Communications Marketing Manager Microsoft Canada 1. Feb 26: Why - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Communications Marketing Manager Microsoft Canada 1. Feb 26: Why - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Communications Marketing Manager Microsoft Canada 1. Feb 26: Why Microsoft? The opportunity for Canadian partners (On-demand) 2. Mar 25: Build a better product or service (On-demand) 3. 3. Apr 22 22: Boost ost and develo velop yo your ur tec
Communications Marketing Manager Microsoft Canada
https://aka.ms/PartneringwithMicrosoft
- 1. Feb 26: Why Microsoft? The opportunity for Canadian partners (On-demand)
- 2. Mar 25: Build a better product or service (On-demand)
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- 4. May 27: Promote your business and reach the right customers
- 5. June 24: Generate awareness and sell your solutions
Partner Technology Lead, Services Microsoft Canada
Anything is possible for a company when its culture is about listening, learning, and harnessing individual passions and talents to the company’s mission.
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- Satya Nadella, “Hit Refresh”
- Demands that you put a focus on growing your internal skills and capabilities
- Positions IT Professionals as a change agent
- Creates new requirements for your organization
Grow your business Be more competitive Innovate more
Building a learning culture
Prioritize certification in hiring and recruiting Reward employees that invest in learning Invest in upskilling/training your teams
Partner Enablement Lead, Microsoft Canada
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Assess my business and technical capability and provide guidance- n how to
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Provide the essential training per role that can give my people the skills they need to allow me to build a Microsoft practice Learn3
Certifications – which ones are right for my team? How can my team prepare? Provide a catalogue of virtual and in- person region events to keep updated Connect me with the right people who can go deep with my team in the technical scenarios that matter to customers Get certified Stay current Go deep4 5 6
Microsoft offers a suite of resources to help partners build, and grow, successful businesses
Business Capabilities
Cloud strategy Sales & marketing Business modelTechnical Capabilities
Cloud solutions & services Solution area focus Cloud tooling https://aka.ms/PTIThis self-serve online tool assesses your business and technical capability and provides recommendations on next steps and resources to accelerate your digital transformation
Assess1
On completion of the assessment, the partner receives a Partner Transformation Index (PTI) score. This score places the partner into one of four maturity levels – Core, Enhanced, Advanced, Next Gen – and plots how that partner compares with
- ther partners in their digital transformation journey.
In addition to the PTI score, the partner receives a set of recommended next steps and resources to leverage to continue to grow their cloud capability with Microsoft.
PTI results
Playbook outlines best practices used by top partners to find the people they need to build and deliver services, grow and maintain their skills, and keep them satisfied
Hire2
The Cloud Practice Development Playbooks provide the essential blueprints and tools to develop, analyze, manage, and secure an effective cloud business that’s built to last
https://aka.ms/practiceplaybooks Artificial Intelligence Cloud App Dev Cloud Infrastructure Migration & Modernization Ops & Management Data Platform & Analytics Hiring, Onboarding ISV to SaaS Security IoT Business Applications Teams Live now! Learn3
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On-demand and virtual instructor-led, role-based training for core technical and sales scenarios, certification preparation and essential partner-specific courses
https://aka.ms/trainingcenter https://aka.ms/enablevilt Learn3
95% of IT decision-makers believe certification provides added value to the organization1 Simplified talent identification and recruiting Teams add business value to the organization Employees are more productive in their role
Get certified4
Certifications
Technically accurate and relevant with frequent content updates and stay- current learning opportunities Demonstrate application of real- world skills, assessing how to apply technical knowledge to solve business challenges Designed to meet industry and market needs, focusing on skills and capabilities required to perform today’s IT and dev jobsTypes of certifications
Specialty: Combine technologies for specialized solutions Role-based: Technical skills required to perform a job Fundamentals: Foundational understanding of technology https://docs.microsoft.com/learn/certifications/5
Access 1:1 consultations for app development, technical pre-sales and deployment scenarios
Technical webinars Technical consultations
(activated through Advisory Hours) Remote, interactive sessions to learn about product updates Architecture, app development and deployment assistance as you build your service or solution and presales and deployment guidance to help you land your deal Gold Unlimited Unlimited technical presales assistance 50 advisory hours for deep technical (deployment, architecture, app development) for Azure, Business Applications and Modern Workplace scenarios. Each consult is roughly 5 hours. Silver Unlimited Unlimited technical presales assistance 25 advisory hours for deep technical (deployment, architecture, app development) for Azure, Business Applications and Modern Workplace scenarios. Each consult is roughly 5 hours. Action Pack Unlimited 5 advisory hours (Onboarding, presales or deep technical scenarios). A consult is roughly 5 hours. Network Unlimited Not available https://aka.ms/enablepts Go deep6
Azure Fundamentals Learning path
Prove that you understand cloud concepts, core Azure Services, Azure pricing and support, and the fundamentals of cloud security, privacy, compliance, and trust. Exam AZ-900: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals Become a Microsoft Certified Professional Certification helps establish your credentials with current and future employers. Pass certification exam AZ-900 to become Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals. Digital skilling: free interactive training content on Microsoft Learn Free digital skilling: Microsoft.com/Learn Assess your skills at Pluralsight: Azure.com/Pluralsight Find a Learning Partner: aka.ms/LearningPartner Microsoft Certification: Microsoft.com/Certification Publication date: October 2019 Classroom Microsoft Azure Fundamentals AZ-900T01 Azure fundamentals 9H 59M 12 Modules Cloud Concepts - Principles of cloud computing Core Cloud Services - Azure architecture and service guarantees Create an Azure account Core Cloud Services - Manage services with the Azure portal Core Cloud Services - Azure compute options Core Cloud Services - Azure data storage- ptions
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- rganize Azure
Partner events calendar Canadian Partner Hub Partner community site- Join the conversations!
https://aka.ms/PartneringwithMicrosoft
- 1. Feb 26: Why Microsoft? The opportunity for Canadian partners (On-demand)
- 2. Mar 25: Build a better product or service (On-demand)
- 3. Apr 22: Boost and develop your technical skills
- 4. May 27: Promote your business and reach the right customers
- 5. June 24: Generate awareness and sell your solutions
Q&A
Recordings, registration pages, and PowerPoints with links from all webinars are posted here:
https://aka.ms/PartneringwithMicrosoft