April 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

April 7: Windows 10 for Phone in the EnterprisePrepare for the release of Windows 10 with our partner training webcast series. Windows 10 is a significant leap for smartphones and small tablet form factors. Get an overview of our investments for enterprise mobile devices. Windows 10 partner training schedule.   Register	April 8: Cloud Profitability webcast – Cloud business options and adoption rateThe rise of cloud and hybrid cloud services means that partners with more traditional business models must evolve their businesses. The April focus for our weekly Cloud Profitability webcast series is on business models and transition planning. Register
April 10: SMB Partner Insider Calls – East, Central, West regionsJoin your local team for their SMB Partner Insider regional call. Partners attending these calls get a look at what's new and what's next. Register	April 13–17: Partner Practice Enablement – Azure technical trainingThe Partner Practice Enablement Boot Camp training provides you with a technical introduction of Microsoft Azure Active Directory and features, including integration with Windows Server Active Directory. The course also includes common workload scenarios and hands-on training. Register
April 16: Azure Partner Community CallJoin the US Azure Partner community call when each month we’ll look at a specific topic related to Azure and how you can build a practice around it, sell more of it, and implement with success. Read the Azure Partner Community blog series. Register	April 16–17: Office 365 Practice Accelerator for SMBGet an introduction to your Office 365 opportunities, guidance for getting started, and coverage of Office 365 services, including Exchange Online, SharePoint, OneDrive, Yammer, and Lync Online. This Practice Accelerator is offered at no cost to MPN members through June 30. Register for April 16–17 Register for May 21–22 More Office 365 training

This week

Date	Location	Training, Call, or Event	Role
April 18-19	Vancouver, BC	Local Big Data Hackathon	Developers

April 20–24

Date	Location	Training, Call, or Event	Role
April 20	Webcast	Azure Site Recovery Live Demo Series	Technical roles
April 20	Webcast	Ask the Experts: What’s New Planned in Office 365	Business and technical roles
April 21	Reston, VA	The Opportunity with Microsoft Azure	Business roles
April 21	Washington, DC	SMB Live Workshop: Attract Customers, Grow Sales	Business and marketing roles
April 21	Office hours	SMB Cloud Office Hours: Migrating Off W2003 to a Hybrid Azure Environment	SMB Partners
April 21	Webcast	Windows 10 Learning Series: Windows 10 Deployment	Technical and sales roles
April 21	Webcast	Partner Technical Services: Project Lite – Strategize Your Project offerings for Office 365	All roles
April 21	Webcast	First Steps: Dynamics CRM Online – Integration with Exchange Online, Yammer, Lync, and Skype (Day 3)	All roles
April 21	Webcast	Enterprise Mobility Scenario - BYOD in Today's Enterprises	Technical roles
April 21	Webcast	Dynamics CRM Online –  Integration with Exchange Online (Server-Side-Sync) & Integration with Yammer, Lync, Skype	Business and sales roles
April 22	Washington, DC	SMB Live Technical: Modernize with Hybrid Cloud	IT Pros
April 22	Office hours	Windows Apportals office hours	All roles
April 22–23	Webcast	Modern Biz Technical Training for SMB	All roles
April 22	Webcast	Cloud Profitability Webcast: Strategy	All roles
April 22	Webcast	Dynamics Bite Sized – Enriched Business Rules, Business Process Flows and Security Enhancements in Dynamics CRM Online	Technical 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 23	Webcast	Microsoft Virtual Academy: Adding Microsoft Azure Search to Your Websites and Apps	Developers
April 23	Office hours	SMB Marketing SureStep office hours	SMB Partners
April 23	Webcast	Enterprise Mobility Scenario – What’s New in Microsoft Intune	All roles
April 23	Webcast	Build Your Enterprise Knowledge Management System on Office 365 and SharePoint Online	All roles

April 27–May 1

Date	Location	Training, Call, or Event	Role
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 27–28	Webcast	Partner Technical Services: Practice Accelerator – Azure Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)	Technical and Sales roles
April 27	Webcast	Azure Site Recovery Live Demo Series	Technical roles
April 27	Webcast	Partner Technical Experts: Ask the Experts	All roles
April 28	Office hours	SMB Cloud Office Hours: Skype for Business	SMB Partners
April 28	Webcast	Enterprise Mobility Suite Series: Configure Azure Active Directory Premium features	Developers
April 28	Webcast	First Steps: Dynamics CRM Online – Integration with Power BI and Microsoft Social Licensing Overview (Day 4)	All roles
April 28	Webcast	Dynamics Bite Sized – Microsoft Dynamics AX2012 Marketing Management CRM	Technical roles
April 28	Webcast	Enterprise Mobility Scenario – Microsoft Azure Remote App	All roles
April 28	Webcast	Dynamics CRM Online – Integration with Power BI & Microsoft Social Listening Overview	Business and Sales roles
April 28	Webcast	Partner Technical Services: Skype for Business, What’s New?	All roles
April 29	San Francisco, CA	SMB Live Workshop: Attract Customers, Grow Sales	Business and marketing roles
April 29	Office hours	Windows Apportals office hours	All roles
April 29	Webcast	Cloud Profitability Webcast: Service	All roles
April 29	Webcast	Windows Azure MFA Deployment and Configuration On-Premise	All roles
April 30	San Francisco, CA	SMB Live Technical: Modernize with Hybrid Cloud	IT Pros
April 30	Office hours	SMB Marketing SureStep office hours	SMB Partners
April 30	Webcast	Dynamics Bite Sized – Preparing for Microsoft Dynamics AX2012 Certification  Development Session 3 – Part 1	Developers

May schedule

Date	Location	Training, Call, or Event	Role
May 1-3	Chicago, IL	Microsoft Safe Passage Migration Experience	Technical roles
May 4	Webcast	Azure Site Recovery Live Demo Series	Technical roles
May 4-8	Chicago, IL	Microsoft Ignite	All Roles
May 5	Office hours	SMB Cloud Office Hours: Office 365 MEC Demo	SMB Partners
May 5	Webcast	Microsoft Virtual Academy: Exploring Microservices in Docker and Microsoft Azure	Developers
May 6	Office hours	Windows Apportals office hours	All roles
May 6	Webcast	Office 365 Initial Journey: Introduction to Office 365 – Services, Plans and Internal Use Rights	Business and technical roles
May 7	Webcast	Office 365 Partner Community Call	Business, Sales, technical roles
May 8	Webcast	SMB Partner Insider Call Series – East Region	SMB Partners – Business and Sales roles
May 8	Webcast	SMB Partner Insider Call Series – Central Region	SMB Partners – Business and Sales roles
May 8	Webcast	SMB Partner Insider Call Series – West Region	SMB Partners – Business and Sales roles
May 9-10	New York, NY	Local Big Data Hackathon	Developers
May 11	Webcast	Azure Site Recovery Live Demo Series	Technical roles
May 12	Office hours	SMB Cloud Office Hours: Office 365 Business vs. ProPlus	SMB Partners
May 12	Webcast	Enterprise Mobility Suite Series: Better Together: Office 365 and EMS	Developers
May 13	Office hours	Windows Apportals office hours	All roles
May 13	Webcast	Office 365 Initial Journey: How to Perform Your Best Office 365 Demo and Leverage the FastTrack Program	Business and technical roles
May 14	Webcast	Microsoft Virtual Academy: Azure Rights Management Services Core Skills Jump Start	Developers
May 14	Webcast	Microsoft Virtual Academy: Azure Rights Management Services Core Skills Jump Start	Technical roles
May 18	Webcast	Azure Site Recovery Live Demo Series	Technical roles
May 19-21	Webcast	Microsoft Virtual Academy: A Developer's Guide to Windows 10	Developers
May 19	Office hours	SMB Cloud Office Hours: Bring Scale, Agility And Global Access to Your Business Apps with Azure RemoetApp	SMB Partners
May 19	Webcast	Windows 10 Learning Series: Windows 10 Security	All roles
May 20	Webcast	Office 365 Initial Journey:  Exchange Online & Lync Online – Technical Overview	Business and technical roles
May 21	Webcast	US Azure Partner Community Call	Business, sales, technical roles
May 21-22	Webcast	Partner Technical Services: Office 365 Practice Accelerator for SMB	SMB Partners
May 25	Office hours	Azure Site Recovery Live Demo Series	Technical roles
May 26	Office hours	SMB Cloud Office Hours: Yammer, Delve, Sway and Revolve	SMB Partners
May 26	Webcast	Enterprise Mobility Suite Series: Secure Office 365 Apps with Microsoft Intune	Developers
May 27–28	Webcast	Partner Technical Services: Practice Accelerator – Azure Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)	Technical and Sales roles
May 27	Webcast	Office 365 Initial Journey: SharePoint Online Technical Overview and Office 365 Adoption	Business and technical roles
May 30–31	Seattle, WA	Local Big Data Hackathon	Developers

2015 Microsoft events

July 12–16

Orlando, FL

2015 Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference

Comments

• Anonymous
  January 01, 2003
  Very useful information. Thank you.