 |  | | October 6, 2009 | | | | Don't miss out on opportunities! In this edition, your Partner newsletter addresses new products and offers to keep you up-to-the-minute about what's available. From today's release of the next generation of Windows phone—with the Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system—to the latest methods for reaching your sales goals, we've created resources to help you provide timely solutions—for your clients and your own business. Windows phones deliver familiar Microsoft Office Outlook and Microsoft Office Mobile experiences. By extending mobile access to corporate applications, they will help to increase employee productivity. Windows phones make the most of your customers' existing technology investments and provide you with the flexibility to meet their needs.
Learn more with these Microsoft resources: | | | Discover Windows Mobility Solutions Accelerate your sales and service cycles with hundreds of mobile apps for business. You and your customers can stay connected to each other and to information, take business applications mobile, and manage data from practically anywhere. | | | | Mobility Solutions Competency Help your customers access information on the go—and increase their productivity and responsiveness while reducing costs—with the Mobility Solutions competency. When you attain the competency, you'll have access to exclusive benefits like early betas and software development kits (SDKs), mobility expert columns, marketing support, mobile device promotions and savings, case study opportunities, and more. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Silver Spam Award Goes to Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server RC Great news to share with your customers! The new Microsoft Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server Release Candidate (RC) has been awarded the Silver Spam Award from Virus Bulletin for September. Microsoft hopes to also earn the Platinum award with the October testing—just in time for the November launch—by using release to manufacturing (RTM) bits that will correct the slightly higher rate of false positives experienced with the RC bits. | | | | We Are Listening—Tell Us What You Need Help us improve the Microsoft Partner Network. Click the Feedback link at the bottom of any page of the Microsoft Partner Portal and let us know how we can assist you better in the future. We appreciate your feedback. | |   | | | | | Enrollment for Core Infrastructure Enrollment for Core Infrastructure is a new and simplified way for customers to license Windows Server, Microsoft System Center, and Microsoft Forefront Client Security offerings. As of October 1, 2009, you can offer your customers a protected, well-managed infrastructure with flexibility and savings in the way they manage and acquire licenses. When you provide Enrollment for Core Infrastructure, you can help drive larger engagements, secure the Microsoft platform, and provide customers with a dramatically simpler per processor method to acquire Microsoft products for their infrastructure. | | | Become a Trusted Advisor: Achieve the Desktop Platform Competency With Windows 7 general availability less than a month away, show customers your credibility and expertise as a desktop deployment provider. Launching in November, your achievement of the new Desktop Platform competency will help you take advantage of more revenue opportunities. When you achieve the competency, your customers will recognize the valuable knowledge, cost savings, and efficiencies that you offer in deploying and optimizing Windows operating systems. Already a partner in the Windows Desktop Deployment specialization or planning to attain it before October 31? If so, your organization will be automatically enrolled in the Desktop Platform competency, without needing to complete the technical exam requirements. | | | | | | Win the Sale with Cost Savings and Unified Communications Microsoft Unified Communications (UC) helps you cut your customers' costs and better position their businesses to make the most of the economic rebound. By transforming the way businesses communicate and collaborate while maximizing existing communications infrastructures, Unified Communications can be a cost-savings solution. Use these campaign materials to market the UC solutions. | | | | |  | | Download Forefront Identity Manager 2010 RC1 Download Forefront Identity Manager Release Candidate 1 (RC1) for feature enhancements such as improved manageability tools, performance updates, and an enhanced user interface. | | | Host Your Own Local New Efficiency Launch Event Be part of the momentum of the joint Microsoft New Efficiency product launch for Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, and Microsoft Exchange Server 2010. With the Launch-in-a-Box Kit, you'll get content and guidance to help you host local New Efficiency events that can create new opportunities for your business. Interested in featuring a Microsoft speaker at your event? Contact your local Microsoft partner account representative for options. | |  | | Attend SharePoint Conference 2009 Be among the first to get a preview of the improvements made to Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010, and see how many of those can be quickly implemented to add value to your offerings. Also learn how to demonstrate ways your customers can maximize their current SharePoint investments. This year's event takes place in Las Vegas, Nevada, October 19-22, and there are more than 250 sessions planned that will provide you the opportunity to listen, talk, and network with Microsoft Office SharePoint experts, other SharePoint partners, and top industry analysts. | | | Step-by-Step: Learn to License and Market Exchange Server 2010 Help your customers realize the benefits of upgrading to Exchange Server 2010, while you increase your revenue opportunities and solidify your role as a trusted advisor. Use this step-by-step marketing plan to find tools and resources that can help you to successfully license Exchange Server 2010. | | | Partner Academy Live: Windows Azure Platform How does Windows Azure compare to the competition? In this session we explain what makes the Windows Azure platform such a competitive offering in today's marketplace and how it offers value for partners. Join us for an in-depth look at both the value Windows Azure provides and what you can expect from partnership with Microsoft. | |  | | Now Available: Enrollment for Application Platform As of October 1, Microsoft enterprise software advisors (ESAs) and large account resellers (LARs) can offer enterprise customers the Microsoft Enrollment for Application Platform (EAP). The EAP is a flexible, cost-effective way for customers standardizing on the Microsoft Application Platform—which includes Microsoft BizTalk Server, Office SharePoint Server, Microsoft SQL Server, and Microsoft Visual Studio—with lower up-front costs and significant savings on new IT solutions. Learn more about EAP with an online tutorial, data sheet, presentations, FAQ, and sales guides. | | | | | Visit the Microsoft Partner Network Portal ©2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft and the Microsoft Partner Network logo, Windows Azure, BizTalk, Excel, Forefront, Internet Explorer, MSDN, Outlook, PowerPoint, SharePoint, SQL Server, Visual Studio, Windows, Windows Live, Windows Mobile, and Windows Server 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 Network link? 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