A couple of days ago, I put up a post here to let you know that we’re down to the final days to get your WPC 2013 Award nomination in, and to encourage you to get going on your WPC 2013 Partner of the Year Award nominations so that you get your chance at winning one of these prizes. Well, there is another...

Each year at Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC), Microsoft recognizes partners who have delivered exemplary solutions built on Microsoft technologies through the Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards. This year is no exception, and once again, winners of these prestigious awards will receive a collection...

Yesterday, we announced the release of Office 365 Home Premium , which is a reinvention of Microsoft’s Office product line for consumers. The new offering includes the latest and most complete set of Office applications; works across up to five devices, including Windows tablets, PCs and Macs; and comes...

A couple of weeks ago, I told you about the New 74-324 Exam coming for Small Business Competency to replace 70-323 , which has been designed for Small Business focused partners and aligns better to the Small Business Competency within the Microsoft Partner Network. In that post, I mentioned that we would...

I have already shared how you can watch the keynotes, MPN Live, Daily Recaps, and download keynote transcripts from Day 1 at WPC and Day 2 at WPC , so in this post, I will be sharing highlights, replays, and transcripts from Day 3 at Worldwide Partner Conference 2012. Be sure to watch the replays below...

Earlier, I shared how you can watch replays of some of the excitement of Worldwide Partner Conference 2012 Day 1 . In this post, I will be sharing highlights, replays, and transcripts from Day 2 at Worldwide Partner Conference 2012, where the excitement, energy, and fantastic information continued to...

What an incredibly exciting week last week at Worldwide Partner Conference 2012! Now that the event is behind us and the record-setting 16,000+ attendees have returned to their offices to put into action the information and resources they took away from Worldwide Partner Conference, we want to be sure...

Last week we hosted a record-setting 16,000+ attendees in Toronto for our Worldwide Partner Conference 2012. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, I LOVE Worldwide Partner Conference and it is my favorite week of the year here at Microsoft! I thoroughly enjoy having the opportunity to connect in...

As I noted in my post about Day 3 yesterday, I think the keynotes this morning by Jon and Kevin really set the tone for the day and you could feel and hear the energy and excitement among the entire Worldwide Partner Conference crowd. Today, just like yesterday, we will be serving breakfast, holding...

Day 2 of Worldwide Partner Conference 2012 brought a bunch of excitement and goodness and really lit up the online and in-person conversations, including “Butterly smooth” Windows Phone 8. (Yep, you read that right)  Now, while the excitement kicked off at a really high level yesterday on Day 1...

HOW TO: VIEW THE LIVE STREAM HERE . (Starts at 9:00 am EST) Welcome to Day 3 of Worldwide Partner Conference 2012. After a day filled with “Butterly smooth” information yesterday, Day 3 brings with it some Vision Keynotes that are sure to rock the house. The Worldwide Partner Conference 2012 big stage...

With Day 1 of Worldwide Partner Conference 2012 now behind us, we are ready to embark on Day 2 of the largest Worldwide Partner Conference in history! Just like yesterday, we will be serving breakfast, holding Vision Keynotes, Value Keynotes, tons of sessions, serving lunch, WPC Connect, and MPN Live...

HOW TO: VIEW THE LIVE STREAM HERE . (Starts at 9:00 am EST) Welcome to Day 2 of Worldwide Partner Conference 2012. After an amazing start to the conference yesterday, the Day 2 Vision Keynotes are going to bring a ton more exciting information for our partners around the world. Just like yesterday, the...

Ever since we launched MPN Live at last Worldwide Partner Conference, it has continued to grow and become a favorite of partners around the world. Here at Worldwide Partner Conference 2012, we’re taking MPN Live even bigger, bringing you three live shows streaming out across the web Monday through Wednesday...

Welcome to the official Day 1 here at Microsoft Partner Conference 2012! Once again, we have a record-breaking number of attendees joining us this year here in Toronto and we are so excited to have all of you here with us, as well as the partners around the world joining us online and through social...

WATCH NOW: VIEW THE LIVE STREAM HERE . Worldwide Partner Conference 2012 officially kicks off tomorrow morning with the first of our Vision Keynotes starting at 9:00 am EST at the Air Canada Centre, featuring: Steve Ballmer , Chief Executive Officer, Microsoft Corporation Topic: Entering the New Era...

Worldwide Partner Conference 2012 is upon us and with it comes the opportunity for our partners worldwide to come together physically in Toronto as well as virtually across the world. For those of you that joined us last year, you undoubtedly saw the vast increase in social media usage from Worldwide...

Today, Microsoft announced the 2012 Microsoft Partner of the Year Award winners and finalists. These winners and finalists were selected from nearly 3,000 entries coming in from over 100 countries! Wow, that’s an impressive number of submissions, partners! Thank you to all of you that submitted your...

Every year at Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC), we hear feedback from partners all around the world that one of the greatest parts of WPC is the opportunity to make connections with other WPC attendees. Whether they are connections with existing contacts you know already but haven’t seen in awhile...

That’s right, the next episode of MPN Live is going to be coming your way next week Thursday, and for this session, we’re going to be talking all about my favorite conference of the year: Worldwide Partner Conference! With WPC 2012 just around the corner, this is going to be a fantastic episode of MPN...

Tomorrow is the next in our series of MPN Live events, which bring together Microsoft hosts, Microsoft partner guests, hot topics, fantastic insights, live interaction, and even an incredible giveaway: A free, all-access pass to Worldwide Partner Conference 2012. Talk about a value packed block of time...

At the beginning of March, we officially announced the Small Business Competency in the Microsoft Partner Network . If you looked at the comments from that post, you also saw that I said, “We will announce more program details in April,” in response to questions I received over the the Small Business...

With each passing day, we get another day closer to Worldwide Partner Conference 2012, which is July 8-12th in Toronto this year. I absolutely love Worldwide Partner Conference and it is by far my favorite conference of the year! What is also getting closer with each passing day is the deadline to get...

Last night, I received an online ping via social media from The VAR Guy (@TheVARGuy ) asking for a little direction and assistance from a social media perspective when it comes to navigating and following the information coming out of Microsoft. After all, I don’t think you will find many people that...

From week to week, I share a bunch of different content across a multitude of my various online presences, such as through my blog , my Twitter account , my LinkedIn account , and my Facebook account . Across these different online resources, the content shared is not always the same, nor is everything...