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!
Solution partner Attainment
Just interested to know if anyone else finds this program challenging. Just got off a session with Microsoft and from what we reviewed in our Partner portal, this is close to impossible to achieve. Microsoft are very out of touch and seem more interested in growth than development. Complete waste of our time.Introducing the SMB Assessment Desk
With 71 Million SMB organisations across Asia, Microsoft has launched a new SMB Assessment Desk that has been designed to provide more customers with: Rapid Security Assessment - a holistic security assessment via CSAT Quickscan, providing actionable recommendations on security improvements to drive M365 and Azure security consumption Azure Express - a comprehensive server migration assessment via Azure Migrate/RV Tools and AMA Workbook, providing recommendations on migrating current on-premises and cloud environments to Azure IaaS and PaaS solutions. Partners can leverage this service to provide their customers with a holistic security assessment via CSAT Quickscan, providing actionable recommendations on security improvements to drive M365 and Azure security consumption. If your customer has more than 30 endpoints you can leverage the desk to run the assessment for you and support you in presenting the findings. Request support here Solution Assessment Program (microsoft.com) In the attached folder you can download a summary presentation on the desk and some assets you can use with your customers including a flyer and a sample report. We've also included a document on our tool requirements.
Copilot for M365 – The road ahead for Microsoft partners
(April 23 Update) The purpose of this post is to inform you on the upcoming partner enablement activities related to Copilot for M365. This list will be kept up to date as things are moving very fast. If you have any question or are not sure which session is the best fit for you, don't hesitate to contact me (manumic@microsoft.com) or anyone from the Microsoft team. Check also the Copilot for Microsoft 365 partner landing page for all partner related resources. Events: 27th May in Geneva CSP Masters GTM & Sales Training: Copilot for Microsoft 365 28th May in Geneva CSP Masters Technical Training: Copilot for Microsoft 365 4th June in Zürich Copilot for Microsoft 365: Deployment and Adoption BootcampSwiss 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.
