Swiss Partner Townhall – January 30th, 9:30 CET
Dear Partners, We are inviting you to our monthly Swiss Partner Townhall, happening on Tuesday, January 30th, from 9:30 to 10:30 CET. This virtual event is your go-to source for the latest updates, insights, and opportunities to maximize your success as a Microsoft Partner. 📅 Date: January 30th, 2025 ⏰ Time: 9:30 - 10:30 CET 📍 Online 👉 Register now Agenda at a Glance Time Topic Speaker 9:30–9:35 Opening Diyor Iskandarov 9:35–9:45 Key Partner Priorities Andrew Reid 9:45–10:05 Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat Announcement Stefanie Thommen 10:05–10:20 Copilot Studio & Agents Nadine Nyffenegger 10:20–10:30 Partner Benefits Updates Jana Caduff Why Attend? Join us to explore how AI-powered tools like Copilot Chat, Copilot Studio, and Agents can transform collaboration, streamline business processes, and deliver tailored customer solutions. Plus, get key updates on the MAICPP & IUR to ensure you’re maximizing your partner benefits. This Townhall is your chance to stay ahead with cutting-edge AI innovations and unlock the full potential of your Microsoft partnership. 👉 Register now to secure your spot and kickstart a successful 2025 with Microsoft. We look forward to seeing you there. #SwissPartnerTownhall #Microsoft365 #CopilotChat #MicrosoftPartners #Switzerland #Copilot #AI
Swiss DCs Partner Update Call September 2024
Please find attached the pdf slides from this quarter's partner Swiss DCs update call. The recording and AI recap is here: Regular Partner Q&A Call on CH DC-20240920_140148-Meeting Recording.mp4 (sharepoint.com) Main info covered: New Public Story 5 years Swiss DCs Azure More powerful NVIDIA GPUs NVv5 now generally available in Switzerland North in two zones, enabling e.g. resource-intensive applications such as CAD for Virtual Desktop Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCore available very soon in Switzerland North Modern Work GPU cloud PCs in Windows 365 available in Switzerland Final Call Similar to established areas with mature DCs such as DE / FR / UK, there is no local DC Lead any longer in Switzerland Please approach your Microsoft partner team or Martin Abrle for Swiss DCs requests I will delete the call series for the future as I transitioned to the role of AI National Skills Director Thank you VERY MUCH for the past collaboration and everything you've done for Swiss DCs!Swiss DCs Partner Update Call June 2024
Please find attached the pdf slides from this quarter's partner Swiss DCs update call. The recording and AI recap is here: Regular Partner Q&A Call on CH DC-20240621_140141-Meeting Recording.mp4 (sharepoint.com) Main info covered: New Public Customer Story Luzerner Kantonsspital with partner Polypoint Azure Azure OpenAI GPT-4 Turbo and GPT-4o available as Provisioned Throughput in Switzerland North - PAYG not yet available, will be listed here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/openai/concepts/models Azure VMware Solution now generally available in Switzerland North More powerful NVIDIA GPUs NVv5 now generally available in Switzerland North, enabling e.g. resource-intensive applications such as CAD for Virtual Desktop Azure Storage Actions (preview), a fully managed platform that helps customers automate data management operations for Azure Blob Storage and Azure Data Lake Storage Please approach me if your customers have a need for further workloads in Swiss DCs Defender Announcement Post | LinkedIn Covered solutions: Microsoft Defender for Endpoint MDE, Microsoft Defender for Identity MDI and Microsoft Defender XDR as underlying platform Be aware of a few specific points per the pdf or call recording Next Call Current call series will be extended, next call will be on Friday Sept 20 2024 14.00 Please approach me if you'd like to join as wellSwiss DCs Partner Update Call March 2024
Please find attached the pdf slides from this quarter's partner Swiss DCs update call. The recording is too large to share here, please approach me directly in the next four weeks if you would like to access it. Main info covered: New Public Customer Stories Azure OpenAI at Rhaetian Railway with startup ParetoLabs SAP on Azure at Canton Aargau M365 at Universitäts-Kinderspital beider Basel Azure OpenAI at startup Apiax M365 at Schweizer Paraplegiker Zentrum Azure OpenAI at Pictet with startup Unique M365 M365 Backup available as public preview, including Swiss DCs – invoicing follows the pay-as you-go model as part of Microsoft Syntex per-user licensing M365 Copilot Local Data Residency, as long as M365 tenant is located in Swiss DCs Was added to Product Terms on March 1 2024, publicly also documented Stored data is “content of interactions”: the user's prompt and Copilot's response, including citations to any information used to ground Copilot's response Data isn't used to train foundation LLMs LLM located outside Switzerland, processing happens there as publicly documented Azure Microsoft Dev Box launched in Switzerland North, same price as in European DCs Archive Tier within Azure Backup in Switzerland North Azure NetApp Files Backup in both Switzerland North and West Bsv2/Basv2 now GA in Switzerland North – Bsv2 also in Switzerland West NDA update on Azure VMware Solution NDA update on more powerful GPUs NVv5 for Virtual Desktop, enabling resource-intensive applications such as CAD Please approach me if your customers have a need for further workloads in Swiss DCs Next Call Cadence switched to quarterly calls Next call will be on June 21 2024 14.00 Participants who joined at least one call in the last 12 months were invited, please approach me if you'd like to join as wellUnlock the Value of a Smart Workplace with Teams and Copilot for Microsoft 365
We are pleased to inform you that we will be hosting a Partner webinar, titled: Unlock the Value of a Smart Workplace with Teams and Copilot for Microsoft 365. With the incredible impact AI is having on how organizations and individuals work. The endless opportunities powered by a smart workplace with Microsoft Teams sets the foundation for unleashing creativity and productivity to a whole new level, and partners play a critical role in guiding our customers along their AI journey. During this webinar, we’ll discuss the opportunity for partners in bringing together Microsoft Teams Phone, Teams Premium, Teams Rooms, and Copilot in Teams to support our customers AI transformations. You’ll also have the chance to hear from two Partners who quickly embraced AI as the compelling moment to position the Converged Communications solution play, and how it’s unlocked new revenue opportunities. They’ll share their experiences on the impact Copilot is having across all customer engagements, and how it unlocks additional new opportunities and emerging business models to stay relevant. Join us on March 13 from 17:30 – 18:30 for a live session on unlocking the value of Copilot across the Converged Communications solution play. Partner individuals attending this event will have the opportunity to interact with Microsoft subject matter experts through a moderated live Q&A chat. Call to Action Partners can register here: https://aka.ms/ConvergedCommsCopilotPartnerWebinar.
FY24 Modern Work & Security Partner Guide for SMB - now available for download!
Dear Parters, If you are present in the SMB market and would like to understand how Microsoft can support you programmatically in driving your Modern Work & Security business, then download and use our Modern Work & Security Partner guide. The guide summarizes programs and resources that help you to plan your enablement, go-to-market, target customers and identifying and developing opportunities from pre-sales to post-sales. Please find the download link below and leverage the guide actively. The guide will be periodically updated so make sure you use the download link in order to always have the latest version at hand.
Looking for MSFT partner to host a keynote on Data Security with E5
Dear MSFT Partners, I am in the midst of organizing a keynote during our Swiss Security Day planned for September 18 at the MSFT office in the Circle in Zurich. If you are interested to host a keynote on data security, please fill out the below form by July 25 https://forms.office.com/r/6g5ErbeaTFSwiss DCs Partner Update Call June 2023 & Info Moving Forward
Please find attached the pdf slides and recording from Friday's partner Swiss DCs update call. Main info covered: New Public Customer Stories PwC Switzerland using Azure, M365 and security solutions Vaudoise extending the partnership with Azure, M365 and D365 in Swiss DCs Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes now GA in Switzerland North Azure Virtual Network Manager in Switzerland North and West Ultra Disks now available in 2 AZs in Switzerland North – under NDA: 3rd AZ also planned Azure Web PubSub in Switzerland West (already available in North before) Azure SignalR in Switzerland West (already available in North before) Update Management Center now deployed for Arc-enabled servers in Switzerland North Dynatrace SaaS exclusively on Azure in Switzerland with local data residency Azure VMware Solution AVS – NDA updates Please approach me if your customers have a need for further workloads in Swiss DCs Dynamics 365 Push Notifications in D365 Marketing enabled as a private preview with June release, send us an organization ID to unlock the push notification feature Next Calls After four years monthly calls, switching cadence to one call per quarter Next call will be end of September Will send new invite to participants who joined at least one call in the last 12 months Reach out to primo.amrein@microsoft.com if you'd like to join as well
