Microsoft's top channel executive outlined some of the company's plans to ramp up support for partners during Wednesday's Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) keynote.
- By Gladys Rama
- July 16, 2014
Microsoft unveiled a number of changes intended to drive partner investment in its cloud services during Monday's opening keynote of the Worldwide Partner Conference, taking place this week in Washington, D.C.
- By Gladys Rama
- July 14, 2014
Microsoft unveiled an opportunity for its partners to leverage the Azure cloud platform to sell their services at the Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) on Monday.
- By Gladys Rama
- July 14, 2014
For the Microsoft channel, it's July -- not the start of the calendar year -- that provides the best point for looking back on what's changed over the last 12 months.
- By Gladys Rama
- July 11, 2014
Phil Sorgen talks to RCP about his first Worldwide Partner Conference as head of Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Group, the evolving direction of the partner channel and Microsoft's role in it.
- By Howard M. Cohen
- July 11, 2014
From Satya Nadella's first WPC as Microsoft CEO to Kevin Turner's annual kick-in-the-pants keynote, here's what we're looking out for during this year's conference.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 11, 2014
Non-productive partner companies often hire the best, but fall short at training their talent. Don't make that mistake.
- By Ken Thoreson
- July 09, 2014
Microsoft is beefing up its public sector cloud services, announcing a new Dynamics CRM Online offering for government users and expanding access to its Azure government cloud preview.
- By Gladys Rama
- July 09, 2014
For partners that don't come prepared, Microsoft's annual Worldwide Partner Conference can be overwhelming and unrewarding. Our former Microsoft field rep gives a few guidelines for how to make the most of your time at WPC.
- By M.S. Partner
- July 02, 2014
Between exam costs, training costs and the cost of lost billable hours, the price of a gold Microsoft competency can far exceed Microsoft's base fee. Using the Gold Server Platform competency as a baseline, we look at how two partners have invested in the competency program, and what that investment has gotten them in return.
- By Gladys Rama
- June 16, 2014
The next stage of growth in the partner ecosystem is IP development, but firms should be mindful of its hurdles before making the transition.
- By Mike Harvath
- June 13, 2014
Microsoft partners looking to diversify their practices might have a hard time finding viable alternatives. And no, Google isn't one.
- By Howard M. Cohen
- June 11, 2014
The "spring wave" of Dynamics CRM updates is now generally available, Microsoft announced on Monday.
- By Gladys Rama
- June 02, 2014
Microsoft and Salesforce.com on Thursday announced a partnership to bring greater integration between their core technologies.
- By Gladys Rama
- May 30, 2014
The R2 version of Microsoft's Dynamics GP 2013 enterprise resource planning (ERP) product became generally available on Wednesday.
- By Gladys Rama
- May 28, 2014