Upcoming Technical Training Events

Now that the year is settling in, the Australian Partner Readiness team have published their latest training schedule. The training events cover a broad range of technologies, from desktop to server to cloud, including Windows, Office. The following isn't everything they are offering, instead I'll focus on the sessions that are targeting more of the typical SBC/OEM Reseller/SMB partner workloads.

Windows 10

Next Up: Exam 70-697 Configuring Windows Devices

Type: Technical (L300)

Audience: This course is for who focus on devices and deployment with a role in the Application or Technical Consulting, Developer, or Solution Architect space pursuing Windows Devices certification.

Cost: $599

Product: Windows 10

Duration: Starts: September, 23 2016 Ends: December, 02 2016

Location: Online and In Person Sydney (2 Nov), Melbourne (22 Nov), Brisbane (25 Nov), Adelaide (29 Nov), Perth (2 Dec)

Next Up is a five-week exam preparation camp created by Microsoft to help you stay at the top of your game. With technology changing so rapidly and more customers turning to you to help them to get the best from their IT investment, show them that you know your stuff by earning your Microsoft Certified Professional badge for Exam 70-697 Configuring Windows Devices. Our Next Up two-stage Exam Preparation Day is designed to get you in shape to sit the exam and earn your certification. At the completion of five weeks of virtual training you will attend one day of in-person training, half of the day you will have access to skilled experts to help you answer those tough questions, and in the second half you will sit the exam it’s the smart way to make sure you get across the line, first time. Register here

Next Up: Exam 70-398: Planning for and Managing Devices in the Enterprise

Type: Technical (L300)

Audience: This course is for who focus on devices and deployment with a role in the Application or Technical Consulting, Developer, or Solution Architect space pursuing Windows Devices certification.

Cost: $599

Product: Windows 10

Duration: Starts: September, 23 2016 Ends: December, 01 2016

Location: Online and In Person Sydney (1 Nov), Melbourne (21 Nov), Brisbane (25 Nov), Adelaide (29 Nov), Perth (1 Dec)

Next Up is a five-week exam preparation camp created by Microsoft to help you stay at the top of your game. With technology changing so rapidly and more customers turning to you to help them to get the best from their IT investment, show them that you know your stuff by earning your Microsoft Certified Professional badge for Exam 70-398: Planning for and Managing Devices in the Enterprise. Our Next Up two-stage Exam Preparation Day is designed to get you in shape to sit the exam and earn your certification. At the completion of five weeks of virtual training you will attend one day of in-person training, half of the day you will have access to skilled experts to help you answer those tough questions, and in the second half YOU WILL SIT THE EXAM it’s the smart way to make sure you get across the line, first time. Register here

Enterprise Mobility Suite (EMS)

 

Enterprise Mobility & Security + Technical Assessment

Type: Technical (L300)

Audience: Partners with existing competencies around devices and deployment, access and identity, management and virtualization, Office 365 and Azure related competencies. Suite Solution architects, pre-sales technical, and deployment roles

Cost: $499

Product: EMS

Duration: 4 Days

Location: Perth (24 – 27 Oct), Brisbane (14 – 17 Nov), Sydney (5 – 8 Dec), Melbourne (12 – 15 Dec)

This training consists of instructor-led technical content and hands-on labs covering Hybrid Identity and Access Management (Azure Active Directory Premium), Microsoft Device and Application Management (Intune), Information Protection (Azure Rights Management Service), identifying security threats to the datacentre (Advance Threat Analytics), and data protection in the cloud (Cloud App Security). Register here

Microsoft Office Products & Microsoft Office 365

 

Exam 70-346: Managing Office 365 Identities and Requirements

Type: Technical (L300)

Audience: This course is for individuals who focus on Office, with a role in the Application or Technical Consulting, Developer, or Solution Architect space pursuing an Office 365 certification.

Cost: $599

Product: Office 365

Duration: Starts: September, 23 2016 Ends: December, 01 2016

Location: Online and In Person Sydney (1 Nov), Melbourne (21 Nov), Brisbane (24 Nov), Adelaide (28 Nov), Perth (1 Dec)

Next Up is a five-week exam preparation camp created by Microsoft to help you stay at the top of your game. With technology changing so rapidly and more customers turning to you to help them to get the best from their IT investment, show them that you know your stuff by earning your Microsoft Certified Professional badge for Exam 70-346: Managing Office 365 Identities and Requirements . Our Next Up two-stage Exam Preparation Day is designed to get you in shape to sit the exam and earn your certification. At the completion of five weeks of virtual training you will attend one day of in-person training, half of the day you will have access to skilled experts to help you answer those tough questions, and in the second half you will sit the exam it’s the smart way to make sure you get across the line, first time. Register here

 

Next Up: Exam 70-347: Enabling Office 365 Services

Type: Technical (L300)

Audience: This course is for individuals who focus on Office, with a role in the Application or Technical Consulting, Developer, or Solution Architect space pursuing an Office 365 certification

Cost: $599

Product: Office 365

Duration: Starts: September, 23 2016 Ends: December, 02 2016

Location: Online and In Person Sydney (2 Nov), Melbourne (22 Nov), Brisbane (25 Nov), Adelaide (29 Nov), Perth (2 Dec)

Next Up is a five-week exam preparation camp created by Microsoft to help you stay at the top of your game. With technology changing so rapidly and more customers turning to you to help them to get the best from their IT investment, show them that you know your stuff by earning your Microsoft Certified Professional badge for Exam 70-347: Enabling Office 365 Services. Our Next Up two-stage Exam Preparation Day is designed to get you in shape to sit the exam and earn your certification. At the completion of five weeks of virtual training you will attend one day of in-person training, half of the day you will have access to skilled experts to help you answer those tough questions, and in the second half you will sit the exam it’s the smart way to make sure you get across the line, first time. Register here

Microsoft Azure

ModernBiz – Microsoft Azure

Type: Technical (L300)

Audience:  IT professionals & tech consultants who have basic product knowledge, but are ready to go deeper to meet solution needs for customers.   IT professionals & tech consultants who have basic product knowledge, but are ready to go deeper to meet solution needs for customers.

Cost: No Charge

Product: Microsoft Azure

Duration: 2 Day

Location: Melbourne (6 – 7 Oct), Sydney (17 – 18 Oct), Brisbane (20 – 21 Oct), Perth (31 Oct – 1 Nov)

With 55% of SMB now supporting a mobile workforce and public cloud spending expected to reach $141B worldwide by 2019, now is the time to understand why you need to build a multi-cloud service strategy.

To build a successful multi-cloud service practice, it is imperative to have the appropriate technical training that is practical, hands on and relevant to your customers. This is no more relevant than with Microsoft Azure which is gaining rapid momentum in the SMB space, however, requires good technical understanding to develop effective solutions for your customers.

This version of Modernbiz is specifically designed to give partners the technical and hands on experience with Azure. The day will be pitched at a level 200-300 understanding and will equip you with the knowledge you need to build Azure solutions. It will take you through the fundamentals of Azure Infrastructure all the way through to providing a hands on lab experience at the end of each session. Here is a snap shot of the content covered. Register here

Azure Infrastructure and Architecture Course

Type: Technical (L300)

Audience: IT Professionals, Developers, Architects.

Cost: $599

Product: Microsoft Azure

Duration: 5 Days

Location: Melbourne (10 – 14 Oct), Perth (17 – 21 Oct), Hobart (14 – 18 Nov), Sydney (14 – 18 Nov), Canberra (14 – 18 Nov) & (12 – 16 Dec), Brisbane (5 – 9 Dec)

This is our most popular course! This five-day training explores Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Services (IaaS) and several PaaS technologies such as Azure Web Apps and Cloud Services from the perspective of an IT Professional. This training provides an in-depth examination of Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Services (IaaS); covering Virtual Machines and Virtual Networks starting from introductory concepts through advanced capabilities of the platform. You will learn best practices for configuring virtual machines for performance, durability, and availability using features built into the platform. This course also introduces the students to several architecture scenarios to sharpen their design and architecture skills as well as help with preparation for the Architecting Azure Solutions 70-534. This course is designed using the new Azure Resource Manager architecture but also discusses key capabilities of the “Classic” architecture and how they correspond to the Implementing Azure Infrastructure Solutions exam 70-533. Students should have an understanding of virtualization technologies such as Hyper-V or VMWare is recommended as well as experience with a scripting environment such as PowerShell. This course can help you prepare for Microsoft Azure Certification Exams: 70-533 and 70-534. Register here

Hybrid Cloud

Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure

Type: Technical (L300)

Audience: Enterprise Architects, Datacentre Architects, Pre-sales Engineers, IT Pros. IT Implementers, IT Decision Makers.

Cost: $250

Product: Datacentre

Duration: 2 Days

Location: Sydney (3 – 4 Nov), Melbourne (8 – 9 Nov)

This is a 300+ level training course in which attendees will understand how the Software Defined Datacentre components found in Azure can help customers achieve cost reduction while still achieving high standards for performance, as well as learn how Windows Server 2016 and System Center 2016 deliver new layers of security to help protect customers’ datacentres from new and emerging threats. Attendees will also learn new capabilities of Windows Server to support traditional and born-in-the-cloud applications with Containers and Nano Server. Registration Link Coming Soon

 

Hybrid Cloud Management & Security

Type: Technical (L300)

Audience: Enterprise Architects, Datacentre Architects, Azure Architects, AWS Architects and Pre-Sales Engineers with System Integrators who are interested in updating and expanding their skills to design Envisioning sessions and deliver Proof of Concepts on hybrid cloud management and security using Microsoft OMS

Cost: $250

Product: Datacentre

Duration: 2 Days

Location: Melbourne (5 – 6 Dec), Sydney (7 – 8 Dec)

This is a 300 level training course in which attendees will learn how to help customers improve service levels and streamline IT operations in a hybrid cloud environment, using Microsoft Operations Management and Security (OMS). They will also understand how to deploy OMS and deliver a comprehensive management solution to manage and protect Windows and Linux workloads across datacentre, Azure, AWS, OpenStack, and VMware environments. Registration Link Coming Soon