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Welcome to the Redmond Channel Partner's portal page for the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2008!

Bookmark this site and keep coming back for all the news that's fit to post from the biggest Microsoft channel event of the year. RCP editors will be on site in Houston, attending keynotes and sessions, taking Microsoft executive briefings and interviewing attendees and vendors, and we'll be posting up-to-the-minute news and developments here leading up to the show and throughout the July 7-10 event.

Posted by Scott Bekker on July 01, 2008


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