Develop your technical capabilities

Welcome to part three in our blog series about Microsoft Partner Enablement and Support benefits offered within the Microsoft Partner Network.

You can catch up on the first and second blogs below:

Blog 1: Get to know your Microsoft Partner Network (MPN) enablement and support benefits

Blog 2: Accelerate your cloud business with the Cloud Enablement Desk

At Microsoft, we know that the right technical foundation is critical to the growth of your business. Take advantage of your partner benefits with services that will help you succeed along your journey.

Whether you are new to the cloud, have an established cloud practice but need deeper technical capabilities, or are looking to build additional cloud workloads or practices, it may feel like a daunting task to strengthen your technical capabilities. Where do you start? Who can help you? Are there technical resources that understand your partner business? What if you have a hot customer deal that you need immediate help with?

This is where technical journeys can help. Available by practice area, technical journeys provide Microsoft Action Pack and Competency partners with a recommended path of technical presales and deployment services as you get started, build, and operate your business-or plan, build, and deploy your apps.

Three ways to engage

Build technical knowledge at your own pace and get the help you need, when you need it, by receiving hands-on learning through virtual white-boarding, architecture reviews, technical guidance, and shadowing:

1. Technical webinars - Remote, interactive webinars allow you to ask clarifying questions as you learn.

2. Technical consultations - One-to-one technical guidance through screen-sharing for deep review of your customers or your app development environment.

3. Dev Chat - Chat live with technical experts to get quick answers to app development questions.

To access technical journeys, leverage your Microsoft Partner Network technical presales and deployment services benefits:

Getting started

We can't wait for you to engage with our global team of technical experts. Select the practice areas of most interest to you, and start your technical journey today:

In the last of this 4-part blog series, we will share how Microsoft Advanced Support for partners is the ideal solution for partners who are growing their cloud business. Are you not quite ready for Premier Support, but need a higher level of service than what's provided by Microsoft Partner Network core benefits? The Advanced Support program delivers the right level of support to meet you where you're at while your business grows. Stay tuned.

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