The Microsoft Partner Opportunity

"Partners with a larger number of Microsoft's Core Infrastructure competencies enjoy a 68% larger average deal size than those with fewer competencies. Larger deal sizes invariably lead to growth in revenue. These partners also report nearly 28% more revenue per employee."

- Darren Bibby, Program Director, Software Channels Research, IDC. (Speaking about the IDC whitepaper, "Microsoft Core Infrastructure: Partner Pathway to Business Performance," IDC June 2009)

Microsoft provides the most comprehensive portfolio of integrated core infrastructure solutions, enabling you to expand your role as a trusted advisor through deeper customer relationships. Microsoft Core Infrastructure solutions also enable you to deliver increasing business value to your customers through cost savings, productivity gains and improved agility, and to win more business through larger deal sizes, opportunities to expand into new markets, and tools that help you compete more effectively.

Microsoft Core Infrastructure: Your Pathway to Business Performance

To succeed in any economy, it's critical to differentiate your business from the competition. Read this IDC report to learn how recent findings show that partners with a high level of commitment to Microsoft demonstrate healthy profitability while growing their revenue base. These high commitment partners report larger deal sizes than their peers while keeping sales cycles in check. In addition, they show signs of greater economic resiliency.

Recent survey indicates IT decision makers want their solution providers to align with Microsoft over other top vendors.

View the survey results to learn more about how and why IT professionals work with solution providers

New Partners

Create a Core Infrastructure practice:

Building a practice around a set of solutions that solve customers' business challenges is the key to developing more profitable, long term business. Through establishing a repeatable set of offerings with a standardized deployment process, you can gain operational efficiencies and spend more time generating new engagements.

To find step by step guidance on how to grow your business through Microsoft Core Infrastructure solutions, visit the Practice Builder Online site today: The content in this site was built by partners who have created Microsoft practices and are actively selling to customers. Learn from their experience as you plan the expansion of your business.

Get trained:

Take advantage of learning opportunities designed to meet your needs and find resources to help you expand your skills or build expertise for Microsoft core infrastructure solutions. Then leverage this knowledge to build new revenue streams for your business.

Use the Partner Learning Center (PLC) to find classroom instruction, online training, and virtual labs, worldwide.

Visit the Core Infrastructure Optimization University to get the tools and training you need to secure sales, even in the current economy.

Existing Partners

Expand your Core Infrastructure practice:

Learn about Microsoft's offerings for Core Infrastructure and how you can build your practice area quickly and efficiently through the Microsoft Core Infrastructure Practice Builder

Grow your business through new competencies:

Microsoft Competencies allow you to promote your specific capabilities to customers, through the use of tailored logos and through a wide range of customer-facing directories. By achieving a competency, you can gain access to a range of benefits, resources, and tools that can help you drive profitability for your organization.

Generate sales leads:

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Go to market with new campaigns:

Leverage these market-ready customer campaigns, guidance, and customizable resources to get to market quickly and grow your business.

Special Offers

Explore promotional opportunities that can benefit both you and your customers. Find savings, software trials, financing, and other resources. Browse these current global offers and visit the individual offer pages for complete details:

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