Microsoft Partnering 101


3 Steps for Maintaining Regulatory Compliance

Secure your corporate IT infrastructure by assessing, assigning and auditing.

Building a Lasting Partnership

Partnerships can be powerful, and powerfully tricky. Follow these simple steps to put yours on a solid foundation. 

A Nurturing Role

Microsoft is committed to helping partners grow.

Flying Low with Microsoft

Important deals can be made with even low-level reps of Microsoft.

Catching the Desktop Train

Microsoft is readying two major end-user products, Vista and Office 2007, to roll on through by the end of 2006.

Building a Sales Team That Manages Itself

Turn your company's benchwarmers into sales scorers with these tips.

The SAM Specialists

Refusing to rest on its LAR laurels, ASAP Software makes a name for itself in software asset management.

Microsoft and Small Businesses: Still Too Little?

Redmond has been reaching out to small businesses, but some partners say they're still getting mixed messages.

Reaching the Decision Maker

Getting past voice mail is a challenge. Persistence, a message focused on your customer -- not you -- and recognizing the diffusion of decision-making power are key. 

Making 1 + 1 = 3

Take advantage of Microsoft's online resources to boost your marketing strategies.

SMS Helps Tie Up Loose Ends

Systems Management Server 2003 gives your customers mature configuration management with a low TCO.

Navigating Microsoft

Microsoft is a massive, complex organization. Finding your way through it isn't easy, but savvy partners know it's essential to their success. 

Microsoft 'Optimistic' After Start of EU Trial

Microsoft lawyers maintain that company has complied more than necessary, but still faces major fines if found in violation of 2004 antitrust order.

IT Weekly Roundup, March 31

From the business wires this week: Idera gets Front Runner status, BizTalk and NAP supporters, and recent Microsoft product delays.

U.S. Demands Files From ISPs, Tech Firms

The Justice Department is demanding internal files from dozens of Internet service providers and other technology firms as it seeks to defend a controversial Internet child protection law.