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Welcome to the Managed Service Provider community
Hello and welcome to our new Managed Service Provider (MSP) Microsoft Community Hub! This community provides you with the latest information and resources to help you grow your managed services practice with Microsoft. We invite you to join the conversation, share your ideas, and engage with other partners to drive innovation and growth. We want to hear about your experience talking to customers about their cloud solutions, navigating the Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program, and building solutions. If you missed our digital MSP Summit, you can watch the event here. Let us know if you have any questions about what we covered, and what you would like to see in the future!
Looking to Expand your MSP Practice with Security?
Here are some resources to help you grow your MSP practice with Microsoft Security. Let us know if these are helpful? Any particular content that would be especially valuable? Review the resources to build and grow your security practice. Get GTM and technical guidance to expand you MSP Practice with M365. On-Demand Webinar Series Accelerate building your solution and GTM of your Microsoft security practice. Download Security Toolkit Watch the Inaugural MSP Summit On Demand view the Summit on demand hereSolution Partner Designation Feedback
One theme that came out of our virtual summit was feedback on changes to the Microsoft AI Partner Program, particularly around solution partner designations. We want to hear feedback on the program requirements and benefits that we can take back to our MAICPP team. If you would like to share your feedback, please fill out this survey, and feel free to add comments to the thread below!
Looking for meetups for Brian Levine from Finchloom while attending Ignite in Chicago NOV 2024
Hello, Americas partners! We are sending our Senior Partner Brian Levine to Ignite this year in Chicago in November 2024 to represent Finchloom - a 100% Microsoft Only partner based in Los Angeles, CA. We are looking for ideas to partner with another firm to grow our business. It has to be complimentary so we can help each other. We do Azure Infrastructure, Modern Work (Including), and Security. And our focus is on Design/Deploy, Manage/Support, and Train/Adopt with commercial customers in the USA sized 50-5000. We are DIRECT CSP. Some of the things we are thinking about: * MORE CSP - we are Direct CSP and Experts and we can handle more! are you just a sales team and you need a provisioning partner? we have an affiliate program and we do the billing and support and the heavy lifting. you just sell it. * VMWare to Azure - Do you have a lot of customers who have VMWare and are looking for a way to move it to Azure so they don't have to buy more hardware? * SECURITY - partnering with a company who has a lot of Crowdstrike (or other EDR) customers that need help changing to Defender XDR and Sentinel SIEM * COPILOT ADOPTION - looking for a company who needs help getting users to adopt Copilot company-wide with proven adoption strategies using science and human psychology that want to use M365 Copilot to improve department process and knowledge and upskill employees (employee transformation) If you have any of those needs, let's get a meeting setup with Brian Levine while you are at Ignite so you can explore the possibilities! Thanks! jim
MSP Community Calls - August session
Join Us for Microsoft’s Monthly MSP Community Calls on Tuesday, August 13, 2024, 9:00 – 9:30 AM where you’ll learn about MSP-relevant advances from our products to MSP management tools to licensing. If you are looking to grow SMB/CSP business this is where you will hear how to capitalize on momentum with Microsoft. The August MSP Community Call will cover some FY’25 investments, Managed Security Services made easy via partnerships and new features in Copilot for M365. Register now!Introducing the podcast – No Slides Attached: AI Stories with Microsoft Partners
On July 10, we launched an exciting new podcast series crafted for Microsoft partners who are eager to gain insights, learnings, and inspiration from industry leaders and peers. Click here to learn more! Why tune in? No Slides Attached features meaningful conversations that combine the expertise of Microsoft leaders and inspiring stories from our partners. Explore the latest technologies. Season 1 is all about Microsoft Copilot—your everyday AI companion. Listen to success stories directly from other Microsoft partners. Join the conversation through our LinkedIn Community. Take a break Need a breather from all the emails, meetings, and presentations? Our hosts, Helane Cohen and Fede Pacheco, will look to connect with you on the go. Subscribe today to listen wherever you get your favorite podcasts: YouTube* | Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | RSS *With closed captions in Spanish, Portuguese, and French.
Boost Your Hybrid Cloud Profits with Microsoft! 🚀
Explore the innovative solutions and strategies that are helping CSP partners integrate their on-premises solutions with the benefits of #Azure. Reserve your spot now and be part of the future of cloud hosting! In this exclusive webinar, you’ll gain insights from CTO Tony Surma as he shares his knowledge on capitalizing on the latest cloud hosting opportunities. Register at aka.ms/HostingLive. Agenda: Navigating Hybrid Solutions like Azure Arc (live demo included!) Cost Management using Azure Stack and Azure VMware Solution. Expert Guidance from our Datacenter Optimization teamJoin us! Attend the Microsoft AI Cloud Summit for SMB Partners - March 19-21 in Redmond, WA
This is a great opportunity for Managed Service Providers to connect, in-person, with Microsoft SMB and Partner stakeholders! Microsoft Events - Microsoft AI Cloud Summit for SMB Partners With the recent announcement of Microsoft 365 Copilot availability for CSP, customers will be looking for recommendation and implementation support. We will have a special track on the Copilot opportunity with sales training and a special SMB Masters training on Copilot on Thursday. Who should attend? Microsoft partners that primarily sell to SMB customers who are looking to expand their Managed Services offerings through Security, Azure, and Copilot solutions. We will have business and technical tracks available for attendees. Looking forward!Copilot for Microsoft 365 now generally available!
Copilot for Microsoft 365 is now available to transact through Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) partners! Copilot for Microsoft 365 is a major opportunity for partners in this new era of AI. For information, guidance, marketing content, and bootcamps available to support our partners see: announcement. To give customers of all sizes access to Copilot, Microsoft announced that the minimum seat purchase requirement has been removed and that customers with Office 365 E3 and E5 can now purchase Copilot for Microsoft 365. More details: January 2024 announcements - Partner Center announcements | Microsoft Learn
