Explore Your Revenue Potential with Profitability Tools

Plan your business more effectively with tools that enable you to estimate profit and loss in multiple business areas, including virtualization, software-plus-services, and mobility. Digital WPC webcast provides additional insight.

Make better business decisions by utilizing Microsoft provided profitability resources and tools. Assess the extent to which you’ve adopted financial and operational best practices, see how you compare with the competition in terms of cost and operational efficiencies, and use this data to help chart a course for increased profitability and financial success. Microsoft can guide you through this three-step process.

Partner Profitability Resources and Tools

Assess

Find out what factors contribute to strong business performance. Take the Microsoft partner Assessment Survey. Survey data is based on Microsoft partners' completed responses, covering 83 countries.

Answer a set of questions in a completely secure and confidential environment and you’ll receive a customized report containing:

• Your personalized performance dashboard, based on approximately 14 key performance indicators —including revenue growth, sales speed, and customer-base growth.

• IDC observations regarding best practices for improving business performance.

Compare

Read a variety of independent analyst reports and case studies to gain insight into how your business compares with the competition.

Microsoft SharePoint-Based Solutions: More Profitable Than Open Source

IPED research shows that Microsoft collaboration-solution providers see up to 25-percent greater profits than competitors.

Microsoft Competencies: Partner Pathway to Business Performance

IDC reports that partners with a Microsoft Competency in Advanced Infrastructure Solutions or Information Worker Solutions outperform industry benchmarks.

See more reports

Plan

Use the Microsoft partner Profitability Tool and Guide to estimate your P&L for new business opportunities and get answers to strategic business questions:

• Which business models are best for my type of business?

• How can I evaluate Microsoft Software plus Services based solutions?

• What is my new opportunity plan and executive decision roadmap?

Get Ready to Share a Great Windows Experience

Introducing Windows 7 Beta. Grow revenue by helping customers increase user productivity, enhance security and data control, streamline PC management, and deliver a better overall user experience.
You’ll find that Windows 7 is highly compatible with the hardware, software, and tools designed for the Windows Vista operating system today. With Windows Internet Explorer 8 included, Windows 7 Beta offers a truly integrated, next-generation platform.

Use the Windows 7 Online Readiness Kit to learn about new features and available partner resources, including customer-facing materials and deployment guidance.
Your customers will have a lot of questions about Windows 7. Prepare to recommend it with confidence. Download the beta when it becomes available January 9.

On Demand Web Seminar: Meet Windows 7 Small Businesses

Find out what the engineers have to say about the Windows 7 platform by following their blog.