Below is a directory of the communications and resources the Microsoft U.S. Partner Team offers to help you connect to the information you need to manage your relationship with Microsoft and meet your business goals. Choose your favorite way (or ways) to get information and take advantage of US-specific opportunities, news, recommendations, and programs.

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• How to Prepare for Windows 8
• How to Prepare for Upcoming Microsoft Product Releases
• U.S. Regions’ SMB Partner Call Series
  • East Region
  • Central Region
  • West Region

• U.S. partner portal – primary website for Microsoft U.S. partners; the home page offers recommendations by the U.S. Partner Team
• Regional pages – Find partner-related events and training hosted by your local Microsoft office
  • East Region http://aka.ms/eastregion
  • Central Region http://aka.ms/centralregion
  • West Region http://aka.ms/westregion 
• Learning Plan Tool – Training by Microsoft product, competency, exam, and role (read the How-To series)
• Ready-to-Go Marketing – Campaigns and services that help you market your business and generate demand for your solutions

• The U.S. Partner Newsletter is delivered to your email inbox as a benefit of your Microsoft Partner Network membership, with content relevant to your business and your role (it’s also published in its entirety to our U.S. Partner Newsletter blog series)
• Subscribe with your email address to one or more of our U.S. partner-facing blogs listed below to receive an email when there is new content posted
• You may receive partner-specific emails from the Microsoft U.S. Partner Team that contain information about benefits, programs, products, and opportunities

• U.S. Partner Community
  • Twitter http://twitter.com/msuspartner and http://twitter.com/mslearningcurve
  • Facebook http://facebook.com/msuspartner
  • LinkedIn http://aka.ms/usplinkedin
• U.S. WPC Community
  • Twitter http://twitter.com/wpcus
  • Facebook http://facebook.com/wpcus
  • LinkedIn
• On Twitter: Jenni Flinders, Microsoft U.S. Vice President, Partner Strategy and Programs
• Use our Twitter lists to follow Microsoft product teams, Microsoft employees, and Microsoft U.S. partners 

• U.S. Partner Team blog
• U.S. Partner Learning Blog and How to Stay Informed about Partner Training
• Local partner team blogs
  • East Region
  • Central Region
  • West Region 
• TS2 Technical Blog
• Partnering with Precision by Jenni Flinders
• U.S. Partner Newsletter by Diane Golshan
• Competency Achievement by Julie Golding
• Microsoft Action Pack by Julie Golding
• Cloud Partner by Sharon Collins
• Training Hot Sheet by the U.S. Partner Learning Team

The Regional Service Center is responsible for helping partners take advantage of the Microsoft Partner Network and its associated benefits and offerings. Options to contact the RSC by email, phone, and chat are online at http://aka.ms/uspartnersupport. And, from any page on the U.S. partner portal (http://aka.ms/uspartner), click Contact Microsoft Partner Network for those contact options. Some of the RSC’s responsibilities:

• Membership enrollment and renewal
• Competency attainment
• Action Pack subscription and renewal
• Benefits and incentives utilization
• Cloud Partner program enrollment and support for Microsoft cloud services