Swiss DCs Regular Partner Update Calls - FY23

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You have missed one of our Swiss DCs Regular Partner Update Calls? Please find below all resources such as presentation slides and recordings. 

During these calls, we cover a variety of topics:

• New Public Customer Stories
• Azure
• Microsoft 365
• Dynamics 365
• Windows 365
• Compliance & Resources

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Please find attached the pdf slides and recording from our partner Swiss DCs update call on April 28th, 2023. Main info covered:

New Public Customer Stories

• University Clinic Balgrist using Microsoft cloud and Swiss DCs
• Kantonsspital Graubünden PoC with their clinical information system on Azure
• Private bank Mirabaud relying on the Microsoft cloud with Azure and M365 in Swiss DCs

Azure

• Please approach me if your customers have a need for further workloads in Swiss DCs

Microsoft 365

• Re-iterating the last free M365 move opt-in possibility with deadline April 30 2023 - just two more days to go
• If a customer misses this last free opt-in window and wants to get specific M365 data moved to Swiss DCs later, there will be NO further move exceptions and a fee applies. The add-on has a list price of 2 USD per user per month as an ongoing license – not a one-time move fee.

[#3]

Please find attached the pdf slides and recording from our partner Swiss DCs update call on March 24th, 2023. Main info covered:

New Public Customer Stories

• Netzwoche / ICTJournal article on Swiss Fed Government adopting Microsoft 365
• Netzwoche article about canton St. Gallen moving to Microsoft 365

Azure

• Update on some future workloads

Microsoft 365

• Re-iterating the last free M365 move opt-in possibility with deadline April 30 2023
• If a customer misses this last free opt-in window and wants to get specific M365 data moved to Swiss DCs later, there will be NO further move exceptions and a fee applies. The add-on has a list price of 2 USD per user per month as an ongoing license – not a one-time move fee.

Dynamics 365

• Voice Channel in Omnichannel for D365 Customer Service: private preview enabled for Switzerland
• D365 Human Resources now also available in Swiss DCs
• GoLocal DCs Biz Apps Feature Parity List available

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Please find attached the pdf slides and recording from our partner Swiss DCs update call on January 27th, 2023. Main info covered:

New Public Customer Stories

• Inside IT article on city of Bülach moving to M365
• ICTJournal article on Migros Online using Azure
• Hint to Swiss DC stories on the Microsoft Switzerland news portal

Azure

• Azure Container Apps available in one zone in Switzerland North
• Azure IoT Hub available in Switzerland North (all zones) and Switzerland West
• Azure Data Factory available in Switzerland West (was in North before)

Microsoft 365

• Re-iterating the last free M365 move opt-in possibility with deadline April 30 2023
• If a customer misses this last free opt-in window and wants to get specific M365 data moved to Swiss DCs later, there will be NO further move exceptions and a fee applies. The add-on has a list price of 2 USD per user per month as an ongoing license – not a one-time move fee.

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Please find attached the pdf slides and recording from our partner Swiss DCs update call on December 16th, 2022. Main info covered:

New Public Customer Stories in Swiss DCs

• SWICA using Azure Synapse Analytics and Power BI
• Digital Private Bank Alpian, together with Temenos - core banking system on Azure

Azure

• Azure Ultra Disks available in Switzerland North
• New AMD-based VM series available in Switzerland North: Dasv5 and Dadsv5-series, Easv5 and Eadsv5-series

Microsoft 365

• Until April 30 2023, there is a new and the final opt-in window to have specific M365 data moved to Swiss DCs (within 24 months, starting May 2023).
• If a customer misses this last free opt-in window and wants to get specific M365 data moved to Swiss DCs later, there will be NO further move exceptions and a fee applies. The add-on has a list price of 2 USD per user per month as an ongoing license – not a one-time move fee.
• No impact currently known for customers who already got moved to Swiss DCs. In the future, local data residency for certain M365 workloads may only be guaranteed if customers purchase the add-on.
• Education Tenants do not receive another free move opt-in, while their add-on fee is greatly reduced.
• Call to Action:
  • Prevent a potentially negative experience: ​have the move conversation with your customers as soon as possible​ (except Education tenants)
  • Take an active and informed decision on opting in (the opt-in cannot be reversed)
  • Opt-in BEFORE April 30st 2023 (either customers themselves in M365 Admin Center or eligible partners in Partner Center)
  • See also the further resources as shared in a separate partner zone post in November.

Dynamics 365

• F&SCM microservice Planning Optimization now available with local data residency in Switzerland

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Please find attached the pdf slides and recording from our partner Swiss DCs update call on October 28th, 2022. Main info covered:

New Public Customer Stories

• UBS enhanced partnership, also mentioning confidential computing in Swiss DC
• Roche and Ringier with confidential computing in Swiss DC

New Resources

• Report from Swiss Federal Government about legal frame of public cloud in Federal Administration
• Podcast on Lawful Access

Azure

• Azure DNS Private Resolver in Switzerland North
• Azure Database for PostgreSQL: Hyperscale (Citus) in Switzerland West (was in North before)
  (renamed to Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL)
• SAP launched Business Technology Platform BTP in Azure Switzerland, SAP Analytics Cloud SAC and SuccessFactors coming up next

Microsoft 365

• From Nov 1 2022 – April 30 2023, there is a new and the final opt-in window to have specific M365 data moved to Swiss DCs within 24 months starting May 2023.
• If a customer misses this last free opt-in window and wants to get specific M365 data moved to Swiss DCs later, there will be NO further move exceptions and a fee applies. The add-on has a list price of 2 USD per user per month as an ongoing license – not a one-time move fee.
• No impact currently known for customers who already got moved to Swiss DCs. In the future, local data residency for certain M365 workloads may only be guaranteed if customers purchase the add-on.
• Education Tenants do not receive another free move opt-in, while their add-on fee is greatly reduced.
• Further resources will be shared in a separate partner zone post in November.

Dynamics 365

• Real-Time Marketing / Customer Journey Onboarding now available with local data residency in Switzerland.

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Please find attached the pdf slides and recording from our partner Swiss DCs update call on September 23rd, 2022. Main info covered:

New Public Case

• City of Zurich - doesn't mention a specific cloud provider, still another very strong signal in the market
• In particular important as city council enables broad public cloud usage in the various departments without fundamental political decisions in each case any longer - see pdf for details

New Resources

• New Microsoft Switzerland page with consolidated resources for healthcare

Azure

• First AMD VMs in Swiss DCs: Lasv3 VMs in Switzerland North, storage-optimized VMs allowing greater IOPS and throughput
• App Configuration in Switzerland West (was in North before)

Windows 365

• Windows 365 now generally available in Switzerland North (using Availability Zones)

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Please find attached the pdf slides from our partner Swiss DCs update call on August 26th, 2022. The recording cannot be shared this time, as it exceeds the max file size. 

Main info covered today:

New Public References for Swiss DCs

• International Committee of the Red Cross ICRC for D365 and Power Platform
• Schaffner for M365
• Luzerner Kantonsspital for Power Platform

New Compliance Resources

• Excellent new resources from David Rosenthal: "CLOUD Act bible" and M365 guidelines for Swiss hospitals
• M365 cloud design paper now available on http://aka.ms/PublicSectorCH

Azure

• Azure Spring Apps in Switzerland North
• All Functions SKUs except Linux Consumption in Switzerland West (was already in North
  before)
• Azure Stack Edge: Azure Data Box Gateway in Switzerland West (was already in North before)

Microsoft 365 and Windows 365

• Update on M365 move progress to Swiss DCs: all SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business tenants now moved (if opted-in per earlier deadline)
• Windows 365 now available as managed access in Swiss DCs, expecting general availability later in September as target date per current plan (info under NDA)

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Please find attached the pdf slides and recording from Friday's partner Swiss DCs update call. Main info covered:

New Public Customer Stories

• PwC Switzerland using Azure, M365 and security solutions 
• Vaudoise extending the partnership with Azure, M365 and D365 in Swiss DCs

Azure

• Arc-enabled Kubernetes now GA in Switzerland North
• Azure Virtual Network Manager in Switzerland North and West
• Ultra Disks now available in 2 AZs in Switzerland North – under NDA: 3rd AZ also planned
• Azure Web PubSub in Switzerland West (already available in North before)
• Azure SignalR in Switzerland West (already available in North before)
• Update Management Center now deployed for Arc-enabled servers in Switzerland North
• Dynatrace SaaS exclusively on Azure in Switzerland with local data residency
• Azure VMware Solution AVS – NDA updates
• Please approach me if your customers have a need for further workloads in Swiss DCs

Dynamics 365

• Push Notifications in D365 Marketing enabled as a private preview with June
  release, send us an organization ID to unlock the push notification feature

Next Calls

•  After four years monthly calls, switching cadence to one call per quarter
• Next call will be end of September
• Will send new invite to participants who joined at least
  one call in the last 12 months