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Top stories
New posts on the US Partner Community blog
- Azure Migrate: Simplifying VMWare to Azure Migrations
- Learning more about Advanced Support for Microsoft Cloud Partners
- Innovations and opportunities with Microsoft Teams
- Top 4 announcements from Microsoft’s Government Tech Summit
- Azure Cosmos DB
- Join us on April 10 and learn about integrating Dynamics with Azure Cognitive Services and Common Data Service
- The April Partner Insider Call is next Wednesday!
- Learn how technical journeys help build and grow your technical capabilities faster
- Nominate now for MPN Partner of the Year Award for Microsoft Inspire 2018
- Drive consistency with Azure Stack and CSP
- Azure Security and Management – Part 1: Capabilities of Hybrid Cloud
- Open Source Solutions (OSS) March Updates – What you need to know
- 3 Benefits of web content syndication in enhancing the customer experience
- MPN 101: Learn how the Cloud Enablement Desk delivers a guided experience within MPN to accelerate your cloud business
- What’s new in IaaS?
New on demand videos
- MPN 101: Utilizing your internal use licenses
- 3 questions with Faisal Bhutto – Computex
- March 2018 Open Source Solutions Partner Community call: Experience SQL Server on Linux and Docker
- MPN 101 Short: Earning a cloud competency
- March 2018 Applications & Infrastructure Partner Community call: What's new with IaaS
- March 2018 Business Applications Partner Community call about Blockchain
- Microsoft & Women in Partner: March Speaker Series - Glen Combs
- MPN 101: Referrals and Partner Center
- March 2018 Modern Workplace Partner Community Call – Quarterly Update
- MPN 101: New Partner Orientation
- February 2018 Open Source Solutions Partner Community call
- 3 questions with Mike Reinhart – Quisitive
- 2018 Modern Productivity - Security Partner Community call
- MPN 101: Digital Partner of Record
MPN news
- Microsoft Inspire and Microsoft Ready Shared Experiences with Bob Bejan
- The Partner of the Year Awards nomination tool is open now until April 20, 2018
- Leverage the channel ecosystem to create GDPR offers
- Get your first look at our Microsoft Inspire Session Catalog
- Learn about Microsoft Inspire and Ready shared experiences
- Check Point Case Study
- Organizational sustainability: how AI can help partners
- Transforming the business of business
- For women in technology, there are plenty of seats at the table
- Make meaningful connections at Microsoft Inspire
- Driving innovation: see how HIMSS18 partners are shaping healthcare
- Two new GDPR solutions can help you earn incremental revenue
- Why apply for the Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards?
- Don’t miss Microsoft Inspire
- Transforming traditional IT: Part one
- From startup to global partner: An end-to-end experience for ISVs
Partner webinars available this spring
- Azure Cosmos DB Digital Boot Camp Series
- SVP your way to a higher valuation
- ISV & Application Builder Series: Security in the cloud
- ISV & Application Builder Series: Artificial Intelligence
- ISV & Application Builder Series: Blockchain
- Accelerate your Go-to-Market efforts and learn how to get better Office 365 and M365 solutions webinar series
- Accelerate your Go-to-Market efforts and learn how to get better Azure solutions webinar series
- US StepUp "Modern Voice and Collaboration in Office 365” 6-part series
- Cloud Application Development Partner Practice Enablement
- Azure Government boot camp training
- Microsoft Cloud Platform Immersion experiences
- Immersion experience facilitator boot camp training
- Join the Cloud Ready program and grow your cloud practice
- Hot Sheet training schedule
Learning news
- How to prepare for exams that change
- New Microsoft Professional Program (MPP) Tracks
- Take exams by April 30 for a discount of up to 50% off
- A new home for Microsoft subject matter expert database
Upcoming events
- Adobe and Microsoft Partner Cafe: April 17-24
- Digital Innovation Executive Roundtable Events: April 18-26
- SaaS Connect: May 1-2 in San Francisco, CA
- Microsoft Build: May 7-9 in Seattle, WA
- Microsoft Inspire July 15-19 in Las Vegas, Nevada
US Partner Community partner call schedule
Community calls and a regularly updated, comprehensive schedule of partner training courses are listed on the Hot Sheet
- Tuesday, April 17, 10:00 am Pacific Time, Modern Workplace - Security Partner Community call: Azure Advanced Threat Protection Technical Overview
- Wednesday, April 18 at 9:00 am Pacific Time, MPN 101 Community call: Microsoft for Startups
- Friday, April 20, 8:30 am Pacific Time, Applications & Infrastructure Partner Community call: Azure Migrate