Partner Technical Services webcasts for Azure and Office 365

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Partner Technical Services (PTS) provides Microsoft partners with services and assistance across the customer lifecycle. Through PTS, you can get onboarding training for Microsoft technologies and methodologies, technical presales assistance, and deployment and migration guidance.

Most webcasts delivered by Partner Technical Services are offered at no charge to all members of the Microsoft Partner Network. Some webcasts require using Partner Advisory Hours, a benefit offered to silver and gold competency partners, and to Action Pack subscribers that have completed an eligible cloud sale. Details about Advisory Hours. 

Registration for the webcasts listed below is on the Partner Learning Center. To register, you must be a member of the Microsoft Partner Network. To associate yourself to your company’s MPN profile, follow the steps here. If you need help with registration, email plcteam@asentus.net.

Azure and Hybrid Cloud webcasts

Offered at no charge to all MPN members Utilize Advisory Hours to participate
January 15 Microsoft Azure Solution Scenarios – Cross-premises Connectivity with Microsoft Azure and Windows Server January 22 Microsoft Azure Solution Scenarios – Federated Identity in the Cloud January 29 Microsoft Azure Solution Scenarios – Migrate VMware VMs to Azure January 8 Labs on Azure: First Steps  (2 advisory hours) January 12–14 Design the Hybrid Cloud (1 advisory hour) January 19–23 Partner Practice Enablement Azure Technical Training (2 advisory hours) January 26 Introduction to the Azure Starter Kit (3 advisory hours) January 27 Windows Server 2003 Modernization (1 advisory hour) 

Enterprise Mobility Suite (EMS) webcasts

Offered at no charge to all MPN members Utilize Advisory Hours to participate
January 13 Enterprise Mobility Scenario – Microsoft Azure: Remote App January 15 Enterprise Mobility Scenario – Introduction to Windows Apportals January 15 Microsoft Azure Solution Scenarios – Cross-premises connectivity with Microsoft Azure and  Windows Server January 29 Enterprise Mobility Scenario – What's new in Microsoft Intune January 19–20 Starter Kit for Enterprise Mobility Suite (EMS) (5 advisory hours)

Office 365 webcasts

Offered at no charge to all MPN members Office 365 Practice Accelerator special offer
January 12 Ask the Experts – Identity: Azure Active Directory Editions January 13 Office 365 Initial Journey – Introduction to Office 365, General Overview of the Services and Plans January 14 Voice for Office 365 – Enterprise Voice for Office 365, Opportunities for Partners January 15 Migrate your MBX to Office 365 – Identity and Security with the Cloud January 15 Maximize your Productivity with Office 365 using SPO Collection: Azure IaaS for SharePoint Business Continuity Management January 19 Ask the Experts – Communications: Unified Messaging January 20 Office 365 Initial Journey – Office 365 Internal Use Rights, Get the Best from Your Partnership January 21 Voice for Office 365 – Introduction to a Lync 2013 Environment for Providing Voice to Office 365 January 22 Maximize your Productivity with Office 365 using SPO Collection: Project Lite – Strategize Your Project offerings for Office 365 January 26 Ask the Experts: Collaboration January 26 SharePoint Online Developer Series for Office 365: Branding Internet Facing Websites with SharePoint Online / Office 365 January 27 Office 365 Initial Journey – Office 365 FastTrack, What’s New? January 28 Voice for Office 365 – Configure a Basic Voice Infrastructure for Your Customer January 29 Migrate your MBX to Office 365 – AADSync: Synchronization Deep Dive with Office 365

Register for the Office 365 Practice Accelerator for SMB on one of the below-listed dates, and the Partner Technical Services team will waive the advisory hours requirement.

After completing this training, you will be able to:

  • Understand your business opportunities with cloud
  • Sign up for and use your internal use rights benefit
  • Demonstrate, position, and pilot the right Office 365 plan for your customers
  • Plan for infrastructure, identities, and client deployment requirements
  • Plan for Office 365 workloads, including Exchange Online, Lync Online, SharePoint Online, and OneDrive for Business
  • Plan for user adoption of Office 365

Suggested roles for attendance include:

Sales Specialist, Presales Technical Specialist, Technical Specialist, and IT Managers who are deploying Office 365 to SMB customers