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July 2010 – John Roskill replaced Allison Watson as the head of Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Group. [11] At that time, Microsoft investment in partners had grown to $5.2 billion. This includes $3.8 billion in channel incentives, $1 billion in partner marketing, $100 million in business investment fund, and $200 million in direct partner ...
A Microsoft Certified Partner (MCP) is a firm that provides Microsoft-related products or services, or support for such.It is part of the Microsoft Partner Network.. They are confirmed by Microsoft to be official, and that they work effectively, and help customers with a range of information technology (IT) projects and specific products and services.
Microsoft implemented a new strategy for the software industry, providing a consistent user experience across all smartphones using the Windows Phone OS. It launched an alliance with Nokia in 2011 and Microsoft worked closely with the company to co-develop Windows Phone, [71] but remained partners with long-time Windows Mobile OEM HTC. [72]
Microsoft Online Services was Microsoft's hosted-software offering and was an early component of its software as a service strategy. [1] Microsoft Online Services was hosted by Microsoft and sold with Microsoft partners .
Microsoft Entra ID (formerly known as Microsoft Azure Active Directory or Azure AD) is a cloud-based identity and access management (IAM) solution. It is a directory and identity management service that operates in the cloud and offers authentication and authorization services to various Microsoft services, such as Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365, Microsoft Azure and third-party services. [1]
Microsoft acquired the Norwegian enterprise search company Fast Search & Transfer on April 25, 2008, for $1.191 billion (~$1.66 billion in 2023) to boost its search technology. [14] On May 10, 2011, Microsoft announced its acquisition of Skype Technologies, creator of the VoIP service Skype, for $8.5 billion (~$11.4 billion in 2023). [15]
Microsoft Inspire (formerly the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference, [1] was a conference held annually by Microsoft Corporation for its partner community. It was announced in 2024 that it would be replaced by Microsoft's new virtual event, MCAPS Start for Partners.
DelBene worked in product development, before becoming President of the Microsoft Office business in 2010. [6] [7] Specifically, he served as the marketing and engineering leader for Office, Office 365, Exchange, Project, SharePoint, Visio and Lync. [8]