Join the Fabric Partner Community for this Week's Fabric Engineering Connection calls!
Are you a Microsoft Partnerthat is interested in data and analytics? Be sure to join us for this week's Fabric Engineering Connection call, now offered at two different times! 🎉 Tamer Farag will be joining both calls to discuss the latest and greatest related to partner offerings and updates, including certifications, Fabric Featured Partners, trainings, incentives, and more. The Fabric Engineering Connection call taking place Wednesday, January 15, from 8-9 am PST. The APAC Fabric Engineering Connection call taking place Thursday, January 16, from 1-2 am UTC/Wednesday, January 15, from 5-6 pm PST. This is your opportunity to learn more, ask questions, and provide feedback.To join the call, you must be a member of the Fabric Partner Community Teams channel.To join, complete the participation form athttps://aka.ms/JoinFabricPartnerCommunity. We can't wait to see you this week!Join the Fabric Partner Community for this Week's Fabric Engineering Connection!
Join us this Wednesday, October 30, from 8-9 AM PT for the weekly partner community call, Fabric Engineering Connection!This week's call will feature presentations on Admin & Security from Varun Jain and Rick Xu, followed by Data Protection with Anton Fritz. The Fabric Engineering Connection is a weekly call held in the Fabric Partner Community Teams Channel exclusively for partners. Hear directly from Fabric product engineering teams about upcoming features, ask questions, and provide feedback. To join these calls (as well as watch recordings of previous calls), please join the Fabric Partner Community Teams Channel by completing the participation form athttps://aka.ms/JoinFabricPartnerCommunity.Fabric Analyst in a Day (FAIAD) TTT for Partners: Register today!
Two Train the Trainer events have been scheduled for the following dates: Oct 30Fabric Analyst in a Day TTT - Americas Dec 13Fabric Analyst in a Day TTT - EMEA These sessions will be delivered by Pragmatic Works Training. Whether you are a new partner that wants to learn more about FAIAD, have additional trainers that you'd like to ramp up on FAIAD, or if you're an existing partner that wants a refresher, we encourage you to sign up today! Please note that all registrations start out in pending, and you should expect a confirmation within a few days. Thank you!Join the Fabric Partner Community for this Week's Fabric Engineering Connection!
Join us this Wednesday, September 11, from 8-9 AM PT for the weekly partner community call, Fabric Engineering Connection! This week's call will feature presentations on Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence from Joanna Podgoetsky, Sujata Narayana, and Amanda Rivera. The Fabric Engineering Connection is a weekly call held in the Fabric Partner Community Teams Channel exclusively for partners. Hear directly from Fabric product engineering teams about upcoming features, ask questions, and provide feedback. To join these calls (as well as watch recordings of previous calls), please join the Fabric Partner Community Teams Channel by completing the participation form athttps://aka.ms/JoinFabricPartnerCommunity.Join us for the FY25 Fabric Engineering Connection Kick Off Call!
Summer is officially over and fall is in the air. Though we are sad to see it go, we are also excited because this means our weekly partner community call, Fabric Engineering Connection, will begin again! Be sure to join us tomorrow, September 4, from 8-9 am PT asTamerFarag, Fabric Partner Ecosystem Lead,kicks off the new season of calls. He will present all the latest and greatest related to FabCon Europe, training and certifications, GTM resources, Solutions Partner designations, specializations, XIAD, Fabric Featured Partner, and more. This is a call you will not want to miss! The Fabric Engineering Connection is a weekly call held in the Fabric Partner Community Teams Channel exclusively for partners. Hear directly from Fabric product engineering teams about upcoming features, ask questions, and provide feedback. To join these calls (as well as watch recordings of previous calls), please join the Fabric Partner Community Teams Channel by completing the participation form athttps://aka.ms/JoinFabricPartnerCommunity.Introducing Fabric Partner Community
As a valued member of the Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program (MAICPP), we appreciate your commitment to building and showcasing your expertise on Microsoft products by creating and deploying solutions over the years. Today, we are sharing an exciting announcement and introducing the new global Fabric Partner Community, a space where you can learn and engage with the Fabric Partner Team, PMs from the product engineering team, and your peers to accelerate growth and build your expertise on Microsoft Fabric and Power BI. We will continue to find ways to enable you, our partners, to showcase your expertise in creating and deploying Fabric solutions to meet your customers’ needs. This means that we will prioritize our product focus on Microsoft Fabric, to include Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse Analytics, Power BI, and more. One way we are doing this is by welcoming all MAICPP partners into the Fabric Partner Community – all you need to do is be a program member and fill out the participation form below. Next steps: Complete the Fabric Partner Community Participation Form at aka.ms/JoinFabricPartnerCommunity to get access to the new Teams channel Join the first Fabric Engineering Connection, the weekly partner community call on Wednesday August 30 th at 8AM Pacific (meeting invite in Teams) As we are aligning to the one Microsoft partner program (MAICPP) and launching this new Fabric Partner Community, we will be retiring the Business Intelligence Partner Program alongside the below features and helping redirect: Find a Partner | Microsoft Power BI: to theAppSource Partner Directory for Power BI All Microsoft partners are able to self-designate their expertise on Power BI through their AppSource Business Profiles. Learn how to create a Business Profile and designate yourself as a Power BI partner by visitingGet sales leads - create a business profile - Partner Center | Microsoft Learn Partner showcase | Microsoft Power BI: to theAppSource Partner capabilities for Business Intelligence Specialization With the launch of the BI Specialization, we are showcasing partners that have proven performance, knowledge, and expertise on Power BI. Additional specializations we'd like to highlight are: Analytics: Analytics on Microsoft Azure specialization Data Warehouse:Data Warehouse Migration to Microsoft Azure specialization Partners that have attained their Solutions Partner designation and earned a Specialization are eligible for incremental product and support benefits. Visit theBusiness Intelligence Specialization (microsoft.com) website to review the requirements and check your status in your Partner Center account. Nothing changes today as we are only sharing news of what’s to come, the program benefits (Find a Partner and Partner Showcase)will remain until September 31, 2023. If you have any questions, contact us atFabricPartnersTeam@microsoft.com.FREE Microsoft Fabric Workshops Offered
Take a deep dive into Microsoft Fabric! October 23-26, 2023 | 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM Americas (PDT) November 6-9, 2023 | 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM EMEA (BST) December 4-7, 2023 | 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM ASIA (IST) Register today Agenda: Day 1: Introduction to Microsoft Fabric, Getting started with Data Engineering using Microsoft Fabric Day 2: Data Engineering using Apache Spark, Delta Lakes and Notebooks Day 3: Data Warehousing, Power BI reporting in Microsoft Fabric Day 4: Implementing Real-time Analytics and Data Science in Microsoft Fabric By attending this course, you will: Learn key concepts and skills needed to implement analytics solutions leveraging Microsoft Fabric Dive deep into the technical aspects of Fabric, including OneLake, Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse Analytics, Real-time Analytics, and Power BI. Instructions for registering are attached to this post. Register today as space is limited! If you are unable to attend the live workshop, please still register in order to access the recordings on demand afterwards. Email fabricpartnersteam@microsoft.com with any questions.FY24 Fabric Partner Call – downloadable calendar invite
Hi Microsoft Partners, Join the FY24 Fabric Partner Call, a weekly session led by the Microsoft Fabric Partner Team each Wednesday from 8 – 9AM Pacific Time, we will resume Wednesday August 2, 2023 at 8AM Pacific. Note that the ICS file is just for this first date, and we will update the series thereafter. During these calls, Microsoft Engineering SMEs will provide deep dives on topics such as: Product updates on key technical capabilities, including Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, and more Partner offers and opportunities Partner resources Don’t miss this opportunity to learn the latest and greatest product updates directly from its developers! The weekly call series will be hosted via Teams (download the ICS file) and agenda will be posted to the Fabric and BI Partner Community. Be sure to subscribe to our new group here – https://aka.ms/FabricBIPartner.Introducing Microsoft Business Intelligence Specialization, new specialization option for Power BI
Microsoft announced a new specialization option for Power BI capabilities – Business Intelligence. Aligned to the Microsoft Cloud Partner Program, specializations are a way for partners to further differentiate their deep technical expertise across a set of priority scenarios with high customer demand. They build upon Solutions Partner designations and other certifications to set you apart from the competition and empower customers to confidently identify your ability to deliver results. Partners with the Business Intelligence specialization further differentiate their organization beyond an active Solutions Partner for Data & AI (Azure) or Solutions Partner for Business Applications designation with demonstrated knowledge, validated experience and capabilities, and documented success in supporting customer adoption of Business Intelligent solutions. Confirm your ability to help customers get the most out of their data and implement enterprise BI solutions with Power BI interactive reports, real-time dashboards, and powerful analytics. Specialization benefits: Exclusive go-to-market programs and product benefits. See the latest details in the Solutions Partner Benefits Guide.See below for examples of how you can stack your benefits. Common benefits as part of the Microsoft Cloud Partner Program Marketing / go-to-market benefits: partner GTM toolbox, DMC OnDemand, ready-to-go PMC assets, and more Support and advisory / technical benefits: technical presales and deployment services, how to market with Microsoft Consultants, profile optimization and referral management Incremental benefits stack your product benefits through your organization’s Solutions Partner designation(s) and specialization(s). Additional funding opportunities: certain Azure specializations can also qualify you for the recently announced Azure Migrate and Modernization and Azure Innovate partner-led offering. Top-of-mind awareness by Microsoft field sellers in customer discussions. A customer-facing label displayed on your business profile. Prioritized listing in Microsoft AppSource customer search results. Next steps: Review the Business Intelligence Specialization requirements Check your status in Partner Center Learn more about the Microsoft Cloud Partner Program and Solutions Partner designations See the full portfolio of Microsoft specializations Read Introducing three new specializations for Azure and Business Applications, Partner Blog by Dan Rippey,Senior Director, Partner Program Management, Global Partner Solutions for more information about each of these new specializations, how to earn them, and the benefits of doing so.June FY23 Tech Talks: BI Schedule
Join theweekly call on Wednesdays from 8 – 9am Pacific Time held via Teams and hosted by the Microsoft Azure Data Community, Learning, and Partner Team and Engineering SMEs.See below for the June 2023 call schedule: Presentation 1 Presentation 2 June 7, 2023 Fabric AMA | Amir Netz June 14, 2023 Announcing Microsoft Fabric capacities are available for purchase | Microsoft Fabric Blog | Microsoft Fabric | Mihir Wagle June 21, 2023 New Fabric Community and Blog | Ryan Majidimehr June 28, 2023 To be announced *All presentations subject to change based on availability. Next Steps: Downloadthe FY23 Tech Talks: BI calendar invite and join each Wednesday 8AM Pacific athttps://aka.ms/TechTalksBI Watchon-demand recordings and view presentation decks under the BI Tech Talks tab available the following Tuesday atMicrosoft Power Platform Partner Portal
