By samdizzy

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According to a Microsoft blog, JetBlue, Patagonia and the American Heart Association are among the most recent Office 365 converts. The blog also says:

Actual Office 365 Sales Figures: Unknown

Still, Office 365’s financial impact at Microsoft remains unclear. Office 365 launched in June 2011 as the successor to BPOS (Business Productivity Online Suite). Office 365 had a few outages during its first few months of release but Talkin’ Cloud believes stability has steadily improved.

Microsoft has not disclosed Office 365-specific revenue figures during quarterly earnings announcements. Microsoft has not disclosed how many paying seats Office 365 has attracted. And Microsoft has also been somewhat inconsistent when communicating channel partner involvement in the Office 365 customer wins.

Talkin’ Cloud realizes that many Office 365 deployments don’t involve channel partners. That’s understandable, considering that some businesses prefer to purchase cloud services directly from their cloud services providers.

Which Office 365 Partners Are Winning?

Even so, Microsoft has to do a better job discussing the top-performing Office 365 channel partners. If the Office 365 team shows some channel momentum, Talkin’ Cloud believes, perhaps Microsoft will erase some lingering channel doubts about Office 365.

In the meantime, it’s clear that Microsoft is taking steps to better communicate its cloud strategy to channel partners. One example: Microsoft is working with TruMethods, an organization that coaches MSPs, to help articulate how Windows Intune — a cloud-based PC management service — can potentially benefit channel partners.