Data platform and analytics partner training schedule – Fall 2016

The new SQL Server 2016 delivers breakthrough mission critical in-memory performance, real-team operational analytics, deeper insights across you data with advanced analytics build-in, and new rich visualizations on any mobile device.

• Learn more about SQL Server
• Learn more about Microsoft BI and Analytics

Join the Data Platform & Advanced Analytics Partner Community

• Read the blog series
• Join the Yammer group
• Sign up for community calls
• Training and enablement

For a comprehensive schedule of partner training, refer to the Hot Sheet training schedule, which is regularly updated as new partner training offerings become available.

Sales training

Date	Course title and link to register
September 6	Data Platform Online: Data Platform modernization Register for the morning option Register for the evening option
September 7	Data Platform Online: Mission Critical Application Platform Register for the morning option Register for the evening option
September 8	Data Platform Online: Application Platform Migration Register for the morning option Register for the evening option
September 13	Data Platform Online: The new sales tools for Data Warehousing and Big Data Register for the morning option Register for the evening option
September 14	Data Platform Online: Modern Business Intelligence Register for the morning option Register for the evening option

Technical training

Date	Course title and link to register
August 29–30	Introduction to Power BI
September 6	New features in SQL Server Integration Services 2016
September 12–13	Introduction to Power BI
September 20	New features in SQL Server Analysis Services 2016 (Tabular)
September 20	Data and Analytics Partner Community call: Microsoft Professional Degree Program for Data Science
September 22	High Availability and Disaster Recovery Solution in SQL 2016
September 26–27	Introduction to Power BI
October 18	Data and Analytics Partner Community call – Power BI solution templates
November 15	Data and Analytics Partner Community call  – Intelligent Kiosk
December 6	Cortana Intelligence Suite End to End
December 13	Data and Analytics Partner Community call  – IoT

Related competencies

• Data Analytics competency
• Data Platform competency

On-demand training

• Data Platform Solutions Learning Path
• Data Professional courses on Microsoft Virtual Academy
• SQL Server content on Channel 9
• SQL Server courses on Microsoft Virtual Academy
• C+E University: Data Platform Online

Partner content

• Cortana Intelligence Suite
• Power BI
• SQL Server