May 2016 Hot Sheet partner training schedule
Welcome to the US Partner Community Hot Sheet, a comprehensive schedule of partner training, webcasts, community calls, and office hours. We update this post frequently as we learn about new offerings, so you can plan ahead.
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- Planning to attend WPC 2016? Review the online Session Catalog
Week of May 23–27
Date |
Location |
Course, webcast, or call |
Who should attend |
May 23– 25 |
Online |
Partner Practice Enablement for enabling Enterprise Mobility (2 hours/day) |
Technical roles |
May 24 |
Chicago, IL |
Business Decision Makers and Practice Leads |
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May 24 New |
San Francisco, CA |
Sales and technical roles |
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May 24 |
Online |
Technical roles |
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May 24 |
Online |
Technical roles |
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May 24 New |
Online |
SMB Partner Insider Morning Broadcast: Use search engine optimization to attract and engage visitors |
Business, Sales, Marketing |
May 25 |
Online |
Technical roles |
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May 25–26 |
Online |
Introduction to Power BI (4 hours/day) |
Technical roles |
May 25 |
Online |
Sales Professionals |
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May 25 New |
Online |
Business Decision Makers and Practice Leads |
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May 25 |
Online |
Technical roles |
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May 25 |
Online |
Dynamics CRM Online: Extend the workflow engine using Custom Workflow Activity development |
Technical roles |
May 27 |
Online |
Technical roles |
Week of May 30–June 3
Date |
Location |
Course, webcast, or call |
Who should attend |
May 31 |
Online |
What's new/planned in Office 365 Services | Technical roles |
May 31 |
Online |
IT Professionals |
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June 1–2 |
Online |
Introduction to Power BI (2 days, 4 hours/day) |
Technical roles |
June 1 |
Online |
Business Decision Makers and Practice Leads |
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June 2 |
Online |
Business and Technical roles |
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June 2 |
Atlanta, GA |
Sales and technical roles |
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June 3 |
Online |
ModernBiz technical series: Grow efficiently with Office 365 |
Technical roles |
Week of June 6–10
Date |
Location |
Course, webcast, or call |
Who should attend |
June 6–7 |
Online |
Extend to the Cloud with Operations Management Suite (4 hours/day) |
Technical roles |
June 6–15 |
Online |
Advanced customer service in Microsoft Dynamics CRM for Consultants |
CRM consultants |
June 6–23 |
Online |
Advanced Customer Service in Microsoft Dynamics CRM for Developers |
Developers |
June 6–23 |
Online |
Advanced Customer Service in Microsoft Dynamics CRM for Solution Architects |
Solution Architects |
June 6 |
Online |
Technical roles |
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June 6 |
Online |
Technical roles |
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June 7–8 |
Online with labs |
Data Platform boot camp: SQL Server 2016 Partner Practice Enablement (8 hours/day) |
Technical roles |
June 7–9 |
Online with labs |
Cloud Platform University: Implementing Azure Infrastructure Solutions (8 hours/day) |
IT Professionals, Enterprise Architects |
June 7 New |
Online |
Business Decision Makers and Practice Leads |
|
June 7 |
Online |
Technical roles |
|
June 8–9 |
Online |
Introduction to Power BI (4 hours/day) |
Technical roles |
June 8 |
Online |
Technical roles |
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June 9 |
Online |
Office 365 Internal Use Rights and Partner Admin Center features |
Technical roles |
June 9 |
Online |
Marketing roles |
|
June 9 |
Online |
Effective marketing campaigning using Dynamics Marketing and Dynamics CRM Online |
Technical roles |
June 9 |
Online |
Business, Sales |
Week of June 13–17
Date |
Location |
Course, webcast, or call |
Who should attend |
June 13–29 |
Online |
Prepare for exam MB2-714: Microsoft Dynamics CRM Customer Service (2 days per week, 1.5 hours/day) |
CRM Consultants |
June 13 |
Online |
Technical roles |
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June 13 |
Online |
Business and technical roles |
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June 14–16 |
Online with labs |
Cloud Platform University: Design and implement Cloud Data Platform Solutions (8 hours/day) | Technical roles |
June 14–30 |
Online |
Prepare for exam MB2-713: Microsoft Dynamics CRM Sales (2 days per week, 1.5 hours/day) |
CRM Consultants |
June 14 |
Online |
Grow and manage your Business with Azure Internal User Rights |
Technical roles |
June 14 |
Online |
Technical roles |
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June 14 |
Online |
Technical roles |
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June 14 |
Online |
Technical roles |
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June 14 |
Online |
Open source on Azure: Faster delivery with Docker – Containers as a Service on Microsoft Azure |
IT Professionals |
June 15–16 |
Online |
Introduction to Power BI (4 hours/day) |
Technical roles |
June 15 |
Online |
Technical roles |
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June 15 |
Online |
MPN 101 Community call: 2016 Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference - Know before you go |
Business Decision Makers and Practice Leads |
June 15 |
Online |
Grow and manage your business with Enterprise Mobility Suite Internal Use Rights |
Technical roles |
June 16 |
Online |
Business and Technical roles |
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June 16 |
Online |
Technical roles |
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June 17 |
Online |
ModernBiz technical series: Grow efficiently with Microsoft Azure |
Technical roles |
Week of June 20–24
Date |
Location |
Course, webcast, or call |
Who should attend |
June 20–23 |
Online |
Partner Practice Enablement Microsoft Azure boot camp (4 hours/day) |
Technical roles |
June 20–July 21 New |
Online Irving, TX |
AX Accelerate for Consultants in Retail June 20–July 12 virtual sessions July 19–July 21 in-person session |
Business and technical roles |
June 20 |
Online |
Technical roles |
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June 21–23 |
Online |
Cloud Platform University: Architecting Microsoft Azure Solutions (8 hours/day) |
IT Professionals, Enterprise Architects |
June 21 |
Online |
Technical roles |
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June 21 |
Online |
Basic budgeting & budget control overview in the new Dynamics AX |
Technical roles |
June 21 |
Online |
Technical roles |
|
June 21 |
Online |
Skype for Business: Hybrid deep dive | Technical roles |
June 22–23 |
Online |
Introduction to Power BI (4 hours/day) |
Technical roles |
June 22 |
Online |
Technical roles |
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June 22 |
Online |
Understanding licensing for the new features in Skype for Business E5 |
Technical roles |
June 23 |
Online |
Office 365 Internal Use Rights and Partner Admin Center features |
Technical roles |
June 23 |
Online |
Key platform updates available with Dynamics CRM 2016 Online |
Technical roles |
June 23 |
Online |
Technical roles |
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June 23 |
Online |
Technical roles |
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June 23 |
Online |
Ask the Experts: Azure App Services – Internet of Things on Azure |
Technical roles |
Week of June 27–July 1
Date |
Location |
Course, webcast , or call |
Who should attend |
June 28 |
Online |
Technical roles |
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June 28 |
Online |
Technical roles |
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June 28 |
Online |
Technical roles |
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June 29–30 |
Online |
Skype for Business Online Academy (4 hours/day) |
Technical roles |
Microsoft global flagship events in 2016
- Build 2016: March 30–April 1 – Watch sessions on demand
- Microsoft Envision: April 4–7 in New Orleans, LA – Watch sessions on demand
- Worldwide Partner Conference: July 10–14 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Microsoft Ignite: September 26–30 in Atlanta, GA