by Sarah Knutson, US SMB Cloud Telesales Manager Are you tired of Microsoft Office 365 prospects not returning your phone calls or responding to your emails? Are you finding it increasingly difficult to forecast when a deal will close? Are you frustrated by the increasing number of “no decisions” that...

A blog series for US partners by Jenni Flinders, Microsoft US Vice President, Partner Strategy and Programs. As we rapidly approach the Worldwide Partner Conference in Houston, I’m pleased to announce the United States 2013 Partner of the Year Award winners. The contribution each of these partner companies...

by the Microsoft Cloud Partner Support Team Over the last month, our support centers experienced higher than anticipated customer and partner technical support volume. We anticipate this will continue through the June timeframe, until our action plans to remediate are fully deployed. Until that time...

When you become a Microsoft Cloud Partner , you receive a set of core benefits—including internal-use software rights, tailored training, and prioritized exposure in Microsoft marketing and product directories. Use these benefits to help you start and build your cloud practice. See what benefits you...

by Susanne Berndt-Radley, Senior Director, U.S. Partner Programs and Enablement Prior to my current role, I was responsible for strategy and worldwide sales for Microsoft Office 365 to enterprise customers. Our Office 365 specialist sales team learned, sometimes the hard way, that some conversation must...

Starting today, you have two offers from Microsoft that can help you talk to small business customers, midsize business customers, and state and local government customers about taking a solution-oriented approach to updating their IT infrastructures. With the refreshed lineup of Microsoft cloud services...

Last week, my worldwide counterparts announced a reimagined experience around the 2013 Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC). Not only is early-bird registration for the conference open now, but the Digital WPC website and WPC Connect community both sport a fresh new look and approach, offering...

Microsoft Office 365 is an incredible offer for businesses of all sizes. To help you position your company as a trusted advisor for cloud-based solutions that include Office 365 to the customers you serve, consider using our prepared marketing materials, campaigns, and services from Ready-to-Go Marketing...

Customers are increasingly transitioning to cloud-based solutions for their productivity, desktop management, and CRM applications. Microsoft Online Services—including Microsoft Office 365, Windows Intune, and Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online—provide an easy way for customers to make the transition...

Join Microsoft cloud experts and your local Microsoft team for a one-day training that will help you accelerate your cloud sales using demo tools, customer campaigns, and shared best practices. You will learn about partner opportunities with the new Office and how to successfully demo Microsoft Office...

by Julie Golding, U.S. MPN Lead Cloud computing can help your customers increase their IT flexibility, reduce deployment costs, and manage operations. The market opportunity with cloud computing continues to grow. According to a Microsoft survey conducted by Edge Strategies in 2012, 50 percent of small...

by Sharon Collins, Microsoft U.S. Cloud Partner Lead Earlier this month, the Worldwide Partner Group announced the Microsoft Cloud Deployment program . This new program is designed to meet the needs of partners that are deploying Office 365 to enterprise customers. According to Josh Waldo, Senior Director...

by Sharon Collins, Microsoft U.S. Cloud Partner Lead Cloud computing can help your SMB and enterprise customers increase their IT flexibility, reduce deployment costs, and manage operations, and the market opportunity with cloud computing continues to grow. You can expand your business and position your...

by Sharon Collins, Microsoft U.S. Cloud Partner Lead The upcoming release of the new Office, which released to manufacturing in mid-October, includes the introduction of subscription models that open up new possibilities for small businesses and for companies with workers who use multiple devices. The...

by Sharon Collins, Microsoft U.S. Cloud Partner Lead Each month in the U.S. partner newsletter , Sharon Collins delivers a message for Microsoft Cloud Partners , offering information and recommendations to help those companies build their cloud practices around Microsoft online services like Microsoft...

by Sharon Collins, Microsoft U.S. Cloud Partner Lead For Microsoft Cloud Program members in the United States (Microsoft Cloud Essentials Pack and Microsoft Cloud Accelerate Program), I am pleased to extend an exciting offer from Quest Software to help you quickly migrate to Microsoft Office 365. Use...

by Sharon Collins, Microsoft U.S. Cloud Partner Lead Each month in the U.S. partner newsletter , Sharon Collins delivers a message for Microsoft Cloud Essentials subscribers , offering information and recommendations to help those companies build their cloud practices around Microsoft online services...

by Sharon Collins, Microsoft U.S. Cloud Partner Lead I am excited to share with you three cloud-related offers that can help you build your cloud practice, increase sales, and distinguish your business. Two of them are available for a limited time only, so use the links in this post to get more details...

Post by Sharon Collins, Microsoft Partner Network Manager and Competency Lead, U.S. Partner Team. Last week, we put the final touches on the new Microsoft Small Business competency, and Julie Bennani announced its official availability on her blog. The Small Business competency helps partners build on...

Posted by Julie Golding, Partner Subscriptions Manager, Microsoft U.S. Partner Team. Each month in the U.S. partner newsletter , our Microsoft Cloud Partner Program expert in the U.S., Julie Golding, delivers a message to Microsoft Cloud Essentials Pack subscribers, offering information about growth...

Register to participate in “Speed Dating for the Cloud” while at the Worldwide Partner Conference next month. Sponsored by the Microsoft U.S. Cloud Services Team, and scheduled for Tuesday, July 10 starting at 5:30pm, this structured networking event brings together cloud services vendors and prospective...

Posted by Julie Golding, Partner Subscriptions Manager, Microsoft U.S. Partner Team. Each month in the U.S. partner newsletter , our Microsoft Cloud Partner Program expert in the U.S., Julie Golding, delivers a message to Microsoft Cloud Essentials Pack subscribers, offering information about growth...

Posted by Julie Golding, Partner Subscriptions Manager, Microsoft U.S. Partner Team. As a Microsoft Cloud Essentials subscriber, we want to help you grow your cloud business. I am pleased to announce the Spring into Cloud Accelerate and Save promotion. If you are among the first 150 eligible U.S. partners...

Posted by Julie Golding, Partner Subscriptions Manager, Microsoft U.S. Partner Team. Each month in the U.S. partner newsletter , our Microsoft Cloud Partner Program expert in the U.S., Julie Golding, delivers a message to Microsoft Cloud Essentials Pack subscribers, offering information about growth...

On Thursday, July 12 at the 2012 Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference, the U.S Partner Team will host a day of sessions with content relevant to U.S. attendees. Below is the list of session titles and descriptions. Times and room numbers will be available soon, and we will update this post with more...