April 2015 Hot Sheet training schedule

Hot Sheet - April 2015 Welcome to the Hot Sheet, a schedule of in-person training, live webcasts, partner calls, and office hours for Microsoft US partners. This post is updated regularly to provide you with at least a six-week outlook.

In addition to attending these live events, all partner roles—business, technical, sales, and marketing—will benefit from using the partner learning paths to find on-demand training aligned to competencies, products, exams and assessments, and business models.

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Featured training

Windows 10 partner training webcasts - March 2015 April 7: Windows 10 for Phone in the EnterprisePrepare for the release of Windows 10 with our partner training webcast series. Windows 10 is a significant leap for smartphones and small tablet form factors. Get an overview of our investments for enterprise mobile devices. Windows 10 partner training schedule.  

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Cloud Profitability webcasts - April 2015 April 8: Cloud Profitability webcast – Cloud business options and adoption rateThe rise of cloud and hybrid cloud services means that partners with more traditional business models must evolve their businesses. The April focus for our weekly Cloud Profitability webcast series is on business models and transition planning.

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SMB regional calls - April 2015 April 10: SMB Partner Insider Calls – East, Central, West regionsJoin your local team for their SMB Partner Insider regional call. Partners attending these calls get a look at what's new and what's next.

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Partner Practice Enablement_April 13-17 April 13–17: Partner Practice Enablement – Azure technical trainingThe Partner Practice Enablement Boot Camp training provides you with a technical introduction of Microsoft Azure Active Directory and features, including integration with Windows Server Active Directory. The course also includes common workload scenarios and hands-on training.

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Azure Partner Community - April focus SQL banner-- NEW April 16: Azure Partner Community CallJoin the US Azure Partner community call when each month we’ll look at a specific topic related to Azure and how you can build a practice around it, sell more of it, and implement with success. Read the Azure Partner Community blog series.

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Office 365 Practice Accelerator_SMB Promotional Offer April 16–17: Office 365 Practice Accelerator for SMBGet an introduction to your Office 365 opportunities, guidance for getting started, and coverage of Office 365 services, including Exchange Online, SharePoint, OneDrive, Yammer, and Lync Online. This Practice Accelerator is offered at no cost to MPN members through June 30.

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This week

Date

Location

Training, Call, or Event

Role

April 18-19

Vancouver, BC

Local Big Data Hackathon

Developers

April 20–24

Date

Location

Training, Call, or Event

Role

April 20

Webcast

Azure Site Recovery Live Demo Series

Technical roles

April 20

Webcast

Ask the Experts: What’s New Planned in Office 365

Business and technical roles

April 21

Reston, VA

The Opportunity with Microsoft Azure

Business roles

April 21

Washington, DC

SMB Live Workshop: Attract Customers, Grow Sales

Business and marketing roles

April 21

Office hours

SMB Cloud Office Hours: Migrating Off W2003 to a Hybrid Azure Environment

SMB Partners

April 21

Webcast

Windows 10 Learning Series: Windows 10 Deployment

Technical and sales roles

April 21

Webcast

Partner Technical Services: Project Lite – Strategize Your Project offerings for Office 365

All roles

April 21

Webcast

First Steps: Dynamics CRM Online – Integration with Exchange Online, Yammer, Lync, and Skype (Day 3)

All roles

April 21

Webcast

Enterprise Mobility Scenario - BYOD in Today's Enterprises

Technical roles

April 21

Webcast

Dynamics CRM Online –  Integration with Exchange Online (Server-Side-Sync) & Integration with Yammer, Lync, Skype

Business and sales roles

April 22

Washington, DC

SMB Live Technical: Modernize with Hybrid Cloud

IT Pros

April 22

Office hours

Windows Apportals office hours

All roles

April 22–23

Webcast

Modern Biz Technical Training for SMB

All roles

April 22

Webcast

Cloud Profitability Webcast: Strategy

All roles

April 22

Webcast

Dynamics Bite Sized – Enriched Business Rules, Business Process Flows and Security Enhancements in Dynamics CRM Online

Technical roles

April 22

Webcast

Office 365 Initial Journey: SharePoint Online Technical Overview and Office 365 Adoption

Business and Technical roles

April 23

Webcast

Microsoft Virtual Academy: Microsoft Intune Core Skills Jump Start

Developers

April 23

Webcast

Microsoft Virtual Academy: Adding Microsoft Azure Search to Your Websites and Apps

Developers

April 23

Office hours

SMB Marketing SureStep office hours

SMB Partners

April 23

Webcast

Enterprise Mobility Scenario – What’s New in Microsoft Intune

All roles

April 23

Webcast

Build Your Enterprise Knowledge Management System on Office 365 and SharePoint Online

All roles

April 27–May 1

Date

Location

Training, Call, or Event

Role

April 27–May 15

Fargo, ND

Microsoft Dynamics AX Fast TrAX Functional Training

Technical roles

April 27–May 20

Fargo, ND

Microsoft Dynamics AX Fast TrAX Functional and Services Industry Training

Technical roles

April 27–28

Webcast

Partner Technical Services: Practice Accelerator – Azure Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)

Technical and Sales roles

April 27

Webcast

Azure Site Recovery Live Demo Series

Technical roles

April 27

Webcast

Partner Technical Experts: Ask the Experts

All roles

April 28

Office hours

SMB Cloud Office Hours: Skype for Business

SMB Partners

April 28

Webcast

Enterprise Mobility Suite Series: Configure Azure Active Directory Premium features

Developers

April 28

Webcast

First Steps: Dynamics CRM Online – Integration with Power BI and Microsoft Social Licensing Overview (Day 4)

All roles

April 28

Webcast

Dynamics Bite Sized – Microsoft Dynamics AX2012 Marketing Management CRM

Technical roles

April 28

Webcast

Enterprise Mobility Scenario – Microsoft Azure Remote App

All roles

April 28

Webcast

Dynamics CRM Online – Integration with Power BI & Microsoft Social Listening Overview

Business and Sales roles

April 28

Webcast

Partner Technical Services: Skype for Business, What’s New? 

All roles

April 29 San Francisco, CA

SMB Live Workshop: Attract Customers, Grow Sales

Business and marketing roles

April 29

Office hours

Windows Apportals office hours

All roles

April 29

Webcast

Cloud Profitability Webcast: Service

All roles

April 29

Webcast

Windows Azure MFA Deployment and Configuration On-Premise

All roles

April 30 San Francisco, CA

SMB Live Technical: Modernize with Hybrid Cloud

IT Pros

April 30

Office hours

SMB Marketing SureStep office hours

SMB Partners

April 30

Webcast

Dynamics Bite Sized – Preparing for Microsoft Dynamics AX2012 Certification  Development Session 3 – Part 1

Developers

May schedule

Date

Location

Training, Call, or Event

Role

May 1-3

Chicago, IL

Microsoft Safe Passage Migration Experience

Technical roles

May 4

Webcast

Azure Site Recovery Live Demo Series

Technical roles

May 4-8

Chicago, IL

Microsoft Ignite

All Roles

May 5

Office hours

SMB Cloud Office Hours: Office 365 MEC Demo

SMB Partners

May 5

Webcast

Microsoft Virtual Academy: Exploring Microservices in Docker and Microsoft Azure

Developers

May 6

Office hours

Windows Apportals office hours

All roles

May 6

Webcast

Office 365 Initial Journey: Introduction to Office 365 – Services, Plans and Internal Use Rights

Business and technical roles

May 7

Webcast

Office 365 Partner Community Call

Business, Sales, technical roles

May 8

Webcast

SMB Partner Insider Call Series – East Region

SMB Partners – Business and Sales roles

May 8

Webcast

SMB Partner Insider Call Series – Central Region

SMB Partners – Business and Sales roles

May 8

Webcast

SMB Partner Insider Call Series – West Region

SMB Partners – Business and Sales roles

May 9-10

New York, NY

Local Big Data Hackathon

Developers

May 11

Webcast

Azure Site Recovery Live Demo Series

Technical roles

May 12

Office hours

SMB Cloud Office Hours: Office 365 Business vs. ProPlus

SMB Partners

May 12

Webcast

Enterprise Mobility Suite Series: Better Together: Office 365 and EMS

Developers

May 13

Office hours

Windows Apportals office hours

All roles

May 13 Webcast Office 365 Initial Journey: How to Perform Your Best Office 365 Demo and Leverage the FastTrack Program Business and technical roles

May 14

Webcast

Microsoft Virtual Academy: Azure Rights Management Services Core Skills Jump Start

Developers

May 14

Webcast

Microsoft Virtual Academy: Azure Rights Management Services Core Skills Jump Start

Technical roles

May 18

Webcast

Azure Site Recovery Live Demo Series

Technical roles

May 19-21

Webcast

Microsoft Virtual Academy: A Developer's Guide to Windows 10  

Developers

May 19

Office hours

SMB Cloud Office Hours: Bring Scale, Agility And Global Access to Your Business Apps with Azure RemoetApp

SMB Partners

May 19

Webcast

Windows 10 Learning Series: Windows 10 Security

All roles

May 20

Webcast

Office 365 Initial Journey:  Exchange Online & Lync Online – Technical Overview

Business and technical roles

May 21

Webcast

US Azure Partner Community Call

Business, sales, technical roles

May 21-22

Webcast

Partner Technical Services: Office 365 Practice Accelerator for SMB

SMB Partners

May 25

Office hours

Azure Site Recovery Live Demo Series

Technical roles

May 26

Office hours

SMB Cloud Office Hours: Yammer, Delve, Sway and Revolve

SMB Partners

May 26

Webcast

Enterprise Mobility Suite Series: Secure Office 365 Apps with Microsoft Intune

Developers

May 27–28

Webcast

Partner Technical Services: Practice Accelerator – Azure Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)

Technical and Sales roles

May 27

Webcast

Office 365 Initial Journey: SharePoint Online Technical Overview and Office 365 Adoption

Business and technical roles

May 30–31

Seattle, WA

Local Big Data Hackathon

Developers

2015 Microsoft events

July 12–16

Orlando, FL

2015 Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference