April 2017 Hot Sheet partner training schedule

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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.

Community name	April call	May call
Focus on Secure Productive Enterprise (SPE)	Sign up for these calls about your opportunity with Secure Productive Enterprise April 6 – SPE for Office 365 Partners April 26 – SPE for Windows Partners April 27 – SPE for EMS Partners	N/A
Application Development	Introduction to serverless computing – on demand	May 2
Azure Partner Solutions	Add these calls to your calendar to learn about Azure Partner Solutions April 17 – Cloud Endure April 24 – HPe VM Explorer and Data Protector	Add these calls to your calendar to learn about Azure Partner Solutions May 1 – Nimble Storage (now an HPe Company) May 8 – Quest Software May 15 – HVR Software May 22 – Quantum May 30 – Noobaa
Azure Infrastructure and Management	Azure Stack: Blurring the lines between public, private, and hybrid clouds – on demand	May 11 – Azure Storage Update
Cloud Services Partner Incentives	April 27	May 25
Data Platform and Advanced Analytics	Choosing the right data service for analytics apps – on demand	May 23
Dynamics 365	Using Microsoft PowerApp and Microsoft Flow with Dynamics 365 – on demand	May 16 – Demo techniques
Enterprise Mobility + Security	April 27 – Secure Productive Enterprise for EMS Partners	May 25 – Intune best practices
ISV and Application Builder	No calls scheduled at this time – check listing page for updates	May 18
MPN 101	Learning partner options in the Microsoft partner program – on demand April 26 – Partner Licensing Resources	May 10 – New Partner Orientation
Office 365 and Voice	Secure Productive Enterprise for Office 365 Partners – on demand	May 4 – New security and compliance capabilities
Open Source Solutions	OSS infrastructure tooling – on demand April 25 – OSS on Microsoft Azure demo framework	May 30
SMB Partner Insider	East Region – on demand Central Region – on demand West Region – on demand	May 5 – East Region May 5 – Central Region May 5 – West Region
Windows and Devices	Windows 10 Creators Update launch – on demand April 26 – Secure Productive Enterprise for Windows Partners	May 18

Week of April 24–28

Date	Location	Course, webcast, or call	Who should attend
April 24	Chicago, IL	ISV Design: Receive in-person guidance on big data projects More courses like this	Developers
April 24	Chicago, IL	ISV Envision: Discover the latest innovations in depth More courses like this	Developers
April 24–May 10	Online	Dynamics 365 Accelerate for Customization and Configuration Exam Preparation (2 days/week, 1.5 hours/day) Morning option Evening option	Technical roles
April 24–May 24	Online	Dynamics 365 Accelerate for Operations: Distribution and Trade (Level 200; 2 days/week, 2 hors/day)	Functional Consultants, Technical Consultants
April 24–26	Online	Office 365 Cloud Productivity Competency Boot Camp (Level 300)	Technical roles
April 24–25	Online	Technical Deep Dive: Migrating applications to Azure (Level 300)	Technical roles
April 24	Online	HPe VM Explorer and Data Protector: Backup to cloud for every customer More Azure Partner Solutions calls	Technical roles
April 24	Online	Enhanced development and testing 8AM GMT 2PM GMT 9PM GMT More Azure Sales webcasts	Sales Professionals
April 24	Online	Technical Deep Dive on SharePoint 2016 Hybrid Search (Level 200)	Technical roles
April 24	Online	Ask the Experts on Azure Active Directory: Hybrid Identity (Level 300)	Technical roles
April 25–27	Chevy Chase, MD	Cloud Application Development Technical Bootcamp (Level 200–300)	Technical roles
April 25	San Francisco, CA	ISV Design: Receive in-person guidance on big data projects More courses like this	Developers
April 25	San Francisco, CA	ISV Envision: Discover the latest innovations in depth More courses like this	Developers
April 25	Philadelphia, PA	ISV Design: Receive in-person guidance on big data projects More courses like this	Developers
April 25	Philadelphia, PA	ISV Envision: Discover the latest innovations in depth More courses like this	Developers
April 25–May 11	Online	Dynamics 365 Accelerate for Sales (2 days/week, 1.5 hours/day) Morning option  Evening option	Sales Professionals
April 25–May 12	Online	SMB Jumpstart: Creating Virtual Machines with High Availability	Technical roles
April 25–May 19	Online	SMB Jumpstart: Azure Backup and Azure Site Recovery	Technical roles
April 25–May 25	Online	Dynamics 365 Accelerate for Operations: Distribution and Trade (Level 200; 2 days/week, 2 hours/day)	Functional Consultants, Technical Consultants
April 25	Community call	Open Source Solutions (OSS) Partner call: OSS on Microsoft Azure demo framework	Technical roles
April 25	Online	Virtual Azure Gov Discovery Day	Government roles
April 25	Online	Technical Deep Dive: Configure Cloud PBX with On-Premises PSTN Connectivity (Level 300)	Technical roles
April 25	Online	Advanced Analytics Solutions to customer BDM Morning option Evening option	Sales Professionals
April 25	Online	Ask the Experts: Securing Data with Azure SQL (Level 200)	Technical roles
April 25	Online	Ask the Experts on Dynamics 365: Development Introduction to Dynamics 365 for Operations (Level 200)	Technical roles
April 26–27	Chicago, IL	Windows 10 Partner Technical Roadshow	Technical roles
April 26–28	Nashville, TN	Cloud Application Development Technical Bootcamp (Level 200-300)	Technical roles
April 26	Edina, MN	Microsoft PowerApps and Microsoft Flow Hack-a-Thon (Level 200)	Technical roles
April 26–27	Online	Technical Deep Dive on building connected solutions with IoT (Level 300)	Technical roles
April 26	Online	Microsoft Data Warehouse and Big Data Solution for Analytics Morning option Evening option	Sales Professionals
April 26	Online	Optimize Azure Marketing Workshop	Marketing roles
April 26	Community call	Windows and Devices Partner Community call: Secure Productive Enterprise for Windows Partners	Technical roles
April 26	Online	Ask The Experts: Exchange Online and email security best practices (Level 200)	Technical roles
April 26	Online	MPN 101 Community call: Partner Licensing Resources	Business, sales
April 26	Online	Ask the Experts: Building Microservices on Azure Service Fabric (Level 200)	Technical roles
April 26	Online	What's new and highlights for Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Financials (Level 200)	Technical roles
April 26	Online	Intune and Saaswedo’s Datalert – Telecom Management Integration Morning option Evening option	Sales professionals
April 27	Community call	Cloud Services Partner Incentives	Technical roles
April 27	Denver, CO	ISV Design: Receive in-person guidance on big data projects More courses like this	Developers
April 27	Denver, CO	ISV Envision: Discover the latest innovations in depth More courses like this	Developers
April 27	Community call	Enterprise Mobility + Security Partner call: Secure Productive Enterprise for EMS Partners	Technical roles
April 27	Online	Office 365 Ask the Experts: Microsoft Team new chat based workspace in Office 365	Technical roles
April 27	Online	Ask the Experts on Azure PaaS: Azure Container Service –  The Cloud's most open option for containers (Level 200)	Technical roles
April 27	Online	Guidance on choosing Microsoft Intune Hybrid or Intune on Azure Morning option Evening option	Sales Professionals
April 27	Online	Simplify hybrid cloud management with process automation 8AM GMT 2PM GMT 9PM GMT More Azure Sales webcasts	Sales Professionals
April 27	Online	Technical Deep Dive: Hybrid Cloud Storage (Level 300)	Technical roles
April 27	Online	Win mission critical workloads with Microsoft Azure and SQL Server Morning option Evening option	Sales Professionals
April 28	Online	Technical Deep Dive: Deploying Conferencing and Skype for Meeting Broadcast (Level 300)	Technical roles

Week of May 1–5

Date	Location	Course, webcast, or call	Who should attend
May 1	Online	Nimble Storage: Learn about Cloud Volumes More Azure Partner Solutions calls	Technical roles
May 2–4	Irvine, CA	Cloud Application Development Technical Bootcamp (Level 200-300)	Technical roles
May 2	Minneapolis, MN	Drumbeat Grow Office 365 Partner Workshop (Level 200)	Sales Professionals
May 2	Community call	Application Development Partner call	Technical roles
May 2	Online	Enhance your business with Dynamics 365 using PowerApps, Flow and GigJam (Level 300)	Technical roles
May 2	Online	#MicrosoftEDU livestream	Educators
May 2	Online	Ask the Experts: Azure Pricing Calculator (Level 200)	Technical roles
May 2	Online	Introduction to Skype for Business Technical Series: What's New (Level 100)	Technical roles
May 3–4	Sunnyvale, CA	Dynamics 365 for Operations Sales Immersion Workshop  Use code sBiM007 to register	Sales Professionals
May 3	Online	Microsoft SQL Server 2016: The Path to Modernization	Sales Professionals
May 3	Online	Introduction to Microsoft Azure Infrastructure as a Service (Level 100)	Technical roles
May 3	Online	Microsoft Business Forward	Business Decision Makers
May 4	Community call	Office 365 and Voice Partner call: New security and compliance capabilities	Technical roles
May 4	Online	Technical Deep Dive: Defining requirements for a Skype for Business deployment (Level 300)	Technical roles
May 4	Online	The business continuity of today – How to challenge tomorrow 8AM GMT 2PM GMT 9PM GMT More Azure Sales webcasts	Sales Professionals
May 4	Online	Application Innovation Morning option Evening option	Sales Professionals
May 5	Community call	SMB Partner Insider call – East Region SMB Partner Insider call – Central Region SMB Partner Insider call – West Region	Business, Sales, Technical, Marketing
May 5	Online	Introduction to Power BI (Level 200)	Technical roles

Week of May 8–12

Date	Location	Course, webcast, or call	Who should attend
May 8–9	Toronto, ON	Dynamics 365 for Operations Sales Immersion Workshop Use code sBiM007 to register	Sales Professionals
May 8–24	Online	Dynamics 365 Accelerate for Sales (2 days/week, 1,5 hours/day) Morning option  Evening option	Sales Professionals
May 8–9	Online	Technical Deep Dive on building connected solutions with IoT (Level 300; 4 hrs/day)	Technical roles
May 8	Washington, DC	Drumbeat Grow Office 365 Partner Workshop (Level 200)	Sales Professionals
May 8	Online	Higher, faster, stronger –  SAP deployment, dev-test and training on Azure 8AM GTM  2PM GMT 9PM GMT More Azure Sales webcasts	Sales Professionals
May 8	Online	Selling Big Data and DW in Azure Morning option Evening option	Sales Professionals
May 8	Online	Quest Software: Backup and replication to Azure More Azure Partner Solutions calls	Technical roles
May 8	Online	Technical Deep Dive on Power BI common scenarios (Level 300)	Technical roles
May 8	Online	Introduction to Cortana Intelligence Suite (Level 200)	Technical roles
May 9–25	Online	Dynamics 365 Accelerate for Customer Service Exam Preparation (2 days/week, 1,5 hours/day) Morning option  Evening option	Customer service and consulting roles
May 9	Online	Creating apps for the Intelligent Cloud: Scalability and architecting (Level 300)	Technical roles
May 9	Online	Introduction to Skype for Business Technical Series: Telecommunications concepts (Level 200)	Technical roles
May 9	Online	Cortana Intelligent Suite: Azure Data Factory (Level 300)	Technical roles
May 10	Burlington, MA	Drumbeat Grow Office 365 Partner Workshop (Level 200)	Sales Professionals
May 10	Community call	MPN 101 Community call: New Partner Orientation	Business, sales
May 10	Online	Cortana Intelligent Suite: Big Data Analytics using Data Lake (Level 300)	Technical roles
May 10	Online	Enhance your business with Dynamics 365 for Field Service End-to-End Scenario (Level 300)	Technical roles
May 10	Online	Introduction to SharePoint Online: External sharing with SharePoint Online and partner facing Extranet sites (Level 200)	Technical roles
May 11	Cincinnati, OH	Drumbeat Grow Office 365 Partner Workshop (Level 200)	Sales Professionals
May 11	Community call	Azure Infrastructure and Management Partner Community call: Azure Storage Update	Technical roles
May 11	Online	Technical Deep Dive: Defining network requirements for Skype for Business deployment (Level 300)	Technical roles
May 11	Online	Cortana Intelligent Suite: Big Data Analytics (Level 300)	Technical roles
May 11	Online	Provide customers with more choices in the cloud – Open Source on Azure 8AM GMT 2PM GMT  9PM GMT More Azure Sales webcasts	Sales Professionals
May 11	Online	BI Platform in the Cloud Morning option Evening option	Sales Professionals
May 12	Hartford, CT	Drumbeat Grow Office 365 Partner Workshop (Level 200)	Sales Professionals
May 12	Online	Cortana Intelligent Suite: Machine Learning (Level 300)	Technical roles
May 12	Online	Creating apps for the Intelligent Cloud: DevOps (Level 300)	Technical roles

Week of May 15–19

Date	Location	Course, webcast, or call	Who should attend
May 15	Atlanta, GA	Drumbeat Grow Office 365 Partner Workshop (Level 200)	Sales Professionals
May 15	San Francisco, CA	Drumbeat Grow Office 365 Partner Workshop (Level 200)	Sales Professionals
May 15–31	Online	Dynamics 365 Accelerate for Customization and Configuration Exam Preparation (2 days/week, 1.5 hours/day) Morning option  Evening option	Technical roles
May 15	Online	Technical Deep Dive on Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure using Windows Server 2016 (Level 300)	Technical roles
May 15	Online	Ask The Experts Skype for Business: Enterprise Voice Best practices (Level 200)	Technical roles
May 15	Online	HVR Software: Continuous Data Integration between on-premises and Cloud More Azure Partner Solutions calls	Technical roles
May 15	Online	Lead the discussion with the client – Boost your sales 8AM GMT 2PM GMT  9PM GMT More Azure Sales webcasts	Sales Professionals
May 16–17	Los Angeles, CA	Windows 10 Technical Series	Technical roles
May 16	Irvine, CA	ISV Design: Receive in-person guidance on big data projects More courses like this	Developer
May 16	Irvine, CA	ISV Envision: Discover the latest innovations in depth More courses like this	Developer
May 16–June 9	Online	SMB Jumpstart: Cloud PBX and PSTN in Skype for Business Online	Technical roles
May 16	Community call	Dynamics 365 Partner Community call: Demo techniques	Technical roles
May 16	Online	Dynamics University for Partners Demo Series: Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement Solutions in the Financial Services Industry (Level 200)	Sales and Presales roles
May 16	Online	Technical Deep Dive on Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure: Containers and Nano Server	Technical roles
May 16–June 1	Online	Dynamics 365 Accelerate for Online Deployment (2 days/week; 1.5 hours/day) Morning option  Evening option	Technical roles
May 17	San Francisco, CA	ISV Accelerate: Hackfest for big data and analytics More courses like this	Developers
May 17	New York, NY	ISV Accelerate: Hackfest for big data and analytics More courses like this	Developers
May 17	Raleigh, NC	Drumbeat Grow Office 365 Partner Workshop	Sales Professionals
May 17	Online	ISV Envision: Discover the latest innovations in depth – Immersive Technologies More courses like this	Developers
May 17	Online	ISV Envision: Discover the latest innovations in depth – Natural Computer Interactions More courses like this	Developers
May 18	New York, NY	ISV Design: Receive in-person guidance on big data projects More courses like this	Developers
May 18	Atlanta, GA	ISV Design: Receive in-person guidance on big data projects More courses like this	Developers
May 18	San Francisco, CA	ISV Design: Receive in-person guidance on big data projects More courses like this	Developers
May 18	New York, NY	ISV Envision: Discover the latest innovations in depth More courses like this	Developers
May 18	Atlanta, GA	ISV Envision: Discover the latest innovations in depth More courses like this	Developers
May 18	San Francisco, CA	ISV Envision: Discover the latest innovations in depth More courses like this	Developers
May 18	Community call	ISV and Application Builder Partner Community call	Technical roles
May 18	Community call	Windows and Devices Partner Community call	Technical roles
May 19	Fort Lauderdale, FL	Drumbeat Grow Office 365 Partner Workshop (Level 200)	Sales Professionals
May 19	Salt Lake City, UT	Drumbeat Grow Office 365 Partner Workshop (Level 200)	Sales Professionals

Week of May 22–26

Date	Location	Course, webcast, or call	Who should attend
May 22	Online	Quantum: Learn about the new FlexTier offering More Azure Partner Solutions calls	Technical roles
May 23–25	Los Angeles, CA	Skype for Business Technical Airlift	Solution Architects, Technical Sellers, Support Engineers
May 23	Chicago, IL	ISV Design: Receive in-person guidance on big data projects More courses like this	Developers
May 23	Denver, CO	ISV Design: Receive in-person guidance on big data projects More courses like this	Developers
May 23	Chicago, IL	ISV Envision: Discover the latest innovations in depth More courses like this	Developers
May 23	Denver, CO	ISV Envision: Discover the latest innovations in depth More courses like this	Developers
May 23–June 16	Online	SMB JumpStart: Reimagine Hybrid Cloud Storage with the StorSimple Virtual Appliance	Technical roles
May 23	Community call	Data Platform and Advanced Analytics Partner Community call	Sales Professionals
May 25	Philadelphia, PA	ISV Design: Receive in-person guidance on big data projects More courses like this	Developers
May 25	Philadelphia, PA	ISV Envision: Discover the latest innovations in depth More courses like this	Developers
May 25	Irvine, CA	Drumbeat Optimize Office 365 Partner Workshop	Sales Professionals
May 25	Community call	Cloud Services Partner Incentives Community call	Technical roles
May 25	Community call	Enterprise Mobility + Security Partner Community call: Intune best practices	Technical roles

Week of May 29–June 2

Date	Location	Course, webcast, or call	Who should attend
May 30–June 28	Online	Dynamics 365 Accelerate for Operations: Retail (3 days/week, 2 hours/day)	Functional Consultants, Technical Consultants
May 30	Online	Noobaa: Software-defined object storage for on-premises data centers More Azure Infrastructure ISV webcasts	Technical roles
May 30	Community call	Open Source Solutions (OSS) Partner Community call	Technical roles
May 31	Los Angeles, CA	Drumbeat Grow Office 365 Partner Workshop (Level 200)	Sales Professionals
May 31	New York, NY	Drumbeat Optimize Office 365 Partner Workshop	Sales Professionals

June 2017

Date	Location	Course, webcast, or call	Who should attend
June 14	Online	ISV Design: Receive in-person guidance on big data projects More courses like this	Developers
June 14	Online	ISV Envision: Discover the latest innovations in depth More courses like this	Developers
June 20	Philadelphia, PA	ISV Design: Receive in-person guidance on big data projects More courses like this	Developers
June 20	Chicago, IL	ISV Design: Receive in-person guidance on big data projects More courses like this	Developers
June 20	Irvine, CA	ISV Design: Receive in-person guidance on big data projects More courses like this	Developers
June 20	Philadelphia, PA	ISV Envision: Discover the latest innovations in depth More courses like this	Developers
June 20	Chicago, IL	ISV Envision: Discover the latest innovations in depth More courses like this	Developers
June 20	Irvine, CA	ISV Envision: Discover the latest innovations in depth More courses like this	Developers
June 21	San Francisco, CA	ISV Accelerate: Hackfest for big data and analytics More courses like this	Developers
June 21	New York, NY	ISV Accelerate: Hackfest for big data and analytics More courses like this	Developers
June 22	New York, NY	ISV Design: Receive in-person guidance on big data projects More courses like this	Developers
June 22	New York, NY	ISV Envision: Discover the latest innovations in depth More courses like this	Developers
June 22	Atlanta, GA	ISV Design: Receive in-person guidance on big data projects More courses like this	Developers
June 22	San Francisco	ISV Design: Receive in-person guidance on big data projects More courses like this	Developers
June 22	San Francisco, CA	ISV Envision: Discover the latest innovations in depth More courses like this	Developers
June 22	Atlanta, GA	ISV Envision: Discover the latest innovations in depth More courses like this	Developers
June 27	Denver, CO	ISV Design: Receive in-person guidance on big data projects More courses like this	Developers

Microsoft 2017 events lineup

Microsoft Build: May 10–12 in Seattle, WA

• Registration opens February 14
• Watch 2016 sessions

Microsoft Data Insights Summit: June 12–13 in Seattle, WA

• Register for Microsoft Data Insights Summit
• Watch 2016 sessions

Microsoft Inspire (formerly Worldwide Partner Conference): July 9–13 in Washington, DC

• Register for Microsoft Inspire
• Watch 2016 Vision Keynotes
• Watch 2016 sessions

Microsoft Ignite: September 25–29 in Orlando, FL

• Register for Microsoft Ignite
• Watch 2016 sessions

Microsoft Envision: September 25–27 in Orlando, FL

• Register for Microsoft Envision
• Watch 2016 sessions