Each month in the third-Friday edition of the U.S. partner newsletter , our Microsoft Action Pack Subscription expert in the U.S., Julie Golding, delivers a message to Action Pack Solution Provider (SP) and Action Pack Development and Design (DD) subscribers...

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...

[Note: As of 3/4, we have updated information about the availability of the partner download for Windows Small Business Server 2011. Read the blog post from the WW Partner Group .] In our “New to the Microsoft Partner Network” blog post earlier this year...

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...

In his Day 3 Vision Keynote at the 2012 Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference in July, Microsoft COO Kevin Turner stated, “Every product in our portfolio is being refreshed in a twelve-month period.” It’s an historic year for Microsoft, the biggest launch...

Introducing our fall series of events that gives you an opportunity to meet and develop relationships with other local partners. In each of the cities below, you are invited to join us for an evening that starts with a presentation by the York Group,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Guest post by Jemima Herman, Worldwide Partner Conference lead for the Microsoft U.S. Partner Team. I was so happy to get back to Toronto for our 2012 Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) site visit a couple of weeks ago. It’s such a beautiful...

A Blog Series for U.S. Partners by Jenni Flinders, Microsoft U.S. Vice President, Partner Strategy and Programs Since introducing the concept of “winning together” at the Worldwide Partner Conference in July, I’ve received great feedback from partners...

A Blog Series for U.S. Partners by Jenni Flinders, Microsoft U.S. Vice President, Partner Strategy and Programs. The Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference is the channel partner event of the year—a unique event that brings us all together in one locale...

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...

Guest post by Jemima Herman, Worldwide Partner Conference lead for the Microsoft U.S. Partner Team. Are you a planner or a procrastinator? If you’re like me, whether you plan ahead or put things off probably depends on how many immediate demands you have...

Guest post by Slalom Consulting. Ever had that feeling when you know someone who’s going somewhere you’ve been and loved—say, Europe or Hawaii—and you can’t wait for them to have the same great experience you did? At Slalom Consulting , we feel that way...

As the managing editor of the Microsoft U.S. partner portal, one of my responsibilities is understanding how partners use the site and how we can improve the experience with it. Each month, I look at several data points and read between 200-300 comments...

This morning, Microsoft announced Microsoft Office 365 , which brings our best productivity products to the cloud, offering them as a service to organizations of all sizes. This is a new brand that will replace the Business Productivity Online Suite ...

A Blog Series for U.S. Partners by Jenni Flinders, Microsoft U.S. Vice President, Partner Strategy and Programs. Microsoft partners continue to ask me questions about where their business fits in the cloud, and I think that’s a great sign. Asking questions...

Eric Ligman, the Global Partner Experience Lead in the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Group, wrote a great article on his blog earlier this week about using search on the Microsoft Partner Network portal . I was delighted to see his post, as I have long...

Guest post by Jemima Herman, Worldwide Partner Conference lead for the Microsoft U.S. Partner Team. While the next Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) is still several months away, planning for it began for the U.S. Partner Team in earnest in...

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...

Today, Microsoft announced the public beta for Microsoft Office 365 . More than a new version of a familiar product, Office 365 transcends the firewall to enable unprecedented collaboration and sharing across PCs, phones, and browsers. For Microsoft partners...

Looking for my guest post to the East Region blog about WPC 2010 attendance options? http://bit.ly/9hhjeH The topic for this blog post came to me through an e-mail sent to partnerQ@microsoft.com last week. “We are new Partners in the Network…What is the...

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...