The highly anticipated release of the Office 365 E5 suite debuts tomorrow, December 1st. If you have not been following E5 or the new services being launched in Skype for Business please read today’s Office Blog Post, Office 365 brings significant new value to business customers worldwide by Kirk Koenigsbauer, corporate vice-president for Microsoft Office. Kirk first highlights the significant improvement in capability the new services bring to Skype for Business, then hits on the security and analytics enhancements in the suite.
So tomorrow is a big day for Microsoft and our partners, but the question of significance is are you ready to capitalize on it? Over the last several months some of the most common questions I have received from partners are around E5 and are mostly related to the new Skype for Business services.
What do you know about these services?
If your answer is “I know little more than what is mentioned in those bullet points” then I would encourage you to bone up on not only our hosted offering, but the hybrid opportunity as well!
You have a great an opportunity to get up to speed on these new services for free in December!
Skype for Business Online Academy
Learn how to plan for and deploy the new Skype for Business Online Services such as Cloud PBX and PSTN Conferencing, Skype Meeting Broadcast and Hybrid Voice.
The Skype for Business Online Academy is an online webcast series for Microsoft partners providing in-depth technical training on the next release of Skype for Business Online. The training will focus on configuration and deployment of new Skype for Business Online services such as Cloud PBX and PSTN Conferencing, Skype Meeting Broadcast and Hybrid Voice. During the event, partners will also have the opportunity to interact with industry peers and Microsoft Partner Technical Consultants to ask questions and prepare for the new opportunities to deploy the new capabilities of Skype for Business Online.
- Cost: No charge
- Partner Role: Technical Specialist, Presales Technical Specialist
- Content level: 300
Skype for Business Online Academy - Day 1
Thursday, December 17, 2015 10:00 AM-2:00 PM (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
Presenter(s): David Branscome
Agenda: Conferencing. ExpressRoute Enterprise. Voice Foundations
Skype for Business Online Academy - Day 2
Friday, December 18, 2015 10:00 AM-2:00 PM (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
Presenter(s): David Branscome
Agenda: EV Foundations. Hybrid Voice. Skype Meeting Broadcast Deep Dive.
Courses like this usually leverage partner advisory hours! Do not miss this opportunity to educate your technical teams on the new Skype for Business Services.
If you cannot wait or want to have a baseline prior to attending please check out Jeff Stoffel’s post on the Skype for Business Technical Series which has 7 webcasts remaining and runs up until the 16th of December!
Cheers!
Woody
Woody Walton