Following what has become a tradition for Microsoft’s Worldwide Partners Conference, chief operating officer Kevin Turner did some old-fashioned fiery preaching in his closing keynote, this year condemning cloud-service competitors like Google for not respecting customers’ privacy as they chase profits.

“Our business model is to sell cloud services and devices to consumers and the enterprise. We don’t sell your data, don’t snoop your data. We don’t read your email. We’re not listening to conversations in your house, driving cars up and down the street to do so. This is a company that has taken the high road in this area,” Turner said.

Turner’s aim—to get Microsoft partners enthused about the company’s offerings and package them into the customized systems they build on behalf of enterprise clients—centered on cloud offerings in particular this year. About 15,000 people attended WPC in Orlando, Florida, this year.

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