The U.S. Partner Hot Sheet for May 2012 - U.S. Partner Training Blog - Site Home

Welcome to this month’s Hot Sheet, a schedule of upcoming live in-person and virtual training opportunities for Microsoft U.S. partners, so you can plan ahead. Looking for on-demand courses? On the Learning Plan Tool, search for relevant training by Microsoft product, competency, exam, and role.

Training and Certification Offers

Earn Your Microsoft Cloud Certification

Validate your cloud computing skills with the new Microsoft Cloud Services Certifications. These certifications cover functional areas such as infrastructure management, software development, database management and services management and include Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE) credentials, reinvented specifically for the cloud.

WPC 2012 Session Catalog is Now Available

See what’s in store for U.S. partners at the 2012 Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference in July. View the Session Catalog, and filter by track (including the U.S. Sub Track) to find sessions that will provide you with the insights, knowledge, and skills to be successful in what matters to you and your business most. Register today and join us for an experience that will help you elevate your Microsoft practice and your business, and stay informed about activities for U.S. partners at WPC through the U.S. WPC Community at http://aka.ms/usatwpc.

Become a Sales Specialist for a Chance to Win a Whistler Trip

Prove your expertise to customers by earning your Microsoft Sales Specialist accreditation. You’ll be entered to win a mountaintop-inspired prize for each assessment you pass between now and May 31. There are 11 assessment options, including:

Business Intelligence
Virtualization
Data Platform
Unified Communications

May Training Incentive for Sales and Technical Roles

Take any of our featured training this month for a chance to win a Nikon D5000 Digital SLR Camera Kit, Samsung Windows Phone or $100 American Express Gift Card. Featured products:

Microsoft Exchange Server 2010
Microsoft System Center
Windows 7
Windows Small Business Server 2011

View all training and certification incentives.

In-Person Training Events

Microsoft Office 365 Partner Deployment Training

This 3-day workshop is focused on the plan, prepare, and migrate phases of deployment for Microsoft Office 365.

May 8-10 in Fort Lauderdale, FL
May 15-17 in New York, NY

Windows Server 2012 Community Road Show

Learn about the technical features of Windows Server 2012 in these half-day events.

May 29 in Austin, TX
June 1 in Houston, TX
June 4 in Chicago, IL
June 5 in Seattle, WA
June 6 in Portland, OR
June 8 in Irvine, CA
June 11 in Minneapolis, MN
June 11 in Charlotte, NC

Microsoft Dynamics In-Person Learning Events

Live Web Seminars

Worldwide Partner Conference
May 10	IAMCP: 50 Quick Tips on Creating More Opportunities at WPC
Licensing
May 1	Get Licensing News (GLN) Live In Action Series - 8:30am PT
May 1	Get Licensing News (GLN) Live In Action Series - 5pm PT
May 9	National Annuity Webcast May 2012
June 6	National Annuity Webcast June 2012
Business Skills
May 17	Make Your B-to-B Website a Lead Generation Machine
Local Engagement
May 11	East Region Monthly Partner Call Series May 2012
May 16	May National Call Blitz Webcast
May 18	Central Region Monthly Partner Call May 2012
May 18	May West Region Monthly Partner Call
Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP)
May 14-17	Practice Accelerator for Optimized Desktop
Microsoft Dynamics
May 3		Powering CRMx3 with Accenture and Avanade Solutions
May 4		AX 2012: Access Methods/Interoperability
May 4		AX 2012: Lean Manufacturing Process for Cost Accounting
May 11		AX 2012: A Deep Dive into Customer Orders
May 18		AX 2012: Knock Your Socks Off
May 18		AX 2012: Employee Procurement
May 10		Upgrading from CRM 4.0 to CRM 2011
May 15		Customizing CRM 2011
May 21		CRM 2011: Creating Workflows and Dialogs
May 29		Microsoft Dynamics CRM US Technical Community Call
May 31		CRM 2011 and Microsoft SharePoint Integration
June 1		Developer Training for CRM 2011
May 2		How to leverage Microsoft Public Cloud Offerings
May 25		Using Both On-Premise and In-The-Cloud Solutions
May 16		Getting Started with Dynamics GP Business Portal
May 22		GP 2010: Planning and Budgeting with Forecaster
May 1		Build your path to industry creditability and awareness!
May 1		Q4 Volume Sales Series: Tactics to Unstick Stalled Deals
May 10		Mastering your MOFU
May 16		Road to Repeatability Rally Group: Partner Best Practices Part II
Microsoft Exchange Server 2010
May 10		High Availability
May 14-17		Practice Accelerator for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010
May 15		Intro to Mail Marshal SPE
May 22		Beating out the competition with Hosted Exchange
May 25		Upgrade and Coexistence
Microsoft Lync Server 2010
May 7		Enterprise Voice Planning
May 14-17		Practice Accelerator for Lync Server 2010 Enterprise Voice
May 29-June 1		Practice Accelerator for Lync Server 2010 Enterprise Voice
June 4		Monitoring and Troubleshooting
Microsoft Office 365
May 1		Lync Online/SharePoint Online Can Expand Your Cloud Practice
May 1		Directory Synchronization, Federation, and Single Sign-on
May 3		SharePoint Online Overview
May 4		Exchange Online Simple Mail Migration Options
May 7-10		Practice Accelerator for Microsoft Office 365
May 10		Selling Office 365 to State & Local Governments: Session 2
May 11		Technical Introduction to Office 365
May 15		Healthcare Partner Update
May 17		Top Support Issues
May 18		Selling Office 365 to Small- and Medium-sized Businesses
May 21-24		Practice Accelerator for Microsoft Office 365
May 24		Selling Office 365 to State & Local Governments: Session 3
June 1		Microsoft SMB VAR Compete Webcast Google
June 4-7		Practice Accelerator for Microsoft Office 365
June 7		SharePoint Online Overview
Microsoft Office SharePoint 2010
May 8		Publishing SharePoint Sites
May 14-17		Practice Accelerator for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010
May 22		Business Continuity Management Features in SharePoint 2010
May 23		Business Connectivity Services in SharePoint and Office 2010
May 24		Records Management in SharePoint 2010
May 29-June 1		Practice Accelerator for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010
Microsoft SQL Server 2012
May 1		Running SQL on Windows Server Core for Reliability/Availability
May 4		Advanced Manageability Using PowerShell
May 7-10		Practice Accelerator for Business Intelligence
May 9		Performance Optimization in SQL Server 2012
May 16		SQL Server 2012 Overview
June 4-7		Practice Accelerator for Business Intelligence
June 6		Design Your Infrastructure with AlwaysOn
Microsoft System Center 2012 / Private Cloud
May 3		System Center Orchestrator
May 7		Configure and Deploy Private Cloud Infrastructure
May 7-10		Practice Accelerator for Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)
May 14		Overview of System Center 2012
May 17		Private Cloud - Configure and Deploy Applications
May 21		Private Cloud - Monitor and Operate Infrastructure Components
May 21-24		Practice Accelerator for Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)
May 24		System Center Operations Manager 2012
June 4		Private Cloud - Configure and Deploy Private Cloud Infrastructure
June 4-7		Practice Accelerator for Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)
Microsoft Virtualization
May 4		Microsoft SMB VAR Compete Webcast Virtualization
May 30		Hyper-V Deep Dive
Windows Azure
May 2		Managing, Debugging, and Monitoring Windows Azure
May 30		Introduction to Windows Azure AppFabric
June 5		Windows Azure Platform Overview
Windows Phone 7.5
May 8		Getting Started
May 11		Fundamental Concepts
May 15		Design Exceptional UI for WP7
May 18		Application Features, Part 1
May 22		Application Features, Part 2
May 25		Common Development Tasks
May 29		Integrating WP7 Applications into the Cloud: Windows Azure

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