Hello Central Region Partners!
The Central Region Managed Partner Team in partnership with the Readiness Team will use this BLOG to post Central Region and National Readiness events and resources. With so many areas for you to find training opportunities, both in person and on-line, the Central Region Readiness team will provide updates on the readiness efforts happening within the region. Identifying the right resources for enablement is very important to us as we engage with our joint customers.
*Please find the most recent update of MSFT Partner Readiness and visit the Central Region LAR Readiness Site for more information!
Readiness Focus Areas – Click on these Links
Top H2 Priorities for Central Region
Top H2 Priorities for Central Region – Enablement Opportunities
- D-DAY is June 6th! All Deals into processing by June 6, 2013.
- REVENUE, REVENUE, REVENUE – No Deal is off the table!! Engage Your MSFT Rep!
- Keep up with Net New EA Momentum – Customer Targets for EA Agreements and continue to position EAP/ECI Opportunities to your Customers.
- Maximize ALL of the True Up and EA Add-On Opportunities – Up Sell and Cross Sell Your Customers to help Close the Gap! Customer Call Down Activity.
- Keep OTRRR as “Top of Mind” – Rigor and Execution on T-36. Keep Monetizing and Push to Get Renewals in early. Engage the MSFT Teams Early and Often!
- New Select Business – Excellent money making opportunity in H2 – Leverage Select Empowerment through your MSFT Account Manager.
Office 365 Promo – ALL EA Customers are a Targets
Central Region LAR Readiness Opportunities
- Central Region LAR Sales/Licensing Web Cast Series – Delivered by MSFT Sales Specialist Team
- Windows Server 2012/Systems Center/ECI – May 7th and 9th
- EA Packet Best Practice – May 14th
*Invitations will be sent through the Central Region LAR PAM Team
**Dates and Topics are subject to change
LAR Enablement Toolkit
Microsoft Sales Data Repository for LAR Partners to help understand product positioning, customer focus and how to make “The Pitch” to our joint customers.
*Available through your Regional LAR PAM
Central Region LAR PAM Team
CDW: North Central and South Central - Tanya Cwiakala; tcwiakala@microsoft.com
CDW: Midwest and Heartland - Christina Carl; ccarl@microsoft.com
Dell: Scott Riphenburg; scottrip@microsoft.com
SHI: Ed Citro; edcitro@microsoft.com
SoftwareONE and Softmart: Darryl Williams; darrylwil@microsoft.com
Insight, Zones, PCM & En Pointe: Susan Turzinski; susanpet@microsoft.com
Softchoice and PC Connection: Lance Stovall: lstovall@microsoft.com
National LAR Readiness Opportunities
May Product Training
In-Person Training, Live Webcasts, and Partner Calls
Date |
Location |
Event |
Connect with your local team |
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May 17 |
Live Online |
Central Region partner call |
Sales & Marketing |
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May 15 |
Live Online |
Turning Attendees into Real Prospects through Event Marketing |
May 15 |
Live Online |
SMB Customer Talk Blitz Campaign |
Application Development |
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May 7 |
Live Online |
Windows 8: Lab #7 -Tiles and Notifications -C# |
May 29 |
Live Online |
Chalk Talk: Windows 8 with C#/VB and XAML – Building Windows 8 Apps with Technologies You Love |
Microsoft Dynamics |
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May 9 |
Live Online |
Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 – Top new features |
May 13 |
Live Online |
Chalk Talk: Dynamics GP Web Client |
May 14 |
Live Online |
Chalk Talk: Dynamics CRM - Service Update User Interface (UI) new features |
May 17 |
Live Online |
Chalk Talk: Dynamics CRM Client for Outlook |
May 20 |
Chicago, IL |
Microsoft Dynamics CRM Enterprise Academy |
May 23 |
Live Online |
Microsoft Dynamics CRM Service Update: SDK New Features |
May 28 |
Fargo, ND |
Microsoft Dynamics AX FastTrAX Summer Institute |
May 29 |
Fargo, ND |
Microsoft Dynamics AX Fast TrAX Enterprise Academy (AXEA) Consultant Class |
May 29 |
Fargo, ND |
Microsoft Dynamics AX Fast TrAX Enterprise Academy (AXEA): Consultant Track |
Microsoft Lync |
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May 6 |
Live Online |
Practice Accelerator for Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Enterprise Voice - Cancelled |
May 8 |
St. Louis, MO |
First Look: Lync 2013 Microsoft Tech Showcase: search Lync 2013 |
May 14 |
Live Online |
Microsoft Lync 2013 Ignite |
May 30 |
Live Online |
Chalk Talk: Lync Server 2013 Architecture and Migration |
Microsoft Office & Microsoft Office 365 |
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May 7 |
Live Online |
How to Upgrade to SharePoint 2013 |
May 8 |
Live Online |
Microsoft Office 365 Workshop: Delegated Administration |
May 8 |
Live Online |
How to Sell Microsoft Office 365 Using the New Licensing Options |
May 15 |
Live Online |
Chalk Talk: OAuth and Application Identity in SharePoint 2013 |
May 15 |
Live Online |
Microsoft Cloud How To Series: Learn How To Demo the New Office and Close Deals |
May 15 |
Live Online |
How to Sell Microsoft Office 365 Using the New Licensing Options |
May 16 |
Live Online |
Microsoft Online Services Advisor Incentives Call |
May 16 |
Live Online |
Chalk talk on SharePoint Online (Office 365) |
May 20 |
Live Online |
Content Management changes in SharePoint 2013 |
May 21 |
Live Online |
Exchange Server 2013 Deployment and Coexistence |
May 22 |
Live Online |
How to Sell Microsoft Office 365 Using the New Licensing Options |
May 29 |
Live Online |
How to Sell Microsoft Office 365 Using the New Licensing Options |
May 31 |
Orange, CA |
Microsoft Office 365 with SharePoint 2013 Microsoft Tech Showcase: search SharePoint 2013 |
Microsoft SQL Server |
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May 17 |
Live Online |
Master Data Services (MDS): The SQL Server Solution for Master Data Management |
May 31 |
Live Online |
Microsoft SQL Server 2012: New Modeling Features in PowerPivot with SQL Server 2012 |
Microsoft System Center and Private Cloud |
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May 28 |
Live Online |
System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) 2012 Momentum Workshop: Deep Dive into Patch Deployment |
Windows 8 |
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May 7 |
Live Online |
Windows 8: Lab #7 -Tiles and Notifications -C# |
May 8 |
Springfield, IL |
Windows 8 (IT Pro) First Look Clinic (search TechShowcase site) |
May 14 |
Live Online |
Windows 8: Lab #7 - Tiles and Notifications -JavaScript |
May 14 |
Live Online |
Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8: Better Together Microsoft Tech Showcase: search Windows 8 |
May 29 |
Live Online |
Chalk Talk: Windows 8 with C#/VB and XAML – Building Windows 8 apps with technologies you love |
May 21 |
Live Online |
Windows 8: Lab #8 - The Windows Store APIs -C# |
Windows Azure |
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May 7 |
Tulsa, OK |
See and Do: Build Virtual Machines in the Cloud with Windows Azure (search TechShowcase site) |
May 8 |
Live Online |
Introduction to Windows Azure Access Control Service |
May 9 |
Live Online |
Introduction to Windows Azure Virtual Machines |
May 9 |
Oklahoma City, OK |
See and Do: Build Virtual Machines in the Cloud with Windows Azure (search TechShowcase site) |
May 15 |
Live Online |
Connecting a Paas Application to an Iaas Application |
May 17 |
Metairie, LA |
See and Do: Build Virtual Machines in the Cloud with Windows Azure (search TechShowcase site) |
May 22 |
Live Online |
Introduction to Cloud Services |
May 22 |
Live Online |
Windows Azure Caching |
May 23 |
Live Online |
Introduction to Windows Azure Virtual Machines (Linux) |
Windows Server |
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May 10 |
Live Online |
Chalk Talk - Designing and Deploying an Active Directory Infrastructure in Windows Server 2012 |
May 24 |
Live Online |
Chalk Talk: Virtual Desktop Infrastructure/Remote Desktop Services |
May 28 |
Bloomington, IL |
Windows Server 2012 First Look Clinic (search TechShowcase site) |
Self-Paced Training and Readiness Resources
Gear Up - www.ms-gearup.com
Sales and Licensing Advisors |
A single-page, downloadable reference providing prescriptive conversational guidance concerning Microsoft products and solutions |
eToolkit |
Online sales reference guide containing essential baseline information of Microsoft products, sales, licensing and services. |
LicenseWise |
Provides comprehensive, up-to-date product and licensing information to help simplify the creation of customized quote generation |
Important Readiness Resources