Welcome to the US Partner Community Hot Sheet, a comprehensive schedule of partner training, webcasts, community calls, and office hours. This post is updated frequently as we learn about new offerings, so you can plan ahead. Looking for product-specific training? Try the links across the top of this blog.
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Quick reference guide for training and enablement
Community call schedule
Community calls for the US Partner Community are led by experts from across the US Partner Team, and provide practice-building and business-building guidance.
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Application Development |
DevOps – Watch on demand |
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Azure Infrastructure and Management |
Microsoft OMS – Watch on demand |
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Data Platform and Advanced Analytics |
Microsoft Professional Degree Program for Data Science – Watch on demand |
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Cloud Services Partner Incentives |
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Enterprise Mobility + Security |
Azure Information Protection – Watch on demand |
October 27 – Cloud App Security
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Microsoft Dynamics |
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Overview – Watch on demand |
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ISV and Application Builder |
No calls scheduled in September |
October 6 – Co-selling through Distributor Cloud Marketplaces |
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MPN 101 |
How to get a Microsoft Office 365 competency – Watch on demand How to get a Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online competency – Watch on demand How to get an Azure competency – Watch on demand |
October 5 – How to get an Enterprise Mobility + Security competency October 12 – Competency renewal process |
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Office 365 and Voice |
Advanced security – Watch on demand |
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Open Source Solutions |
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SMB Partner Insider |
East Region – Watch on demand |
October 7 – East Region October 14 – Central Region |
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Windows and Devices |
Windows 10 Anniversary update – Watch on demand |
October 20 – Partner funding overview and LapLink Enterprise Migration |
Week of September 26–30
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Date |
Location |
Course, webcast, or call |
Who should attend |
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September 26–27 |
Atlanta, GA |
Microsoft Data Science Summit (9 hours/day) |
Technical roles |
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September 26–27 |
Online |
Introduction to Power BI (4 hours/day) |
Technical roles |
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September 26 |
Online |
Skype for Business: Edge architectures and configuration |
Technical roles |
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September 27 |
Washington, DC |
SMB Live: Differentiate your cloud practice for growth & profitability |
Business Decision Makers, Practice Leads, Sales Professionals, Marketing Professionals |
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September 27–30 |
New York, NY |
Customer Immersion Experience (CIE) facilitator training (4 hours/day) |
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September 27 |
Online |
Technical roles |
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September 27–28 |
Online |
Skype for Business Online Academy (4 hours/day) |
Technical roles |
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September 27 |
Online |
Grow and manage your business with Microsoft Azure Internal Use Rights |
Technical roles |
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September 27 |
Online |
Technical roles |
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September 28 |
Washington, DC |
Technical Business Decision Makers, IT Pros, Technical Presales roles |
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September 28 |
Online |
Dynamics CRM Online – Advanced Development Workshop |
Technical roles |
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September 28 |
Online |
What’s New in Office 365 for State and Local Government |
Sales professionals |
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September 29 |
Online |
Technical roles |
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September 30 |
Online |
Business Decision Makers and Practice Leads |
Week of October 3–7
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Date |
Location |
Course, webcast, or call |
Who should attend |
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October 3–4 New |
Dallas, TX |
Partner Practice Enablement (PPE): Enterprise Mobility + Security (EMS) |
Technical roles |
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October 3 |
Online |
Using Security to Sell Windows Server 2016 |
Sales professionals |
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October 3 |
Online |
Windows 10 Deployment Masters 2017 Online Partner Workshop Use code MPN to register |
Technical roles |
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October 3 |
Online |
Technical roles |
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October 3 |
Online |
Developers |
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October 4–6 |
Dallas, Texas |
Skype for Business Partner Technical Airlift (9 hours/day) |
Technical roles |
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October 4–6 |
Reston, Virginia |
Skype for Business Partner Technical Airlift (9 hours/day) |
Technical roles |
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October 4–7 |
Bellevue, WA |
Customer Immersion Experience (CIE) facilitator training (4 hours/day) |
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October 4 |
Detroit, MI |
SMB Live: Differentiate your cloud practice for growth and profitability |
Business Decision Makers, Practice Leads, Sales and Marketing |
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October 4 |
Minneapolis, MN |
SMB Live: Differentiate your cloud practice for growth and profitability |
Business Decision Makers, Practice Leads, Sales and Marketing |
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October 4 |
Community call |
Application Development Partner Community call: Bot frameworks |
Technical roles |
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October 4 |
Online |
Grow and manage your business: Move to Cloud with SharePoint 2016 |
Technical roles |
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October 4 |
Online |
Grow and manage your business with Azure Internal User Rights |
Technical roles |
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October 4 |
Online |
Windows Server 2016 value proposition and sales motion |
Sales professionals |
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October 5–6 New |
Downers Grove, IL |
Partner Practice Enablement (PPE): Enterprise Mobility + Security (EMS) |
Technical roles |
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October 5 |
Detroit, MI |
Technical Business Decision Makers, IT Pros, Technical Presales roles |
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October 5 |
Minneapolis, MN |
Technical Business Decision Makers, IT Pros, Technical Presales roles |
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October 5 |
Atlanta, GA |
SMB Live: Differentiate your cloud practice for growth and profitability |
Business Decision Makers, Practice Leads, Sales professionals, Marketing professionals |
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October 5 |
Online |
System Center 2016 value proposition and sales motion |
Sales professionals |
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October 5 |
Online |
MPN 101 Community call: How to get an Enterprise Mobility + Security competency |
Business, Sales, Technical |
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October 5 |
Online |
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Readiness Blitz |
Sales, Technical |
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October 6 |
Atlanta, GA |
SMB Live: Implement and execute your cloud solution architecture with Enterprise Mobility + Security and Microsoft Azure |
Technical Business Decision Makers, IT Pros, Technical Presales roles |
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October 6 |
Community call |
Office 365 and Voice Partner Community call: Delve Analytics |
Technical roles |
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October 6 |
Online |
Grow and manage your business: Move to Cloud with OneDrive for Business |
Technical roles |
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October 6 |
Online |
Sales, Technical |
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October 6 |
Community call |
Sales professionals |
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October 7 |
Online |
Technical roles |
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October 7 |
Community call |
Business Decision Makers, Practice Leads, Sales and Marketing |
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October 7 |
Community call |
Business Decision Makers, Practice Leads, Sales, Marketing |
Week of October 10–14
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Date |
Location |
Course, webcast, or call |
Who should attend |
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October 10–14 |
Tampa, FL |
Business Decision Makers, Practice Leads, Sales, Marketing, Technical |
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October 10–November 7 Registration closes October 3 |
Online |
Sales professionals |
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October 10 |
Online |
Skype for Business Technical Series: Telecommunications Concepts |
Technical roles |
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October 10 |
Online |
Technical roles |
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October 11–14 |
Washington DC |
Customer Immersion Experience (CIE) facilitator training |
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October 11–13 |
San Francisco, CA |
Skype for Business Partner Technical Airlift (9 hours/day) |
Technical roles |
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October 11 |
Pennsylvania, PA |
SMB Live: Differentiate your cloud practice for growth and profitability |
Business Decision Makers, Practice Leads, Sales professionals, Marketing professionals |
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October 11 |
Irvine, CA |
SMB Live: Differentiate your cloud practice for growth and profitability |
Business Decision Makers, Practice Leads, Sales professionals, Marketing professionals |
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October 11 |
Online |
Technical roles |
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October 11 |
Online |
Windows Server 2016 Business Model Proc2Cor |
Sales professionals |
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October 11 |
Online |
Grow and manage your business with Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online Internal Use Rights |
Technical roles |
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October 11 |
Online |
Dynamics 365 Partner Community call – Dynamics 365 Pricing and Licensing |
Technical roles |
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October 11 |
Online |
Grow and manage your business: Business to business extranet |
Technical roles |
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October 12–13 |
Los Angeles, CA |
Windows 10 Partner Technical Roadshow
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Technical roles |
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October 12 |
Tampa, FL |
SMB Live: Differentiate your cloud practice for growth and profitability |
Business Decision Makers, Practice Leads, Sales professionals, Marketing professionals |
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October 12 |
Pennsylvania, PA |
SMB Live: Implement and execute your cloud solution architecture with Enterprise Mobility + Security and Microsoft Azure More dates and cities |
Technical Business Decision Makers, IT Pros, Technical Presales roles |
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October 12 |
Indianapolis, IN |
SMB Live: Differentiate your cloud practice for growth and profitability |
Business Decision Makers, Practice Leads, Sales professionals, Marketing professionals |
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October 12 |
Irvine, CA |
SMB Live: Implement and execute your cloud solution architecture with Enterprise Mobility + Security and Microsoft Azure More dates and cities |
Technical Business Decision Makers, IT Pros, Technical Presales roles |
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October 12 |
Online |
Project Online: Office 365 Project and Portfolio Management solution |
Technical roles |
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October 12 |
Online |
Technical roles |
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October 12 |
Online |
Technical roles |
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October 12 |
Community call |
Technical roles |
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October 12
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Online |
System Center 2016 Proc2Cor |
Sales professionals |
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October 13 |
Tampa, FL |
Technical Business Decision Makers, IT Pros, Technical Presales roles |
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October 13 |
Indianapolis, IN |
Technical Business Decision Makers, IT Pros, Technical Presales roles |
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October 13 |
Online |
Grow and manage your business: Hybrid Search with SharePoint 2016 |
Technical roles |
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October 13 |
Community call |
Technical roles |
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October 13 |
Online |
Business, Sales, Marketing, Technical |
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October 14 |
Online |
East Region SMB Partners |
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October 14 |
Online |
Technical roles |
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October 14 |
Online |
First steps in Microsoft Azure Site Recovery and Azure Backup |
Technical roles |
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October 14 |
Online |
Business Decision Makers, Practice Leads, Sales, Marketing |
Week of October 17–21
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Date |
Location |
Course, webcast, or call |
Who should attend |
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October 17–18 |
Dallas, TX |
Microsoft Dynamics NAV Financials and Trade Boot camp |
Consultants |
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October 17–19 |
Online |
Technical roles |
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October 17– November 14 New Registration closes October 10 |
Online |
Sales professionals |
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October 17 |
Online |
Windows 10 Deployment Masters 2017 Online Partner Workshop Use code MPN to register |
Technical roles |
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October 18–19 New |
Chevy Chase, MD |
Partner Practice Enablement (PPE): Enterprise Mobility + Security (EMS) |
Technical roles |
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October 18–21 |
Los Angeles, CA |
Customer Immersion Experience (CIE) facilitator training |
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October 18 |
Fort Lauderdale, FL |
SMB Live: Differentiate your cloud practice for growth and profitability |
Business Decision Makers, Practice Leads, Sales and Marketing |
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October 18 |
Kansas City, MO |
SMB Live: Differentiate your cloud practice for growth and profitability |
Business Decision Makers, Practice Leads, Sales and Marketing |
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October 18 |
Houston, TX |
SMB Live: Differentiate your cloud practice for growth and profitability |
Business Decision Makers, Practice Leads, Sales and Marketing |
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October 18 |
Mountain View, CA |
SMB Live: Differentiate your cloud practice for growth and profitability |
Business Decision Makers, Practice Leads, Sales and Marketing |
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October 18 |
Community call |
Business, Sales, Technical |
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October 18 |
Online |
Technical roles |
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October 18 |
Online |
Technical roles |
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October 18 |
Online |
Technical roles |
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October 18 |
Online |
Windows Server 2016 and Software-Defined Datacenter |
Sales professionals |
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October 18 |
Community call |
Technical roles |
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October 19–20 |
Chicago, IL |
Technical roles |
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October 19 |
Fort Lauderdale, FL |
SMB Live: Implement and execute your cloud solution architecture with Enterprise Mobility + Security and Microsoft Azure |
Technical Business Decision Makers, IT Pros, Technical Presales roles |
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October 19 |
Kansas City, MO |
SMB Live: Implement and execute your cloud solution architecture with Enterprise Mobility + Security and Microsoft Azure |
Technical Business Decision Makers, IT Pros, Technical Presales roles |
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October 19 |
Houston, TX |
SMB Live: Implement and execute your cloud solution architecture with Enterprise Mobility + Security and Microsoft Azure |
Technical Business Decision Makers, IT Pros, Technical Presales roles |
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October 19 |
Mountain View, CA |
SMB Live: Implement and execute your cloud solution architecture with Enterprise Mobility + Security and Microsoft Azure |
Technical Business Decision Makers, IT Pros, Technical Presales roles |
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October 19 |
New York, NY |
SMB Live: Differentiate your cloud practice for growth and profitability |
Business Decision Makers, Practice Leads, Sales and Marketing |
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October 19–20 |
Online |
Technical roles |
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October 20–21 New |
Bellevue, WA |
Partner Practice Enablement (PPE): Enterprise Mobility + Security (EMS) |
Technical roles |
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October 20 |
New York, NY |
SMB Live: Implement and execute your cloud solution architecture with Enterprise Mobility + Security and Microsoft Azure |
Technical Business Decision Makers, IT Pros, Technical Presales roles |
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October 20 New |
New York, NY |
Business, Sales, Marketing, Technical |
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October 20 |
Community call |
Technical roles |
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October 20 |
Online |
Grow and manage your business: Office 365 Planner and Groups |
Technical roles |
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October 21 |
Online |
Technical roles |
Week of October 24–28
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Date |
Location |
Course, webcast, or call |
Who should attend |
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October 24–27 |
Online |
Technical roles |
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October 24–November 9 |
Online |
Prepare for exam MB2-712: Microsoft Dynamics CRM Customization and Configuration (Monday & Wednesday only) |
Technical roles |
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October 24–November 9 |
Online |
Technical roles |
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October 24–November 18 Registration closes October 13 |
Online |
Sales professionals |
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October 24–November 21 New Registration closes October 14 |
Online |
Sales professionals |
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October 24 |
Online |
Technical roles |
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October 24 |
Online |
Windows 10 Deployment Masters 2017 Online Partner Workshop Use code MPN to register |
Technical roles |
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October 25–27 |
Chicago, IL |
Skype for Business Partner Technical Airlift (9 hours/day) |
Technical roles |
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October 25–28
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Minneapolis, MN |
Customer Immersion Experience (CIE) facilitator training |
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October 25–November 10 |
Online |
Prepare for exam MB2-711: Microsoft Dynamics CRM Installation exam (Monday & Wednesday only) |
Technical roles |
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October 25–November 10 |
Online |
Prepare for exam MB2-710: Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online Deployment Exam (Tuesday & Thursday only) |
Technical roles |
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October 25–November 10 |
Online |
Prepare for exam MB2-714: Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2016 Customer Service (Tuesday & Thursday only) |
Customer Service & Consulting roles |
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October 25 |
Dallas, TX |
SMB Live: Differentiate your cloud practice for growth and profitability |
Business Decision Makers, Practice Leads, Sales Professionals, Marketing Professionals |
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October 25 |
Downers Grove, IL | SMB Live: Differentiate your cloud practice for growth and profitability |
Business Decision Makers, Practice Leads, Sales Professionals, Marketing Professionals |
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October 25 |
Online |
Introduction to Scaling NoSQL in the Cloud: Bitnami’s MongoDB Multi-VM on Azure |
Business, Sales, Technical |
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October 25 |
Online |
Security and compliance monitoring for an organization with Office 365 Management API |
Technical roles |
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October 25 New |
Online |
Technical roles |
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October 25 |
Online |
Federal, State and Local Government Decision Makers |
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October 25 New |
Online |
Windows Server 2016 Application Platform and Nano Server |
Sales professionals |
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October 26 |
Boston, MA |
SMB Live: Differentiate your cloud practice for growth and profitability |
Business Decision Makers, Practice Leads, Sales Professionals, Marketing Professionals |
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October 26 |
Charlotte, NC |
SMB Live: Differentiate your cloud practice for growth and profitability |
Business Decision Makers, Practice Leads, Sales Professionals, Marketing Professionals |
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October 26 |
Dallas, TX |
Technical Business Decision Makers, IT Pros, Technical Presales roles |
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October 26 |
Downers Grove, IL |
Technical Business Decision Makers, IT Pros, Technical Presales roles |
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October 26 |
Denver, CO |
SMB Live: Differentiate your cloud practice for growth and profitability |
Business Decision Makers, Practice Leads, Sales Professionals, Marketing Professionals |
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October 26 |
Online |
MPN 101 Community call: Make the most of your internal use licenses |
Business, Sales, Technical |
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October 26 New |
Online |
LOB Applications in Azure launches |
Sales professionals |
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October 26 |
Online |
Technical roles |
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October 26 |
Online |
Technical roles |
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October 27 |
Boston, MA |
SMB Live: Implement and execute your cloud solution architecture with Enterprise Mobility + Security and Microsoft Azure |
Technical Business Decision Makers, IT Pros, Technical Presales roles |
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October 27 |
Charlotte, NC |
SMB Live: Implement and execute your cloud solution architecture with Enterprise Mobility + Security and Microsoft Azure |
Technical Business Decision Makers, IT Pros, Technical Presales roles |
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October 27 |
Denver, CO |
SMB Live: Implement and execute your cloud solution architecture with Enterprise Mobility + Security and Microsoft Azure |
Technical Business Decision Makers, IT Pros, Technical Presales roles |
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October 27 |
Community call |
Technical roles |
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October 27 |
Online |
Business Decision Makers and Practice Leads |
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October 28 |
Online |
Technical roles |
November 2016
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Date |
Location |
Course, webcast, or call |
Who should attend |
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November 1–2 New |
Dallas, TX |
Technical roles |
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November 1–4 |
Philadelphia, PA |
Customer Immersion Experience (CIE) facilitator training (4 hours/day) |
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November 2–4 |
Coronado, CA |
Business Decision Makers, Sales, Marketing |
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November 2 |
Cincinnati, OH |
SMB Live: Differentiate your cloud practice for growth and profitability |
Business Decision Makers, Practice Leads, Sales professionals, Marketing professionals |
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November 2 |
Bellevue,WA |
Business, Sales, Marketing, Technical |
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November 3 |
Cincinnati, OH |
Technical Business Decision Makers, IT Pros, Technical Presales roles |
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November 3 New |
Chicago, IL |
Business, Sales, Marketing, Technical |
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November 3 |
Online |
Sales professionals |
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November 8–10 |
Cambridge, MA |
Skype for Business Partner Technical Airlift (9 hours/day) |
Technical roles |
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November 8–11 |
Mountain View, CA |
Customer Immersion Experience (CIE) facilitator training (4 hours/day) |
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November 8 |
Online |
Technical roles |
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November 9–10 New |
Atlanta, GA |
Technical roles |
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November 14 |
Online |
Windows 10 Deployment Masters 2017 Online Partner Workshop Use code MPN to register |
Technical roles |
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November 15–18 |
Atlanta, GA |
Customer Immersion Experience (CIE) facilitator training (4 hours/day) |
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November 21 |
Online |
Windows 10 Deployment Masters 2017 Online Partner Workshop Use code MPN to register |
Technical roles |
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November 28 |
Online |
Windows 10 Deployment Masters 2017 Online Partner Workshop Use code MPN to register |
Technical roles |
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November 29–December 2 |
Cleveland, OH |
Customer Immersion Experience (CIE) facilitator training (4 hours/day) |
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 – Watch sessions on demand
- Microsoft Ignite: September 26–30 in Atlanta, GA