Microsoft Partnering 101


MCT Program Re-Up Moved to April 2006

One other change: MCTs with tenure excused from meeting minimum training delivery requirements.

Microsoft, Yahoo! Announce IM Interop Deal

Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo! announced an initiative on Wednesday to make MSN Messenger and Yahoo! Messenger compatible with each other.

Microsoft Offers Small Business Package with a Partner Twist

Microsoft on Monday unveiled two new financial incentives designed to get U.S. small businesses more deeply invested in Microsoft infrastructure – while helping partners in the process.

Microsoft Releases 9 Security Bulletins

Three of the Patch Tuesday bulletins are critical.

RealNetworks, Microsoft Reach Settlement

Longtime technology rivals RealNetworks and Microsoft on Tuesday settled their antitrust case and created a new partnership in digital music and games in a deal valued at $761 million to RealNetworks.

Kahuna Gets Bigger

MSN is expanding the beta program for the next generation of its Hotmail Web-based e-mail service, known by the code-name "Kahuna."

Windows-Based Databases Earn Trust in World's Largest Deployments

The largest Windows-based production data warehouses are more than twice as big as they were two years ago, and Windows as a platform is becoming trusted for a growing percentage of the very largest database systems, according to a survey by an independent organization.

Navision SP1 Available with New Employee Portal

The first service pack for Microsoft Business Solutions-Navision 4.0 became available to some customers on Monday, marking the start of a tiered release.

Discount Office, XP Bundle Created for Small Businesses

Microsoft also offers to help small businesses pay Microsoft partners for deployment consulting and services.

Partner Watch, Oct. 7

Texas picks Winternals Software to provide system recovery solution.

Windows XP N Stands for 'No Sales'

A senior Microsoft official in the United Kingdom confirmed this week that no computer manufacturers took up the option to install Windows XP N, the operating system Microsoft created in response to the European Commission decision against it.

Newspaper: Microsoft-Time Warner Resume AOL Talks

Time Warner Inc. and Microsoft Corp. have restarted discussions about forming an alliance of their Internet units, America Online and MSN, the Wall Street Journal reported in its Friday editions.

EC Appoints Advisor to Monitor Microsoft

Professor Neil Barrett, a computer scientist and specialist in researching Internet crime, will serve as a technical advisor to the European Commission on questions of Microsoft's compliance with the EC's 2004 decision against Microsoft.

EC Sniffing Around Microsoft's Security Plans

The European Commission, which proved with its 497 million Euro fine and behavioral restrictions last year to be a formidable antitrust adversary for Microsoft, is showing interest in the American software giant's security plans.

Nine Security Fixes Coming on Patch Tuesday

Get ready for a huge Microsoft Patch Tuesday next week. The Microsoft Security Response Center is preparing nine security bulletins, according to its Thursday night advance notification e-mail.