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Community call schedule
Community calls for the US Partner Community are led by experts from across the US Partner Team, and provide practice-building and business-building guidance.
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Community name |
November calls information |
December calls information |
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Applications & Infrastructure |
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Business Applications |
November 13 – Embrace the new Dynamics 365 features and offerings in the October '18 release |
December 11– Enable smart integration with the Microsoft Power platform |
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Data & Artificial Intelligence (AI) |
November 1– Databricks/Machine Learning (registration link will be available soon) |
December 6 – Internet of Things (registration link will be available soon) |
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Marketing SureStep Office Hours |
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Modern Workplace – Productivity |
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Modern Workplace – Security |
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Modern Workplace – Modern Desktop |
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MPN 101 |
December 5 - Reach customers and grow your business with new go-to-market offers December 19 - Connect with more customers and set up your app for success on a Microsoft marketplace |
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Open Source Solutions |
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Partner Insider |
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Partner investments Office Hours |
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Public Sector |
Week of October 22–26
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Date |
Location |
Course, webcast or call |
Who should attend |
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October 22-31 |
Online |
Deployment, extensions and deployment for Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations |
Technical roles |
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October 23-25 |
Dallas, TX |
Technical roles |
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October 25-26 |
Chevy Chase, MD |
Technical roles |
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October 25-26 |
Denver, CO |
Technical roles |
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October 25-26 |
Detriot, MI |
Technical roles |
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October 25-26 |
Los Angeles, CA |
Technical roles |
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October 25-26 |
Seattle, WA |
Technical roles |
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October 25-26 |
Tempe, AZ |
Technical roles |
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| October 24 | Online | Technical roles | |
| October 25 | Burlington, MA |
Microsoft Cloud Workshop: DataStax and Microsoft – AI Hackathon |
Technical roles |
| October 25 | Santa Clara, CA | Business and technical roles | |
| October 25 | Online |
Marketing SureStep Office Hours: Market Azure Backup and Disaster Recover |
Business, sales, and technical roles |
| October 25 | Online |
Technical deep dive on Cloud Scale Analytics:Azure Data Bricks |
Technical roles |
| October 25 | Online | Technical roles | |
| October 25 | Online |
Sales and technical roles |
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| October 26 | Online |
The Great American Campaign Competition Part 2 of 4: Campaign best practices |
Business, sales, and technical roles |
| October 26 | Online |
Power platform - Upgrading from PowerApps included in Office to PowerApps P1 |
Technical roles |
Week of October 29–November 2
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Date |
Location |
Course, webcast or call |
Who should attend |
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October 29-30 |
Austin, TX |
Technical roles |
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October 29-30 |
Portland, OR |
Technical roles |
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October 29-30 |
San Diego, CA |
Technical roles |
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October 31-November 1 |
Chicago, IL |
Technical roles |
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October 31-November 1 |
Houston, TX |
Technical roles |
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October 31-November 1 |
New York, NY |
Technical roles |
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November 1-2 |
Irving, TX |
Technical roles |
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November 1-2 |
Online |
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement Online Deployment |
Technical roles |
| October 29 | Irvine, CA |
Business and technical roles |
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| October 29 | Chevy Chase, MD |
Business and technical roles |
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| October 29 | Online | Technical roles | |
| October 29 | Online | Technical roles | |
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October 30 |
Community Call |
Technical roles |
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October 30 |
Online |
Technical roles |
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October 30 |
Online |
Technical roles |
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October 30 |
Online |
Technical roles |
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October 31 |
Community Call |
Technical roles |
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October 31 |
Online |
Introduction to Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement – Technical onboarding |
Technical roles |
| November 1 | Chevy Chase, MD | Business and technical roles | |
| November 1 | Online |
Microsoft 365 Business (Security) 4 of 4: Protect and classify sensitive documents |
Sales and technical roles |
| November 1 | Online |
Technical roles |
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| November 1 | Online |
Introduction to Dynamics 365 for Sales, Customer Service – Basics of customization |
Technical roles |
| November 1 | Online |
Technical roles |
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| November 1 | Online |
Technical roles |
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| November 1 | Online |
The Great American Campaign Competition Part 3 of 4: Meet the content creators |
Business, sales and technical roles |
| November 2 | Irvine, CA |
Business, sales and technical roles |
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| November 2 | Online |
Technical roles |
Week of November 5–9
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Date |
Location |
Course, webcast or call |
Who should attend |
| November 5-6 |
Washington DC |
Building your Teamwork practice with Teams and modern SharePoint solutions |
Technical roles |
| November 5-8 |
Online |
Technical roles |
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| November 6-8 |
Atlanta, GA |
Technical roles |
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| November 6 | Irving, TX |
Business, sales, and technical roles |
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| November 6 | Bellevue, WA |
Microsoft Cloud Workshop: Cloud Data Warehouse Modernization on Azure Workshop |
Technical roles |
| November 6 | Chevy Chase, MD |
Business, sales, and technical roles |
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| November 6 | Burlington, MA |
Get current, stay current on Windows 10 and Office 365 ProPlus |
Technical roles |
| November 6 | Downers Grove, IL | Technical roles | |
| November 6 | Online | Technical roles | |
| November 6 | Online |
Creating Apps for the Intelligent Cloud: Serverless and integration scenarios |
Technical roles |
| November 6 | Online | Technical roles | |
| November 6 | Online | Technical roles | |
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November 7 |
Bellevue, WA |
Business and technical roles |
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November 7 |
Irving, TX |
Business and technical roles |
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November 7 |
Malvern, PA |
Business and technical roles |
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November 7 |
Community Call |
Technical roles |
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| November 7 | Online | Technical roles | |
| November 7 | Online | Technical roles | |
| November 8 | Reston, VA |
Business and technical roles |
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November 8 |
Denver, CO |
Business and technical roles |
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November 8 |
Irvine, CA |
Business and technical roles |
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November 8 |
Chevy Chase, MD |
Business, sales, and technical roles |
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| November 8 | Community Call | Public Sector community call: New services in Azure Government for partners | Business and technical roles |
| November 8 | Online | Technical roles | |
| November 8 | Online |
Business and technical roles |
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| November 8 | Online | Technical roles | |
| November 8 | Online | Technical roles | |
| November 8 | Online | Technical roles | |
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November 9 |
Alpharetta, GA |
Business and technical roles |
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November 9 |
San Francisco, CA |
Business and technical roles |
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| November 9 | Online |
The Great American Campaign Competition Part 4 of 4: Wrap-up, prizes and results |
Business, sales and technical roles |
Week of November 12–16
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Date |
Location |
Course, webcast or call |
Who should attend |
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November 12-15 |
Malvern, PA |
Technical roles |
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November 12-16 |
Online |
Technical roles |
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November 12-13 |
Minneapolis, MN |
Technical roles |
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November 14-15 |
Chevy Chase, MD |
Technical roles |
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November 12 |
Irving, TX |
Business and technical roles |
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November 12 |
New York, NY |
Business and technical roles |
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| November 12 | Online |
Technical roles |
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| November 12 | Online |
Adopting Dynamics 365 for Sales, Customer Service - Data analysis |
Technical roles |
| November 13 | Irvine, CA |
Business, sales, and technical roles |
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| November 13 | Alpharetta, GA |
Business and technical roles |
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| November 13 | Burlington, MA |
Business and technical roles |
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November 13 |
Community Call |
Technical roles |
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| November 13 | Online |
Technical roles |
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| November 13 | Online |
Technical roles |
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| November 13 | Online |
Technical roles |
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| November 13 | Online |
Technical roles |
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| November 14 | Irving, TX |
Business, sales, and technical roles |
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| November 14 | Sunnyvale, CA |
Business and technical roles |
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| November 14 | Burlington, MA |
Technical roles |
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| November 14 | Chicago, IL |
Business and technical roles |
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| November 14 | Burlington, MA |
Technical roles |
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| November 14 | Online |
Technical roles |
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| November 14 | Online |
Technical roles |
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| November 14 | Online |
Technical roles |
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| November 14 | Online |
Creating Apps for the Intelligent Cloud: DevOps in the Cloud |
Technical roles |
| November 15 |
Edina, MN |
Business and technical roles |
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| November 15 |
Houston, TX |
Business and technical roles |
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| November 15 | Online |
Technical deep dive on Dynamics 365 for Sales, Customer Service – Performance optimization |
Technical roles |
| November 15 | Online |
Technical deep dive: Data Platform modernization to Azure overview |
Technical roles |
| November 15 | Online |
Technical roles |
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| November 15 | Online |
Technical roles |
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| November 15 | Online |
Technical roles |
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| November 15 | Online |
Technical roles |
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| November 15 | Online |
Adopting Microsoft Teamwork Solutions: Teams calling and meetings |
Technical roles |
| November 16 |
Reston, VA |
Business and technical roles |
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| November 16 |
Community Call |
Technical roles |
Week of November 19–23
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Date |
Location |
Course, webcast or call |
Who should attend |
| November 19 | Online |
Technical roles |
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| November 19 | Online |
Technical roles |
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| November 20 | Online |
Technical roles |
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| November 20 | Online |
Technical roles |
Week of November 26-30
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Date |
Location |
Course, webcast or call |
Who should attend |
| November 29-30 | Burlington, MA |
Building your Teamwork practice with Teams and modern SharePoint solutions |
Technical roles |
| November 26 | Online |
Technical roles |
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| November 26 | Alpharetta, GA |
Business, sales, and technical roles |
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| November 26 | Online |
Technical roles |
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| November 27 | Alpharetta, GA |
Business, sales, and technical roles |
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| November 27 | Online |
Adopting the Microsoft Power Platform – Feature update series |
Technical roles |
| November 27 | Online |
Technical deep dive AI: Data science process and Machine Learning |
Technical roles |
| November 27 | Online |
Technical deep dive on project management using Project Online Premium |
Technical roles |
| November 28 | Community Call |
Partner community call: Top ways to maximize your profitability |
Business, sales, and technical roles |
| November 28 | Online |
Adopting Data Integration: Dynamics 365 for finance and operations & sales |
Business, sales and technical roles |
| November 28 | Online |
Technical roles |
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| November 28 | Online |
Technical roles |
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| November 29 | New York, NY |
Technical roles |
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| November 29 | Online |
Adopting Dynamics 365 Business Central feature update series |
Technical roles |
| November 29 | Online |
Technical roles |
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| November 29 | Online |
Technical deep dive on Cloud Scale Analytics: Azure Data Bricks |
Technical roles |
| November 29 | Online |
Technical roles |
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| November 29 | Online |
Technical roles |
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| November 30 | Online |
Best practices to submit your Add-ins and apps to Office Store |
Technical roles |
Week of December 3-7
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Date |
Location |
Course, webcast or call |
Who should attend |
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December 3-4 |
Chicago, IL | Technical roles | |
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December 3 |
Online |
Enhance your business with Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations Data Analysis |
Technical roles |
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December 4 |
Los Angeles, CA |
Business and technical roles |
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December 4 |
Online |
Enhances your business with Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations Mobile Integration |
Technical roles |
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December 4 |
Online | Technical roles | |
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December 4 |
Online | Technical roles | |
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December 4 |
Online | Technical roles | |
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December 4 |
Online | Technical roles | |
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December 4 |
Online | Technical roles | |
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December 4 |
Online | Technical roles | |
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December 5 |
Denver, CO |
Business and technical roles |
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December 5 |
Alpharetta, GA |
Business and technical roles |
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December 5 |
Community Call |
Technical roles |
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December 5 |
Community Call |
MPN 101 Partner community call: Reach customers and grow your business with new Go-to-Market offers |
Technical roles |
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December 5 |
Office hours |
Business roles | |
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December 5 |
Online |
Introduction to Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations Retail Configuration |
Technical roles |
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December 5 |
Online |
Technical roles |
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December 5 |
Online |
Hybrid Cloud management & security: Introduction and Log Analytics |
Technical roles |
| December 6 | Online | Adopting Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations feature update series |
Technical roles |
| December 6 | Online |
Technical roles |
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| December 6 | Online |
Technical roles |
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| December 6 | Online |
Technical roles |
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| December 6 | Online | Technical roles | |
| December 6 | Online | Technical roles |
Week of December 10-14
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Date |
Location |
Course, webcast or call |
Who should attend |
| December 10-11 | Fort Lauderdale, FL |
Building your Teamwork practice with Teams and modern SharePoint solutions |
Technical roles |
| December 12-13 | Irvine, CA | Technical roles | |
| December 13-14 | Irving, TX |
Building your Teamwork practice with Teams and modern SharePoint solutions |
Technical roles |
| December 10 | Denver, CO |
Business, sales, and technical roles |
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| December 10 | Online | Technical roles | |
| December 10 | Online |
Getting started with Partner Center CSP: Technical scenarios |
Technical roles |
| December 10 | Online | Technical roles | |
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December 11 |
Community Call |
Business Applications Partner Community Call: Enable smart integration with the Microsoft Power platform |
Technical roles |
| December 11 | Online |
Technical roles |
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| December 11 | Online |
Technical roles |
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| December 11 | Online |
Technical roles |
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| December 12 | Irving, TX |
Business and technical roles |
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| December 12 | Denver, CO |
Business, sales, and technical roles |
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December 12 |
Office Hours |
Business roles |
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| December 12 | Online |
Technical roles |
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| December 12 | Online |
Technical roles |
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| December 13 | Community Call | Public Sector community call: Azure Government Secret regions | Technical roles |
| December 13 | Online |
Creating Apps for the Intelligent Cloud: Architecting Cloud applications for security |
Technical roles |
| December 14 | Community Call | Technical roles | |
| December 14 | Community Call |
Azure Applications and Infrastructure Community Call: Azure Backup and Recovery |
Technical roles |
Week of December 17-21
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Date |
Location |
Course, webcast or call |
Who should attend |
| December 17 | Online | Technical roles | |
| December 19 | Community Call | Technical roles | |
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December 19 |
Office hours |
Business roles |