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CDX - Terms Of Use Last Updated - March 12, 2024
I'm not a big fan of these 2 limitations in the terms of use: CDX tenants have an administrative user that should not be deleted or altered in any way. External domains are not to be connected to CDX tenants. For the 1st, I want to set my own password on the admin@ account. What's so wrong with that? You could reset it if you really need/want to get in there. This is not fair. For the 2nd, of course we want to test with custom domains! This is again no fair. The other thing - I've already added my custom domain in my VSE Azure Subscription which I've associated to my CDX tenant directory. In there, I'm testing out SMTP as a Service via Azure Communication Services. Again, of course I want to use my own custom domain, with DKIM, DMARC, SPF, etc. This is completely reasonable. Today I login to CDX to see if my ability to request renewal of my renewable tenant is available yet, and I can't even get in without accepting the new terms. But it says: " Violations of the CDX Terms of Use will result in the immediate deprecation of tenants as well as access to CDX without notice. By proceeding, you agree to the Microsoft Platform policies Accept and Continue " So I guess I have to go dismantle my stuff gracefully before I accept the terms. I had reset the password long ago on Admin, just knowing that-that particular term is ridiculous, but previously I don't recall the prohibition of custom domains. I really don't see what the problem is. Please can we take away these 2 points in the terms?
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Canada is now included in the Americas Partners community
We've moved! Please visit the Americas Partners (US, Canada & Latin America) community to find information relevant for partners in Canada. We look forward to seeing you there!
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Microsoft Canada Impact Awards 2023 Winners and Finalists!
Congratulations to the 2023 Microsoft Canada Impact Awards Winners and Finalists Microsoft Canada is excited to announce our Impact Awards Winners and Finalists. These awards showcase the incredible achievements of our partners over the past year. Congratulations to this year’s winners and finalists in 25 winning categories, who have demonstrated excellence in innovation, commitment to their customers, and care for our world. As Microsoft partners, you have consistently harnessed Microsoft’s solutions to empower your customers to enable digital transformation and achieve more. Microsoft Canada Impact Awards 2023 Prix Impact 2023 de Microsoft Canada AI Impact Award - ISV Winner: Natural Reader Finalist: Calian Prix Impact IA - Fournisseur indépendant de logiciels Gagnante: Natural Reader Finaliste: Calian AI Impact Award - Services Winner: BDO Lixar Finalist: Adastra Prix Impact IA - Services Gagnante: BDO Lixar Finaliste: Adastra Analytics Impact Award Winner: Accenture/Avanade Finalist: Slalom Prix Impact Analyse Gagnante: Accenture/Avanade Finaliste: Slalom Breakthrough Partner Impact Award - ISV Winner: Adlib Finalist: Conexiom Prix Impact Partenaire Mondial - Fournisseur indépendant de logiciels Gagnante: Adlib Finaliste: Conexiom Breakthrough Partner Impact Award - SI Winner: Optimus Finalist: Xerris, an Accolite Digital Company Prix Impact Partenaire Mondial - Intégrateurs de systèmes Gagnante: Optimus Finaliste: Xerris, an Accolite Digital Company Business Applications Impact Award Winner: HSO Finalist: Alithya Prix Impact des Applications d'entreprise Gagnante: HSO Finaliste: Alithya Community Response Impact Award Winner: Creospark Consulting Finalist: Protiviti Prix Impact Réponse Communautaire Gagnante: Creospark Consulting Finaliste: Protiviti Enterprise Sales Impact Award Winner: Accenture/Avanade Finalist: Tata Consultancy Services Prix Impact Ventes aux entreprises Gagnante: Accenture/Avanade Finaliste: Tata Consultancy Services Inclusion Changemaker Impact Award Winner: Insight Canada Finalist: Whitecap Canada Prix Impact Agent de changement en matière d’inclusion Gagnante: Insight Canada Finaliste: Whitecap Canada Indirect Cloud Solution Provider Impact Award Winner: Ingram Micro Finalist: Pax8 Prix Impact Fournisseur indirect de solutions infonuagiques Gagnante: Ingram Micro Finaliste: Pax8 Industry Innovation Impact Awards Winner: Adastra (Financial Services and Manufacturing) Winner: HSO (Financial Services) Winner: VNEXT Group (Healthcare) Finalist: Alithya (Financial Services and Manufacturing) Finalist: KPMG (Public Sector) Finalist: Smile Digital Health (Healthcare) Prix Impact Innovation Industrielle Gagnante: Adastra (Les Services Financiers et l'Industrie) Gagnante: HSO (Les Services Financiers) Gagnante: VNEXT Group (Soins de santé) Finaliste: Alithya (Les Services Financiers et l'Industrie) Finaliste: KPMG (Secteur Public) Finaliste: Smile Digital Health (Soins de santé) ISV Impact Award Winner: Zafin Finalist: Adobe Finalist: VMware Prix Impact Fournisseur indépendant de logiciels Gagnante: Zafin Finaliste: Adobe Finaliste: VMware Migration Modernization Impact Award Winner: Accenture/Avanade Finalist: Long View Systems Prix Impact Services de Migration et de Modernisation Gagnante: Accenture/Avanade Finaliste: Long View Systems Modern Marketing Impact Award Winner: Insight Canada Finalist: Softchoice Canada Prix Impact Marketing Moderne Gagnante: Insight Canada Finaliste: Softchoice Canada Modern Workplace Impact Award Winner: CDW Canada Finalist: Softchoice Canada Prix Impact Milieu de travail moderne Gagnante: CDW Canada Finaliste: Softchoice Canada Modernizing Applications Impact Award Winner: ADDATECH Systems Inc Finalist: Tata Consultancy Services Prix Impact Modernisation des applications Gagnante: ADDATECH Systems Inc Finaliste: Tata Consultancy Services National Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) Impact Award Winner: Softchoice Canada Finalist: Ingram Micro Prix Impact Fournisseur national de solutions infonuagiques Gagnante: Softchoice Canada Finaliste: Ingram Micro National Large Solution Provider (LSP) Impact Award Winner: Softchoice Canada Finalist: Insight Canada Prix Impact Fournisseur national de solutions de grande envergure Gagnante: Softchoice Canada Finaliste: Insight Canada Power Platform Impact Award Winner: MNP Digital Finalist: Adastra Prix Impact Plateforme Power Gagnante: MNP Digital Finaliste: Adastra Public Sector Impact Award Winner: Slalom Finalist: Insight Canada Prix Impact Secteur Public Gagnante: Slalom Finaliste: Insight Canada Security Impact Award Winner: Difenda Finalist: Long View Systems Prix Impact Sécurité Gagnante: Difenda Finaliste: Long View Systems Surface Impact Award Winner: Compugen Finalist: Northern Micro Prix Impact Surface Gagnante: Compugen Finaliste: Northern Micro Sustainability Changemaker Impact Award Winner: Accenture/Avanade Finalist: E-Magic Prix Impact Agent de changement en matière de développement durable Gagnante: Accenture/Avanade Finaliste: E-Magic Tech Intensity - ISV Impact Award Winner: Calian Finalist: SOTI Prix Impact Intensité technologique – Fournisseur indépendant de logiciels Gagnante: Calian Finaliste: SOTI Tech Intensity - Services Impact Award Winner: Tata Consultancy Services Finalist: CGI Prix Impact Intensité technologique – Services Gagnante: Tata Consultancy Services Finaliste: CGI We look forward to celebrating the diversity of our ecosystem and their outstanding achievements at Microsoft Inspire 2023 on July 18 to 19. Microsoft Inspire is your opportunity to virtually gather with the Microsoft partner community and learn about new opportunities to develop and expand your business. If you have not already registered for Microsoft Inspire, we encourage you to do so today!
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Join us for Microsoft Inspire July 18-19, 2023!
Registration is now OPEN for #MSInspire taking place July 18 – 19, 2023 PT! 💫 Join us for the Microsoft Inspire digital event to learn how to accelerate AI transformation with Microsoft, drive customer success together, and fuel your business growth and profitability. As part of the event, we will celebrate our Canadian Partner of the Year winner and the Canada Impact Awards. :trophy: Follow this link to register today: https://lnkd.in/eXe7zHXq We look forward to delivering an impactful, high-value experience for you at Microsoft Inspire!
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Download your Microsoft customer propensity data
What is CloudAscent? CloudAscent uses data-driven analysis to identify existing customers who are ready to buy from our partners and provides a downloadable propensity data report. The data shows the customers’ likelihood to purchase Microsoft products including Azure, Modern Work and Business Applications. It will help you pinpoint customers who’ll be most receptive to your cross-sell and upsell efforts. CloudAscent applies machine learning models to hundreds of data sources, including customer demographics, industry focus, and existing Microsoft software usage, to produce a targeted list of opportunities that you are likely to close quickly. Do all partners get a customer leads report? No. Only partners who have been designated as the Partner of Record for small and medium sized customers will have a report available. Where can I get my personalized monthly report? You can download your monthly personalized report from Partner Center. What should I do with the data? Align your customer sales outreach aligning with customer intent. Act Now leads are ready for your sales team to engage with now. Evaluate leads are ideal to target with multi channel campaigns and may also contain immediate sales opportunities. Nurture and Educate leads may require a more broad-focus digital marketing campaign. Leads will align to the key Microsoft Sales Plays and your marketing campaigns can leverage the existing assets available in the Digital Marketing Content OnDemand tool (DMC). Where do I go for more information? Learn more about CloudAscent Download your CloudAscent report in Partner Center now Access marketing assets in Digital Marketing Content OnDemand (DMC) Learn more about the Microsoft Sales Plays
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Apr 28, 2023
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Hybrid Work: Top 10 Reasons To Choose Microsoft 365
Help your customers implement the best hybrid work solutions and unlock the full value of the Microsoft 365 platform. Top 10 Reasons to choose Microsoft 365: Unleash you best ideas with rich desktop and web-based apps Thrive in hybrid work with a modern collaboration platform Connect and engage with intelligent intranet and social networking Work smarter and make informed decisions with advanced analytics Efficiency manage work with lists, automation, bots, and more Protect sensitive data everywhere, even in motion and when shared Detect and investigate threats with built-in intelligence Secure the modern workplace with unified management Gain visibility, build insights, control data with management controls Manage compliance with built-in, comprehensive coverage Hybrid works is here to stay no matter where customers are in their journey. Here are a few resources to: Help customers navigate the future of the modern workplace Create a successful hybrid work plan with practical guides . Access your employee engagement to deliver a great employee experience wherever they work and help you design strategies and prioritize technology investments to address key strengths and gaps for your organization. Looking for more information on Hybrid Work to enable your team to better serve your customers? Prioritized Go-to-Market Resources: Modern work enablement for partners - Find a simplified view of the key upcoming training opportunities available to partners, training resources for the role-based exams, learning journeys across Modern Work, and other key resources. https://aka.ms/enablementguides Modern Work Go-to-Market partner resources Modern Work operationalize and go-to-market assets to help convert practice to reality , and accelerate efforts. Digital Marketing Content on Demand Partners can drive demand with automated easy to launch go-to-market campaigns . Uncover upsell opportunities with your customers CloudAscent uses machine learning technology and hundreds of data sources to highlight new opportunities with your existing customer base. Key Incentives, workshops and programs Deliver 1:1 workshops with your enterprise and corporate customers Microsoft 365 Digital Workforce Enable Frontline Hybrid Meetings and Rooms Modernize Communications Hybrid Work Key Incentives & Programs Delivery of Built Intent Workshops Top Modern Work Partner Incentive: Online Services Usage - Microsoft 365 Operator CSP Program FastTrack Ready Partner Program Train your team Partner Enablement Resources Readiness Calendar Microsoft 365 Virtual Training Days Microsoft 365 Licensing Resources and Documents Advanced Specializations
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Microsoft 365 empowers you to do more with less. Check out these resources!
Today, every business, in every industry, is looking to do more with less. Organizations of all sizes require a digital fabric that connects people, places, and processes--creating a massive opportunity to help customers make hybrid work, work. Additionally, pressures from the evolving global economy are requiring businesses to reduce costs and optimize operations as they continue to shift to a world of hybrid work. The multiple capabilities needed to enable Hybrid Work— meetings, chat, phone, scheduling, project management, cloud storage, analytics and automation, security — can easily increase an organization’s total cost of ownership and the administrative complexity that accompanies adding, deploying, and managing each solution separately. Microsoft 365 brings these solutions together into one integrated experience that delivers on the power of the cloud and makes Hybrid Work easier and smarter for employees. Microsoft 365 provides a complete solution for all customers, providing the most powerful and modern tools to do more with less. Customers can save money through vendor consolidation and decreased travel, increase security, and improve productivity and collaboration all with one premium product. Microsoft 365 empowers you to do more with less. It can help to reduce costs and reduce complexity. Based on Forrester Consulting reports, it can; Eliminate redundant solutions and cut licensing costs as much as 60% through consolidation to Microsoft 365 Simplify IT management when you automate system updates and reduce IT management cost by 40% and time spent on device management by 24% Protect the digital worker when you enable zero-trust security model and reduce data breach risk by 45% and overall IAM security management costs by 50% Data References: Forrester Consulting, The Total Economic Impact™ of Microsoft 365 E5, commissioned by Microsoft, December 2020 Forrester Consulting, The Total Economic Impact™ of Securing Apps With Microsoft Azure Active Directory, commissioned by Microsoft, August 2020 And if that's not enough; Did you know, customers who have consolidated to Microsoft 365 are: 50% more likely to strongly agree that the employee technology experience "helps keep users protected and data secure" . 57% more likely to report that workers have technology that enables flexibility to choose where they get their jobs done. 81% are more likely to strongly agree that their employee technology experience improves recruitment and retention 51% more likely to report that employees are able to seamlessly collaborate and in real-time 76% more likely to strongly agree employee technology experience helps us delight our customers, stakeholders, and constituents. If you would like to learn more about this data, please refer to: Enterprise Strategy Group. “Building a Resilient Organization through Integrated Cloud-based IT.” September 2020. Are you ready to drive more conversations with your customers about cost savings and value realization? Here are a few resources that can help you; Utilize The Ultimate Modern Work and Security Upsell Guide Attend the Hybrid Work webinar on October 5, 2022. Get acquainted with the newly launched Do More With Less campaign, first phase focused on SMB customers including a promo , but will continue to expand across all customer sizes. Nearly 65%* of SMB's prefer to purchase software solutions as packages, in a "suite of solutions" that meets all their business needs. This presents an opportunity to grow your customer base and generate more revenue by pitching Microsoft 365. Microsoft launched the new Do More with Less Campaign for SMBs, to enable partners to grow revenue by acquiring new customers and upgrading existing customers to more premium products. The "SMB New Customer and Upsell Promo" offers a low-risk monthly commitment on any of the following products: Microsoft 365 Business Basic Microsoft 365 Business Standard Microsoft 365 Business Premium Microsoft 365 Apps for Business Microsoft Teams Essentials Microsoft Defender for Business Now is the time to work with your customers, understand their needs, and implement the right solution for hybrid work and security. Get started today. The SMB Partner Portal page has everything you need to launch your Do More with Less Campaign for SMBs. * Meeting the Changing Software Technology Needs of SMBs, Forrester Consulting, September 2022
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Microsoft 365 E3 CSP Promo
Microsoft 365 E3 CSP Promo February 1 - June 30, 2023 Unlock new sales and revenue with the new Microsoft 365 E3 Do More with Less (DMWL) promotion, from February 1 through June 30, 2023. CSP partners get 15 percent off the net partner price when eligible customers purchase Microsoft 365 E3 with an annual commitment. For more information, download the FAQ , instruction guide , and promotional guidance . Visit here for additional Modern Work resources, incentives, and more.
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Apr 28, 2023
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Microsoft 365 E3 CSP Promo
Microsoft 365 E3 CSP Promo February 1 - June 30, 2023 Unlock new sales and revenue with the new Microsoft 365 E3 Do More with Less (DMWL) promotion, from February 1 through June 30, 2023. CSP partners get 15 percent off the net partner price when eligible customers purchase Microsoft 365 E3 with an annual commitment. For more information, download the FAQ , instruction guide , and promotional guidance . Visit here for additional Modern Work resources, incentives, and more.
SabrinaSeemangal
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Apr 28, 2023
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Download your Microsoft customer propensity data
What is CloudAscent? CloudAscent uses data-driven analysis to identify existing customers who are ready to buy from our partners and provides a downloadable propensity data report. The data shows the customers’ likelihood to purchase Microsoft products including Azure, Modern Work and Business Applications. It will help you pinpoint customers who’ll be most receptive to your cross-sell and upsell efforts. CloudAscent applies machine learning models to hundreds of data sources, including customer demographics, industry focus, and existing Microsoft software usage, to produce a targeted list of opportunities that you are likely to close quickly. Do all partners get a customer leads report? No. Only partners who have been designated as the Partner of Record for small and medium sized customers will have a report available. Where can I get my personalized monthly report? You can download your monthly personalized report from Partner Center. What should I do with the data? Align your customer sales outreach aligning with customer intent. Act Now leads are ready for your sales team to engage with now. Evaluate leads are ideal to target with multi channel campaigns and may also contain immediate sales opportunities. Nurture and Educate leads may require a more broad-focus digital marketing campaign. Leads will align to the key Microsoft Sales Plays and your marketing campaigns can leverage the existing assets available in the Digital Marketing Content OnDemand tool (DMC). Where do I go for more information? Learn more about CloudAscent Download your CloudAscent report in Partner Center now Access marketing assets in Digital Marketing Content OnDemand (DMC) Learn more about the Microsoft Sales Plays
Heather_Stephenson
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