" The new, modern Office will deliver unparalleled productivity and flexibility for both consumers and business customers. It is a cloud service and will fully light up when paired with Windows 8. " – Steve Ballmer, CEO, Microsoft From January 22–24, sales and technical professionals from Microsoft...

Welcome to the December Hot Sheet, a schedule of training opportunities for Microsoft U.S. partners, so you can plan ahead. In light of the holidays, no events are scheduled after December 20. This is a good opportunity to utilize the on-demand training in the Learning Plan Tool or one of the product...

Welcome to this month’s Hot Sheet, a schedule of in-person and live virtual training opportunities for Microsoft U.S. partners, so you can plan ahead. See our October 1 Hot Sheet for live online events taking place the rest of October. We also have Special Editions of the Hot Sheet for Windows Server...

A blog series providing the latest training, certification and assessment information to U.S. partners for Microsoft product releases. Updated May 16 Use the training recommendations below to help you prepare for Windows 8, which became generally available October 26, 2012. Courses cover the business...

Greetings US Partners, To help you prioritize your training activities this month, here is a summary of recommendations from the U.S. Partner Team. For additional training opportunities, you can buildyour learning plan or view upcoming local activities at any time. Here are the Regional links...

Sales Professionals - Have you been to Gear Up recently? We’ve recently re-launched the site – check it out! Some of my favorite things about the new Gear Up: 1. Easy Navigation – the new navigation is super friendly, super easy, and helps you see what content is on the site. 2. Sales Advisors – Single...

See what’s up with the TS2 team on their new blog .   The new TS2 blog is a great resource for you to follow for technical and sales readiness learning. They’ll be featuring screencasts, technical walkthroughs, and more so you can better understand the nuts and bolts of all our Microsoft products...

Your online marketing efforts. Your website is your virtual face to potential clients – have you optimized your site to help people find you? How is your site performing? Do you have a strategy behind your online presence? If you’re looking to make your website work better for you, be sure and join this...

We’re excited about this new opportunity for you to expand your skills, and of course be entered to win some exciting prizes. The Winter Sales Summit Sweepstakes is a comprehensive sales training opportunity – all courses will help you understand the value proposition of Microsoft products, how our product...

If you haven’t already, you should check out some of the resources on the Sales & Marketing tab on the Microsoft Partner Network portal – there are some great opportunities posted recently around pre-negotiated rates on marketing services. On top of that, the RTG team is offering a great series of...

To send you on your way for the weekend, let us remind you that our team relaunched our Partnercast site last month with a new look and improved capabilities. In addition to embracing the short time in which you can learn some great strategies on Microsoft technologies and Partner Network competencies...

We just learned about this cool job portal called MSemploy . It’s designed to save you time sifting through resumes by providing a database of manually screened candidates who are all experienced Microsoft Certified IT Pros or Microsoft Certified Developers. They’re running a limited time special offer...

  Our brand-new business readiness courses are as diverse as our partners, so we hope you’ll find at least one this month to propel your business. Here are some upcoming ones we thought you might like. As always, this training is free. Cheers!   9/8: Fill Your Pipeline with Hot Prospects 9...