Partner News: New opportunity—adapt apps to Windows Mobile phones

Sign up for other newsletters | Update your profile | We Are Listening: Tell Us What You Need June 24, 2009 You are receiving this newsletter as a benefit of your organization's partnership agreement with Microsoft. What if you could enrich your solution portfolio without building new capabilities from scratch? And leverage your existing skills and the applications you are already building today to collect additional revenue? In this week's newsletter, we look at ways you can do just that—with the Windows Mobile platform. It's not just about e-mail and messaging. It's about doing business in a mobile world. Mobility Solutions: Broader Applications A mobility strategy can play a significant role for companies looking to boost efficiency and productivity while cutting costs. And when you think of mobility strategy, what probably comes immediately to mind is providing anywhere, anytime access to messaging, calendars, and contacts—as in Microsoft Exchange integration with Windows Mobile. But there are many areas where Windows Mobile brings a "Better Together" solution for your customers while enabling you to build on skills you already have. Microsoft Exchange. In addition to traditional messaging, Exchange provides mobile device management and security services opportunities that can enhance your customers' Windows Mobile deployments. Microsoft Office SharePoint. Learn how you can quickly give customers mobile access to collaborative workspaces to share ideas, connect with suppliers and customers, and retrieve critical information. Microsoft Dynamics CRM and Microsoft Dynamics ERP. Leverage prebuilt ISV-partner applications or build your own to empower customers' field representatives with real-time customer data and services. Microsoft .NET Framework. Use your .NET development skills to create new applications or extend existing ones to Windows Mobile. Get the latest training, marketing, and sales tools—and lead your customers in developing mobility strategies with Windows Mobile and the Microsoft solutions you know. Visit the Mobility Solutions competency page. Windows Mobile provides Microsoft partners with a great way to extend your existing business. You can find out more by previewing the Mobility sessions at the 2009 Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC09). Windows Mobile phones treasure hunt. Follow @WPC09 on Twitter for details. Other Twitter streams you may want to follow: @wmdev, @wmpartner, @windowsmobile. Microsoft Tag—link real life with the digital world. WPC09 Keynote Speaker Drives Business "Reality" Series on Web Watch "It's Everybody's Business with Jack and Suzy Welch," the show that features high-profile companies facing significant business challenges. With Jack and Suzy leading the charge, this unscripted Web series takes a hard look at the obstacles preventing success and presents strategies that will take these companies to the next level. 2009 WPC Partner of the Year Awards Announced Each year at WPC, we recognize outstanding solutions in a variety of categories. This year, we will present 69 awards. Get ideas, find peers, think about your submission for next year. Discover Core Infrastructure Solutions Opportunities at WPC09 The knowledge you gain about Microsoft infrastructure solutions can help you increase your average deal size and margin, create more repeatable business, and reinforce your role as a trusted advisor to your customers. Explore Revenue-Building Opportunities with Internet Explorer 8 Windows Internet Explorer 8 offers partners new opportunities to build solid solutions and service practice offerings. Help your customers promote their brands by creating an optimized Internet Explorer browser that includes their Web Slices, Accelerators, and designated home pages and Favorites selections. Then make the browser available for download directly from their websites with the Internet Explorer 8 Partner Logo program. New Customer-Ready Sales Materials for Select Plus More easily explain the benefits of the Select Plus program to your customers. You can add your logo and contact information to the Select Plus flyer, Select Plus for Academic flyer, Select Plus for Government flyer, Select Plus e-mail, Select Plus for Academic e-mail, and Select Plus for Government e-mail. Two versions of each flyer and Microsoft Office Outlook e-mail template are included; one version highlights the Select Plus Additional Products promotion. Big Changes Coming to the Partner Program The Microsoft Partner Program is evolving. At WPC09, you'll learn more about a community borne from our continued commitment to serve your needs and help you strengthen technical, sales, and marketing capabilities; get more from the Microsoft launch wave; and spark innovation and connection. New Global Portal Home Page Has Launched Announcing a more streamlined online experience for you. More of the resources you need in one place. Product announcements. News features. Licensing resources. Training updates. More opportunities for feedback and interaction. All customized for your partner level. Get a window into how the Partner Program is evolving to serve you better. Stay Ahead with Automatic, Internal-Use Software Delivery Sign up, so you don't miss out. With a Microsoft Action Pack Subscription (MAPS), you stay competitive, because you're among the first to get new software editions. That puts you in an ideal position—the biggest launch series in company history is planned for the coming nine months. Small Business Specialists and Web Solution Partners receive resource-rich toolkits for no additional charge. Voice Specialization Exam Numbering Change Voice partners: The Unified Communications Voice specialization Exam 088-924 has been changed to Exam 074-924. Content in the exam has not changed. However, because the successful completion of this exam is required to attain the Voice specialization after July 1, 2009, you should note this numbering change. Learn more about Voice requirements. Simplify the Planning and Deployment of Your IT Projects Download the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 4.0 Beta to find guidance for network-wide readiness presales assessments for migrating customers to Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Hyper-V, and more. • Announcing the upcoming Windows Server 2008 R2 RTM and general availability. • Download updated Windows Media Services for Windows Media Server 2008 R2 Release Candidate (RC). • Submit a Windows 7 video and get a chance to win! • Windows 7 at WPC09 • Windows 7 Professional Resources • Download Windows 7 RC • Exclusive partner pricing for full-service search engine optimization services. • Microsoft virtualization team blog. • New sales resources for enterprise, government Volume Licensing programs Visit the Microsoft Partner Program Portal. ©2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. 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