by Peter K. Han , Microsoft Vice President of U.S. OEM It’s officially April, and that means we’re just three months away from the 2013 Worldwide Partner Conference in Houston. Excitement is building and preparation is in full swing here at Microsoft. WPC is a vitally important opportunity for us to...

This year at the Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC), the U.S. team’s plans include the U.S. Subsidiary track, a diversity event, roundtables and executive meetings (by invitation), and the event that brings all U.S. partner and Microsoft attendees together in one place, the US Celebration. This party...

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...

In your newsletter this week, customized according to your company’s business model, Microsoft Partner Network membership, and your role, you’ll find the latest partner-related information and news to help you utilize your membership benefits, understand your opportunities and close business, and build...

In your newsletter this week, customized according to your company’s business model, Microsoft Partner Network membership, and your role, you’ll find the latest partner-related information and news to help you utilize your membership benefits, understand your opportunities and close business, and build...

The New Year is always a good time to take stock and make personal and professional plans for your success in the coming months. Whether you are new to the Microsoft Partner Network (welcome!) or have been with the program for a while (thank you!), I have recommendations that can help you and your colleagues...

If you have recently passed a Microsoft Partner Network Sales and Marketing Assessment , or completed training for sales professionals or IT decision makers, you may be well on your way to earning a Microsoft Partner Network Sales Specialist accreditation or Microsoft Partner Network Pre-Sales Technical...

With the release of the new Office 365 for businesses on February 27, the new Office is now fully available to businesses, academic institutions, and consumers. To help you find the resources you need to prepare yourself and your business for the opportunities the new Office brings, we have compiled...

by Julie Golding, U.S. MPN Lead Your company’s Microsoft competency in the Microsoft Partner Network offers valuable benefits that can help you succeed in your role, and help your company capitalize on new opportunities in the market with the latest Microsoft product releases . Product knowledge. In...

In your newsletter this week, customized according to your company’s business model, Microsoft Partner Network membership, and your role, you’ll find the latest partner-related information and news to help you manage your Microsoft Partner Network membership and utilize your benefits, understand your...

In your newsletter this week, customized according to your company’s business model, Microsoft Partner Network membership, and your role, you’ll find the latest partner-related information and news about preparing for Windows 8 ( just a few days away !), understanding changes to competencies that take...

A couple of months ago, I published an online guide for partners to help you prepare for all of the product releases we have planned this year. That post has been updated a couple of times as we passed launch milestones for Windows Server 2012 and Visual Studio 2012 in September. Many partners have asked...

We are just days away from the biggest partner event of the year, and the U.S. Partner Team wants to help you prepare to make the most of your time and investment. We invited business leaders from across the U.S. subsidiary to give you their recommendations and insights for what to do, see, and listen...

The Microsoft Lync product team is excited to announce Lync Partner Connect , a new online community for  partners who have a Unified Communications (UC) practice based on Microsoft Lync. Members can connect with Microsoft and with each other to stay up to date on news, best practices, training...

Posted by Diane Golshan, Managing Editor for U.S. Partner Communications. If you saw Jon Roskill’s keynote at last year’s Worldwide Partner Conference in Los Angeles in person or online, you may recall that he spent time talking about the four key areas in which the Microsoft Partner Network provides...

At the Worldwide Partner Conference in July, I had the opportunity to talk to many partners while working in the U.S. Partner Lounge, before and after sessions, and at the U.S. Party. One topic I am always keen to chat about with partners is how they stay informed and current on Microsoft products, programs...

This year at WPC 2011, take advantage of the opportunities we are offering for you to become more knowledgeable about how you can use social media to further your business. As the person who runs two different sets of social media vehicles for the U.S. Partner Team (the U.S. Partner Community the U.S...

Once again, we have begun inviting partners and customers to participate in our Microsoft Global Relationship Study (GRS). Periodically, we engage an independent research company to conduct this study in more than 100 countries, giving both customers and partners an opportunity to evaluate Microsoft...

This time last year, I used this blog to address a question I received from a new Microsoft partner who wanted guidance about how to get started. I have pointed a lot of folks to it over the past several months, but it’s a bit ragged around the edges—a lot has happened in technology over the past year...

Happy New Year! I hope you had a restful holiday and a strong finish to 2010, and that you’re ready for a fantastic 2011. You may find some inspiration in the article, “ Marching Orders 2011 ,” from Redmond Channel Partner, where you’ll find tips from Microsoft partner executives and channel experts...

As 2010 winds down, I’d like to thank you for reading this online extension of our newsletter and helping us continue to improve our communications approach. Many of you have told me that our e-mail newsletter and using our blog to also make this content available to you are important vehicles that help...

Below are all the items we published in this week’s U.S. partner newsletter. If you feel that the version you received in e-mail, targeted to you according to your company’s partner profile and your role at your company, is missing something critical from this superset, please let me know by commenting...

In the U.S. Partner Newsletter, the first Monday of each month features recommendations by each Region. Today, they had the honor of welcoming you to the new Microsoft Partner Network, and also noting our very exciting announcement on 10/19 about Office 365 , which will launch in 2011. We’ll bring you...

Thank you for your feedback about our September 20 newsletter, where we debuted our refined newsletter approach to better target content to you according to your company’s business and your role within your company. Many of you applauded the effort to me in e-mail and here on the blog, although some...

Over the next few weeks, you may receive an e-mail invitation to participate in the Microsoft Global Relationship Study (GRS). Periodically, we engage an independent research company to conduct this study in more than 100 countries, giving both customers and partners an opportunity to evaluate Microsoft...