To help you prioritize your training activities this month,here is a summary of recommendations from the U.S. Partner Team.

You can always find up-to-date information on recommended on-demand, local in-person, and virtual training opportunities by visiting the Regional Partner
Training Finders and the Learning Plan Tool, or subscribe to communications such as the U.S. Partner Newsletter and the U.S. Partner
Learning blog to have current training tools and opportunities delivered directly to your inbox. 

Training and Certification Promotions, Tools, and Resources

New Courses and Prizes in the December Partner Training Sweepstakes

Be entered to win a Digital SLR Camera package, a Samsung Focus™ Windows Phone 7, or a $25 American Express gift card when you take one
of our December training courses. This month’s featured solutions include SQL Server 2012, Office 365, Windows Small Business Server 2011, and Azure Platform. You’ll earn a prize entry
for each course you attend.

Time to Thrive Webcast Series for Sales Specialists

This monthly series is dedicated to helping both old and new Microsoft Sales Specialists thrive within the current landscape and hit your
short-term and long-term sales goals. Next in the series: Wednesday, December 14 – Compete to Win: The All-Up Cloud Story - A Sales Opportunity that
Unfolds as Power-of-Choice with Ulises Aguilar.

The Ultimate Voice Career Promotion

This Lync promotion for voice professionals offers the chance to win some great prizes for learning about and sharing your experiences with Microsoft Lync.
Participants earn points for a monthly sweepstakes and you could win prizes like an Xbox 360, a $150 Best Buy voucher, or a $5,000 Kinect entertainment
system.

MPN Competency Exam Packs

This exclusive offer makes it easy to meet competency requirements by allowing Microsoft Partners to save up to 40% on selected
exams. By purchasing these exam packs you can hand out exam vouchers to anyone in your organization that needs to take an exam.

Intensive Training Events

MicrosoftSQL Server 2012 Technical Ignite – Join us in your region for a two-day, instructor-led training
focusing on the new features of SQL Server 2012. This course combines presentations and hands-on labs to help you better understand how SQL Server
2012 addresses the mission critical, business intelligence, enterprise information management, and database development needs of your customers.

New Windows Azure Sales and Technical Courses – Increase your sales and technical Azure knowledge with these recently released 100- and
200-level online courses for Sales, Developer, and Architect roles. Many of these trainings are less than 30 minutes, so you can consume them quickly.

PartnerServices and Support Virtual Classroom Events

• Power Start Workshops - Get access to essential knowledge for Microsoft
       products and solutions. Learn about new product features and presales
       opportunities, and get an overview of a solution with these workshops. Cost:
       1 advisory hour
• Momentum  Workshops - Access the latest technical training for deployment,
       development, and migration to deepen your skills and knowledge base around
       current Microsoft products and solutions. Cost: 1 advisory
       hour
• Practice  Accelerators - This comprehensive set of reusable tools and best
       practices can help you identify customer requirements and project scope,
       analyze customer needs, and deploy solutions. Offerings include Server
       Virtualization, Exchange Server 2010, SharePoint Server 2010, BPOS, and
       MDOP. Cost: 10 advisory hours

Live Online Web Seminars                           
Online Web Seminars                           

December 6

• 
  Microsoft Virtualization Power Start Workshop: Virtual Desktop
  Infrastructure (VDI) Competitive Comparison Against VMware
• 
  Microsoft Office 365 Momentum Workshop: Office 365 Overview
• 
  How to get the most out of your MPN Resources (SMSP135PAL)
• 
  Windows Azure Momentum Workshop: Windows Azure Compute

December 7

• 
  Windows Small Business Server 2011 Momentum Workshop: Remote
  Desktop Services
• 
  Windows Intune Webcast Series:  Getting the First Windows
  Intune Sale and Growing Your Prospects (SMSP145PSW)
• 
  Microsoft Office 365 Power Start Workshop: Microsoft Lync
  Online Overview
• 
  National Annuity Webcast December 2011 (SMSP103PSW)
• 
  2011 CRM Microsoft Dynamics Standard Sales Accreditation Study
  Hall
• 
  Microsoft Dynamics CRM Sales Accreditation Exam Preparation
• 
  Windows Azure Momentum Workshop: Building ASP.NET Applications
  in Windows Azure

December 8

• 
  US Microsoft Digital Marketing Competency Monthly Partner
  Webcast
• 
  Exploring the Parallel Data Warehouse Partner Opportunity
  (CSD182PAL)
• 
  Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Power Start Workshop: Upgrading
  from Dynamics CRM 4.0 to Dynamics CRM 2011
• 
  Microsoft Office 365 Momentum Workshop: Microsoft Lync Online
• 
  Virtualization
• 
  Microsoft Office 365 Power Start Workshop: Microsoft
  SharePoint Online Overview
• 
  Exploring the Parallel Data Warehouse Partner Opportunity
  (CSD182PAL2)
• 
  Lync Mobile: Clients, Server & Deployment (UC123PAL)

December 9

• 
  Windows Azure Momentum Workshop: Introduction to Windows Azure
  AppFabric
• 
  Microsoft Office 365 Momentum Workshop: SharePoint Online
  Development Introduction
• 
  Presales Profits: Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Demo Skill King
  Maker Series Manufacturing/Distribution Track - Manufacturing Execution System
  (MES)
• 
  Microsoft Dynamics Sure Step Implementation Methodology Exam Preparation
  for Microsoft Dynamics CRM
• 
  Windows Small Business Server 2011 Power Start Workshop: The
  SBS 2011 Solution – Overview for Partners
• 
  Presales Profits: Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Demo Skill King
  Maker Series Financial Track - Financial Reporting & Budgeting in Dynamics
  AX 2012 utilizing Management Reporter & Microsoft Forecaster

December 12

• 
  Solution Selling Online Workshop
• 
  Accelerated Supply Chain
• 
  Windows Small Business Server 2011 Momentum Workshop:
  Migrating from SBS 2003
• 
  Microsoft Lync 2010 Power Start Workshop: Microsoft Lync 2010
  Overview
• 
  SharePoint 2010 Momentum Workshop: Customizing Enterprise
  Content Management

December 13

• 
  SharePoint 2010 Momentum Workshop: Exposing Business
  Intelligence with SharePoint 2010
• 
  Microsoft Lync 2010 Power Start Workshop: Microsoft Lync 2010
  How-to Demo, Tips, and Tricks
• 
  System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) 2012 Momentum
  Workshop: Migrating from SCCM 2007 to SCCM 2012

December 14

• 
  Sales
  Specialist “Time to Thrive” Webcast Series A Sales Opportunity that Unfolds as
  Power-of-Choice
• 
  SharePoint 2010 Momentum Workshop: Records Management in
  SharePoint 2010
• 
  Windows Intune Webcast Series:  Successfully Giving the
  Windows Intune Demo and Driving Incremental Revenue with Windows Intune
  (SMSP146PSW)
• 
  Microsoft Lync 2010 Power Start Workshop: How to Answer Common
  Questions
• 
  System Center Configuration Manager (CM) 2007 Momentum
  Workshop: Deploy Windows 7 and Office 2010 Using CM 2007

December 15

• 
  Microsoft Partner: Landing Health Community Cloud Automation
  with Parallels (PSH77PAL)
• 
  Microsoft Virtualization Momentum Workshop: Server Virtualization
  Hyper-V High Availability
• 
  Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Power Start Workshop: Mobility
  with Exchange ActiveSync (EAS)
• 
  Microsoft Dynamics Marketing Professional Community: LinkedIn
  Presents - Getting More Business Value out of LinkedIn's 120M Users
• 
  SharePoint 2010 Momentum Workshop: Excel Services

December 16

• 
  Microsoft Office 365 Power Start Workshop: Office 365 Compete
  Overview
• 
  Microsoft Office 365 Power Start Workshop: General Overview
  for Partners
• 
  System Center Service Manager (SCSM) 2012 Momentum Workshop:
  SCSM 2012 Web Portal

December 19

• 
  AX 2012 Industry: Professional Services
• 
  SharePoint 2010 Momentum Workshop: Using Social Capabilities
  in SharePoint 2010
• 
  SharePoint 2010 Momentum Workshop: Application Lifecycle
  Management in SharePoint 2010
• 
  Forefront Unified Access Gateway (UAG) 2010 Power Start
  Workshop: Publishing Remote Desktop Services (RDS)

December 20

• 
  Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Momentum Workshop: Creating
  Dashboards and Custom Reporting
• 
  SharePoint 2010 Momentum Workshop: Creating Sandboxed
  Solutions in SharePoint 2010
• 
  System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) 2012 Power Start
  Workshop: SCOM 2012 Setup and Configuration

December 21

• 
  Microsoft Lync 2010 Server Momentum Workshop: Enterprise Voice
  Overview
• 
  SharePoint 2010 Momentum Workshop: Search Capabilities and
  Features in SharePoint 2010
• 
  December National Call Blitz Webcast (SMSP101PSW)
• 
  Microsoft Dynamics Road to Repeatability Rally Group: Learn to
  Leverage Repeatable Processes in Your Solution Delivery
• 
  System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) 2012 Power Start
  Workshop: What's New