Microsoft Inspire 2017 – formerly known as Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) – drew about 17,000 partners from more than 140 countries to the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in D.C. this week.

They came to learn about the vendor’s biggest sales model reorganization in more than a decade and how the strategic business shuffle is not only designed to simplify how Microsoft and partners go to market but also how to target and grab a significant chunk of a $4.5 trillion digital-transformation opportunity.

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