Microsoft brings Surface-as-a-service to the channel

Cloud Solutions Providers who are authorised to sell Surface can take part in new buying model

Hannah Breeze in Toronto
14 July 2016

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Microsoft has said partners will be able to cash in on a new hardware buying model called Surface-as-a-service, which it claims will allow partners to offer hardware and software more flexibly. The...

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