Microsoft Partnering 101


Sowing the Seeds

Microsoft's new server products are supposed to sprout early in 2008. Partners prepared for those launches can expect a bumper crop of business later in the year.

The Channel and the Credit Crunch

Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 Move Over, MOM

Microsoft's System Center Operations Manager 2007 goes beyond simple device-level reports to provide comprehensive IT service monitoring and management.

Two New Ways to Shine

Microsoft partners will soon be able to demonstrate their skills in two new competencies.

Geek Power Fuels Growth

If there's one acronym that's on just about everybody's radar these days, it's "SMB," for small and midsize business.

The Gold Club

As any company that has earned the distinction can tell you, achieving Microsoft Gold Certified Partner status is no easy feat.

Upcoming Launches Open New Pathways for Partners

When it comes to new partner business opportunities on Microsoft's infrastructure platform, the company considers unified communications one of the jewels in its crown. This month, Microsoft will launch three key building blocks that partners need to construct Windows-based unified communications solutions for their customers.

Microsoft Hits the Road, Lets Customers Test-Drive Technology

If you can't get to us, we can come to you. That's the message behind the Microsoft Across America (MSAM) Tour, an ongoing series of IT seminars and demos staged inside a fleet of mammoth trucks tricked out with the latest technology. The MSAM trucks travel hundreds of miles each week, making stops at Microsoft- and partner-sponsored conferences, trade shows, festivals and other events.

Leveraging Partnerships to Improve Sales

Partnering up with other partners can only help you provide a better level of service to current and potential customers.

VoIP: Bend Boundaries, Save Money

VoIP can empower clients to overcome the constraints of time and location, allowing customers to stay in touch.

Add Vendor Relationships to Your Mid-Year Review

Portfolio of Pieces

The benefits of modular design.

Tight Relationships Require Trust

What would partnering look like if you had all the money, hardware and people you could imagine to throw into your relationship with Microsoft?

Vertical Markets: Prescription for Profit

The health-care industry is finally ready for a major IT upgrade, and for partners with the right solutions the prognosis is excellent indeed.

Microsoft Opens Its Office to the Internet

Microsoft today rolled out a new service for its Office suite that adds online collaboration features but still requires documents to be created and edited on the desktop.