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Account Verification - MS Partner Centre
I am attempting to sign up with Microsoft as a MS Partner (Which I have done in the past for several other organisations, and until now, never had an issue). I have submitted a support case with case number 2305300010001219. Error message: Our system has indicated multiple failed attempts from your account. We are unable to proceed with your Account Verification. What can I do to get verified?Microsoft AI Partner Training Day, Sydney, December 10, 2024 | Sales Track Slides Now Available Here
Thanks to so many of you for attending the Microsoft AI Partner Training Day on Tuesday December 10. I really enjoyed the conversations we had. Please find here the content from the Sales Track with a huge thanks to Rohit Lakhanpal, Roan Kang, Sharlie Raymond, Natasha Fenton, Jaron Cohen, Jordan Hennessey, Arabella Mason and Vanessa Sorenson for taking the stage and sharing thoughts and insights. Have a wonderful holiday season and I do hope to see many of you online for the next "Microsoft Cloud and Hosting Partner Meeting" set for Tuesday, December 17, 12:30-1:30 Sydney time. Regards, PhilEpisode 157 of Microsoft Cloud and Hosting Partner Online Meeting | Tuesday September 17, 2024
I'm looking forward to seeing you online on Tuesday September 17 from 12:30pm Sydney time for the 157th episode of the Microsoft Cloud and Hosting Partner Online Meeting. If you haven't registered yet it's not too late. Simply click here for details, the agenda and to register. Attached here are the slides we'll cover so you can "follow the bouncing ball" as we cover the usual topics of Commerce and Operations Updates, the feature topic "A Tour of Microsoft Entra Suite", News, Views, Venues; Did You See; and Technical Updates. Have a good evening. Regards, PhilEpisode 159 Microsoft Cloud and Hosting Partner Online Meeting - Azure AI Agents, News, Did You See
I look forward to seeing you online in five hours for our 159th episode of the Cloud and Hosting Partner Online Meeting. Feature topic for today is "Azure AI Agents" to be presented in a panel format. Panelists will be our GPS "Agents of AI" - Abby, Daniel and Dean. We'll also cover recent Commerce and Operations Updates; News and Webinars; Did you see - a summary of some events you may have missed and Skilling. I'll also offer a glimpse of some news to be public on November 12 USA time. Slides for the session are here so you can follow along. If you haven't registered it's not too late. Just click HERE. See you online soon. Regards, PhilEpisode 158 of Microsoft Cloud and Hosting Partner Online Meeting is set for Tuesday October 15
Running a risk here publishing the approved slides early so you have a chance to review and use them to follow along tomorrow, Tuesday October 15 at 12:30pm Sydney time. Last time I did so it was an "Epic Fail" as on the very morning of the Online Meeting the Microsoft 365 Copilot Wave 2 capabilities were released. Oh well ... taking a risk is investing in excitement 😃 The feature topic for this meeting will be "Update on Azure Virtual Desktop" to be presented by Lourens Van Dyk, Partner Solutions Architect for Azure Core Infrastructure. As usually we'll also look at recent updates to the Commerce and Operations; general business and technology announcements; forthcoming events; and skilling. Please find attached to this post the slides for the meeting and if you are not already registered it's not too late. Just click here. I hope to see you online tomorrow. Regards, Phil
MAPS Excessive Price Increase
I just renewed my MAPS subscription. As a background I'm a one person organisation. For many years the price was A$440 inc GST. This year, the price was over A$710 inc GST. Which is a price increase of over 75%. I was told this was because now all pricing is based on USD so I'm paying the equivalent of US$400, and that it's not a price increase. I'm posting this to raise my objection to the exhorbitant price increase, and find out if other people have also been similarly effected.Get Started with AI and Generative AI!
Below are some resources to take away and get started with AI and Generative AI Learn News articles, videos, etc. Introduction to Azure OpenAI Service (30 mins) Develop AI solutions with Azure OpenAI (3 hours) Get certified! Or just browse the free self-paced learning Azure Fundamentals - Certifications Ponder Introducing Microsoft 365 Copilot | Your Copilot for Work - YouTube The Copilot System: Explained by Microsoft - YouTube Responsible AI Play Bing Chat ChatGPT Deploy your private ChatGPT running in your own Azure environment Azure ChatGPT (currently offline, will be back shortly) Register to access Azure OpenAI Service Tell your friends Grab some mates/customers and run a hackathon🥷 (walkthrough from scratch) Share this page of resources: https://aka.ms/10k-women-AI See more links around getting started with Generative AI: https://aka.ms/genAI-links
Event Invitation: Storytelling about Generative AI and Copilot
At Microsoft, we are on an exciting journey with big goals, to improve and accelerate workplace diversity and inclusion within our industry. We are delighted to be able to extend this focus and offer it to our business partners via our #10kWomen initiative, which aims to train, upskill and create job opportunities in tech for 10,000 women in New Zealand. If you are in the IT profession, looking to make a difference and look into a new world of opportunity, and are keen to equip yourself with the latest technologies and hot topics, this event will be something you can't miss! Are your customers talking a lot about ChatGPT, OpenAI, and Copilot? This is a session for you to get to know more about Generative AI and Copilot. To understand how these latest technologies will be able to bring you more business opportunities and, most importantly, bring you closer to your customer’s interests and how these technologies can help them growing their business. Also, you will hear from our panel speakers about their own career journeys and learn how Microsoft can help you start your own. If you plan to join in person, we will also celebrate the new fiscal year kick-off with a networking session after the presentation. Speakers Shireen Chetty Panel Speaker Senior Specialist Manager, Microsoft New Zealand Ali Meredith Panel Speaker Director, Product Partnership LawVu Anusha Ahluwalia Panel Host Partner Development Manager Microsoft New Zealand Abby Shen Speaker Partner Technology Strategist Microsoft New Zealand Nick Westbrook Speaker and Panel Sr. Partner Technology Strategist Microsoft New Zealand Target audience: Sales and Marketing roles Topic: Storytelling about Generative AI and Copilot Date: Aug16, 2023 Time: 3:00 – 4:30 pm Format: In person and Virtual (5/F, 22 Viaduct Harbour Avenue, Auckland) Please submit your registration here. We look forward to you joining us!
