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Welcome to our new Hub for ANZ partners!
Welcome to our new discussion hub for Australian and New Zealand partners! This hub is designed to bring partners together on both a global and local scale, streamlining your access to key content, subject matter experts and networking opportunities with other partners. We’re delighted that you’re here and we encourage you to explore the various ANZ discussion boards, as well as the global partner conversations and resources.Microsoft Cloud and Hosting Partner Online Episode 160 Highlights from Ignite, Summary of AI Tour
Hi everyone, we're starting our December call in about 10 minutes so sharing the slides here for you to follow along. Certainly been a busy couple of weeks and I, for one, am looking forward to the holiday season. Regards, philmeMicrosoft AI Partner Training Day, Sydney, December 10, 2024 | Sales Track Slides Now Available Here
Thanks to so many of you for attending the Microsoft AI Partner Training Day on Tuesday December 10. I really enjoyed the conversations we had. Please find here the content from the Sales Track with a huge thanks to Rohit Lakhanpal, Roan Kang, Sharlie Raymond, Natasha Fenton, Jaron Cohen, Jordan Hennessey, Arabella Mason and Vanessa Sorenson for taking the stage and sharing thoughts and insights. Have a wonderful holiday season and I do hope to see many of you online for the next "Microsoft Cloud and Hosting Partner Meeting" set for Tuesday, December 17, 12:30-1:30 Sydney time. Regards, PhilEpisode 159 Microsoft Cloud and Hosting Partner Online Meeting - Azure AI Agents, News, Did You See
I look forward to seeing you online in five hours for our 159th episode of the Cloud and Hosting Partner Online Meeting. Feature topic for today is "Azure AI Agents" to be presented in a panel format. Panelists will be our GPS "Agents of AI" - Abby, Daniel and Dean. We'll also cover recent Commerce and Operations Updates; News and Webinars; Did you see - a summary of some events you may have missed and Skilling. I'll also offer a glimpse of some news to be public on November 12 USA time. Slides for the session are here so you can follow along. If you haven't registered it's not too late. Just click HERE. See you online soon. Regards, PhilSlides from Episode 156 of Microsoft Cloud and Hosting Partner Monthly Online Meeting now available
Hi everyone, please find here the content from the Cloud and Hosting Partner Online Meeting held on Tuesday August 20. In the session we covered highlights from various Commerce and Operations webinars held over the past 30 days, a discussion on questions raised last meeting and via the online form in segment called "Menagerie", some of the changes in content from past meetings, general news in the last month, and some of the recent and forthcoming Skilling opportunities. Enjoy the content and to those that joined in person ... thank you. Regards, Phil
Solution partner Attainment
Just interested to know if anyone else finds this program challenging. Just got off a session with Microsoft and from what we reviewed in our Partner portal, this is close to impossible to achieve. Microsoft are very out of touch and seem more interested in growth than development. Complete waste of our time.
Microsoft Inspire - Session recommendations for ANZ Bus Apps partners
As always, our flagship partner event Microsoft Inspire, from 19 – 21 July 2023, will be jam packed with impactful sessions to showcase what’s coming up in FY24 and to help you grow your business. The Session Scheduler is available now so you can start adding sessions to your calendar. To help our ANZ Business Applications partners make the most of the event, we’ve curated a list of our recommended session for below. In good news for our timezone, lots of sessions will be run on-demand so you can listen when suits you. Where sessions are at a specific time, we have linked to the ANZ friendly times where possible - however we recommend you still add the 3 - 7am sessions to your schedule, as they will go on-demand shortly after. Keynotes - don't miss! Inspire Keynote with Satya Nadella – Wed 19 July @ 11 – 12:25pm ANZ Local Connection – Wed 19 July @ 2 – 2.30pm Business Applications Partnering to power AI transformation with the Microsoft Cloud – Wed 19 July @ 3:15 – 3:35am Help your customers grow with the new era of AI powered Business Applications Wed 19 July 4:25 – 4:45am + Expert Q&A session 4:55 – 5:25am Accelerate and scale innovation with AI and the Power Platform – Wed 19 July @ 5:35 – 5:55am + Expert Q&A session 6:05 – 6:35am A new offering to move to the cloud to unlock AI guided productivity – on demand Capitalize on fast growing Business Applications SMB opportunity – on demand Capitalize on the Business Applications partner opportunity with MCPP – on demand Partner Incentives Accelerate customer success with partner incentives Wed 19 July @ 6:45 – 7:05am + Expert Q&A session – 7:15 – 7:45am Making the most of partnering with Microsoft Microsoft Cloud Partner Program: The road ahead – Wed 19 July @ 3:15 – 3:35am + Expert Q&A session 3:45 – 4:15am How Solutions & Services partners can seize the AI Opportunity – Wed 19 July @ 5:35 – 5:55am Power partnerships: Maximizing profitability with Cosell GTM solutions – Thurs 20 July @ 5:00 – 5:30am Maximize Cloud Growth with GSI & Advisory Partners – Wed 19 July @ 6:45 – 7:05am How to make partnering a core strategy for success (P2P) – Thurs 20 July @ 2:45 – 3:15am Enhancing Profitability and Growth, from Enterprise to SMB – on demand Differentiate your services with the Microsoft Cloud Partner Program – on demand Cloud Partner Program: Win deals by co-selling your services – on demand Increase customer outcomes through enablement (skilling) – on demand Optimize your Microsoft Cloud Partner Program Go-To-Market benefits – on demand 10-Step Master Class on Microsoft Partner Center by The Partner Masters – on demand Other interesting session Nonprofit - A Key Differentiator and Growth Lever for Your Business APAC – Thur 20 July 12:30 – 1:00pm Lead accessible digital transformation with a horizons strategy – on demand We look forward to [virtually] seeing you there!Microsoft Cloud and Hosting Partner Online Meeting e154 | Highlights from Build, News, Webinars ..
Join us in 20 minutes for Episode 154 in the Microsoft Cloud and Hosting Partner Online Meeting series. This month we summarize recent news and announcements around CSP, Incentives and Partner Center; look at Highlights from Build; Summarize some of the recent industry news and webinars; and consider some of the forthcoming Sales, Pre-sales and Technical Training. Content for the Online Meeting is pre-published here. See you online soon. Regards, Phil PS: I've just added the slides presented to this postEpisode 152 of Microsoft Cloud and Hosting Partner Online Meeting
Hi everyone, I look forward to having many of you join the meeting tomorrow, Tuesday March 19, 1:00pm Sydney time. The topics for the meeting are Commerce and Operations Updates Building a Copilot : a conversation with four Cloud Specialists around Azure Open AI, Copilot Studio, pro-code, low-code Updates from Past Meetings News and Events, and Technical Readiness and Skilling Slides for the meeting are here along with other files referenced in the meeting. See you online soon and if you don't have the meeting in your calendar just send me, philme@microsoft.com an email and ask to be added. Happy to do it. Regards, Phil
Introducing the SMB Assessment Desk
With 71 Million SMB organisations across Asia, Microsoft has launched a new SMB Assessment Desk that has been designed to provide more customers with: Rapid Security Assessment - a holistic security assessment via CSAT Quickscan, providing actionable recommendations on security improvements to drive M365 and Azure security consumption Azure Express - a comprehensive server migration assessment via Azure Migrate/RV Tools and AMA Workbook, providing recommendations on migrating current on-premises and cloud environments to Azure IaaS and PaaS solutions. Partners can leverage this service to provide their customers with a holistic security assessment via CSAT Quickscan, providing actionable recommendations on security improvements to drive M365 and Azure security consumption. If your customer has more than 30 endpoints you can leverage the desk to run the assessment for you and support you in presenting the findings. Request support here Solution Assessment Program (microsoft.com) In the attached folder you can download a summary presentation on the desk and some assets you can use with your customers including a flyer and a sample report. We've also included a document on our tool requirements.Just a fortnight until the next Microsoft Cloud and Hosting Partner Online Meeting - Episode 147
The next episode of our monthly Microsoft Cloud and Hosting Partner Online Meeting is set for Wednesday October 18 at 10:00am Perth time, 1:00pm Sydney time and 3:00pm Auckland time. The agenda for this episode is: Commerce and Operations Updates A summary of insights gained from various forums and community calls such as the CSP Partner Community Q&A Call, CSP Technical Training : Security Office Hours and Licensing Updates by Licensing School. Summary of FY24 ANZ Incentives In early August a series of four one-hour webinars were run outlining the various incentives and programs for Microsoft ANZ Partners in FY24. This will be a 20-minute summary of those webinars and we’ll aim on hitting the high notes from each. 30 days in 30 seconds A quick review of industry and Microsoft announcements, research, and other public information relevant to the Cloud and Hosted Service Provider community. News, views and venues Summary of news in the Hosting and Cloud Industry, some perspectives on those announcements, places you can go to get more updates, information and guidance on delivery of Cloud and Hosting services, and news around the Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program and associated services to help build an even more effective partnership. Training, Learning and Readiness A chance to look at events, training, webinars, case studies and architectures to help with readiness across sales, pre-sales, marketing and technical staff in your business. If you'd like to be invited just send me, philme@microsoft.com, an email. Regards, Phil Partner Technology Strategist | Microsoft Australia and New ZealandEpisode 145 of Microsoft Cloud and Hosting Partner Online Meeting is set for July 26
Hi, I hope you can join us for Episode 145 of the Microsoft Cloud and Hosting Partner Online Meeting. The agenda for this month is FY24 Licensing Updates and summary of the CSP Spotlight, Licensing Updates and CSP Technical Training calls Review of the "Introducing Microsoft 365 Copilot" webinar Highlights from Microsoft Inspire News, Views and Venues : a look at recent and forthcoming news and events Training and Readiness : options for technical training plus hints and tips If you'd like to receive an invitation to the monthly online meetings just email me, philme@microsoft.com. I hope to see you online on July 26, noon Sydney time, and 2:00pm Auckland time. Regards, Phil Microsoft Partner Technology StrategistEpisode 001 of the new Series in Cloud & Hosting Partner Online Meetings starts in four hours
Hi, yes, after 17 years and 166 episodes of the Cloud & Hosting Partner Online Meeting we have a reset, a restart, a rewire, a new chapter. As many of you know I took redundancy from Microsoft about 2 months ago and nothing can hold me back from wanting to help the Microsoft Partner Community. "I'm back" 😎. In just four hours from now we start with Episode 001 of the new series and here is the agenda It's not too late to register. Just click https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/4a9991d2-4d76-4c73-b02a-ec3d010d6305@3f10d240-96cd-405f-8075-e66a8c526be5. See you online soon. Regards, PhilEpisode 166 of Microsoft Cloud and Hosting Partners starts in two hours
Hi, just to let you know the next episode of the Microsoft Cloud and Hosting Partner online meetings will start at 12:30 Sydney time today. Todays session is one I'm really looking forward to as the focus is "Dynamics Contact Center" to be presented by Josh Burgess. To me Dynamics Contact Center embodies so much of the Microsoft story ... Modern Work, Teams, Dynamics, Azure, Agents and 3rd party technologies too. And moreover offers an incredible opportunity for Microsoft Partners to help customers with Customer Service with omni-channel capabilities linked to current Customer systems and accelerated with Copilot AI. If you don't have the invitation please send me, mailto:email address removed for privacy reasons an email. The pre-approved content for the meeting is available in the Community OneDrive http://aka.ms/chpom to download. See you online soon. Regards, PhilEpisode 165 of Cloud and Hosting Partner Online Meeting starting in two hours
Just two hours until the start of the next Cloud and Hosting Partner Online Meeting. Tuesday June 3, 12:30-1:30pm Sydney time. This meeting will cover the May 1 Partner Announcements, a review of other updates to Commerce and Operations, and a feature focus on "Highlights from Microsoft Build". I've also adding in, last minute, a quick look at the latest Sustainability Report from Microsoft. And as usual we'll cover recent Industry News, look at some forthcoming events and review what you might have missed. To register just click here. Attached here are the slides so you can follow along. These meetings are not recorded and are quite conversational. I hope to see you online soon. Regards, PhilEpisode 162 of Cloud and Hosting Partner Online Meeting | Tuesday Feb 18, 12:30-1:30 Sydney time
Tomorrow is episode 162 of the Microsoft Cloud and Hosting Partner Online Meetings and we have a feature topic "The Future of Hybrid Cloud Partners" to be shared by Dean Corcoran, Regional Technology Strategist for Hybrid Cloud and Data Centre Optimization. Full agenda is Commerce and Operations Update Updates from Past Meetings The Future of Hybrid Cloud Partners by Dean 30 Days in 30 Seconds which is a look at recent news items News, Views and Venues looks more deeply at some of the significant announcements and events Skilling, Training and Readiness covering options for education of Sales, Pre-sales and Technical staff Did You See seeks to summarize some of the skilling events in the past month Please join us online for the one hour Teams meeting. If you don't have an invitation just send me, philme@microsoft.com, an email. Also, please note these sessions are not recorded and using any recording apps will be removed from the meeting. Join the meeting to understand why. Content for the meeting is available here. Regards, PhilEpisode 158 of Microsoft Cloud and Hosting Partner Online Meeting is set for Tuesday October 15
Running a risk here publishing the approved slides early so you have a chance to review and use them to follow along tomorrow, Tuesday October 15 at 12:30pm Sydney time. Last time I did so it was an "Epic Fail" as on the very morning of the Online Meeting the Microsoft 365 Copilot Wave 2 capabilities were released. Oh well ... taking a risk is investing in excitement 😃 The feature topic for this meeting will be "Update on Azure Virtual Desktop" to be presented by Lourens Van Dyk, Partner Solutions Architect for Azure Core Infrastructure. As usually we'll also look at recent updates to the Commerce and Operations; general business and technology announcements; forthcoming events; and skilling. Please find attached to this post the slides for the meeting and if you are not already registered it's not too late. Just click here. I hope to see you online tomorrow. Regards, PhilEpisode 157 of Microsoft Cloud and Hosting Partner Online Meeting | Tuesday September 17, 2024
I'm looking forward to seeing you online on Tuesday September 17 from 12:30pm Sydney time for the 157th episode of the Microsoft Cloud and Hosting Partner Online Meeting. If you haven't registered yet it's not too late. Simply click here for details, the agenda and to register. Attached here are the slides we'll cover so you can "follow the bouncing ball" as we cover the usual topics of Commerce and Operations Updates, the feature topic "A Tour of Microsoft Entra Suite", News, Views, Venues; Did You See; and Technical Updates. Have a good evening. Regards, Phil
