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Microsoft Cloud and Hosting Summit news and highlights
- Register to watch on-demand keynotes from the 2017 Microsoft Cloud and Hosting Summit
- Read Aziz Benmalek’s blog post about the era of hybrid cloud and managed services
- Download the Cloud Practice Development Playbooks
- Follow the Microsoft Cloud and Hosting Services team (@MSFTHost) on Twitter
Microsoft Teams, the new chat-based workspace, is now generally available
- Read the blog post by Kirk Koenigsbauer
- Watch the global webcast on demand
- Microsoft Teams website
- Learn more about Microsoft Teams from our experts on the US Partner Community blog and the US Partner Enablement blog
MPN 101 partner sessions in Microsoft Stores: Chicago, New York, Washington DC
- Sign up for upcoming in-store MPN 101 sessions
- Read the MPN 101 blog series
- Join the MPN 101 Yammer group
Empower employees by creating a secure productive enterprise
- Sign up for partner calls for Office 365 on April 6, Windows and Devices on April 20, and Enterprise Mobility + Security on April 27 that focus on the secure productive enterprise
- Overview of the secure productive enterprise
- Sign in to the Drumbeat website for partner sales resources about Secure Productive Enterprise
Skype for Business Technical Airlift events
- March 28-30 in Minneapolis, MN
- April 4-6 in Iselin, NJ
- April 4-6 in Atlanta, GA
- Skype Operations Framework training and assessment
- Skype for Business fundamentals course on demand
Make the move from the Advisor model to Cloud Solution Provider
- April 13: With the Advisor model no longer available, learn how to make money with Microsoft cloud
- Learn how to participate in the Cloud Solution Provider program
- Compare licensing models
Government agencies and digital transformation with the Microsoft cloud
- April 25: Virtual Azure Gov Discovery Day
- Microsoft in Government
- The Microsoft Cloud for Federal, State, and Local Governments: Microsoft Azure, Office 365, and Microsoft Dynamics
- Follow the Microsoft Government team (@Microsoft_Gov) on Twitter
Services for cloud application and IP development using Microsoft Azure and Office 365
- Read the blog post by US ISV Community lead, Sharon Lee
- Get tips from Dev Chat to successfully plan your Microsoft Azure and Office 365 applications and solutions
- Learn more about Microsoft Azure application development services
- Learn more about Office 365 application development services
- Download the Cloud Application Development playbook
Partner perspectives for IoT: Predictive maintenance on the frontlines
- How partners are delivering predictive maintenance solutions with Azure IoT Suite and Azure Machine Learning
- The opportunities for business transformation using the Internet of Things
- Learn more about Microsoft Azure IoT Suite
- Learn more about Microsoft Azure Machine Learning
Update on how Microsoft approaches compliance
US Partner Community call schedule
Community calls and a regularly updated, comprehensive schedule of partner training courses are listed on the Hot Sheet.
- March 28 – Open Source Solutions
- April 4 – Application Development
- April 6 – Office 365 and Voice
- April 7 – US SMB Partner Insider calls: East Region, Central Region, West Region
- April 11 – Dynamics 365
- April 13 – Azure Infrastructure and Management
- April 18 – Data Platform and Advanced Analytics
- April 20 – ISV Community
- April 20 – Windows and Devices
- April 25 – Open Source Solutions
- April 27 – Enterprise Mobility and Security
- Full community call schedule
- Recaps of previous months’ calls