As has been widely reported, Microsoft is ditching the “Gold” designation for its partners. We’re OK with that — in fact, we thought we’d get ahead of the curve and ditch our Gold certification now. It’s time to renew our Microsoft partner program membership (always an adventure, although somewhat easier than it used to be). […]
Gold No More
February 2nd, 2010 · 2 Comments
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Partnering with Microsoft — part deux
June 8th, 2006 · 4 Comments
I just posted some advice about the benefits of partnering with Microsoft. Those benefits are real. Now, for an equally real rant. It’s not until you’re fully engaged with Microsoft, and you are in fact working like hell to make the most of that relationship, that you realize just how fully maddening their Partner Web site really is. […]
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Partnering with Microsoft
June 8th, 2006 · 2 Comments
Don Dodge and Cliff Reeves of the Microsoft Emerging Business Team (EBT) continue to crank out good advice about partnering with Microsoft, especially for ISV startups — but I think it’s time for some of us ISV startup partners to weigh in, too. “Partnering with Microsoft” is an easy thing to say, and, superficially, an easy thing to […]