows Small Business Server brand. Now resellers are making plans for what comes next.
                    
			            - By Rich  Freeman
 - December 10, 2012
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    RCP asks Microsoft's Jon Roskill about the increase in price to gain the gold competency and the overall value of the 2-year-old Microsoft Partner Network.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
 - December 03, 2012
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    By spelling out the steps that great sales performers use intuitively, you can develop the rest of your sales staff. 
                    
			            - By Ken  Thoreson
 - December 03, 2012
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft threw another wrench in the effort to define cloud computing when it ushered in its Cloud OS era with Windows Server 2012. But for partners, the new definition means that for once, they won't have to change as much as they thought.
                    
			            - By Howard M. Cohen
 - November 29, 2012
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    "Geographic generalist" partners that offer any services for anybody, anywhere, are a struggling breed. 
                    
			            - By Mike  Harvath
 - November 01, 2012
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft is reducing the number of competencies in the Microsoft Partner Network this month from 29 to 25.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
 - October 31, 2012
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft gave its Dynamics CRM business a boost this week, acquiring Evanston, Ill.-based MarketingPilot Software for an undisclosed amount.
                    
			            - By Gladys  Rama
 - October 18, 2012
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    In reducing its ranks of partner-facing support personnel, Microsoft may be taking some pointers from the president of Howard's old company: "If you've got enough people to do the job, you have too many people."
                    
			            - By Howard M. Cohen
 - October 17, 2012
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    With an all-new model of computing, the next version of the Microsoft flagship server OS comes with new editions, licensing, product dependencies, features and partner opportunities.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker, Kurt  Mackie, Gladys  Rama
 - October 01, 2012
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Know what ingredients in sales, marketing and operations must be measured to perform at optimal levels. A partner needs to track at least four metrics for each department.
                    
			            - By Ken  Thoreson
 - October 01, 2012
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft opened two retail stores in the suburbs of New York City on Friday, bringing the total number of locations up to 25. 
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - September 28, 2012
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    As Microsoft moves ever closer to a subscription-based model, connecting with the right salesperson isn't just strategy -- it's key.
                    
			            - By Mike  Harvath
 - September 26, 2012