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  Who Will Own the Metaverse? (And Why Channel Partners Should Care About the Answer)

  Whatever the metaverse turns out to be, Microsoft's current rhetoric indicates that it plans to share it with its partners.
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  Microsoft's New Commerce Experience Model Aims To Shift Cloud Services Customers to Annual Subscription Models

  Microsoft is planning to implement its New Commerce Experience subscription model with its CSP partners, which will hike prices 20 percent for monthly subscriptions.
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  Microsoft Outlines Teams SLA Plans and General Enhancements

  Microsoft has upped its service-level agreement (SLA) assurances for Teams phones to 99.99 percent (up from 99.9 percent) for three services, namely Microsoft Teams Calling Plans, Phone System and PSTN Audio Conferencing, per a Dec. 2 announcement.
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  State of the Channel Report: We're in the Midst of a Big-Three Channel Pivot

  Three industry trends are "redefining the current state of the channel," say researchers at Ingram Micro Cloud.