https://partner.microsoft.com/40104750 I had a read around the site and it provides some useful guidance for ISVs considering how best they can take advantage of the transformation to the services world.

I believe this came out a few weeks ago but I missed it at the time. Via the great OfficeLabs – check this video out. I do find it inspiring to watch these kinds of things – and of course with so much focus on touch with Windows 7 and Surface, this kind...

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I often speak to partners, typically licensing and infrastructure partners, who would like to better understand the world of software asset management, and indeed how to deliver a value-adding service to customers in this area. Well coming up is an interesting...

There is a tonne more info coming out on Azure as a development platform and I strongly encourage all SI and ISV partners to get their tech leads to understand this new model for cloud-based development, and of course start to understand how you can make...

As reported by our own Jeff Alexander: “To celebrate Earth Day 2009 the TechNet team has done a special Green issue of TechNet Magazine. This edition is only available online which makes sense giving it’s all about Green IT. The whole issue is dedicated...

I’ve had a few questions from partners recently wanting to know more about the deskless worker offering that is part of the BPOS product line. The MS Online Team blog pointed me quickly to this TechNet page which gives some good high level info:  ...

As many of the readers of this blog know we ran a Live Meeting for partners interested in Microsoft Online Services last week. Kathryn Saducas and Lee Hickin from our Microsoft team helped the attendees better understand the products on offer and explained...

This info came in an internal mail – but is promoting some interesting looking new content for partners available now on the QuickStartOnlineServices.com site. Whitepapers, cases studies etc: Whitepaper : Migrate to Microsoft Online Services new Whitepaper...

Big news overnight – we released the beta of Exchange 2010 and announced the (not surprising) naming convention for the next version of Office. “Microsoft Unveils Exchange 2010 With Public Beta First in the next wave of Office-related products, Microsoft...

This caught my eye as a usual resource for partners who use energy efficiency as part of their value proposition to customers: http://blogs.msdn.com/see/archive/2009/04/07/microsoft-assessment-and-planning-map-toolkit-for-energy-efficient-computing.aspx

One of our security team sent me this to tell our Australian partners the good news for the rest of our fiscal year – if you sell security and/or identity solutions this is a bit of a no-brainer for you to leverage: “In FY09, Australian partners have...

Microsoft Online Services will soon be available in Australia, providing customers with enterprise-class software programs delivered as a subscription service, hosted by Microsoft and sold with partners. The offering includes Microsoft Exchange Online...

This is a great way to pick up the basics of Windows 7: http://www.microsoft.com/learning/_silverlight/learningsnacks/win7/snack01/Default.html