Microsoft's Online Services Director explains how Office 365 fits into the partner ecosystem, and how the transition from BPOS to Office 365 will work.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - December 22, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    At town hall meeting, top Microsoft channel exec acknowledges difficulties for partners with current billing policies and vows, 'We are working on it.'
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
 - December 02, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft rolls out a set of programs, products and service offerings called Hyper-V Cloud.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - December 01, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft has a tradition of making a market breakthrough with the third release of a product. For that pattern to hold true in unified communications and collaboration, the channel will have to play a critical role.
                    
			            - By Alison  Diana
 - December 01, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Having financial ownership in a company doesn't mean you automatically have leadership, nor does being a manager make you a leader. 
                    
			            - By Ken  Thoreson
 - December 01, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The buzzword in Microsoft partner relationships these days appears to be "incentives."
                    
			            - By Paul  DeGroot
 - December 01, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    I've spoken to a lot of resellers and ISVs over the past several weeks and a good number of  you can't wait until 2011.
                    
			            - By Keith  Lubner
 - December 01, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Improvements coming to Web-based data viewing, high availability and query performance.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - December 01, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    When Microsoft overhauls the Online Suite as Office 365 next year, it will include Office desktop products in the subscription. An analyst calls the change a "mixed bag" for the channel.
                    
			            - By John K. Waters
 - December 01, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Attendees at SMB Nation Fall 2010 see peril and opportunity in the rise of cloud computing.
                    
			            - By Rich  Freeman
 - December 01, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Release on HP hardware marks integration of technology from DATAllegro acquisition into the flagship Microsoft database technology family.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - December 01, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft has shipped 240 million copies of Windows 7, and businesses are heavily engaged in migrations.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - December 01, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft executives know the switch to the Microsoft Partner Network (MPN) is delicate.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
 - December 01, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The coming year brings some novel challenges for resellers who are in the midst of planning.
                    
			            - By Keith  Lubner
 - November 01, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    You can't re-enroll as a Gold Certified or Certified Partner anymore, but you can keep using the logos until next October.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
 - November 01, 2010