Empowering partners with AI: Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat - Skilling Opportunities
We're thrilled to share several new resources and upcoming events to help you harness the full power of Microsoft 365 Copilot and agents. Here’s what’s new: 🚀 Copilot Accelerate Program Update The Copilot Proof of Value engagement kit now includes detailed, scenario-based guidance on building agents and configuring Copilot Analytics. This update helps you deliver an immersive experience that showcases out-of-the-box Copilot capabilities and robust ROI reporting. 👉 Download the Copilot Proof of Value Engagement Kit 📅 Upcoming Partner Skilling Events Innovate with Microsoft 365 Copilot and Build Your Own Agents Workshop When: February 18-20 Discover how Microsoft 365 Copilot enhances creativity, productivity, and skills. Learn about technical requirements, configuring Copilot, and extending its capabilities with plugins. 👉 Register for the Innovate with Microsoft 365 Copilot Event Build and Extend AI-Powered Agents with Copilot Studio Workshop When: March 4-6 Dive into Copilot Studio’s graphical development environment to build AI-powered copilots. Gain hands-on experience in creating solutions that serve both employees and customers. 👉 Register for the Build and Extend AI-Powered Agents Event GitHub & GitHub Copilot Partner Sales Bootcamp When: March 11 This one-day bootcamp is designed to equip you with strategies and best practices for selling GitHub Enterprise, GitHub Copilot, and GitHub Advanced Security (GHAS). 👉 Register for the GitHub & GitHub Copilot Partner Sales Bootcamp 🌟 NEW Digital Event: Level Up Your Skills with Microsoft 365 Copilot and Agents Sales Bootcamp: February 25 Technical Bootcamp: February 26-27 Enroll in our Level Up CSP bootcamp series to master both the sales and technical aspects of Microsoft 365 Copilot and agents. This training covers everything from selling strategies to hands-on labs in security and agent configuration. 👉 Learn More and Register for the February Level Up CSP Bootcamps 🎥 On-Demand Resource: Reimagine Your Copilot CSP GTM with Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat Missed the live event? Watch the on-demand session to see how the latest Copilot innovations can empower your customers at every stage of their AI journey. 👉 Download the Partner-Ready Event Deck 👉 Watch the Event Recording On Demand 🔄 Updated Copilot Studio Partner Assets We've refreshed several assets on Partner Hub to reflect the latest Copilot Studio enhancements: NEW: Enabling agents in Copilot Chat blog Updated: Agent-powered Business Processes pitch deck & seller guide Updated: Copilot Studio technical pitch deck, governance/security deck, and extensibility pitch deck 👉 Bookmark the Copilot Studio Page on Partner Hub and check back regularly for updates. NEW! Enabling agents in Copilot Chat blog Updated: Agent-powered Business Processes pitch deck Updated: Agent-powered Business Processes seller guide Updated: Copilot Studio technical pitch deck Updated: Copilot Studio: Governance, Security, Administration, and Management deck Updated: Copilot Studio pitch deck Updated: Copilot extensibility pitch deck Stay tuned for more updates and make sure to register for these events to leverage the latest innovations in Copilot and agent technology!Fabric enablement and certification - Microsoft partner way to go
The purpose of this post is to inform you on the upcoming partner enablement activities and resources to get certified on Microsoft Fabric. If you have any question, don't hesitate to contact me (lwolffhugel@microsoft.com) or anyone from the Microsoft team. Check also the Microsoft Fabric Partner readiness and enablement resources for ready-to-use pitch decks. Microsoft Fabric Workshop - Technical Learn how to implement fabric comprehensive suite through data lake, data integration, data engineering and more. The workshop is composed of recorded instructor-led theory training, live Q&A with experts and hands-on labs. Audience: open to all partners Role: pre-sales & technical roles Level: 200-300 (intermediate-advanced) Format: online When: Feb 5 to 8 (8am-12pm PST), March 4 to 7 (8am to 12pm GMT) Duration: 4 * half days (4* 4 hours) Registration Link to Azure Depth Workshop NEW Fabric Analytics Engineer certification : DP-600 Exam (beta) Learn Together and Exam Cram sessions The 30 Days to Learn It Cloud Skills Challenge Microsoft Fabric Career Hub Microsoft Fabric Hands on Labs Practice Tests (available February 7, 2024) Join our partner community here https://aka.ms/JoinFabricPartnerCommunity to directly engage with Microsoft Fabric engineering team and have access to weekly Fabric Engineering Connection calls to get latest updates on the product as well as knowledge on partner program, offerings, and campaigns we are executing.Register now: Prepare for New Threats with Microsoft Security Copilot | December 8, 2023
Security Copilot is the first security product to enable security analysts to move at the speed and scale of AI. It deploys skills, threat intelligence, and unparalleled contextual awareness to help security teams navigate security operations with speed and confidence. In this 90-minute session, you will be introduced to Security Copilot capabilities, it's interfaces and plugins and how to enhance SOC efficiency using the power of AI. Agenda: Introduction to Microsoft Security Copilot Exploring the Interface of Security Copilot Partner Access to Microsoft Security Copilot in Customer Environments Developing and using promptbooks Data Security and Privacy Responsible AI at Microsoft Register now!Register now: Microsoft 365 Copilot Pre-Sales & Technical Bootcamp | December 12 - 14
Dive deep into how to prepare your customers and get your delivery teams ready to deploy Microsoft 365 Copilot Do you want to take your technical skills to the next level and learn how to enable Microsoft 365 Copilot effectively? If so, this training is perfect for you. You’ll join Microsoft experts on a journey to explore how Microsoft 365 Copilot provides real-time intelligent assistance, enabling users to enhance their creativity, productivity, and skills. This intermediate training event is tailored to provide you with an understanding of how you can access and configure Microsoft 365 Copilot in your organization and how you can extend it using plugins. You will also gain the expertise to successfully prepare your customers for Microsoft 365 Copilot deployment and accelerate adoption. Why choose the Microsoft 365 Copilot Boot Camp? When you join the Microsoft 365 Copilot Boot Camp, you’ll enjoy numerous benefits, including: Deeper technical understanding of what is Microsoft 365 Copilot Advanced overviews of architecture, extensibility, security, and compliance Direction for preparing Microsoft 365 Copilot deployment and adoption Guidance from seasoned instructors with real-world insight Flexible training to fit your schedule and working hours Access to sessions in English, with live captions in 12 languages Register nowRegister now: CSP Technical Training Series
CSP partners! The CSP Technical Training is designed to assist you with technical implementation of change. Register for the next event to get answers to your technical questions and learn more API changes available in sandbox: CSP Technical Training Listing Page (eventbuilder.com)Register now: Build and Modernize AI Apps on Azure | November 13 - 16, 2023
Learn to leverage the power of Microsoft Azure's Apps, Data and AI solutions to modernize and build intelligent apps focusing on internal business critical applications and external customer-facing apps. In this workshop you'll learn more about the impactful application of generative AI, which harnesses massive data that will be huge for businesses. You will also learn to make use of Azure Data services and cloud-native app building features provided by Azure Kubernetes Services, Cosmos DB and GitHub. Event Agenda Day 1: Introduction to AI Apps, DevOps with GitHub, Building and deploying apps on Azure Day 2: Azure Data Services, Globally distributed databases Day 3: Azure AI Services, Azure OpenAI Service Day 4: Well-Architected Framework, Security Prerequisites This is an intermediate to advanced level training event. Participants should be familiar with and have some work experience with Azure, ability to navigate the Azure Portal and foundational knowledge on Azure services. In addition, having knowledge of the role-based certification content (passing the exam is not required) is suggested. Register nowJoin the Microsoft Fabric Workshop | November 6 - 9, 2023
Microsoft is an all-in-one analytics solution for enterprises that covers everything from data movement to data science, real-time analytics, and business intelligence. Attend this course to learn more about this comprehensive suite of services, including data lake, data engineering, and data integration, all in one place. Learn how to implement this easy-to-use product that is designed to simplify analytics needs of enterprises. Agenda Day 1: Introduction to Microsoft Fabric, Getting started with Data Engineering using Microsoft Fabric Day 2: Data Engineering using Apache Spark, Delta lakes and Notebooks Day 3: Data Warehousing, Power BI reporting in Microsoft Fabric Day 4: Implementing Real-time Analytics and Data Science in Microsoft Fabric Prerequisites This is an intermediate to advanced level training event. Participants should be familiar with and have some work experience with Azure, ability to navigate the Azure Portal and foundational knowledge of Azure services. In addition, having konwledge of the relevant role-based certification content (passing the exam-AI Fundamentals not required) is suggested. Register now!Join our Modern Work Cloud Week | November 6-10, 2023
Join us and accelerate your path to certification with Modern Work Cloud Week for Partners. These week-long virtual events will teach you about Microsoft 365 and Endpoint administration, Microsoft Teams management, and collaborative communication solutions. It also supports partner organizations in meeting the Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program skilling requirements. Each day you will learn from subject matter experts, expand your technical capabilities, and build the skills needed for your role. Available Tracks: MS-102: Microsoft 365 Administrator MD-102: Endpoint Administrator MS-700: Managing Microsoft Teams MS-721: Collaboration Communications Systems Engineer Register now!Register now: Business Application Depth Events | FY24 October
Hone your technical skills with Dynamics 365 and Power Platform training. Led by Microsoft experts, these multi-day in-depth sessions focus on providing advanced knowledge of Business Applications solutions. View on-demand content and attend upcoming live events to become proficient at assessing customer needs and implementing Microsoft Business Applications solutions from start to finish. Register now to view available on-demand content and to enroll as new events become available. Reimagine Process Automation with AI and Power Automate Workshop | October 10-12, 2023 Take a deep dive on Power Automate Desktop that broadens the excisting capabilities in Power Automate. Learn how you can quickly and easliy automate with the new intuitive Power Automate Desktop. We will cover the technical architecture, solutions, unattended UI flows with an extensive set of hands-on activities throughout the course. Customer Success Series | October 18, 2023 A customer-centric culture: allow customers to better deploy, adopt, and get real business value from their investment. It allows to grow partner and Microsoft cloud business through continuous cross-sell and upsell to extend the customer lifecycle and increase lifetime value. Join us and learn about the approach, methodology, insights, and best practices to support your customers' challenges and grow your cloud business. Optimize Dynamics 365 Implementations with Process-focused Solutions Boot Camp | October 25, 2023 Join us to learn from the Dynamics 365 FastTrack team about new resources available to you to help optimize your implementations. This inculdes new samples, guidance, and documentations all available in the new Dynamics 365 Guidance hub on Microsoft Learn. This includes guidance on how to leverage the catalog to help accurately estimate and scope projects, create Azure DevOps projects that are process-focused, and leverage the documentation and downloadable resources to help run solution modelling in your project all centered around business processes. Innovate with AI and Power Platform Low Code Tools Workshop | October 30 - November 2, 2023 Citizen and professional developers alike can learn and apply Microsoft Power Platform technologies - Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Pages - to modernize an organization's line-of-business (LOB) applications. This course is a must for anyone interested in increasing time to market, ROI, and reducing overall development costs.Discover the Partner Skilling Playbook
A go-to enablement guide for Microsoft partners AI and Cloud capabilities are enabling new opportunities and helping organizations of all sizes achieve their goals. In today's rapidly evolving landscape, embracing and harnessing this potential is a must if businesses want to thrive. Discover a range of enablement opportunities to help you stay up-to-date on technical knowledge and deepen your understanding of how technology can help your organization evolve and transform. Download the Playbook below and benefit from enablement opportunities!
