Partners might be wondering what their role selling Microsoft solutions will be when the bulk of services are offered direct to customers online. 
                    
			            - By Paul  DeGroot
 - November 01, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Midsize ERP product will feature role-specific dashboards.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - November 01, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Today's distributors do much more than ship products and track orders -- it's too bad some channel partners don't know it. 
                    
			            - By Rich  Freeman
 - November 01, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Redmond's massive investment in forward-thinking cloud infrastructure is spreading across the globe, indicating that Microsoft will be worth partnering with for years to come.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
 - November 01, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Updates cover deal registration, membership structures, the Elite designation and market development funds.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - November 01, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Stuxnet may be the first known precision malware weapon designed to destroy a single real-world industrial facility, but the collateral damage affects the entire Microsoft channel.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
 - November 01, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A quick look at the first phones based on Windows Phone 7 to ship from AT&T on Nov. 8 in the United States.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - November 01, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Will the cloud replace tape and local disk as the preferred means of protecting enterprise data? Though this was once unthinkable, cloud storage is starting to gain momentum.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - November 01, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Manage your business as though you're planning to work until retirement or to the day you pass it to your children. Then, you'll know you've developed the perfect exit strategy. 
                    
			            - By Mike  Harvath
 - November 01, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    With new product name, Communications Server enters release candidate stage.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker, Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - October 01, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Partners who are "in the cloud" can get specific help with sales, services and marketing. 
                    
			            - By Keith  Lubner
 - October 01, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Tallan buys twentysix New York, Sapient expands. 
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker, Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - October 01, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Dynamics partners have always had different needs than other Microsoft partners, and the MPN has very different requirements of its business applications partners.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
 - October 01, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    With a focus on the super-small business market, Aurora offers a cross-premises Active Directory solution that's easy to manage.
                    
			            - By J. Peter  Bruzzese
 - October 01, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's determination to dominate the market for online services has never been as evident as it was at the 2010 Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC). Why is it moving so aggressively into that space?
                    
			            - By Paul  DeGroot
 - October 01, 2010