But if customers feel better about Microsoft's increased role, its support partners are not all so optimistic.
However, Johnson was quick to point out that Microsoft's increased role does not mean that its support partners will suffer, in what has been a highly lucrative field for them.
As always, we will continue to look for opportunities to support partners who are committed to innovating and driving business for their devices and services built on the Microsoft platform.
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To be fair, many of these decisions hinge on the support of partners, such as telecom providers and retailers.
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It can also offer help and support to partners, friends and family.
It will support marketing partners who join the BrandVoice platform.
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Today, President Santos and I agreed that our two countries will work together to support our partners in Central America as they pursue a regional strategy to improve the security of their citizens.
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And at least for now, he has the support of the partners, Hintz writes.
Should such predictions roughly hold true, PML-N would likely need to seek the support of coalition partners to form a government.
The coalition partners support a levy on banks, to provide a cushion for future shocks or to pay for past excesses, and they favour curbs on bankers' bonuses.
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And that's why I've made it clear that the United States will continue to do our part to support our European partners as they work to resolve this crisis.
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The human race was meant to propagate, and the definition of marriage was meant to support that objective, with secondary benefits being the love and support of the partners.
The AFN is an organization launched and led by veterans in 2009 to support Starbucks military partners (how they refer to their employees) and their families, as well as veterans and military reservists searching for new employment in the civilian world.
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It is creating a whole set of interconnected capabilities and working with a wide array of partners to support a true ecosystem.
At the direction of the President, the federal government continues to lean forward to support state and local partners as they recover from this storm.
"Over the past several months, there has been a groundswell of support from customers, partners and shareholders who are favorable toward the merger, " he said.
The importance of this bill is underscored by ongoing efforts by the federal government to support state and local partners currently battling fires in a number of Western states.
For a country that has taken the proverbial bull by the horns and followed eurozone rules, persistent market attack leaves it with only one hope -- immediate support from its eurozone partners.
SurreySave chairman David Wright, who is also a Guildford borough councillor, said it would take a number of years for the business to become self-sustaining and in the meantime it was relying on its partners for support.
The Conference recognized that the involvement of local communities has been limited and urged Parties and partners to support indigenous and local communities and ensure their participation in national and international dialogues regarding biodiversity use, conservation and management.
Annually, nine Academies operate in the U.S., U.K., India and Japan, with the support of other nonprofit training partners.
Google has been working hard to pull together a huge alliance of partners that will support the technology behind its mobile phone platform.
Day is an opportunity to introduce their causes to new volunteers and find potential funders and partners who can support their organizations throughout the year.
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Google (nasdaq: GOOG - news - people ) has been working hard to pull together a huge alliance of partners that will support the technology behind its mobile phone platform.
Power may be out for days in some areas, and we will support our state and local partners in every way that we can as they work to restore power in those areas.
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The President reiterated his direction to continue to provide every available resource to support state and local and partners, including efforts to confront fuel challenges facing communities and ongoing power restoration efforts, as well as any support that can be provided ahead of the potential severe weather.
"They're taking a more intimate role, and not depending solely on partners to give that support, " Davis said.
These well-known UK partners are expected to support the NOOK offering there through both established physical and online channels.
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She assured UNESCO s full support and commitment in initiatives from partners for the promotion of human rights, peace, justice and tolerance.
Please note also that the co-operating partners have continued to support the programme and have expressed their satisfaction with the level of transparency.
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