ANZ Partner general discussions topics

Episode 005 of Cloud and Hosting Partner Online Meeting starting soon

Philip Meyer — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 00:31:14 GMT

See you online in just over 90 minutes for the fifth episode in the new series.

Content for the meeting is preapproved and available in the Community OneDrive at http://aka.ms/chpom in the folder starting 260224.

Regards, Phil

Episode 002 of the new series of Cloud and Hosting Partner Online Meetings starts in 3 hours

Philip Meyer — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 22:48:14 GMT

I look forward to you joining the second in our new series of Cloud and Hosting Partner Online Meetings. It's starts at 12:30pm Sydney time today, Tuesday November 18. If you don't have the invitation please quickly let me know. Just an email to me, mailto:email address removed for privacy reasons, and I'll send you the registration details.

As you can see the focus is Prepare for Microsoft Ignite and let me warn you ... the "Did You See?" segment is big. There's been plenty of learning and skilling since we last met and I'll do my best to summarize and offer links to records so as to save you time and focus on the most relevant to you and your team.

See you online soon.

Regards, Phil

Episode 001 of the new Series in Cloud & Hosting Partner Online Meetings starts in four hours

Philip Meyer — Mon, 13 Oct 2025 21:58:36 GMT

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 here.

See you online soon.

Regards, Phil

Episode 166 of Microsoft Cloud and Hosting Partners starts in two hours

Philip Meyer — Tue, 08 Jul 2025 00:31:31 GMT

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, Phil

Episode 165 of Cloud and Hosting Partner Online Meeting starting in two hours

PhilipMeyer — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 00:44:13 GMT

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, Phil

Thirty minutes until Episode 164 of Cloud and Hosting Partner Online Meeting

PhilipMeyer — Tue, 06 May 2025 02:05:55 GMT

Hi everyone, just to let you know the next Cloud and Hosting Partner Online Meeting starts in 30 minutes. Attached here are the slides. Our focus for this one will be "50 years of Microsoft" and I'll be bringing a few personal perspectives from my nearly 35 years here.

As usual we'll touch on recent CSP announcements including the new 3 year subscriptions, other industry news, skilling and review some of the webinars and events held of the past month.

See you online soon.

Episode 163 of Microsoft Cloud and Hosting Partner Online Meeting starting soon

PhilipMeyer — Tue, 25 Mar 2025 00:33:30 GMT

Just one hour until our next episode in the Microsoft Cloud and Hosting Partner Online Meeting series. Focus for this month will be "Deliver business impact through sustainability with AI". As usual we'll start with a look at recent news around Commerce and Operations then move to the focus topic. After that we'll look at updates to some recent meetings, News and Events coming in the near future, and summary of webinars in the last month that you may have missed in the segment called "Did You See".

See you online soon and please find here the approved slides for the meeting.

Regards, Phil

Episode 162 of Cloud and Hosting Partner Online Meeting | Tuesday Feb 18, 12:30-1:30 Sydney time

PhilipMeyer — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 01:53:26 GMT

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, Phil

Episode 161 of Microsoft Cloud and Hosting Partner Online Meeting is about to start

PhilipMeyer — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 01:00:25 GMT

Happy New Year everyone and I'm looking forward to seeing many of you all refreshed from the holiday break online shortly. The slides for the meeting are all available here.

See you soon.

Regards, Phil

Microsoft Cloud and Hosting Partner Online Episode 160 Highlights from Ignite, Summary of AI Tour

PhilipMeyer — Tue, 17 Dec 2024 01:22:16 GMT

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, philme

Microsoft AI Partner Training Day, Sydney, December 10, 2024 | Sales Track Slides Now Available Here

PhilipMeyer — Thu, 12 Dec 2024 03:53:58 GMT

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, Phil

Episode 159 Microsoft Cloud and Hosting Partner Online Meeting - Azure AI Agents, News, Did You See

PhilipMeyer — Wed, 13 Nov 2024 00:30:50 GMT

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, Phil

Episode 158 of Microsoft Cloud and Hosting Partner Online Meeting is set for Tuesday October 15

PhilipMeyer — Mon, 14 Oct 2024 06:10:49 GMT

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, Phil

Episode 157 of Microsoft Cloud and Hosting Partner Online Meeting | Tuesday September 17, 2024

PhilipMeyer — Mon, 16 Sep 2024 08:10:04 GMT

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

Action Pack Renewal Notification

BillHind — Mon, 02 Sep 2024 08:55:02 GMT

I recently missed my Action Pack Renewal. This was because I did not receive a specific renewal notification. I did receive 'Action required: Link your Partner Center account to Microsoft billing profile' and 'Partner Center account successfully linked to Microsoft billing profile' emails and although these emails mention this was required before renewal and did give the date by which renewal had to be completed this was some time in the future and was not recorded. It was overlooked because in previous years I had received a specific 'Renewal Email' had been sent. I do feel that a specific email should have been issued.

Slides from Episode 156 of Microsoft Cloud and Hosting Partner Monthly Online Meeting now available

PhilipMeyer — Tue, 20 Aug 2024 19:54:28 GMT

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

Episode 155 | Microsoft Cloud and Hosting Online Meeting | FY25 Priorities, Solutions Areas, News, .

PhilipMeyer — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 02:57:54 GMT

Please find here the content from the July 23 Cloud and Hosting Partner Online Meeting. And if you'd like to be invited please email me, philme@microsoft.com. Regards, Phil

MAPS Excessive Price Increase

Micahsdad1402 — Wed, 12 Jun 2024 00:20:20 GMT

I just renewed my MAPS subscription. As a background I'm a one person organisation.

For many years the price was A$440 inc GST.

This year, the price was over A$710 inc GST. Which is a price increase of over 75%.

I was told this was because now all pricing is based on USD so I'm paying the equivalent of US$400, and that it's not a price increase.

I'm posting this to raise my objection to the exhorbitant price increase, and find out if other people have also been similarly effected.

Microsoft Cloud and Hosting Partner Online Meeting e154 | Highlights from Build, News, Webinars ..

PhilipMeyer — Tue, 11 Jun 2024 04:33:59 GMT

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 post

Tec

ibnmarzuk — Mon, 20 May 2024 12:02:27 GMT

Here are some of the achievements of Microsoft since its emergence:

1. Developed the BASIC programming language for personal computers (1975)

2. Created the Microsoft Windows operating system (1985)

3. Introduced the Microsoft Office software suite (1989)

4. Developed the Internet Explorer web browser (1991)

5. Released the Xbox gaming console (2001)

6. Acquired LinkedIn (2016)

7. Developed the Azure cloud computing platform

8. Released the Microsoft Surface line of tablets and laptops (2012)

9. Developed the HoloLens augmented reality headset (2016)

10. Reached a market capitalization of