Day 1 of the New Microsoft Partner Network

re: Day 1 of the New Microsoft Partner Network

John Montgomery — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 15:59:57 GMT

The new competency structure is a slap in the face to the Partners that have chosen to work with Businesses with less than 50 users. Requiring that a Partner achieve a Competency in the Mid-Market solutions to be deemed "competent" and keep their software rights is ridiculous (those solutions have little to no application to our market space), and shows a total disconnect from the real world in which very competent Partners provide hardware and services to this market space. This will be the third time I've had to totally change out our Internal Use Software (format and reinstall) and rebuild our network due to wavering commitment and unclear vision for the Small Business segment, making one of the most valuable assets provided by Microsoft (Internal Use Licenses) much, much less valuable.

re: Day 1 of the New Microsoft Partner Network

Diane Golshan — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 00:08:55 GMT

Hi Christopher - Yes, let me follow up on this and I will e-mail you as asked above!

Diane

re: Day 1 of the New Microsoft Partner Network

Christopher C. Welber — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 12:40:01 GMT

I've been trying to access the newsgroups and they seem to be down the last 24 hours because when I go to the web based groups, no messages show up and I can't post a message. I am leaving this comment as a last result can someone please email me at chriswelber@yahoo.com and let me know how to connect with the community?

Thanks.