| | | Public Edition | January 17, 2011 | Follow us: | | | | Your Network. Your Benefits. Your Advantage.
In todays marketplace, competition is fierce. But joining the Microsoft Partner Network offers you an advantage. As a member, you have access to a set of core benefits, aligned to the partner business cycle, that can help you save time and money—and help you make the most of your unique expertise.
Each membership opportunity offers ways to strengthen your capabilities, better serve customers, and develop new opportunities. The deeper your commitment is to Microsoft, the more benefits you receive, and the higher their value is to your business. When you purchase a subscription or earn a competency, you get even more benefits that are tailored specifically to those membership opportunities. And if you earn additional competencies? More benefits.
Benefits You Can Receive | | Why Join? | Microsoft Partner Portal | Enroll in the Partner Network | Build Your Business
| Bring Customers to the Cloud—Quickly Join the partner network to take advantage of Practice Accelerator for Business Productivity Online Suite –Standard. Get the tools you need to move customers to online services with the same functionality and security of on-premises environments, and with the added agility of the web. | Build a Better Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Practice Get tools and resources to help you effectively deliver a solution that can reduce your customers’ hardware, software, and IT staff costs. | Build New Service Offerings and Reach More Customers Sign up for the Microsoft Platform Ready for Hosters program to access software, training, support, and exclusive marketing offers. | Product and Solution Center
| See How Internet Explorer Compares to Other Browsers Watch a side-by-side comparison that shows the performance of the Internet Explorer 9 browser against Firefox, Google Chrome, and others. | Enter the SharePoint Journeys Video Contest Create a video that shows how your unique use of Microsoft SharePoint 2010 improves how people work together, and you could win a pass to SharePoint Conference 2011 in Anaheim, California. | Training and Readiness
| Prepare Your Sales Team for the Hosted Exchange Opportunity Take advantage of Windows Phone 7 market momentum to increase your Hosted Exchange business. Help your sales team learn about the benefits of this winning combination with online sales training—available at no charge to Microsoft Partner Network members. | Enroll Today and Get No-Charge Training Network members have access to hundreds of no-charge training opportunities through the Partner Learning Center. Join today and explore them for yourself. | Technical Support
| Need Support for Your Cloud Services? Access presales support, competitive assistance, and deployment guidance when you join the Microsoft Partner Network. And take workshops for Microsoft Business Productivity Online Suite and Windows Azure. | Offers and Promotions
| Special Partner Offer: Upgrade to Expression Ultimate Step up from Microsoft Expression Studio 4 Premium to Expression Studio 4 Ultimate and gain the advantages of SketchFlow for the reduced price of US$199. | | | | | | | You are receiving this newsletter at your request.
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