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Partner Training available over the next few months .. .. ..

Something for everyone including Enterprise Project Management, SharePoint, BPOS . .

 
 

Enterprise Project

Management

Course Title

Duration

Availability

44CO083 - Managing Projects with Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 This three-day instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills to initiate, plan, execute, monitor and control, and close enterprise projects by using the Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 enterprise tool. This is the second course in the Microsoft Office Project 2007 Official Curriculum series and covers the Microsoft Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution. https://training.Partner.microsoft.com/plc/details.aspx?publisher=12&delivery=261599

44CO083 - Managing Projects with Microsoft Office Project Server 2007

https://training.Partner.microsoft.com/plc/details.aspx?publisher=12&delivery=261766

3 day

3day

London

25-27  February

Altrincham, Cheshire

30 March – April 1st

44WK063 - Project Server 2007 Certification preparation

This single day is designed to help prepare candidates for the 70-633 exam - Microsoft Office Project Server 2007.

https://training.Partner.microsoft.com/plc/details.aspx?publisher=12&delivery=261811

1 day

London

20th March

 

BPIO University Online Course: Enterprise Project Management

Learn how you can assist your customers prioritize initiatives and successfully manage projects to meet each project's stated objectives on time and within budget – in other words, Do the Right Projects and Do Projects Right. (Length: 47 minutes)

https://training.partner.microsoft.com/plc/details.aspx?systemid=1751418&page=/plc/search.aspx

BPIO

Business Productivity Infrastructure Optimisation

Business Productivity Infrastructure Optimization (BPIO) University is compromised of self-paced online and instructor-led training designed to help you and your team develop and broaden your technical expertise, increase your ability to sell and implement cross-platform solutions, and enable and enhance business-value conversations with your customers about Microsoft technologies, including the 2007 Microsoft Office system.  The major objectives of the project include the delivery of eight  video “vignettes”, delivered by subject matter experts and outlining the opportunity and overview of each of the eight BPIO modules.

www.msbpio.com/online is the official landing site for BPIO U Online

Course Title

Duration

Availability

BPIO Sales University – Instructor led workshops

BPIO U (Business Productivity Infrastructure Optimization University) is  a comprehensive sales programme that will prepare and arm  strategic partners with knowledge & tools to drive growth and win customers on the Microsoft business productivity platform.

Get an in-depth understanding of the Business Productivity Infrastructure Model, its relationship and interdependence with the other Microsoft IO models (Application Infrastructure and Core Infrastructure) and learn how to leverage the BPIO Model to help customers solve real world business problems on the Microsoft platform

https://training.partner.microsoft.com/plc/details.aspx?publisher=12&delivery=252474

2 day

NO Charge to Partners

March 4-5

Reading

BPIO Sales University – On-line Courses

A fundamental introduction and overview of Infrastructure Optimization and BPIO University. Focuses on the two key pillars of BPIO: Easy Powerful IW Experiences and IT Flexibility and Control as well as guidance on how to use the latest tools and resources from Microsoft

https://training.partner.microsoft.com/plc/details.aspx?systemid=1850967&page=/plc/search.aspx

Infrastructure Optimization: Essentials – (Level 100)

This course will provide Microsoft partners information to link their customers’ business needs to the many exciting possibilities that Infrastructure Optimization can offer them. At the end of the course the partners will be able to:

- Identify the customer IO profiles for three IO models

- Identify how IO models help you define customer challenges and highest impact opportunities

- Identify how partners can work with Microsoft to leverage the value of IO profiling

- Learn about the Microsoft resources available to service prospects and customers

https://training.partner.microsoft.com/plc/details.aspx?systemid=1739068&page=/plc/search_adv.aspx#

Microsoft Learning

https://www.microsoft.com/Learning/

APO 

Application Platform Optimisation

Application Platform Online University – Online Tutorials

Learn how to increase SQL Server deal size– free online tutorials here!

Learning Paths for SQL Server 2008 Training - Data Management

Expand your knowledge about Microsoft SQL Server and data management to become more valuable to your customers! Learning path on Data Management published here on the Partner Portal.

BPOS

Business Productivity Online Services

· Product Training – Understand Microsoft’s Business Productivity Online Suite

Microsoft Online Services Training Webcast

· White Paper – Read the new Microsoft Online Services whitepaper

Microsoft Online Services: Giving Businesses a New Choice for Productivity White Paper (PDF, 350 KB)

· Quick Reference Card – Use this concise guide to reference key advantages and handle specific objections

Quick Reference Card (PDF, 311 KB)

· Summary – Top 10 business advantages a customer can achieve by subscribing to Microsoft Online Services

Microsoft Online Services Top 10 (PDF, 260 KB)

Course Title

Duration

Availability

44CO107 - Implementing Business Productivity Online Services (BPOS) – Technical

This one-day hands-on workshop provides students with the necessary knowledge to plan and implement a Microsoft® Online Services company environment in a classroom environment.  This course includes a fictional client with which the students will plan their Microsoft Online Services company environment.  Also, students gain first-hand knowledge about implementing their client’s companies Microsoft Online Services subscriptions services and base architecture.

Attendees need to bring their OWN laptop to the Reading and Edinburgh events

https://training.partner.microsoft.com/plc/details.aspx?systemid=257973&EventTypeID=2&page=/plc/search.asp

1 day

NO Charge to partners

London

13th February

Reading

18th March

31st March

22nd April

Edinburgh

12th March

     

Unified Communications

Foundation of Unified Communications

This tutorial is the first in a series of three tutorials designed to help you effectively sell Microsoft unified communications solutions, specifically voice solutions, to your customers. It provides fundamental knowledge about voice and telephony and about the opportunities for selling unified communications solutions.

https://training.partner.microsoft.com/plc/details.aspx?systemid=1871442&page=/plc/search_adv.aspx

Course Title

Duration

Availability

44CO102 - Microsoft Unified Communications Voice Ignite

UC Voice Ignite is a 5-day advanced technical workshop for Microsoft partners who are proactively mobilizing their IT, Networking, and Telecommunication professionals to deliver Voice over IP solutions to customers.

https://training.Partner.microsoft.com/plc/details.aspx?publisher=12&delivery=255463

5 day

London

23rd -27th March

Microsoft Unified Communications Voice Sales Assessment

This Assessment is part of the series of three tutorials designed to help you effectively selling Microsoft unified communications solutions, specifically voice solutions, to your customers. To complete the tutorial series and get credit for attending the Microsoft Unified Communications Voice Sales training, you need to score 70 percent or higher in the Assessment module. If you have attended the Microsoft Unified Communications Voice Sales Ignite training, you can take the Assessment any time. Passing the Assessment module meets one of the requirements for the Voice Specialization within the Microsoft Partner Program Unified Communications Solutions Competency.

https://training.partner.microsoft.com/plc/details.aspx?systemid=1871505&page=/plc/search_adv.aspx#

Microsoft Exchange Server – on line Resources

https://training.partner.microsoft.com/plc/search.aspx?ssid=3059DFFEB697450FB67630542FE23014&IsPLCSS=1

BPIO University Online Course: Unified Communications

Unified Communications brings together email, calendaring, instant messaging, voicemail, faxes, voice over the Internet, and conferencing between people and organizations regardless of their location. (Length: 57 minutes)

https://training.partner.microsoft.com/plc/details.aspx?systemid=1751413&page=/plc/search.aspx

Microsoft Office -Infopath

Course Title

Duration

Availability

44SE025 - Business benefits of Using Infopath in forms development

This three hour training session and demo will show the value of InfoPath and InfoPath Form Services, demonstrate the key features and selling points and show how InfoPath fits within the Microsoft stack. This will not be in-depth technical training but instead will help partners understand the value of InfoPath and be able to express that value to their customers.

https://training.Partner.microsoft.com/plc/details.aspx?publisher=12&delivery=260444

0.5 day

Microsoft TVP

23rd  February 2009

(12 – 3pm)

Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007

Course Title

Duration

Availability

44CO071 - Developing with SharePoint Server 2007

This course explores the development opportunities with Microsoft’s most recent release of SharePoint Products and Technologies. The first half of the course focuses on Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 (WSS) where you will learn how develop fundamental WSS building blocks such as features, application pages, site pages, Web Parts, custom list types, site columns, content types and custom workflow programs. The second half of the course focuses on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS). You will learn how to assemble and configure business solutions by using and extending the portal and web content management features of MOSS as well as other server-side services such as the Business Data Catalog, Forms Services, Excel Services and Report Center.

https://training.Partner.microsoft.com/plc/details.aspx?publisher=12&delivery=249660

https://training.partner.microsoft.com/plc/details.aspx?publisher=12&delivery=249664

5 day

London

16th Feb – 20th Feb

London

27th April – 1st May

44WK035 - Developing Integrated Solutions using Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

With the advent of Microsoft CRM 4.0 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 the development of integrated collaboration solutions has become even easier. Delegates will develop an understanding of methods and practices available for the development of solutions using features of these products. This two day workshop offers a mix of instructor-led training and extensive use of hands-on-labs to build a scenario-based collaboration solution. As a workshop, there is considerable hands-on experience which will help delegates better understand the mechanisms involved in creating solutions using Microsoft CRM 4.0 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007.

https://training.partner.microsoft.com/plc/details.aspx?publisher=12&delivery=262350&site=UK&lang=en-uk

2 day

London

26-27 March

BPIO University Online Course: Enterprise Content Management

Microsoft's Enterprise Content Management solution helps organizations manage both their structured and unstructured data and addresses major organizational concerns, such as lost time due to searching for information and the inability to meet compliance requirements. Learn more to help your customers address these pain points. (Length: 59 minutes)

https://training.partner.microsoft.com/plc/details.aspx?systemid=1749527&page=/plc/search.aspx

BPIO University Online Course: Collaboration

Microsoft's Collaboration solutions simplify the way people and organizations work together to empower teams through collaborative Workspaces, connect organizations through portals, and enable communities with social computing tools. (Length: 45 minutes)

https://training.partner.microsoft.com/plc/details.aspx?systemid=1751417&page=/plc/search.aspx

Qualifying FAST and SharePoint Search Opportunities

With the acquisition of FAST, Microsoft now has strong enterprise search offerings for all tiers of the enterprise search market. With this training partners will learn how to differentiate between the various Microsoft search offerings, at the same time as it will help clarify what Microsoft solutions may be best suited for their customers. The training is heavily focused on the differentiation between the SharePoint Search Server and the FAST Enterprise Search Platform (ESP), but partners will also learn to discuss the unique selling points through strong customer evidences. This training is an excellent start to enhance understanding of the benefits and differentiators of the 3 Microsoft Enterprise Search offerings.

https://training.partner.microsoft.com/plc/details.aspx?systemid=1855853&page=/plc/search_adv.aspx

Deploying Microsoft® Forefront™ Server Security Products (6080AE) ... for use with SharePoint Server

This online clinic will provide the knowledge necessary to understand the key features of Microsoft Forefront Server Security for Exchange and Microsoft Forefront Server Security for SharePoint. In addition to an overview of the Forefront Server Security products, this clinic will also cover how to install Forefront Server Security in an enterprise network environment. This clinic will also cover the knowledge you will need to manage a Forefront Server Security deployment, such as configuration, reporting and maintaining Forefront Server Security product deployments.

https://training.partner.microsoft.com/plc/details.aspx?systemid=1674967&page=/plc/search_adv.aspx#