| Building a network with and for our partners is a primary mission for Microsoft. In this newsletter we explore a key benefit partners enjoy— marketing resources that enable them to leverage the Microsoft brand and momentum, when they take solutions based on Microsoft technology to market. We hope these campaigns help demonstrate our commitment to partner success. If you're not a partner, we invite you to take a few moments to explore how a relationship with Microsoft can deliver a real advantage in the marketplace.  | | | | | Microsoft creates marketing campaigns so partners can leverage the investment it makes every year to promote its solutions to customers. With all of the technologies Microsoft brings to market, there are a host of marketing campaigns tailored to technical and business decision makers, in both the small- and midsize-business (SMB) and enterprise arenas. Microsoft partners can customize the campaigns to promote their unique solutions based on Microsoft technology. There are marketing resources for each campaign to help partners generate new business, and they include materials for digital-, event-, and direct-marketing activities. Tap the enormous potential of search engine marketing with two service-level offerings available exclusively to Microsoft partners that want to improve website presence and activity. Self-serve search engine optimization (SEO) training offers an on-demand webinar series with strategies you can put in place immediately. SEO for Microsoft Partners is a full-service solution with cost-effective consulting and detailed dashboard reporting. Visit our search-engine marketing Facebook page to share knowledge about website search marketing. We've barely begun to summarize the wealth of marketing and sales resources available to you. Explore the Microsoft Partner Network portal to learn more. | | | | Campaign planner: Get a complete overview of available Partner Marketing Center campaigns. | |   | | Announcing the Core Infrastructure Practice Builder The new Core Infrastructure Practice Builder is an online resource that can help you grow your business. Designed by partners currently selling and implementing Core Infrastructure solutions, the site provides step-by-step prescriptive guidance, product information, and readiness plans that enable you to ramp up your practice more quickly and efficiently. And you'll find links to the relevant Microsoft Partner Network benefits for each phase of the process. | | | Internet Explorer 8 Drives Business for Leading Internet Companies Companies that depend on the Internet as their primary means of reaching customers are using the special features of Windows Internet Explorer 8, including Web Slices, Accelerators, and Visual Search, to deliver content more efficiently and increase site traffic and revenue. New videos show how eBay, Yahoo, and other major online companies are benefitting from their innovative use of Internet Explorer 8. | |  | | Information Worker Offers Extended Now partners can use the Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Standard Edition promotion to offer savings on Exchange Server 2007 Standard Edition server licenses and client access licenses (CALs) through October 31. And the Microsoft Enterprise Subscription Agreement promotion—which offers savings to customers who sign a new Enterprise Subscription Agreement for core Microsoft desktop platform products—has been extended through December 31. | | | Forefront Security Suite—Offer 30% Savings to Your Customers You can now offer extended savings on Microsoft Forefront Security Suite to your customers through December 31. Help them see the value of comprehensive protection for endpoint, messaging, and collaboration security. Customers who take advantage of this promotion today will automatically gain access to the next-generation "Stirling-wave" versions of these products as they become available. | |  | | Windows Azure ISV World Tour Starting in September, ISVs in 11 cities worldwide can hear from David Chappell, an industry leader in cloud computing. Chappell has helped software developers around the world think through the challenges and opportunities that cloud technology brings to their businesses. You can also meet key local partners who are successfully developing new offerings on the Windows Azure platform. Prepare for the Windows Azure opportunity with the Partner Academy Live webcast series. | | | | | | Microsoft SharePoint Conference 2009 Find out what's coming in Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010. Connect with other SharePoint partners. And get ideas for developing and growing a more lucrative SharePoint practice. | | | | | Visit the Microsoft Partner Network Portal ©2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft and the Microsoft Partner Network logo, Azure, Forefront, Internet Explorer, SharePoint, Windows, and Windows Live are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation group of companies in the United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. Trouble accessing a Microsoft Partner Portal link? You may be signed in with another Windows Live ID not associated with the Partner Network. Sign out of any other Windows Live ID-enabled sites, and then sign in with the credentials used to enroll in the Microsoft Partner Network. If you still cannot open the link, please contact our support team. You will receive a response within 72 hours. Newsletter Legal InformationThis newsletter was sent by: Microsoft Corporation One Microsoft Way Redmond, Washington, USA 98052 | | | | |
