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Start Preparing Now for Significant Exam Changes Impacting Competencies In an effort to strengthen partner capabilities and better align with more current Microsoft technology, significant exam changes will begin in May. To ensure you’re organized, download the competency guide and identify which new exams are available for you to remain compliant in your competencies.   How to Sustain a Profitable Ongoing Relationship with Customers and Prospects Many of your best opportunities are hidden within your existing customer base. What’s the best way to fish them out? Join Relationship Marketing expert Ruth Stevens for this Web seminar about the latest trends and tactics to help you build more profitable and thriving customer relationships.   Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) Lowdown -- Time to Get Registered This year’s conference will be held July 11 - 15 in Washington D.C. Registration for WPC opens March 24. Register for the conference, and then submit your awards nomination by April 2. Winning an award or placing as a finalist can help create new business opportunities and provide industry recognition. Take advantage of this learning and networking opportunity.   Get Your Customers Current: End of Support is Near Are your customers running old versions of software? Microsoft support for the Windows XP with Service Pack 2 (SP2) operating system will end July 13, 2010, and support for the Windows Vista Release to Manufacturing (RTM) operating system will end April 13, 2010. Learn more about how you can utilize this opportunity to upgrade your customers. Business Readiness Essentials: Marketing Featured Training Leveraging Community and Peers to Grow your Business (100 level, 1 hour)           How to Create a Lead-Generation Campaign That Gets Results (100 level, 1 hour)           Social Media 101: How to Connect with Your Clients and Colleagues Using the Latest Technologies (100 level, 1 hour)           Building Your Online Marketing Engine (100 level, 1 hour)           Beyond Facebook: Making the Rubber Hit the Road with Social Networking (200 level, 1 hour)           Building Your Online Marketing Engine Advanced Strategies (200 level, 1 hour)           See our course listings for additional Business Readiness training.