Request 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 WolfNEW: 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!
May 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 youNEW 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!URGENT: Labs Impacted by changes to Entra tenant: AZ-104, AZ-500, AZ-800
We have been made aware of a new issue around the creation of Entra tenants that prevents Learners from completing labs. Learners are no longer able to create tenants, but receive a message saying, "Only paid customers can create a Microsoft Entre Workforce tenant." CURRENT KNOWN LABS IMPACTED: AZ-104 – Lab 1 AZ-500 – Lab 2,3,4 AZ-800 – Lab 2 Currently, the Content Owners are working towards a solution for all impacted labs. I will then provide a status update hopefully by end of week. Thank you.ACHIEVEMENT CODE REQUESTS WORKING!
We are happy to report that the achievement code requests have been fully resolved. To ensure full functionality: Log out and sign back into your account. Use CTRL-F5 to refresh the page. You should now be able to request achievement codes and provide them to your Learners. If you are still having issues, please put in a request at: https://aka.ms/ILTSupport We apologize for the inconvenience and disruption of business. Thank you for your patience, and please have a wonderful weekend! - Microsoft Learn ILT TeamUPDATE: Achievement Code Requests WORKING!
We are happy to report that the achievement code requests have been fully resolved. To ensure full functionality: Log out and sign back into your account. Use CTRL-F5 to refresh the page. You should now be able to request achievement codes and provide them to your Learners. If you are still having issues, please put in a request at: https://aka.ms/ILTSupport We apologize for the inconvenience and disruption of business. Thank you for your patience, and please have a wonderful weekend! - Microsoft Learn ILT Team
March 28, 2024 - Title Plan Question - Modern Work is dead?
Hello @Mindy, here are some questions regarding the Titleplan v2 03/24. As stated in the "Courseware news" tab, can you please confirm that we have correctly understood that statements: Modern Work Portfolio: Perception that Microsoft is deinvesting in Modern Work Skills: Retirement of MS203, MS220, MS740, MS600 > Have we understand that correctly: No Replacement Courses are planned for that. These products are canceled out of the training portfolio for ever? - Not only perception is it reality? Look to TSPs to provide training for established products: ExO, SPO, OneDrive > Have we understand that correctly: TSPs have to design their own courses, no content available from MS. Microsofts focus is AI/Copilot - ONLY > nothing else anymore, only 1 Day ILT Applied Skills for Copilot/AI Content only. Everything else it going to be retired - no more in depth training. Sorry to ask that questions so directly. Regards, Mario
