WWPC Webcasts -- Redmond Channel Partner

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Having 7,000 partners at the Worldwide Partner Conference sounds like a lot and it is. But when you consider there are somewhere between 300,000 and 400,000 partners signed up in the Microsoft's Partner Program, that means the vast majority of Microsoft partners aren't here. If you're at home, you can still get access to some of the content of the sold-out conference. Microsoft is offering daily video feeds from the conference in Boston. Link requires sign-in.

Posted by Scott Bekker on July 11, 2006

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