Getting Started on the Cloud: Technical + Sales Sessions at the Cloud partner Summit across Canada
You may have already heard about the Cloud Partner Summit and have signed up for Breakout session on Day 1, but are you aware that each summit lasts for another two to three days with deep-dive technical sales training sessions?
Microsoft will be offering a variety of training sessions on Day 2-4. This is an incredible opportunity for sales and technical resources to get the skills and knowledge to help your business succeed and accelerate in the cloud. These events will be the primary offerings this fall for deep sales and technical trainings so maximize on this opportunity and register today!
Not sure which technical sessions are right for you? Read below for a deeper explanation.
SALES SESSIONS
Office 365 Drumbeat
Recommended: sales and pre-sales technical roles
Drumbeat is the Office 365 sales readiness program targeted at partners selling Office 365 into the enterprise segment (EPG + CA), predominantly Corporate Accounts. Drumbeat aims to teach Office 365 partners in sales and pre-sales technical roles the best practice in selling Office 365.
Azure University: BDM
Recommended: IT professionals within System integrator Organizations & Azure Circle Partners
This is a one day Get Ready for Business as a Service training to help you understand and develop the right business model for your market and support you in entering and growing the business in the emerging Cloud marketplace.
TECHNICAL SESSIONS
Office 365 Ignite
Recommended: IT Professionals targeting Office 365
Ignite Workshops are a valuable step for deployment and foundational technical readiness. The 3 day workshop for Microsoft’s most valued customers and partner IT professionals focus on technical value proposition, workload capabilities, getting started with simple deployments and fundamental cloud concepts (security, privacy, service management, datacenter overviews and identity management).
Azure University: Technical
Recommended: IT professionals within System Integrator Organizations & Azure Circle Partners
The Azure university training starts with an introduction to Windows Azure Virtual machines and Virtual networks (Infrastructure Services). It delivers the foundational knowledge needed for users intending to run new workloads in Windows azure or migrate existing workloads from on-premises. Students will be introduced to the rich features of Windows Azure Active Directory and see how it can be used to achieve single sign-on across cloud applications, protect application access, enforce multi-factor authentication, and integrate with Windows Server Active Directory
OTHER SESSIONS
ModernBiz Technical Series
Recommended: Microsoft value-added resellers (VAR) partners with or without existing business practices built on Microsoft Azure, Windows Server and/or SQL Server who work with small and midsize organizations.
The Modern Biz Technical series provides training, demonstrations, and hands-on instruction on how to use the latest capabilities in Microsoft Azure, Windows Server 2012 R2, SQL Server 2014 and more to deliver solutions to small and midsize organizations.
Hosting Day Workshop
Recommended: Microsoft partners with or without existing hosting or manages service practices who work with small and midsize organizations.
The Canada hosting day workshop is a part of Technical series and provides training, demonstrations, and hands-on instruction on how to build Microsoft partner hosted Cloud offers via pre-build toolkits utilizing the latest capabilities in Windows Server 2012 R2, System Center 2012 R2 and to deliver solutions to small and midsize organizations.
Profitability Workshop
Recommended: Microsoft Partners selling Cloud Solutions
This workshop will showcase how successful partners have leverages the new revenue stream opportunities that the cloud has opened up across multiple business models. These business model evolutions are providing the foundation to increase margins, establish annuity and aggressive growth through new customer acquisition in the whitespace.
You could be an IT Pro, a Sales partner, a Value-Added Reseller (VAR), or even a general Microsoft partner selling Cloud solutions. There’s a technical session that’s customized just for you. So tell us, do any of these sessions tickle your fancy? Let us know by leaving a comment below.