Microsoft Inspire 2017

• Microsoft Enables Windows 10 Virtualization Through CSP

  Microsoft recently announced several licensing and product changes affecting Software Assurance benefits, App-V deployments, Exchange Online Unified Messaging and even Microsoft Office and Nano Server. July 19, 2017

• Q&A with Ron Huddleston: Know Your Solution Maps and Channel Managers

  In Part 3 of a three-part Q&A from the Microsoft Inspire conference, Microsoft One Commercial Partner CVP Ron Huddleston talks about two of the most important new concepts for partners to understand to succeed in Microsoft's revised channel model. July 17, 2017

• Q&A with Ron Huddleston: Microsoft's New Partner Engagement Model

  In Part 2 of a three-part Q&A from the Microsoft Inspire conference, Ron Huddleston, head of Microsoft's One Commercial Partner unit, explains how Microsoft is trying to simplify its partner-facing organization to work more effectively with its massive partner network. July 14, 2017

• Microsoft Inspire 2017: The Twitter Recap

  RCP Editor in Chief Scott Bekker upheld his yearly tradition this week of live-Tweeting his way through Microsoft's annual partner conference. Here are the highlights from this year's keynotes. July 14, 2017

• Q&A with Ron Huddleston: Meet Microsoft's One Commercial Partner Leader

  In Part 1 of a three-part Q&A from the Microsoft Inspire conference, Huddleston explains his philosophy on partnering and how his background at Salesforce.com and Oracle is informing his approach to the channel at Microsoft. July 13, 2017

• Tech Data Makes Play for Old Small Business Server Niche

  There are few products remembered as fondly by as many Microsoft partners as Windows Small Business Server (SBS). July 13, 2017

• Microsoft Cites GDPR Switch as Major Partner Opportunity

  With the European Union preparing to overhaul its data privacy laws next year, Microsoft is urging its partners to take advantage of the opportunity as customers grapple with the changes. July 12, 2017

• For I Have Seen the Future, and Its Name Is DevOps

  As cloud pushes the channel to evolve, Microsoft solution providers must proactively seek to partner with other ISVs to target that DevOps sweet spot. July 12, 2017

• Microsoft Bringing New Apps to Office 365 Business Premium

  Microsoft is readying preview releases of three new applications for Office 365 Business Premium, the company announced at its Inspire partner conference this week. July 12, 2017

• Microsoft Expands HoloLens Partner Program to SIs

  Microsoft is making it possible for more partners to build solutions around its HoloLens mixed reality technology. July 11, 2017

• What's in Microsoft's Tea Leaves for Fiscal 2018?

  Expect a year of continued focus on Azure, Office 365, Windows 10, LinkedIn/Dynamics and the attempt to find a new niche in the mobile space. July 10, 2017

• LinkedIn-Dynamics 365 Sales Solution Launches

  A new Microsoft solution that integrates the Dynamics 365 Sales app, Office 365 and Azure with LinkedIn's Sales Navigator tool is now generally available. July 10, 2017

• Microsoft Partners Taking Pre-Orders on Azure Stack

  Microsoft's launch hardware partners will begin taking orders Monday for Azure Stack, a parallel version of the software that powers the Microsoft Azure public cloud and that customers will run in their own datacenters for hybrid cloud scenarios. July 10, 2017

• Secure Productive Enterprise Evolves to Microsoft 365

  Microsoft on Monday unveiled a marketing and substance overhaul to its Secure Productive Enterprise package that will be called Microsoft 365. July 10, 2017

• Microsoft Lets ISVs Embed Its Solutions in Their Apps

  Microsoft has unveiled a new program that would let ISVs developing on Azure to bolt other Microsoft solutions onto their applications. July 10, 2017

• What To Expect from Microsoft's WPC, Ahem, Inspire 2017

  Controversy swirls around the new name Microsoft slapped on the event formerly known as the Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC). The structure, focus and audience, however, should feel familiar to any attendee of previous WPCs. July 06, 2017

• Microsoft's Pre-Inspire Reorg Raises 7 Big Questions for Partners

  Many of Microsoft's most committed partners will be mostly stumbling in the dark on the basic facts of the company's massive sales and marketing reorganization as they arrive next week at Inspire, where they're supposed to get their marching orders and work out concrete business plans. July 05, 2017

• How To Network the Right Way at Microsoft Inspire

  For starters, don't book meetings with strangers through the booking tool unless you absolutely have to. July 05, 2017

• Microsoft Unveils 2017 Partner of the Year Awards

  Microsoft on Thursday named the several hundred winners and finalists of its Partner of the Year Awards, which will be handed out next month when partners gather from around the world in Washington, D.C., for the Microsoft Inspire conference. June 01, 2017

• Microsoft Inspire Keynote Lineup To Include Huddleston

  The Microsoft Inspire conference will be the first high-profile opportunity for partners to get a sense of Ron Huddleston, who as the head of the newly created One Commercial Partner organization plays an important role in how Microsoft allocates its resources for the channel. May 25, 2017

• Microsoft Renames WPC, Combines Envision and Ignite Events

  Microsoft announced some changes to its 2017 conference lineup on Wednesday, including a rebrand of its flagship partner event. December 07, 2016