Check out these top stories for the latest news of the week for Microsoft partners in the Americas.
Looking for partner training courses, community calls, and events? Refer to the Events Calendar that’s updated regularly as we learn about new offerings. To stay in touch with us and connect with other partners and Microsoft sales, marketing, and product experts, join our US Partner Community on MPC.
New posts on the US Partner Community blog
- Skill-up your sales team via the Microsoft Cloud Sales Bootcamp series
- “Get to yes” with the new Partner Sales Acceleration Program
- April 2022 Hot Sheet partner training schedule
- Urgent hybrid work challenge is opportunity for partners
- Last call for Partner of the Year Award nominations
- Women in Cloud: Creating a global network for economic access
- How we can save the planet while empowering everyone to achieve more
- Microsoft Defender for Business: Security designed for SMBs now included in Microsoft 365 Business Premium
- Evolving the Microsoft Partner Network
- Past POTYA winners share how recognition benefits their business
- Where Microsoft and Retail partners are headed 2022 and beyond
- Introducing your playbook for the next era of Customer Experience
- Attract a wider range of customers with the Teams Essentials standalone app
- Accelerating the Customer Cloud Journey: Partners and FastTrack for Azure
- POTYA judge’s advice for a winning entry
- Upcoming events for partners you won’t want to miss
- New Azure File Migration program streamlines unstructured data migration
Upcoming community calls, events, and webcasts
| Date | Event title | Location | Who should attend |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 12, 2022 at 7:00 AM - 10:00 AM | Microsoft Cloud Sales Bootcamp Series – Business Applications | Online | Sales & marketing roles |
| April 12, 2022 at 9:30 AM - 2:00 PM | Dynamics 365 Business Central in a Day | Online | |
| April 12, 2022 at 9:30 AM - 2:00 PM | Dataverse for Teams in a Day | Online | Technical roles |
| April 12, 2022 at 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM | WS and SQL Server Solution Assessment Incentive Kick-Off | Online | Technical roles |
| April 12, 2022 at 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | Azure Arc Envisioning Session | Online | |
| April 14, 2022 at 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM | IAMCP Microsoft Cloud Partner Program (Placeholder) | Online | Business roles |
| April 14, 2022 at 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM | Challenger Sales Training – Day 1 | Online |
Microsoft Partner Network news
- Attaining the new Solutions partner designation for Business Applications
- Learn to sell the Microsoft Cloud and drive business transformation with Sales Bootcamps
- Creating a security mindset with Microsoft partner technical workshops: Secure All the Things!
- Learn to sell the Microsoft Cloud and drive business transformation with Sales Bootcamps
- Guiding successful sales conversations across the Microsoft cloud portfolio
- Evolving the Microsoft Partner Network programs
- Partner Innovation series: Long Range Wide Area Networks
- How to maximize your discoverability with business profile and marketplace
- Seizing the opportunities of an inclusive economy
- Strengthen your technical and sales skills during Azure Cloud Week for Partners
- Securing the channel: journey to zero trust
- Announcing new Windows 365 resources for partners
- Microsoft training aims to grow both technical and sales skills for Business Applications
- Celebrating partners who are writing their own history within the Black Partner Growth Initiative
- Five AI and IoT trends Intel and Microsoft see benefiting solution partners in 2022
- Microsoft Inspire 2022 and Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards Nominations
- Microsoft training can fortify your security knowledge for real-world scenarios
- New partner innovations power the future at CES and NRF 2022
- What’s new for Microsoft partners: January 2022 edition
Featured videos
- Modern Analytics Academy Vignette: Why data governance?
- Microsoft Partner of the Year Testimonials – Ernst & Young
- Microsoft Partner of the Year Testimonials – Icertis
- Microsoft Partner of the Year Testimonials – Hitachi Solutions
- Microsoft Partner of the Year Testimonials – Quisitive
- Microsoft Partner of the Year Testimonials – Insight
- Microsoft Partner of the Year Testimonials – Hashicorp
- Creating a Trial for Dynamics 365 Marketing
- Global Partner Solutions US, Go-to-Market Fireside Chat
- GitHub Universe Top 10 Announcements for Partners
Learning news
- New Microsoft Power Platform and Dynamics 365 training: March 2022 roundup
- New certification for Security Architects
- Ready to renew your Microsoft Certification? Get started with our top FAQs.
- Microsoft Power Platform lights up a young learner’s passion for tech
- Exam AZ-720 (beta): Prove your skills as an Azure support engineer for connectivity
- Microsoft Business Applications Launch Event April 6, 2022
- ‘Be open, be flexible’: Skilling and the learning culture at Deutsche Telekom and T-Systems
- The 2-Minute Recap: Everything new with Security, Compliance, and Identity on Microsoft Learn
- Did you know Microsoft online certification exams support assistive technologies?
- The time is now to rethink cybersecurity education
- Announcing the Power Automate RPA Developer Associate certification
- The 2-Minute Recap: Everything new with Microsoft 365 on Microsoft Learn
- Coming soon: The new Azure Enterprise Data Analyst Associate certification
- Coming soon: Support engineer certification for Microsoft Exchange Online
- Coming soon: Cybersecurity Architect Expert
- Montpellier Business School innovates using Microsoft Certifications
- Discover Microsoft Certified: Power BI Data Analyst Associate
- Coming soon: Azure Support Engineer for Connectivity Specialty
- Sheryl Netley builds new career on Microsoft Power Platform and Dynamics 365
