March 2015 Hot Sheet training schedule

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.

• IT Pros and Developers: visit Microsoft Virtual Academy website, learn about offers from Microsoft Learning, and find courses through the Microsoft Learning Class Locator
• Sales and Marketing Professionals: register for our Sales and Licensing Excellence webcasts, use the Sales Specialist resources, and explore the Sales and marketing overview page

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Featured training

Week of March 16: SMB Live Events in Boston, Cleveland, Charlotte, Denver, and St. LouisSMB Live events feature a one-day marketing workshop for Business and Marketing roles, and a day of 300-level technical training about the Hybrid Cloud for IT pros. SMB Live events will be in more cities throughout March and April. See the schedule for links to register	March 17: Windows 10 for the Enterprise webcastOur new Windows 10 webcast series for partners starts on March 17 with this webcast, where you’ll learn how Microsoft is presenting the advantages of Windows 10 so you can start preparing for your customer conversations. More Windows 10 webcasts are planned—see the schedule.  Register
March 18: Cloud and Hosting Virtual Summit – watch keynotes live onlineHear the latest strategy and vision from Microsoft for Cloud & Hosting service provider partners. Keynotes will be delivered by Aziz Benmalek, Mike Neil, T.K. Rengarajan, and Kelly Waldher. Register	First Steps for Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online workshopsMicrosoft Dynamics CRM Online is now available through Open, as is Microsoft Office 365, making it easier for small and medium businesses to acquire these services together. Partners have an opportunity to expand their cloud offerings to include Dynamics CRM Online.Register
March 18: Cloud Profitability webcast – Sales Motion: ProofEvery Wednesday at 8:30AM Pacific Time, join our cloud experts and guests for a new  Cloud Profitability webcast live, plus take part in real-time Q&A. Throughout the month of March, the focus will be on the cloud sales process. Register	March 19: Azure Partner Community callThe March focus for the Azure Partner Community is on addressing top partner questions. Topics include RemoteApp, Disaster Recovery, API Management, and the Cloud Immersion Tool. Read the blog series and register for the upcoming call. Register
Azure Site Recovery live demo seriesEvery Monday, join the Microsoft Azure team for an introduction to Azure Site Recovery (ASR) service followed by a live demo and Q&A. See how ASR protects your business critical physical and virtual servers. Get the details	Marketing SureStep office hoursMarketing SureStep will help you create the right approach for your company, from connecting with customers to telling a compelling story to measuring your progress. During Marketing SureStep office hours, you have access to marketing experts who can answer your questions. Add these office hours to your calendar

This week

Date	Location	Training, Call, or Event	Role
March 17	Charlotte, NC	SMB Live Workshop: Attract Customers, Grow Sales	Business and Marketing roles
March 17	Cleveland, OH	SMB Live Workshop: Attract Customers, Grow Sales	Business and Marketing roles
March 17 New!	Webcast	Windows 10 for the Enterprise	Business and Sales roles
March 17 New!	Webcast	Managing the Application Lifecycle with MSDN	Developers
March 17	Webcast	SMB Cloud Office Hours: Azure Site Recovery	IT Pros
March 17	Webcast	Enterprise Mobility Scenario – BYOD in Today’s Enterprises	Business and Technical roles
March 17	Webcast	Microsoft Project Webcast: Creating O Data Reports	All roles
March 18	Charlotte, NC	SMB Live Technical: Modernize with Hybrid Cloud	IT Pros
March 18	Cleveland, OH	SMB Live Technical: Modernize with Hybrid Cloud	IT Pros
March 18	Denver, CO	SMB Live Workshop: Attract Customers, Grow Sales	Business and Marketing roles
March 18	Boston, MA	SMB Live Workshop: Attract Customers, Grow Sales	Business and Marketing roles
March 18	St. Louis, MO	SMB Live Workshop: Attract Customers, Grow Sales	Business and Marketing roles
March 18	Live streaming	Microsoft Cloud and Hosting Virtual Summit	Business leaders
March 18 New!	Webcast	Sales and Licensing Excellence webcast: Do This, Not That: Nailing the Initial Office 365 in Healthcare Conversation (Level 200)	Sales roles
March 18 New!	Webcast	Get on the Fast Track to the Cloud with Microsoft Azure	Business and Sales roles
March 18 New!	Webcast	Java on Microsoft Azure	Developers
March 18	Webcast	First Steps for CRM Online workshop: Integration with Exchange Online, Yammer, Lync, and Skype	Business and Sales roles
March 18	Webcast	Cloud Profitability Webcast: Sales Motion: Proof	All roles
March 19	Boston, MA	SMB Live Technical: Modernize with Hybrid Cloud	IT Pros
March 19	St. Louis, MO	SMB Live Technical: Modernize with Hybrid Cloud	IT Pros
March 19 New!	Webcast	Sales and Licensing Excellence Webcast: Why You and Your Customers Should Care About the Enterprise Cloud Suite (ECS) – Level 100	Sales and licensing roles
March 19	Office hours	SMB Marketing SureStep office hours	SMB Partners
March 19	Webcast	Earn More On Every Office 365 Deal Through New Incentives	Sales roles
March 19	Webcast	Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2015 Virtual Foundations Course	Technical roles
March 19	Webcast	Microsoft Azure Solution Scenarios – Windows Azure Pack for Service Providers and Enterprises with Multi-Tenancy with ADFS.	Business and Technical roles
March 19	Webcast	Partner Technical Services: Migrate you MBX to Office 365 - Diagnostic Tools	Technical roles
March 19	Webcast	US Azure Partner Community Call	Business, Sales, Technical roles
March 20	Office hours	Digital Partner of Record Capability Office hours	Practice and Account Managers

March 23–28

Date	Location	Training, Call, or Event	Role
March 23-April 10	Fargo, ND	Microsoft Dynamics AX Fast TrAX Functional Track	Technical roles
March 23	Webcast	Digital Partner of Record for Online Services Training	All Roles
March 23	Webcast	Azure Site Recovery Live Demo Series	Technical roles
March 23	Webcast	Partner Technical Services: Windows Server 2003 Modernization	Business, Sales, Technical roles
March 23	Webcast	Ask the Experts - How to increase SharePoint Online adoption	Technical roles
March 24	Salt Lake City, UT	SMB Live Workshop: Attract Customers, Grow Sales	Business and Marketing roles
March 24	Tampa, FL	SMB Live Workshop: Attract Customers, Grow Sales	Business and Marketing roles
March 24	Downers Grove, IL	SMB Live Workshop: Attract Customers, Grow Sales	Business and Marketing roles
March 24 New!	Webcast	Windows 10 for Education	Business and Sales roles
March 24 New!	Webcast	Microsoft Virtual Academy: SharePoint Online Development for Office 365	Developers
March 24	Office Hours	SMB Cloud Office Hours: Azure Solution Accelerators	SMB Partners
March 24	Webcast	Microsoft Virtual Academy: Data on Azure – A Technology Overview	Developers
March 25	Salt Lake City, UT	SMB Live Technical: Modernize with Hybrid Cloud	IT Pros
March 25	Tampa, FL	SMB Live Technical: Modernize with Hybrid Cloud	IT Pros
March 25	Downers Grove, IL	SMB Live Technical: Modernize with Hybrid Cloud	IT Pros
March 25	Pittsburgh, PA	SMB Live Workshop: Attract Customers, Grow Sales	Business and Marketing roles
March 25	Detroit, MI	SMB Live Workshop: Attract Customers, Grow Sales	Business and Marketing roles
March 25	Webcast	First Steps for Dynamics CRM Online workshop - Integration with Power BI and Microsoft Social Listening Overview	Business and Sales Roles
March 25	Webcast	Microsoft Azure Solution Scenarios – Azure Resource Manager with Visual Studio	Business, Sales, Technical roles
March 26	Pittsburgh, PA	SMB Live Technical: Modernize with Hybrid Cloud	IT Pros
March 26	Detroit, MI	SMB Live Technical: Modernize with Hybrid Cloud	IT Pros
March 26 New!	Webcast	Grow Your Cloud Practice with CRM Online in Open	Sales roles
March 26 New!	Webcast	Microsoft Virtual Academy: Advanced MonoGame for Windows Phone and Windows Store Games	Developers
March 26	Webcast	Business Benefits of Office 365	Business and Sales roles
March 26	Office hours	SMB Marketing SureStep Office hours	SMB Partners
March 26	Webcast	Partner Technical Services: Migrate you MBX to Office 365 – Mailbox Migration Velocity Best Practices	Technical Roles
March 26	Webcast	Microsoft Azure Solution Scenarios – Introduction to Orchestrator, Service Manager Automation (SMA) and Monitoring	Technical roles
March 25-26	Webcast	Partner Technical Services: Starter Kit for Enterprise Mobility	Business, Sales, Technical roles
March 26-27	Webcast	Partner Technical Services: Office 365 Practice Accelerator for SMB	Technical roles
March 26–27	Webcast	Partner Technical Services: Office 365 Practice Accelerator for SMB	SMB Partners
March 27	Office hours	Digital Partner of Record Capability office hours	Practice and Account Managers

March 30–April 3

Date	Location	Training, Call, or Event	Role
March 30	Webcast	Sales and Licensing Excellence Webcast: How to Talk to Your Customers about Skype for Business – Level 200	Sales roles
March 30	Webcast	Digital Partner of Record for Online Services Training	All roles
March 30	Webcast	Ask the Experts Messaging: MultiOrg architectures	Technical roles
March 30	Webcast	Azure Site Recovery Live Demo Series	Technical roles
March 31	Philadelphia, PA	SMB Live Workshop: Attract Customers, Grow Sales	Business and marketing roles
March 31	Houston, TX	SMB Live Workshop: Attract Customers, Grow Sales	Business and marketing roles
March 31	Office hours	SMB Cloud Office Hours: How to Get Access to Microsoft Cloud Offerings	SMB Partners
April 1	Philadelphia, PA	SMB Live Technical: Modernize with Hybrid Cloud	IT Pros
April 1	Houston, TX	SMB Live Technical: Modernize with Hybrid Cloud	IT Pros
April 1	Ft. Lauderdale, FL	SMB Live Workshop: Attract Customers, Grow Sales	Business and marketing roles
April 1	Ft. Lauderdale, FL	SMB Live Technical: Modernize with Hybrid Cloud	IT Pros
April 1	Webcast	Microsoft Virtual Academy: Package Management and Workflow Automation	Technical roles
April 1	Webcast	Office 365 Initial Journey: Introduction to Office 365 Services, Plans, and Internal User Rights	Business roles
April 2	Webcast	Office 365 Partner Community Call	Business, sales, technical roles
April 2	Webcast	Microsoft Online Services Advisor Monthly Office Hours: Web-Direct and Deploy Incentives	Business and sales roles
April 2	Office hours	SMB Marketing SureStep office hours	SMB Partners
April 2	Webcast	Sales and Licensing Excellence Webcast: Pursuing the Windows Per User Licensing Opportunity – Level 100	Sales and licensing roles

April events

Date	Location	Training, Call, or Event	Role
April 7	Webcast	Introduction to Dynamics CRM Online (Sales Productivity), Administration, Pricing & Licensing	Business and Sales Roles
April 7	Office Hours	SMB Cloud Office Hours: Office 365 and Azure Identity Integration	SMB Partners
April 8	Webcast	Office 365 Initial Journey: How to perform Your Best Office 365 Demo and Leverage the FastTrack Program	Business Roles
April 9	Office Hours	SMB Marketing SureStep office hours	SMB Partners
April 10	Webcast	SMB Partner Insider Call Series – East Region	SMB Partners – Business and Sales Roles
April 10	Webcast	SMB Partner Insider Call Series – Central Region	SMB Partners – Business and Sales Roles
April 10	Webcast	SMB Partner Insider Call Series – West Region	SMB Partners – Business and Sales Roles
April 14	Webcast	Dynamics CRM Online – Remove Wind from Competitor Sails & Integration with SharePoint	Business and Sales Roles
April 15	Webcast	Office 365 Initial Journey:  Exchange Online & Lync Online – Technical Overview	Business and Technical Roles
April 15–16	Webcast	Microsoft Virtual Academy: Getting Started with Azure Security for the IT Professional	Technical Roles
April 16	Webcast	Partner Technical Services: Office 365 Practice Accelerator for SMB (Day 1)	SMB Partners
April 16	Webcast	US Azure Partner Community Call	Business, Sales, Technical Roles
April 17	Webcast	Partner Technical Services: Office 365 Practice Accelerator for SMB (Day 2)	SMB Partners
April 21	Reston, VA	The Opportunity with Microsoft Azure	Business Roles and Decision Makers
April 21	Webcast	Dynamics CRM Online –  Integration with Exchange Online (Server-Side-Sync) & Integration with Yammer, Lync, Skype	Business and Sales 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 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 28	Webcast	Dynamics CRM Online – Integration with Power BI & Microsoft Social Listening Overview	Business and Sales Roles

2015 Microsoft events

May 4–8	Chicago, IL	Microsoft Ignite
July 12–16	Orlando, FL	2015 Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference

Comments

• Anonymous
  February 23, 2015
  The Microsoft Ignite conference is listed on this page for the dates March 4-8. This is incorrect as it is going on for those same days in May (4th through 8th). Thought I would bring that to your attention so it can be fixed for accuracy.