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WPC 2016

Take the path to opportunity! Be at WPC 2016.

Be where the business gets done. Join us at WPC 2016 to align your business goals with Microsoft vision. To make your stay memorable, you can book accommodation at the India hotel – Sheraton on first come first basis. What’s more, the sooner you register, the bigger you save. The all access conference pass is available at US$1995 for limited period. And if you are an Active Gold Competency partner, you can avail exclusive discounted price of US$1795 till February 29. Get in touch with your Primary Program Contact (PPC) now for the special pricing coupon code.

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FastTrack for Office 365 for SMB customers

Here’s good news for SMB segment! FastTrack support has now been extended to small and midsize business (SMB) customers who purchase 50-149 seats of Office 365 Business, Business Essentials, and Business Premium and do not have a registered Partner of Record (POR) or a CSP Partner. Make most of this initiative to provide the best on-boarding experience for your customers and help them avail the Office 365 adoption offer.

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FastTrack to EMS Adoption

Help drive active usage of EMS seats by your customers. As an Enterprise Mobility Management, Cloud Productivity and Devices and Deployment competent partner, you can now avail funding for deployment of EMS seats purchased by your customers between September 1, 2015 – June 30, 2016. This investment is paid to qualifying partners based on the total number of eligible EMS seats purchased during the offer period.

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Build a profitable cloud business with Microsoft

It’s time to realize new revenue opportunities in the cloud. With Public IT cloud services industry expected to reach over US$127 billion by 2018*, take a step forward to build your cloud plan. To get started, participate in the Partner Profitability Challenge and complete the Profitability Learning path before June 30, 2016 to earn points against the trainings and actions you complete.

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Our commitment to compliance

At Microsoft, doing business the right way is unwavering. Being a valued business partner for Microsoft, the company’s business, reputation and success is interdependent on how we jointly ensure full compliance. Our Standards of Business Conduct help make the right decisions for you and Microsoft. We do everything it takes to fulfil our commitment to the highest ethical and legal behavior as we evolve in a mobile-first, cloud-first world.

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Experience the new ISV portal on MPN

ISV Portal is now live to help accelerate business for ISV partners. Explore this portal to find the resources, tools, and support you need to build world-class applications in today’s cloud-first, mobile-first world. It has everything you need as an Application builder to develop, market and build channels to monetize your IP.

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