Welcome to Friday, everyone. Here’s some new 200-level training on SQL Server Data Warehousing for you. If I could be your training coach and get practical for a minute, I’d suggest getting started on the first one today or pencil in a couple each week...

If you're an SI or ISV Microsoft Partner, Windows Azure Partner University is a must-attend. This is a free event to help you understand the buzz around the Windows Azure Platform - how to monetize it, how to better serve your customers with it, where...

You should receive The Learning Curve in your inbox later this afternoon, but here’s a sneak-peak at the courses our team handpicked for you in that issue. There are sales and technical courses of varied levels, as well as some sales and presales accreditation...

Hopefully you saw yesterday’s announcements about Office365 – if not, check out our U.S. Partner Team’s blog where Diane provides an outline of the essential Office365 resources for U.S. Partners. If you’d like to skill up on Office365, check out these...

At the end of September, we featured the first post in a new series where the Microsoft Partner Network (MPN) Expert Team answers some frequently asked questions related to the new MPN structure and requirements. Here is their guidance on two more questions...

Software as a Service, Infrastructure as a Service, Platform as a Service, Private Cloud, Public Cloud…What does it all mean? Join Margo Day, Regional Vice President for Microsoft's West Region as she provides a simplified view and explanation on how...

How are you doing on your certification goals? With the holidays coming up, it’s even more important to budget your time to prepare for and take your exams. Here are three items to help you with that: It’s not too late to use your 5-for-1 exam vouchers...

I’m sure many of you have heard about The International Association of Microsoft Certified Partners – United States (IAMCP – US), but we thought it might be helpful to explain exactly what it is and why you may want to consider joining. IAMCP is the preeminent...

Our friends at New Horizons (Microsoft Certified Partner for Learning Solutions) just put this great offer together to help fellow partners build the skills and earn the certification credentials you need grow your businesses within the new Microsoft...

Hope business is off to a great start on this fall Monday. Here are the training recommendations our team put together for you in today’s issue of The Learning Curve. Be sure and browse through your newsletter for the latest product, training and sweepstakes...

Our friends on the OEM team wanted us to let you know about this new sales training incentive on Microsoft Partner University (MPU). You can sign in to MPU or create a new account here (this training portal is for OEM/System Builder partners only). ...

If you aren’t familiar with Practice Accelerators, these offerings are developed by Microsoft Consulting Services (MCS) experts based on proven customer deployment experiences on the latest Microsoft products. The best practices, guidance, and tools are...

We first told you about this new series last Friday, but now there's a little incentive to get you to take these important trainings. With each module of the Online Services Business Transformation webinar series that you complete, you’ll be entered to...

If your role is to engineer and test Windows 7 PCs, devices, and software, the Windows Summit 2010 virtual event is for you. There are three tracks available: Device, System and Software, and new content has been released for the Device and Software tracks...

Here is a new learning package that will allow you to easily sprinkle Windows Phone 7 training throughout your week. There are 20 7-minute webcasts that include demos like Connecting to Web Services, Using Isolated Storage and Using the Windows Phone...

Here’s a great new promo in honor of Windows 7’s one-year birthday. Each time you complete one of the sales or technical courses below, you’ll be automatically entered to win some cool prizes (all related to Windows 7, of course). Use this opportunity...