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...

This week, Microsoft posted the Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for February 2012, which includes updates for products such as Windows, Internet Explorer, SharePoint, .Net Framework, Silverlight, and Office. This summary includes the following Bulletin IDs: Microsoft Security Bulletin MS12-008 -...

Were you able to join us for the three MPN Live sessions that we hosted on February 9th from Toronto, Canada? If you weren’t (or even if you were and you want to see any of them again), I have some very good news for you… The replays are now available to stream online from wherever you are. To make it...

A couple of weeks ago, we broadcast the latest episode of MPN Live direct from our Microsoft Headquarters here in Redmond, Washington. Tomorrow we will be broadcasting the next round of MPN Live shows, three total, this time live from Toronto, Canada, where Worldwide Partner Conference 2012 will be taking...

Yesterday we announced the availability of Kinect for Windows,now both from the hardware perspective as well as the SDK perspective. This is a very exciting announcement and will unlock a ton of potential for developers everywhere. I can’t wait to see what this enables! With this announcement, I thought...

For all of you Microsoft partners out there that are taking advantage of the huge collection of fantastic free training and learning resources available to you on the Microsoft Partner Learning Center as part of your membership in the Microsoft Partner Network , I wanted to give you a quick heads up...

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...

As the countdown continues to the launch of the latest version of Microsoft SQL Server, the excitement levels continue to rise and rise, and why shouldn’t they given all that SQL Server 2012 brings with it?! To help make sure you are aware of your opportunity to participate in our Virtual Launch event...

Today, some exciting news and announcements were shared regarding private cloud and the launch of Microsoft System Center 2012 . Hopefully you were you able to join us live this morning for the “ Transforming IT with Microsoft Private Cloud ” webcast with: Satya Nadella, President, Server and Tools Business...

Tonight at 6:30 PM PST, Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer, will deliver the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) Microsoft keynote address, and you are all invited to join us for it. That’s right! Even if you are unable to be at CES in person, you will be able to watch Steve Ballmer’s Microsoft...

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...

Thanks again to all of you that joined us for yesterday’s Interactive Leadership Forums . Given the online commentary and chatter taking place today resulting from the mere mention of the launching of a Microsoft Small Business Competency as part of the Microsoft Partner Network during the sessions,...

Ever since /build, the excitement over Windows 8 has continued to grow and grow and grow. Lately, there have been several pieces of information, announcements, resources, and more that have come out around Windows 8, including several yesterday, so I thought I’d share a collection of some of the ones...

Last spring we kicked off the first ever Microsoft Partner Network Interactive Leadership Forum which gave you, our partners, the opportunity to join us for a live online session with the leadership team here in Redmond to hear the latest and to ask your questions directly to them. Well, the next Microsoft...

Overnight, the new V 2.3 version of the Microsoft Partner Info Mobile App for Windows Phone went live in the Windows Phone Marketplace. For those of you that currently have a previous version of the Microsoft Partner Info Mobile App installed on your phone, you too probably received the update notice...

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...

As many of you probably already know, Stephen Elop, Nokia President and CEO, introduced the new Windows Phones from Nokia yesterday morning at Nokia World, and there has been a bunch of information, blogs, tweets, press releases, etc. since then. Maybe you’ve been online and following all of the excitement;...

Are you looking to get started with or increase your current Microsoft Office 365 business? If so, we have an online training series that we are offering for partners to help you get started and build your Microsoft Office 365 practice. Plus, this series is being offered via the web, so you can attend...

This is truly an exciting day! You may recall the announcement back on May 10th of Microsoft’s acquisition of Skype. Well just moments ago, the official announcement was made that the Microsoft acquisition of Skype has closed! With this exciting announcement, I thought I’d put up a quick post here to...

As you are probably aware, this year will mark the end of daylight saving time in the Russian Federation. What this means is, in basic terms, they have decided to cancel daylight saving time (DST) in the country and will not “fall back” to Russian Standard Time this fall. Because of this, they will no...

Wow, what an exciting day today with the BUILD keynote kicking off the day and the excitement exploding from there! Now that the keynote is over, I am putting up a quick post to help you find all of the fantastic information that was shared today, as well as where you can get even more of it moving forward...

Today is a very exciting day as the Build event kicks off at 9:00 am PDT. For those of who are attending in person, you will be right in the midst of the excitement happening throughout the event. Now what about the rest of you that are not able to attend in person? Well, let me help you out: Watch the...

The excitement around Windows Phone continues to grow, especially with Windows Phone 7.5 (codename "Mango") just around the corner and all of the new features that is going to bring with it! As such, we are bringing a new series to a number of cities around the U.S. called, “Windows Phone Camp...

You heard about it at WPC, you’ve been reading about it everywhere, you’re peers, customers and competitors are talking about it, evaluating it, adopting it, and selling it, so what are you doing with cloud in your business as a Microsoft partner and how are you making the transition? To help you in...