Microsoft offers up new options for partners to control billing for customers using Microsoft cloud products, and introduces new cloud programs and support.
A chat with Microsoft Canada channel chief Jason Brommet to discuss the new channel coverage structure in Canada and priorities for the new fiscal year.
Microsoft Canada includes its Impact Awards with its Worldwide Partner Conference, honouring a pared-down class of top partners ahead of the start of WPC.
Microsoft will make Surface Pro 3 available to WPC attendees at a discount, but remains unclear on when (or if) partners will be able to resell the device.
Microsoft claims great momentum for its Azure cloud offerings. But making it available to partners through open licensing should cause further acceleration.
A new partnership will see HP, Microsoft and Intel work together on a cohessive commercial mobility strategy from hardware through to go-to-market strategy.
With the Windows XP support deadline in the rear-view mirror, HP and Microsoft are turning their attention to the end of support for Windows Server 2003.