February 2017 Hot Sheet partner training schedule

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Community name	February call	March call
Application Development	Visual Studio Mobile Center – on demand	March 7– Hybrid connectivity
Azure Infrastructure and Management	SAP on Azure – on demand	March 9 – Azure Operations Spotlight
Cloud Services Partner Incentives	On demand	March 30
Data Platform and Advanced Analytics	Azure Data Lake – on demand	March 21 – Compete
Dynamics 365	Dynamics 365 Portals – on demand	March 14 – Dynamics 365 for Project Services and Field Services
Enterprise Mobility + Security	Microsoft Intune on Microsoft Azure – on demand	March 23 - Azure Active Directory Connect
ISV and Application Builder	5 trends and ideas for ISVs in 2017 – on demand	March 16
MPN 101	Microsoft Action Pack Subscription – on demand Training and accreditation resources – on demand Partner incentives and investments – on demand	March 8 – New Partner Orientation
Office 365 and Voice	Microsoft Power Apps and Microsoft Flow – on demand	March 2 – Office 365 Secure Score and Advanced Data Governance
Open Source Solutions	February 28 – Containers	March 28 – OSS Infrastructure management tools
SMB Partner Insider	East Region – on demand Central Region – on demand West Region – on demand	March 3 – East Region March 3 – Central Region March 3 – West Region
Windows and Devices	Microsoft FastTrack for Windows 10 – on demand	March 16 – Kirby Lake Overview

Week of February 27–March 3

Date	Location	Course, webcast, or call	Who should attend
February 27–March 2	Online	Dynamics 365 Project Service Automation for Presales (Level 200; 2 hours/day)	Sales and Presales Professionals
February 27	Online	Technical Deep Dive: Hybrid Cloud Storage (Level 300)	Technical roles
February 27	Self-paced	Digital Transformation by Industry courses Courses run from March 6–April 10	Sales and Marketing roles
February 27 New	Online	Armor Anywhere: Protection for Virtual Machines in the Public Cloud  More webcasts	Technical roles
February 27 New	Online	Windows 10 Deployment Masters Community call	Technical roles
February 27	Online	Ask the Experts: Azure Active Directory Domain Services (Level 300)	Technical roles
February 27	Online	Technical Deep Dive on building connected solutions with IoT (Level 300)	Technical roles
February 27 – March 28	Online	Dynamics 365 Accelerate for Operations: Retail (Level 200)	Technical roles
February 28	Online	What's new in Skype for Business (Level 100)	Technical roles
February 28	Community call	Open Source Solutions Partner call: Containers	Technical roles
March 1	Minneapolis, MN	Demo for Dynamics 365 for Sales	Sales Professionals
March 1 New	Online	Learn how to execute a winning Office 365 E5 sales strategy in Healthcare	Sales, Licensing
March 1	Online	Technical Deep Dive on deploying Skype for Business: Defining network requirements for Skype for Business deployment (Level 300)	Technical roles
March 1	Online	Grow, manage and increase business profitability by actively using Azure Internal Use Rights (Level 200)	Technical roles
March 1	Online	MPN 101 Community call: Partner incentives and investments	Technical roles
March 2	Online	Grow, manage and increase business profitability by actively using Enterprise Mobility Suite Internal Use Rights (Level 200)	Technical roles
March 2	Office hours	Marketing SureStep office hours	Marketing
March 2	Community call	Office 365 Partner call: Office 365 Secure Score and Advanced Data Governance	Technical roles
March 2	Online	Technical Deep Dive on Hybrid OneDrive for Business and Sites	Technical roles
March 3	Community call	SMB Partner Insider call – East Region	Business Decision Makers, Practice Leads, Sales, Marketing
March 3	Community call	SMB Partner Insider call – Central Region	Business Decision Makers, Practice Leads, Sales, Marketing
March 3	Community call	SMB Partner Insider call – West Region	Business Decision Makers, Practice Leads, Sales, Marketing
March 3	Online	Introduction to Skype for Business Technical Series: Telecommunications concepts (Level 200)	Technical roles

Week of March 6–10

Date	Location	Course, webcast, or call	Who should attend
March 6–April 10 Registration ends February 24	Online	Cloud + Enterprise University Online: Selling Advanced Analytics C+E University Online schedule	Sales Professionals
March 6–8	Online	Office 365 Cloud Productivity Competency Boot Camp (Level 300)	Technical roles
March 6 New	Online	Archive360: Compliance archive platform built on Microsoft Azure More webcasts	Technical roles
March 7–9 New	Austin, TX	Skype for Business Technical Airlift (Level 300) More cities and events	Technical roles
March 7	Chicago, IL	SMB Live: Maximize your cloud opportunity with hybrid IT More cities and dates	Business Leads, Sales, Marketing, Technical Decision Makers
March 7	Philadelphia, PA	SMB Live: Maximize your cloud opportunity with hybrid IT More cities and dates	Business Leads, Sales, Marketing, Technical Decision Makers
March 7	Online	Introduction to Microsoft Azure Site Recovery and Azure Backup (Level 200)	Technical roles
March 7	Online	Application Development Partner call: Hybrid connectivity	Technical roles
March 7	Online	Introduction to Skype for Business Technical Series: Reference architectures and design (Level 200)	Technical roles
March 7–10 New	Online	Technical Deep Dive: Creating apps for the Intelligent Cloud (Level 200; 3 hours/day)	Technical roles
March 8	Chicago, IL	SMB Live: Microsoft Azure – spec, price, and bid your Microsoft cloud solutions More cities and dates	Business Decision Makers, Technical Decision Makers, Presales Technical, Postsales
March 8	Philadelphia, PA	SMB Live: Microsoft Azure – spec, price, and bid your Microsoft cloud solutions More cities and dates	Business Decision Makers, Technical Decision Makers, Presales Technical, Postsales
March 8	Bellevue, WA	SMB Live: Maximize your cloud opportunity with hybrid IT More cities and dates	Business Leads, Sales, Marketing, Technical Decision Makers
March 8 New	Online	Technical Deep Dive on deploying Skype for Business: Upgrading a Lync Infrastructure to Skype for Business (Level 300)	Technical roles
March 8	Online	Introduction to Microsoft Azure Infrastructure as a Service (Level 200)	Technical roles
March 8	Community call	MPN 101 Community call: New Partner Orientation	Business, Sales
March 8	Online	Microsoft Dynamics 365 Pricing and Licensing	Public Sector, Healthcare, Sales, Licensing
March 9	Bellevue, WA	SMB Live: Microsoft Azure – spec, price, and bid your Microsoft cloud solutions More cities and dates	Business Decision Makers, Technical Decision Makers, Presales Technical, Postsales
March 9	Community call	Azure Infrastructure and Management Partner call: Azure Operations Spotlight	Technical roles
March 9	Online	Ask the Experts: Office 365 Planner and Groups (Level 200)	Technical roles
March 9 New	Online	Partner with SYNNEX to capture the cloud: Business transformation and acceleration workshop introduction	Business Decision Makers, Sales Roles
March 9	Online	Marketing SureStep office hours	Marketing
March 10	Online	Ask the Experts: Windows and Devices Competency Boot Camp (Level 200)	Technical roles
March 10	Online	Introduction to Skype for Business Technical Series: What should I know about upgrading to Skype for Business (Level 200)	Technical roles

Week of March 13–17

Date	Location	Course, webcast, or call	Who should attend
March 12–15 New	Seattle, WA	Dynamics 365 Tech Conference (Level 200 – 400)	Technical roles
March 13–14	Online	Technical Deep Dive: Migrating applications to Azure (Level 300; 3 hours/day)	Technical roles
March 13 New	Online	Riverbed: WAN Optimization, Remote office consolidation, and more  More webcasts	Technical roles
March 14–16 New	Fort Lauderdale, FL	Skype for Business Technical Airlift (Level 300) More cities and dates	Technical roles
March 14	Irvine, CA	SMB Live: Maximize your cloud opportunity with hybrid IT More cities and dates	Business Leads, Sales, Marketing, Technical Decision Makers
March 14–16	Online	Technical Deep Dive: Enterprise Mobility and Security (Level 300; 4 hours/day)	Technical roles
March 14	Community call	Dynamics 365 Partner Community call: Dynamics 365 for Project Services and Field Services	Technical roles
March 14	Online	What's new and highlights for Microsoft Dynamics 365 (Level 200)	Technical roles
March 14	Online	Introduction to Skype for Business Technical Series: Meeting and Video (Level 300)	Technical roles
March 15	Irvine, CA	SMB Live: Microsoft Azure – Spec, price, and bid your Microsoft cloud solutions More cities and dates	Business Decision Makers, Technical Decision Makers, Presales Technical, Postsales
March 15	Hartford, CT	SMB Live: Maximize your cloud opportunity with hybrid IT More cities and dates	Business Leads, Sales, Marketing, Technical Decision Makers
March 15 New	New York, NY	Drumbeat Grow Office 365 Partner Workshop More cities and dates	Sales Professionals
March 15	Online	Technical Deep Dive on deploying Skype for Business: Migrating a Skype for Business Backend Database to SQL AlwaysOn (Level 300)	Technical roles
March 15	Online	Coffee in the Cloud: The Mystery of the Kiosk SKU More partner sales webcasts	Sales Professionals
March 15	Online	Ask the Experts Azure PaaS: Load testing and monitoring with Application Insights (Level 300)	Technical roles
March 16	Hartford, CT	SMB Live: Microsoft Azure – spec, price, and bid your Microsoft cloud solutions More cities and dates	Business Decision Makers, Technical Decision Makers, Presales Technical, Postsales
March 16	Office hours	Marketing SureStep office hours	Marketing
March 16	Community call	ISV and App Builder Partner Community call	Sales Professionals
March 16	Community call	Windows and Devices Partner Community call: Kirby Lake Overview	Technical roles
March 16	Tampa, FL	Demo for Dynamics 365 for Sales	Sales Professionals
March 17	Online	Introduction to Skype for Business Technical Series: Server Core and Voice Improvements (Level 200)	Technical roles

Week of March 20–24

Date	Location	Course, webcast, or call	Who should attend
March 20 – April 18	Online	Dynamics 365 Accelerate for Operations: Financials (Level 200)	Technical roles
March 21 – April 19	Online	Dynamics 365 Accelerate for Operations: Financials (Level 200)	Technical roles
March 20 New	Online	Druva: Heterogeneous SaaS backup, hybrid object storage, and information governance  More webcasts	Technical roles
March 20 New	Online	Technical Deep Dive on Windows 10 Enterprise Subscription in Cloud Solution Provider Program (Level 300)	Technical roles
March 20–22	Online	Technical Deep Dive: Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure (Level 300)	Technical roles
March 21–22 New	San Jose, CA	IoT in Action with Microsoft	Business Decision Makers and Technical Decision Makers
March 21 New	Irvine, CA	Drumbeat Grow Office 365 Partner Workshop More cities and dates	Sales Professionals
March 21	Community call	Data Platform and Advanced Analytics Partner call: Compete	Technical roles
March 21	Online	Enhance your business with Cortana Intelligence Suite (Level 300; 2.5 hours/day)	Technical roles
March 21	Online	Enhance your business with Dynamics 365 for Project Service Automation (Level 300)	Technical roles
March 21	Online	Introduction to Skype for Business Technical Series: Hybrid Deep Dive (Level 300)	Technical roles
March 22	Boston, MA	SMB Live: Maximize your cloud opportunity with hybrid IT More cities and dates	Business Leads, Sales, Marketing, Technical Decision Makers
March 22	Detroit, MI	SMB Live: Maximize your cloud opportunity with hybrid IT More cities and dates	Business Leads, Sales, Marketing, Technical Decision Makers
March 22	Minneapolis, MN	SMB Live: Maximize your cloud opportunity with hybrid IT More cities and dates	Business Leads, Sales, Marketing, Technical Decision Makers
March 22	Los Angeles, CA	SMB Live: Maximize your cloud opportunity with hybrid IT More cities and dates	Business Leads, Sales, Marketing, Technical Decision Makers
March 22	Online	ASfP Roadmap webinar: Microsoft Dynamics 365 (Level 200)	Technical roles
March 22	Online	Technical Deep Dive on deploying Skype for Business: Configure Skype for Business Hybrid and User Migration (Level 300)	Technical roles
March 22	Online	Ask the Experts Azure PaaS: Azure App Services (Level 200)	Technical roles
March 22–24	Online	Technical Deep Dive: Hybrid Cloud Management and Security (Level 300; 3 hours/day)	Technical roles
March 23	Boston, MA	SMB Live: Microsoft Azure – Spec, price, and bid your Microsoft cloud solutions More cities and dates	Business Decision Makers, Technical Decision Makers, Presales Technical, Postsales Technical
March 23	Detroit, MI	SMB Live: Microsoft Azure – Spec, price, and bid your Microsoft cloud solutions More cities and dates	Business Decision Makers, Technical Decision Makers, Presales Technical, Postsales Technical
March 23	Minneapolis, MN	SMB Live: Microsoft Azure – Spec, price, and bid your Microsoft cloud solutions More cities and dates	Business Decision Makers, Technical Decision Makers, Presales Technical, Postsales Technical
March 23	Los Angeles, CA	SMB Live: Microsoft Azure – Spec, price, and bid your Microsoft cloud solutions More cities and dates	Business Decision Makers, Technical Decision Makers, Presales Technical, Postsales Technical
March 23 New	Online	Partner with SYNNEX to capture the cloud: Microsoft cloud security solutions that sell themselves	Business Decision Makers, Sales Management, Sales Professionals
March 23	Community call	Enterprise + Security Partner call: Azure Active Directory Connect	Technical roles
March 24	Online	Ask the Experts: Windows and Devices Competency Boot Camp (Level 200)	Technical roles

Week of March 27–31

Date	Location	Course, webcast, or call	Who should attend
March 27–28	Online	Technical Deep Dive: Windows deployment (Level 300; 3 hours/day)	Technical roles
March 27–28	Online	Technical Deep Dive: Connected solutions with IoT (Level 300)	Technical roles
March 27 New	Online	Rubrik: Backup and recovery rethought – get modern data protection built by hyperscale cloud veterans	Technical roles
March 27	Online	Technical Deep Dive: Cloud Hybrid Storage (Level 300)	Technical roles
March 27	Online	Technical Deep Dive on deploying Skype for Business: Configure Cloud PBX with On-Premises PSTN Connectivity (Level 300)	Technical roles
March 27 New	Online	Windows 10 Deployment Masters	Technical roles
March 28–30 New	Online	Internet of Things (IoT) Virtual Boot Camp (Workshops + hands-on labs)	IT Professionals and Developers
March 28–30 New	Minneapolis, MN	Skype for Business Technical Airlift (Level 300)	Technical roles
March 28	New York, NY	SMB Live: Maximize your cloud opportunity with hybrid IT More cities and dates	Business Leads, Sales, Marketing, Technical Decision Makers
March 28	Indianapolis, IN	SMB Live: Maximize your cloud opportunity with hybrid IT More cities and dates	Business Leads, Sales, Marketing, Technical Decision Makers
March 28	Austin, TX	SMB Live: Maximize your cloud opportunity with hybrid IT More cities and dates	Business Leads, Sales, Marketing, Technical Decision Makers
March 28	San Francisco, CA	SMB Live: Maximize your cloud opportunity with hybrid IT More cities and dates	Business Leads, Sales, Marketing, Technical Decision Makers
March 28	Community call	Open Source Solutions Partner Community call: Infrastructure management tools	Technical roles
March 28	Online	Ask the Experts: Lift and Shift to Azure (Level 300)	Technical roles
March 29 New	Los Angeles, CA	Drumbeat Grow Office 365 Partner Workshop More cities and dates	Sales Professionals
March 29	New York, NY	SMB Live: Microsoft Azure – spec, price, and bid your Microsoft cloud solutions More cities and dates	Business Leads, Sales, Marketing, Technical Decision Makers
March 29	Indianapolis, IN	SMB Live: Microsoft Azure – spec, price, and bid your Microsoft cloud solutions More cities and dates	Business Leads, Sales, Marketing, Technical Decision Makers
March 29	Austin, TX	SMB Live: Microsoft Azure – spec, price, and bid your Microsoft cloud solutions	Business Decision Makers, Technical Decision Makers, Presales Technical, Postsales Technical
March 29	San Francisco, CA	SMB Live: Microsoft Azure – spec, price, and bid your Microsoft cloud solutions More cities and dates	Business Decision Makers, Technical Decision Makers, Presales Technical, Postsales Technical
March 29	Washington DC	SMB Live: Maximize your cloud opportunity with hybrid IT More cities and dates	Business Leads, Sales, Marketing, Technical Decision Makers
March 29 New	Online	Technical Deep Dive on Windows Security	Technical roles
March 29	Online	Enhance your Business with Skype for Business Online Academy (Level 200)	Technical roles
March 30	Washington DC	SMB Live: Microsoft Azure – spec, price, and bid your Microsoft cloud solutions More cities and dates	Business Decision Makers, Technical Decision Makers, Presales Technical, Postsales Technical
March 30 New	Online	Technical Deep Dive on Windows Management (Level 300)	Technical roles
March 30	Community call	Cloud Services Partner Incentives	Technical roles
March 30	Office hours	Marketing SureStep office hours	Marketing
March 31	Online	Technical Deep Dive on deploying Skype for Business: Deploying Conferencing and Skype for Meeting Broadcast (Level 300)	Technical roles

Week of April 3–7

Date	Location	Course, webcast, or call	Who should attend
April 4–6 New	Atlanta, GA	Skype for Business Technical Airlift More cities and dates	Technical roles
April 4–6 New	Iselin, NJ	Skype for Business Technical Airlift More cities and dates	Technical roles
April 4	Nashville, TN	SMB Live: Maximize your cloud opportunity with hybrid IT More cities and dates	Business Leads, Sales, Marketing, Technical Decision Makers
April 4	Omaha, NE	SMB Live: Maximize your cloud opportunity with hybrid IT More cities and dates	Business Leads, Sales, Marketing, Technical Decision Makers
April 4	Denver, CO	SMB Live: Maximize your cloud opportunity with hybrid IT More cities and dates	Business Leads, Sales, Marketing, Technical Decision Makers
April 5	Nashville, TN	SMB Live: Microsoft Azure – spec, price, and bid your Microsoft cloud solutions More cities and dates	Business Decision Makers, Technical Decision Makers, Presales Technical, Postsales Technical
April 5	Omaha, NE	SMB Live: Microsoft Azure – spec, price, and bid your Microsoft cloud solutions More cities and dates	Business Decision Makers, Technical Decision Makers, Presales Technical, Postsales Technical
April 5	Denver, CO	SMB Live: Microsoft Azure – spec, price, and bid your Microsoft cloud solutions More cities and dates	Business Decision Makers, Technical Decision Makers, Presales Technical, Postsales Technical
April 5	Tampa, FL	SMB Live: Maximize your cloud opportunity with hybrid IT More cities and dates	Business Leads, Sales, Marketing, Technical Decision Makers
April 6	Tampa, FL	SMB Live: Microsoft Azure – spec, price, and bid your Microsoft cloud solutions More cities and dates	Business Decision Makers, Technical Decision Makers, Presales Technical, Postsales Technical

Week of April 10–14

Date	Location	Course, webcast, or call	Who should attend
April 11	Atlanta, GA	SMB Live: Maximize your cloud opportunity with hybrid IT More cities and dates	Business Leads, Sales, Marketing, Technical Decision Makers
April 11	Phoenix, AZ	SMB Live: Maximize your cloud opportunity with hybrid IT More cities and dates	Business Leads, Sales, Marketing, Technical Decision Makers
April 12	Atlanta, GA	SMB Live: Microsoft Azure – spec, price, and bid your Microsoft cloud solutions More cities and dates	Business Decision Makers, Technical Decision Makers, Presales Technical, Postsales Technical
April 12	Phoenix, AZ	SMB Live: Microsoft Azure – spec, price, and bid your Microsoft cloud solutions More cities and dates	Business Decision Makers, Technical Decision Makers, Presales Technical, Postsales Technical

Week of April 17–21

Date	Location	Course, webcast, or call	Who should attend
April 19	Online	Coffee in the Cloud: Compete strategies More partner sales webcasts	Sales Professionals
April 19 New	New York, NY	Drumbeat Optimize Office 365 Partner Workshop	Sales Professionals
April 19 New	Irvine, CA	Drumbeat Optimize Office 365 Partner Workshop	Sales Professionals

Week of April 24–28

Date	Location	Course, webcast, or call	Who should attend
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–April 26	Online	Office 365 Cloud Productivity Competency Boot Camp (Level 300)	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

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

• Pre-register for Microsoft Ignite
• Watch 2016 sessions

Microsoft Envision: September 25–29 in Orlando, FL

• Sign up for email updates
• Watch 2016 sessions

Comments

• Anonymous
  February 07, 2017
  Can you review the week of Week of March 20–24, some of the events copied over for the previous week. I just want to make sure the right event get posted.
• Anonymous
  February 07, 2017
  Who is the event contact for questions about the IOT Virtual Bootcamp on March 27-30. I need to ask some questions before I pay. Also, is the event 3 or 4 days. The listing says 27-30 but the event says 28-30. I just need to clarification. Also, Microsoft says that cancellations can happen and there are no refunds. When is the last day I can make payments to get my IOT kit shipped on time?
• Anonymous
  February 07, 2017
  Who is the event contact for questions about the IOT Virtual Bootcamp on March 27-30. I need to ask some questions before I pay. Also, is the event 3 or 4 days. The listing says 27-30 but the event says 28-30. I just need to clarification. Also, Microsoft says that cancellations can happen and there are no refunds. When is the last day I can make payments to get my IOT kit shipped on time?
  • Anonymous
    February 07, 2017
    naplcsup@microsoft.com