Welcome to the US Partner Community Hot Sheet, a comprehensive schedule of partner training, webcasts, community calls, and office hours. This post is updated frequently as we learn about new offerings, so you can plan ahead. Looking for product-specific training? Try the links across the top of this blog.
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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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December calls information |
January calls information |
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Applications & Infrastructure |
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Business Applications |
December 11– Enable smart integration with the Microsoft Power platform |
January 8 – Uncover new services opportunities with General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) |
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Data & Artificial Intelligence (AI) |
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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Partner Insider |
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Partner investments Office Hours |
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Public Sector |
December 13 – Azure Government Secret Regions
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Week of November 26-30
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Date |
Location |
Course, webcast or call |
Who should attend |
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November 29-30 |
Burlington, MA |
Building your Teamwork practice with Teams and modern SharePoint solutions |
Technical roles |
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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 |
Community Call |
Modern Workplace Community Call: Modern Desktop - Virtual Desktop and Virtual Applications |
Technical roles |
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November 27 |
Online |
Adopting the Microsoft Power Platform – Feature update series |
Technical roles |
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November 27 |
Online |
Technical deep dive AI: Data science process and Machine Learning |
Technical roles |
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November 27 |
Online |
Technical deep dive on project management using Project Online Premium |
Technical roles |
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November 28 |
Community Call |
US Partner Community call: Top ways to maximize your profitability |
Business, sales, and technical roles |
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November 28 |
Online |
Adopting Data Integration: Dynamics 365 for finance and operations & sales |
Business, sales and technical roles |
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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 |
Bellevue, WA |
Technical roles |
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November 29 |
Community Call |
Special Applications and Infrastructure Community Call: FastTrack for Azure to grow your business |
Technical roles |
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November 29 |
Online |
Adopting Dynamics 365 Business Central feature update series |
Technical roles |
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November 29 |
Online |
Technical roles |
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November 29 |
Online |
Technical deep dive on Cloud Scale Analytics: Azure Data Bricks |
Technical roles |
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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 3 |
Online |
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 | StepUp Technical - Grow your Azure business with Open Source software | 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 |
Introduction to Microsoft Teamwork Solutions | Technical roles |
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December 4 |
Online | What's new in Office 365 intelligent communications | Technical roles |
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December 4 |
Online |
Transform Your business with AI at Microsoft | Technical roles |
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December 5 |
Denver, CO |
Learn the Microsoft Security story using Microsoft Teams | Business and technical roles |
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December 5 |
Alpharetta, GA |
Driving compliance with Microsoft Teams | Business and technical roles |
| December 5 |
Community Call |
US SMB Partner Insider | Technical roles |
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December 5 |
Community Call |
US Partner Community call: Reach customers and grow your business with new Go-to-Market offers | Technical roles |
| December 5 |
Office Hours |
Partner Investment 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 |
Introduction to Firstline worker solutions | Technical roles |
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December 5 |
Online |
Hybrid Cloud management & security: Introduction and Log Analytics |
Technical roles |
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December 5 |
Online |
What's new & highlights in Business Applications | Technical roles |
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December 5 |
Online |
Technical deep dive AI: Azure technologies for deep learning |
Technical roles |
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December 6 |
Online |
Adopting Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations feature update series |
Technical roles |
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December 6 |
Online |
Adopting Microsoft 365 information protection | Technical roles |
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December 6 |
Online | Migrating Open Source Applications to Microsoft Azure | 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 | |
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December 7 |
Online |
Technical roles |
Week of December 10-14
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Date |
Location |
Course, webcast or call |
Who should attend |
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December 10-11 |
Fort Lauderdale, FL |
Building your Teamwork practice with Teams and modern SharePoint solutions |
Technical roles |
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December 12-13 |
Irvine, CA |
Technical roles |
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December 13-14 |
Irving, TX |
Building your Teamwork practice with Teams and modern SharePoint solutions |
Technical roles |
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December 10 |
Denver, CO |
Business, sales, and technical roles |
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December 10 |
Online |
Technical roles |
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December 10 |
Online |
Getting started with Partner Center CSP: Technical scenarios |
Technical roles |
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December 10 |
Online |
Technical roles |
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December 11 |
Community Call |
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 11 |
Online |
Azure Marketplace and AppSource Publisher onboarding and support |
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 11 |
Online |
Technical roles |
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December 11 |
Online |
Creating apps for the Intelligent Cloud: Serverless and integration scenarios |
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 |
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December 13 |
Online |
Creating Apps for the Intelligent Cloud: Architecting Cloud applications for security |
Technical roles |
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December 13 |
Online |
Technical deep dive on Cloud Scale Analytics: Azure Data Bricks |
Technical roles |
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December 13 |
Online |
Technical roles |
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December 13 |
Online |
Technical roles |
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December 14 |
Community Call |
Technical roles |
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December 14 |
Community Call |
Azure Applications and Infrastructure Community Call: Azure Backup and Recovery |
Technical roles |
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December 14 |
Online |
Creating apps for the Intelligent Cloud: Serverless and integration scenarios |
Technical roles |
Week of December 17-21
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Date |
Location |
Course, webcast or call |
Who should attend |
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December 17 |
Online |
Technical roles |
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December 17 |
Online |
Technical roles |
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December 17 |
Online |
Adopting Cloud Scale Analytics: Big Data Analytics using Data Lake |
Technical roles |
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December 17 |
Online |
Technical roles |
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December 18 |
Online |
Making apps and bots smarter through Azure Cognitive Services |
Technical roles |
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December 19 |
Community Call |
Technical roles
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December 19 |
Office Hours |
Business roles |
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December 19 |
Online |
Technical roles |
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December 20 |
Online |
Technical roles |
Week of December 24-28
No events currently scheduled
Week of December 31- January 4
No events currently scheduled
Week of January 7-11
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Date |
Location |
Course, webcast or call |
Who should attend |
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January 8 |
Community Call |
Business Applications Partner Community call: Uncover new services opportunities with GDPR |
Technical roles |
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January 9 |
Community Call |
Technical roles |
Week of January 14-18
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Date |
Location |
Course, webcast or call |
Who should attend |
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January 14 |
New York, NY |
Technical roles |
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January 18 |
Community Call |
Technical roles |
Week of January 21-25
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Date |
Location |
Course, webcast or call |
Who should attend |
| January 22 | Online | Adopting Dynamics 365 for Sales, Customer Service - Data analysis | Technical roles |
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January 24 |
Online |
Introduction to Dynamics 365 for Sales, Customer Service - Technical Onboarding |
Technical roles |