Connecting with our partners around the world is something we love to do here at Microsoft and as you know, Worldwide Partner Conference is a huge component of that. A few years ago we took that experience to a digital level by launching the Digital WPC (Digital Worldwide Partner Conference ) site and...

At Worldwide Partner Conference last summer, we kicked off the MPN Live sessions from the floor of WPC. For those of you not yet familiar with MPN Live: MPN Live is a roundtable talk show program where Microsoft partners connect on issues of interest. For the current series, they are being streamed live...

Welcome to 2012, everyone! I certainly hope you all had a fantastic holiday season and New Year’s Day. To kick off the 2012 year, I thought it might be fun to look back at 2011 quickly to see which of the posts here on the blog you all came to and visited the most. With that, below is a list of the top...

As you may recall, earlier this week we hosted the latest Microsoft Partner Network Interactive Leadership Forum session, which gives you, our partners around the world, the chance to hear directly from the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Group leadership team here at Microsoft headquarters in Redmond on...

Today marks a great day here in Redmond, WA and around the world as the Microsoft Partner Network officially hits it’s one year anniversary! Wow, can you believe it has already been a year? Oh how time flies when you are having so much fun, and believe me, working with the Microsoft partners around the...

Since the initial V 1.0 release of the Microsoft Partner Info mobile app in May, it has continued to evolve in terms of interface and information that it brings directly to the phones of partners everywhere based on input and feedback we have received from our partners on what they would like to see...

For those of you that were at Worldwide Partner Conference 2011 with us in Los Angeles, you may have heard the exciting announcements that were made for our partners that obtain or have the Mobility competency as well as for all partners with competencies in regards to Windows Phone hardware and service...

This year at Worldwide Partner Conference, we launched the very first “MPN Live” series, which brought you live webcasts from the floor at WPC11. These sessions included a Microsoft host for the session as well as partner and analyst guest speakers, including some joining us remotely via Skype from around...

Day 3 here at Worldwide Partner Conference brought with it the always popular Kevin Turner, a “bringing it all together” with Jon Roskill, and this year’s fantastic guest speaker, Sir Richard Branson. All in all, in my opinion, a great way to kick off the third day here at WPC11. This day also brought...

What a week it has been! Hard to believe that here we are at the beginning of Day 4, the final day, of Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2011. I don’t know about you, but this week has absolutely flown by. Then again, this is my favorite week of the entire year, and you know what they say, “Time...

Here we are at the beginning of Day 3 of Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2011. I don’t know about you, but I thought yesterday was a great look into some of the great solutions available today and some more on the way, not to mention some of those really cool demos! In case you missed it, I posted...

Well WPC 11 day 2 picked up right where day 1 left off, with tons of fantastic energy and excitement, then added a bunch of eye catching demos, attention grabbing statistics, some exciting announcements, and even more. To help make sure that all of you, whether you are joining us in person or virtually...

Welcome to Day 2 of Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2011. What an amazing day yesterday was to kick off the conference! In case you missed it, I posted up a recap last night: WPC 11 Day one – What a start! Here’s some of the great things from WPC 11 day one for you… Be sure to check it out and...

Day one of the 2011 Worldwide Partner Conference is now behind us and what a start to the conference it was! This year more than ever, not only can the attendees who are joining us here live be a part of the excitement but also partners around the world can join in on numerous parts of WPC11 online as...

Welcome to the official day 1 here at Microsoft Partner Conference 2011! We are so excited to have all of you here with us in this record-breaking crowd we have joining us here in Los Angeles, as well as the partners around the world joining us online and through social media. Since we are kicking off...

Here is some exciting news for all of the partners out there. Today the new version 2.0 of the Microsoft Partner Information mobile app released into the Windows Phone Marketplace and it brings with it a bunch of new enhancements, many based off your direct input and feedback, as well as some features...

At WPC 11 in Los Angeles this year, social media will play an even bigger role than it has in any prior Worldwide Partner Conference, which is very exciting. Add on top of that a record number of WPC attendees, and we’re talking about a fantastic opportunity for partners who are there in person, and...

Can you believe we are just a few days away from WPC 11?!!? In case you haven’t seen, we have passed the 15,000 registered attendee mark which makes this a record-setting Worldwide Partner Conference attendance!! Speaking of records, not only is it the largest attendance we’ve had, but do any of you...

For the past couple of weeks, we have been conducting our Worldwide Partner Conference Twitter chats on Thursday mornings from 10:00 – 10:30 am PDT hosted by the WPC Team (@WPCLA) and a guest partner host. The first week we were joined by Tiffany Ingargiola (@TiffanyWI ) and last week we were joined...

Back on March 18th, we announced to the world that the Microsoft Partner Conference 2011 awards submission process was now open , and since that time, partners from all around the world have been submitting their nominations and success stories into the pool of applicants competing for this year’s Partner...

Last Thursday we kicked off our first Worldwide Partner Conference Twitter chat online hosted by the WPC Team (@WPCLA) with Tiffany Ingargiola (@TiffanyWI ), one of the social media mavens online, who answered a bunch of questions from the online audience about Worldwide Partner Conference. The questions...

Today, the v. 1.3 release of the Microsoft Partner Information Mobile App will be coming to Windows Phone and Android users around the world, and it brings with it some very exciting new additions! (If you’re an iPhone owner and want the Microsoft Partner Info app, you might want to tell Apple! ) Here...

In case you’ve missed the tweets being sent out over the past several days on the topic, I thought I would share it here with you as well. Tomorrow, June 9th from 10:00 – 10:30 am PDT, we will be conducting a Worldwide Partner Conference (#WPC11) Twitter chat online, hosted by the WPC Team (@WPCLA) and...

Since announcing the Microsoft Partner Information mobile app on Monday , it has been fantastic to see the feedback, input, and responses from partners all over that have downloaded and installed the app. (installed in over 20 countries in the first 48 hours!) In that initial post, I asked you to provide...

Earlier this week, I announced the launch of the new Microsoft Partner Info Mobile App , available to partners around the world to bring information, resources, and more directly to them right on their phones. In that announcement, I mentioned that the launch version did not include any product team...