Labs Update 5/30
Hello TSPs, As you are likely aware, Worldwide Learning continues to experience impacts to training labs as work progresses on Microsoft’s Secure Future Initiative. These updates are important to ensure that Microsoft continues to be a market leader in protecting both partner and customer data. We know how critical these labs are for your success and we appreciate your patience and understanding as we work to navigate the challenges of the evolving security threat landscape. As of this week, all M365 tenant types are available for classes. Please note that increased security measures require a longer lead time to provision tenants. Depending on the course and quantity of tenants, Authorized Lab Hosters (ALHs) may not be able to immediately meet partner demand. We are working on resolving the issue and hope to have everything normalized within a week. Please keep collaborating with your ALH to prepare for future classes. D365 tenants remain offline due to the continued security work. Our team continues to make progress on resolving the D365 issue but there is no current ETA for D365 tenant availability. This work impacts the following courses: MB-210T01: Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales MB-230T01: Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Service MB-240T00: Microsoft Dynamics 365 Field Service MB-910T00: Microsoft Dynamics 365 Fundamentals (CRM) We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience or disruption these issues may cause to your business and your customers. We value your partnership and support, and we are doing our best to mitigate the impact and provide you with the best possible lab experiences for your learners. We will continue to keep you updated on the progress and the resolution of these issues here in the Forum and on the monthly partner Community Calls. DanRequest for a content-rich M365 tenant for M365 Copilot training purposes
Dear Microsoft Community and Team, I am writing on behalf of our team, a dedicated Microsoft Training Services Partner (TSP), with a keen interest in delivering comprehensive M365 Copilot training to end users. Our goal is to ensure that users can fully leverage the capabilities of M365 Copilot, thereby maximizing its benefits. Typically, an empty M365 tenant would be sufficient for training purposes. However, M365 Copilot's unique functionality hinges on the presence of substantial content within the tenant – including SharePoint sites, files, emails, meetings, chats, calendars, and contacts. This content is crucial for building M365 Copilot’s Semantic Index, which is essential for the tool to operate at its full potential. Consequently, providing hands-on training in such an enriched M365 environment becomes imperative. During the last TSP Community Call in January 2024, Michael Kophs, the Content Portfolio Manager, acknowledged the necessity of such a tenant for training purposes. However, there were no further details provided on how Microsoft might support TSPs in this regard. We recognize that setting up and maintaining a content-rich M365 tenant for training is a complex task, and it is beyond our current capabilities. Additionally, using our own corporate tenant for this purpose is not a feasible option. In light of this, we kindly request guidance or support from Microsoft in providing access to a suitable M365 tenant. This tenant would be used exclusively for training purposes, allowing participants to fully experience M365 Copilot and potentially continue to explore post-training, thereby fostering advocacy for this innovative GenAI-based service. We are open to discussing the financial aspects of accessing such a tenant for our training needs. We eagerly anticipate Microsoft’s response on this matter and are looking forward to your support in empowering end users through effective training. Thank you for considering our request. With kind regards, Marnix WolfUpdate on Credit Card Requirements for M365 Tenants
Update on a solution for credit card requirement issues on M365 tenants for the remaining courses: MS-700: Managing Microsoft Teams Resolved. There should not be any further issues, and Trainers can continue with their deliveries. MS-721: Collaboration Communications Systems Engineer Fully resolved by Friday December 8 th . ALH’s are onboarding a new tenant solution for the course GitHub is being updated with new instructions to help resolve the issue. NOTE: Please reach out to your ALH to find out when you can resume utilizing the labs Thank you.NEW: MS-203 Retirement Update
The new retirement date for MS-203: Microsoft 365 Messaging will now be December 29th, 2023. We understand that the initial retirement date did not support future scheduled deliveries of this course, and we always strive to provide course retirements in a timely manner to allow for appropriate planning. Please continue to reach out with any questions you may have. Thank you!July V1 Title Plan out now!
Hello, everyone -- The July Monthly Title Plan V1 is attached to this forum. This Monthly Title Plan is also shared in: MPN Partner Portal Learning Resources page resources page for Training Services Partners MCT Lounge Tech community Lounge for MCTs Please ensure to download the PDF document also uploaded to this post. It will provide you with additional information for NEW ILT Courses, coming soon. See snapshot below: Thank you!
Need Help for Selling Applied Skills
Hi, we appreaciate the new offerings for copilot, AI, and more. For our understanding it would be helpful to have a learning path available which course has which content and whats the audience for it. There are more than 20 new applied skills for copilot and ai. Is our opinion there is much content overlapping, very short new content for 1 day courses, and basics in nearly every course (e.g. responsible AI, what is Copilot, What are LLMs) e.g. Overlapping content in the MS4004 to 4008, 4012 courses. Some are only the "legacy" course split up in 4 courses (e.g. AI3002, 3003, 3004) is the same content as AI102. A big picture about the new applied skills would be helpful to understand and to sell. What about a poster: "How to successfully learn, plan, apply the copilot solutions" Overall our students find it very frustrating to have only Click-Thru-Simulations or Demonstration Only Courses. We are waiting for many months now to get training licenses for Copilot Training. No one is willing to give us a working answer. It is very difficult to decide which course to offer and which one to skip. You have to check: * learn.microsoft.com * PPT Slides (when LDC is down) * Course Description & Format differences * GIT-Hub MCT Pages are almost all empty without any content. (besided the template files azuredeploy.json) Regards, MarioMay V1 Title Plan out now!
The Monthly Title Plan for May V1 is attached to this post. The Title Plan can also be found in the following locations: MPN Partner Portal Learning Resources page Resource page for Training Services Partners (Title Plan publishing takes 2-3 business days) MCT Lounge Brand-new lounge for MCTs Thank youATTENTION DP-500 WILL BE RETIRING APRIL 30TH, 2024!!
DP-500 for ILT will be retiring on April 30th, 2024 Find out how certification and exam retirements make way for new opportunities. Microsoft Fabric—the all-in-one analytics solution that covers everything from data movement to data science—has enabled the role of enterprise data analyst to evolve into that of analytics engineer. As a result, effective April 30, 2024, we’ll retire the Microsoft Certified: Azure Enterprise Data Analyst Associate certification and Exam DP-500: Designing and Implementing Enterprise-Scale Analytics Solutions Using Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Power BI. Enterprise data analysts can now earn the Fabric Analytics Engineer Associate certification by taking DP-600 and also passing Exam DP-600. Please see the blog posted on MS Learn for further information regarding this found here: Microsoft Credentials roundup: In-demand news for in-demand skills - Microsoft Community Hub Thank you!NEW Data & AI Course DP-600!
The Data & AI team is excited to bring you brand-new courses this year! I wanted to put the spotlight on a new Role-based course with an associated exam/cert. With the release of Microsoft Fabric, we have identified the need for a new role, Analytics Engineer. This new course teaches learners how to design, implement, and manage data analytics assets within the Microsoft Fabric platform, prepares them to pass the DP-600 exam: Implementing Analytics Solutions Using Microsoft Fabric. At a glance: Course Detail Page URL: Course DP-600T00---A: Microsoft Fabric Analytics Engineer Trainer materials published to LDC: 1/12/24 Level: Advanced Product: Microsoft Fabric Role: Data Analyst Data Engineer Languages: English Course Duration: 4 days The course detail page is live. It can be utilized to better support course information to share to potential Learners. We want to get out our new ILT-courses, to better support preparation for future deliveries. Please let me know if you have any other questions!
