Modern Workplace - Partner Readiness https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/modern_workplace_-_enterprise_partner_readiness/feed.xml This site is to help partners get ready with the various aspects of helping their Enterprise Customers setup a Modern Workplace using Microsoft 365 Wed, 17 Apr 2019 03:23:24 GMT en-US hourly 1 Build on the Microsoft 365 Platform https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/modern_workplace_-_enterprise_partner_readiness/build-on-the-microsoft-365-platform Wed, 16 May 2018 17:55:13 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/modern_workplace_-_enterprise_partner_readiness/?p=985 Microsoft Build 2018 The list of key sessions delivered for developing on the Microsoft 365 platform are at Build-2018-Updates Apart from the keynotes there are about 45+ sessions listed on topics like Microsoft Graph, Fluent Design System, Adaptive Cards, Mixed Reality and Teams For a summary on this topic you could also check out the article here]]> Customer Story - Aston Martin with Microsoft 365 https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/modern_workplace_-_enterprise_partner_readiness/customer-story-aston-martin-with-microsoft-365 Sun, 04 Mar 2018 08:21:14 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/modern_workplace_-_enterprise_partner_readiness/?p=875
Here is a story about Aston Martin, after 104 years of making beautiful cars, how they are looking forward to another century with an exceptional, expanded model lineup! Check out the video and/or the customer story Here are some quotes from this story on how Microsoft 365 is enabling them on their journey of business transformation "Our challenge is to empower people to achieve a product launch pace unprecedented in 104 years. We see the collaboration tools in Microsoft 365 as essential for our business transformation." "To help deliver every car on time and on budget, Aston Martin runs its business on Office 365." "The IT tools we choose for employees have to deliver a sustainable return on investment. At Aston Martin, we’re using Microsoft cloud technologies, including Office 365, to help navigate the road ahead." "We consider Project Online absolutely critical to the new way we do business."
]]> Two new GDPR solutions https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/modern_workplace_-_enterprise_partner_readiness/two-new-gdpr-solutions Sun, 04 Mar 2018 07:52:36 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/modern_workplace_-_enterprise_partner_readiness/?p=865 Can you believe that the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will take effect in only three months? Customers have let us know that messages with the four-percent-fine/scare-tactic approach aren’t welcome. Instead, they’re asking us to offer a solution, multi-year plan, or specific use cases to help them understand the importance of complying with GDPR requirements. Partners are already helping organizations leverage the GDPR as a competitive differentiator. They recognize that customers need to trust their data will be properly managed-or they’ll likely take their business elsewhere. Two Microsoft 365 intelligent compliance solutions are here to help assess and manage compliance risks:
  1. Compliance Manager: a single pane of glass with ongoing risk assessment on Microsoft cloud services, actionable insights, and recommended actions to improve data protection capabilities, as well as simplified compliance via streamlined workflow and audit-ready reports.
  2. Azure Information Protection Scanner: It lets you configure policies to automatically discover, classify, label, and protect documents in on-premises repositories like file servers and on-premises SharePoint servers.
More on the Microsoft Partner Network Blog]]> Harness Collective Knowledge with SharePoint and OneDrive Content Services (ECM) https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/modern_workplace_-_enterprise_partner_readiness/harness-collective-knowledge-with-sharepoint-and-onedrive-content-services-ecm Thu, 15 Feb 2018 04:49:03 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/modern_workplace_-_enterprise_partner_readiness/?p=845 ECM is changing from being management of static images and reports to dynamic content that gets created and edited several times in its lifespan. This term is referred to as content velocity where content picks up velocity as it gets created, edited, shared and sustained, becoming more valuable, rather than being dormant archive of little value as in case of traditional ECM. Join us for a discussion on how we reimagine ECM and role of SharePoint and OneDrive to drive content velocity and value. Wednesday, February 21, 2018 8:00 AM PST Register:  https://infopedia.eventbuilder.com/event?eventid=h1w9d1  ]]> Helping Customers Plan The Journey from SFB to Teams https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/modern_workplace_-_enterprise_partner_readiness/helping-customers-plan-the-journey-from-sfb-to-teams Thu, 15 Feb 2018 04:31:44 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/modern_workplace_-_enterprise_partner_readiness/?p=835 As part of the Intelligent Communications vision to deliver smarter messaging, calling and meeting experiences, we’re building Skype for Business capabilities into Teams. But what does this mean for your customer’s specific journey, and how can you help? Join this webinar to learn the latest messaging to help your customers define their journey to Teams from Skype for Business. Gain insights into the current roadmap defined for Skype for Business features in Microsoft Teams. We’ll point you to additional tools and resources to augment your practice development efforts.    Register for the event here February 27, 2018: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Pacific: https://aka.ms/M365v104PAL-register
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If you have any questions on this or future web conferences, please contact us: mspal@microsoft.com
]]> Driving Microsoft 365 Adoption https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/modern_workplace_-_enterprise_partner_readiness/driving-microsoft-365-adoption Fri, 05 Jan 2018 10:36:51 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/modern_workplace_-_enterprise_partner_readiness/?p=815 Microsoft 365 can help employees in your organization do their best work. But, to realize this impact for your organization it’s important to go beyond the technical onboarding and help your end users adopt Microsoft 365. The question I often get from IT is ‘How?’. Here are pointers to a blog series is written by Cyril Belikoff, Senior Director of Office Marketing. Part 1: Enable your business stakeholders with a successful Microsoft 365 adoption Part 2: Recruit key stakeholders to help with your adoption Part 3: Identify business needs and prioritize Microsoft 365 scenarios Part 4: Promote Microsoft 365 awareness and enable end users with training I hope customer having Microsoft 365 as well as Partners supporting customers in their digital transformation journey might find this very useful.    ]]> Modern Workplace Partners - Strengthen your Change Management Service Offering https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/modern_workplace_-_enterprise_partner_readiness/modern-workplace-partners-strengthen-your-change-management-service-offering Wed, 15 Nov 2017 11:03:57 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/modern_workplace_-_enterprise_partner_readiness/?p=775 Change management is A discipline that applies a framework and set of tools to transition people from a current state to a future state to achieve expected benefits and organizational objectives. Here is a framework. The materials included in this IP have been developed based on real-world customer engagements that the FastTrack team and Microsoft Consulting Services have delivered.
  • Explore the IP through the website
aka.ms/changemanagement-for-partners
  • Register for 12/07 webinar, learn how to use the Change Management framework
aka.ms/UserAdoptionWebinar  ]]> Build a Practice to help customer realize a Modern Workplace https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/modern_workplace_-_enterprise_partner_readiness/build-a-practice-to-help-customer-realize-a-modern-workplace Mon, 23 Oct 2017 13:53:03 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/modern_workplace_-_enterprise_partner_readiness/?p=736
  • Microsoft 365 Virtual Partner Summit 
    Learn from experts across marketing and engineering as they unveil exciting news that will help you take advantage of the Microsoft 365 opportunity. Get a firsthand look at what resources and tools are coming your way to help you skill up and drive success with your customers. Agenda:
    • The Microsoft 365 Opportunity
    • Microsoft 365 powered device
    • Security and Compliance
    • Collaboration
    • Intelligent Communication
    • Microsoft 365 Industry Solutions
    • Firstline Workers
    • Microsoft 365 Business
    • FastTrack + Partners
    2. Introducing the Microsoft 365 Collaboration Partner Playbook Whether you're a new or existing Microsoft 365 Collaboration partner, this webinar will give you the basics for building your Collaboration practice based on the Microsoft 365 Collaboration Sales formula leading with Microsoft Teams. Topics include the Partner Opportunity, Universal Toolkit, Customer Value and new Practice scenarios. By understanding the new opportunity, scenarios and available tools, you can help customers reimagine collaboration and realize their digital transformation ambitions 3. Help your Customers with their GDPR Compliance Efforts GDPR is a great conversation starter. Get started by offering an assessment of an organization's GDPR readiness. Microsoft offers partners a set of tools that make it easier to engage with customers and gain valuable insights about their current environment. Learn how to engage with customers and provide actionable guidance to help them simplify their GDPR compliance efforts 4. Additional Events. Check out https://partners.office.com/news/article/newly-announced-microsoft-365-partner-webinars  
    Additional Links to check out: https://partners.office.com/powereddevice https://partners.office.com/securityandcompliance https://partners.office.com/collaboration https://partners.office.com/microsoft365/#firstline-workers https://partners.office.com/fasttrack  
    • ]]>         Microsoft Tech Summit 2017-18 https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/modern_workplace_-_enterprise_partner_readiness/microsoft-tech-summit-2017-18 Mon, 23 Oct 2017 06:30:07 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/modern_workplace_-_enterprise_partner_readiness/?p=697 City Date Sydney Nov. 16-17 Tel Aviv Nov. 29-30 Sao Paulo Dec. 5-6 Toronto Dec. 13-14 Singapore Jan. 17-18 Birmingham Jan. 24-25 Cape Town Feb. 13-14 Frankfurt Feb. 21-22 Washington D.C. March 5-6 Paris March 14-15 San Francisco March 19-20 Amsterdam March 28-29 Stockholm April 17-18 Warsaw April 25-26   Visit Microsoft Tech Summit 2017-18 site for more details and registrations]]> Build your credibility in Configuring Windows Devices https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/modern_workplace_-_enterprise_partner_readiness/build-your-credibility-in-configuring-windows-devices Tue, 02 May 2017 06:44:08 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/modern_workplace_-_enterprise_partner_readiness/?p=245 Total Economic Impact of Microsoft Windows 10, Microsoft-commissioned report that demonstrates how deploying Windows 10 can reduce costs and provide significant benefits to organizations. The report found an ROI of 233% with a payback period of only 14 months. Also, here is some more information around the Windows 10 business you might find useful to know for conversations with your stakeholders. Being in this space of configuring Windows Devices, it might help for you to validate your skills by getting certified. Take the exam 70-697: Configuring Windows Devices. To help you prepare for the exam, you could go through the XSeries on edX, Windows 10 Features for a Mobile Workforce. The courses in the XSeries are:
    • Configuring Additional Resources
    • Identity Management and Data Access
    • Managing and Maintaining Devices in the Enterprise
    • Windows & Devices in the Enterprise
    What you’ll Learn:
    • Plan and design the implementation and support of a mobile workforce across an enterprise.
    • Migrate from an earlier version of the Windows operating system to Windows 10.
    • Manage Windows 10 desktop and application deployments.
    • Discover the why and when behind Windows 10 deployment tasks.
    Lab Work: The XSeries also provides access to the relevant ‘Microsoft Labs Online’ for free. To go through some of the labs, the student needs access to Azure and one way is to sign up for Free Azure 30-Day Trial. Course Completion: Each Course in the Series has a Student Assessment. 70% score is required to Pass the assessment. In addition, optionally for a fee, one can get a verified certification from edX along with a 50% discount Microsoft certification voucher. For most up to date information check out the details on edX. Happy Learning :)]]>