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                    With every Exchange release, Microsoft touts the opportunity for Lotus conversions. Now that SharePoint is in the mix, partners see more potential than ever before. 
                    
			            - By Ted  Dinsmore
- June 01, 2007
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    A new Microsoft program aims to pull those partners that influence sales of Microsoft software out of the shadow of the Large Account Resellers who close all the deals.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
- May 01, 2007
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    As some Microsoft partners know all too well, a solid emergency-response plan can mean the difference between surviving or sinking when disaster strikes.
                    
			            - By Fred  Bayles
- May 01, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Quest Software's Compliance Suite for Windows helps your customers meet both their compliance obligations and IT performance benchmarks.
                    
			            - By Joanne  Cummings
- May 01, 2007
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Last year, all the talk at Convergence was about waves of integration for Dynamics. Now, it's all about how the suite fits into the Microsoft stack. But not everything that Microsoft is saying is clear, and some partners are confused about where Dynamics is going. 
                    
			            - By Lee  Pender
- May 01, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Growing demand and attractive margins have partners of every description jumping into managed services. Should you join them?
                    
			            - By Rich  Freeman
- April 01, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The new Exchange taps into 64-bit power to drive a host of new capabilities.
                    
			            - By Keith  Ward
- April 01, 2007
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Opening the books can help your employees better understand your company's story-and empower them to help write its future. 
                    
			            - By Fred  Bayles
- April 01, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    QuickStart for Search gave partners a way to market search skills ahead of a full-blown competency specialization. Here's how it's working nearly one year later.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
- April 01, 2007
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's Partner Advisory Councils (PACs) provide a chance for partners to be seen and heard-and even to change Microsoft. 
                    
			            - By Keith  Ward
- April 01, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The key to determining a program's success is knowing to keep a close eye on the small stuff.
                    
			            - By Keith  Lubner
- March 01, 2007
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft and SAP have a successful Duet together, but they'll be less harmonious as they battle for ERP supremacy. Partners might be forced to take sides. 
                    
			            - By Lee  Pender
- March 01, 2007
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's next version of CRM software, code-named "Titan," will reveal the company's competitive response to Salesforce.com and its approach to Software as a Service.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
- March 01, 2007
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's move to standardize its enterprise-applications suite offers both opportunity and challenges for partners that sell those solutions. 
                    
			            - By Lauren Gibbons  Paul
- March 01, 2007
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    SharePoint and Vista implementations head the list of opportunities that Microsoft's new product wave offers partners -- but taking advantage of them requires careful preparation.
                    
			            - By Paul  Desmond
- March 01, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Ghost's efficient disk imaging and client management can give your customers peace of mind as they migrate to Windows Vista.
                    
			            - By Joanne  Cummings
- March 01, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Office 2007 gives familiar applications a welcome makeover on both the interface and file-format level.
                    
			            - By Keith  Ward
- February 01, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Want to take home a Microsoft Partner Award? Try this insider advice from past recipients. 
                    
			            - By Polly  Traylor 
- February 01, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    By forming their own grassroots groups, partners find power in numbers. 
                    
			            - By Cindy  Atoji 
- February 01, 2007