By Fred  Bayles
                            Office Communications Server 2007 R2 can help bridge the traditional gap between IT and telephony while offering rich new opportunities for partners from both camps.
                            
                         
                    
                        
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            By Rich  Freeman
                            Microsoft is testing a new online partner directory called Pinpoint. Partners like its looks so far, but are waiting to see how it performs in the one area that counts: generating leads.
                            
                         
                    
                        
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            By Scott  Bekker
                            Microsoft has come up with a toolkit consisting of Windows Gurus and Windows store-within-a-store kiosks at major retail stores to boost the image of Windows Vista. Will the effort be enough?
                            
                         
                    
                    
            
                
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            By Scott  Bekker
                            New partner opportunities emerge in a joint solution on virtualization. 
                            
                         
                    
                        
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            By Anne Stuart  and RCP Staff
                            With the global financial crisis exploding around them, experts try to gauge its likely impact on channel partners and their customers.  
                            
                         
                    
                        
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            By Kurt  Mackie
                            A new version of the Microsoft SOA solution is scheduled for a worldwide debut sometime next year.   
                            
                         
                    
                        
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            By Scott  Bekker
                            The direct-market reseller looks to build its business by adding virtualization to its hosted and managed services.  
                            
                         
                    
                        
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            By Keith  Ward
                            Microsoft and its partners discover that virtualization offers real opportunity-especially to those arriving early to the party.