Welcome to the US Partner Community Hot Sheet, a comprehensive schedule of partner training, webcasts, community calls, and office hours. This post is updated frequently as we learn about new offerings, so you can plan ahead. Looking for product-specific training? Try the links across the top of this blog.
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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.
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Community name |
August calls information |
September calls information |
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Applications & Infrastructure |
No call in August. Look for new schedule soon |
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Azure Government |
No call in August. Look for new schedule soon |
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Business Applications |
No call in August. Look for new schedule soon |
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Cloud Services Partner Incentives |
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Data & Artificial Intelligence (AI) |
No call in August. Look for new schedule soon |
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Marketing SureStep Office Hours |
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Modern Workplace – Productivity |
No call in August. Look for new schedule soon. |
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Modern Workplace – Security |
No call in August. Look for new schedule soon |
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Modern Workplace – Windows & Devices |
No call in August. Look for new schedule soon. |
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MPN 101 |
August 1 - Key takeaways from Microsoft Inspire 2018 August 8 – New Partner Orientation August 29 – Four ways that a competency can help you grow your business |
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Open Source Solutions |
No call in August. Look for new schedule soon |
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Partner Insider |
Week of July 30–August 3
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Date |
Location |
Course, webcast or call |
Who should attend |
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July 30 |
Online |
Introduction to Microsoft 365 Security and Compliance |
Technical roles |
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July 30 |
Online |
Technical roles |
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July 31 |
Online |
Technical roles |
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| August 1 | Community Call | MPN 101: Key takeaways from Microsoft Inspire 2018 | Business, sales and technical roles |
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August 1 |
Online |
Technical roles |
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August 2 |
Seattle, WA |
Technical roles |
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August 2 |
Online |
Technical roles |
Week of August 6–10
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Date |
Location |
Course, webcast or call |
Who should attend |
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August 7 |
Bellevue, WA |
Business and Technical roles |
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August 7 |
Online |
Teams opportunities for the SharePoint partner |
Technical roles |
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August 7 |
Online |
Technical roles |
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August 7 |
Online |
Technical deep dive on migrating to Exchange Online |
Technical roles |
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August 7 |
Online |
Adopting Microsoft 365 control and protect information |
Technical roles |
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August 7 |
Online |
Migrating application databases to Microsoft Azure |
Technical roles |
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August 7 |
Online |
Cortana Intelligence Suite: Big Data Analytics using Data Lake |
Technical roles |
| August 8 |
Community call |
Business roles |
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August 8 |
Community call |
Business, sales and technical roles |
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August 8 |
Irvine, CA |
Technical roles |
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August 8 |
Online |
SharePoint Online: External sharing with SharePoint Online and Partner-facing extranet sites |
Technical roles |
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August 8 |
Online |
Remote Desktop Solutions on Azure |
Technical roles |
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August 8 |
Online |
Introduction to HA/DR Solution in SQL Server 2017 |
Technical roles |
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August 9 |
Chicago, IL |
Technical roles |
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August 9 |
Online |
Enhance your business with Dynamics 365 portals |
Technical roles |
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August 9 |
Online |
Introduction to Exchange Online hybrid deployment fundamentals |
Technical roles |
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August 9 |
Online |
Cortana Intelligence Suite: Azure Data Factory |
Technical roles |
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August 9 |
Online |
Best practices to submit your Add-ins and Apps to Office Store |
Technical roles |
Week of August 13–17
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Date |
Location |
Course, webcast or call |
Who should attend |
| August 13 | Online | Adopting Microsoft 365 Proactive Attack detection and prevention |
Technical roles |
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August 14 |
Atlanta, GA |
Business and Technical roles |
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August 14 |
Edina, MN |
Business and Technical roles |
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August 14 |
Redmond, WA |
Technical roles |
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August 14 |
Online |
Skype for Business Online: Defining network requirements for SfBO |
Technical roles |
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August 14 |
Online |
Technical deep dive on Dynamics 365 for Field Service |
Technical roles |
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August 14 |
Online |
SharePoint Online: Best practices on moving from File Server to SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business |
Technical roles |
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August 14 |
Online |
What's new & highlights in Business Applications |
Technical roles |
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August 14 |
Online |
Cortana Intelligence Suite: Big Data Analytics |
Technical roles |
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August 14 |
Online |
Creating Intelligent Bots with Microsoft Bot Framework |
Technical roles |
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August 15 |
Chicago, IL |
Business and Technical roles |
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August 15 |
Irving, TX |
Business and Technical roles |
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August 15 |
Online |
Cortana Intelligence Suite: Introduction to Cortana Intelligence Suite |
Technical roles |
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August 15 |
Online |
Introduction to Azure IoT Suite |
Technical roles |
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August 16 |
Community Call |
Business, sales and technical roles |
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August 16 |
Bellevue, WA |
Technical roles |
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August 16 |
Cincinnati, OH |
Technical roles |
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August 16 |
Denver, CO |
Technical roles |
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August 16 |
Houston, TX |
Technical roles |
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August 16 |
Indianapolis, IN |
Technical roles |
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August 16 |
Online |
Skype for Business Online: Configuring Skype for Business hybrid and user migration |
Technical roles |
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August 16 |
Online |
Enhance your business with Dynamics 365 PowerApps and Flows |
Technical roles |
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August 16 |
Online |
Introduction to Project Online |
Technical roles |
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August 16 |
Online |
SharePoint Online: Protecting your data in SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business |
Technical roles |
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August 16 |
Online |
Introduction to Power BI |
Technical roles |
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August 16 |
Online |
Getting started with Office 365 App development |
Technical roles |
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August 17 |
Chicago, IL |
Technical roles |
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August 17 |
Edina, MN |
Technical roles |
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August 17 |
Online |
What’s new in Cloud Application development |
Technical roles |
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August 17 |
Online |
Adopting Microsoft 365 regulatory compliance |
Technical roles |
Week of August 20–24
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Date |
Location |
Course, webcast or call |
Who should attend |
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August 21 |
Online |
SharePoint Online: SharePoint 2016 hybrid search |
Technical roles |
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August 21 |
Online |
Ask the Experts on security and compliance |
Technical roles |
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August 22 |
Online |
Creating Apps for the Intelligent Cloud: DevOps in the Cloud |
Technical roles |
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August 22 |
Online |
Building Apps with Microsoft PowerApps and Microsoft Flow |
Technical roles |
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August 23 |
Online |
Technical deep dive on Dynamics 365 with PowerApps |
Technical roles |
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August 23 |
Online |
Technical deep dive on Project Management using Project Online Premium |
Technical roles |
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August 23 |
Online |
Microsoft API Integration for Partner Center CSP |
Technical roles |
Week of August 27–31
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Date |
Location |
Course, webcast or call |
Who should attend |
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August 27 |
Online |
Skype for Business Online: Configuring phone system with on-premises PSTN connectivity using Hybrid |
Technical roles |
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August 28 |
Online |
Creating Apps for the Intelligent Cloud: Microservices & Service Fabric deep dive |
Technical roles |
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August 28 |
Online |
SQL Server security & GDPR |
Technical roles |
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August 29 |
Community call |
MPN 101: Four ways that a competency can help you grow your business |
Business roles |
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August 29 |
Online |
Skype for Business Online: Configuring phone system with on-premises PSTN using Cloud Connector Edition |
Technical roles |
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August 29 |
Online |
Cortana Intelligence Suite: Machine Learning & Cognitive Services |
Technical roles |
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August 30 |
Online |
Introduction to Microsoft 365 deployment |
Technical roles |
Week of September 3–7
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Date |
Location |
Course, webcast or call |
Who should attend |
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September 5 |
Community call |
Business roles |
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September 5 |
Community call |
SMB Partner Insider Community Call |
Business, sales and technical roles |
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September 7 |
Community call |
Data and AI Partner Community Call |
Technical roles |