We have scaled up the great resource previously called Managed Newsgroups. Now called Partner Online Technical Communities we have a number of community- and product-focussed newsgroups, monitored and supported by Microsoft support professionals.

Start here: https://partner.microsoft.com/global/40014662

There are communities for the following:

  • Microsoft Gold Certified and Certified Partners
  • Small Business Specialists
  • Windows Vista Online Technical Community
  • Microsoft ISV and Web Solution Partners
  • Online Technical Communities for All Partner Levels
  • Microsoft Action Pack Subscribers
  • OEM System Builders

    • See the link above for how to get started. To whet your appetite, here are the sub communities in the item called 'Online Technical Communities for All Partner Levels' - I checked a few of them and they are already quite active and Microsoft engineers are active in supporting partners with technical enquiries.

    • Action Pack
    • Assessment and Deployment Solution
    • Exchange Client Access
    • Exchange Mailbox Server
    • Exchange Mobility
    • Exchange Setup and System Management
    • Exchange Transport
    • Exchange Unified Messaging
    • Exchange Miscellaneous
    • Forefront Client
    • Forefront Server
    • Frontpage Server Extensions and Sharepoint Team Services
    • Internet Application Gateway
    • Internet Explorer
    • Internet Information Server
    • Internet Security and Acceleration Server
    • Live Communication Server
    • Microsoft Dynamics CRM
    • Microsoft Dynamics GP
    • Microsoft Dynamics SL
    • Microsoft Dynamics AX
    • Microsoft Business Solutions Navision
    • Microsoft Retail Management System
    • Microsoft Small Business Financials
    • Office Access
    • Office Accounting
    • Office Excel
    • Office Outlook
    • Office Project
    • Office Powerpoint
    • Office Setup
    • Office Word
    • Microsoft Office FrontPage
    • Mac Office
    • Outlook and Exchange Client
    • Outlook Express
    • Sharepoint Portal Server
    • Site Index Commerce Server
    • Small Business Server 2003
    • Small Business Server
    • SQL Server
    • SQL Server Reporting Services
    • Operations Management
    • Technical Demo Toolkit
    • System Center Essentials
    • Systems Management Server
    • Virtual PC
    • Virtual Server
    • Windows Server Clustering
    • Windows Server Active Directory
    • Windows Server Migration
    • Windows Server Networking
    • Windows Server Printing and Applications
    • Windows Server Setup and Deployment
    • Windows Server Terminal Server
    • Windows 2003 Active Directory
    • Windows 2003 Cluster Services
    • Windows 2003 Peripherals and Hardware
    • Windows 2003 Networking
    • Windows 2003 Setup and Deployment
    • Windows 2003 Terminal Server
    • Windows 2000 Active Directory
    • Windows 2000 Cluster Services
    • Windows 2000 Migration
    • Windows 2000 Networking
    • Windows 2000 Peripherals and Hardware
    • Windows 2000 Setup and Deployment
    • Windows 2000 Terminal Server
    • Windows Update Services
    • Windows 2000 Pro
    • Windows XP
    • Windows Vista
    • Partner Questions and Feedback to Microsoft
    • Partner to Partner Discussions