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. New Learning Plans include Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012.

Training and Certification Offers

Training Incentive Updated with New Courses for June

Take any of our featured training this month for a chance to win a Lenovo Netbook or $120 in Amazon gift cards. Featured products:

• Microsoft Lync Server 2010
• Windows Intune
• Microsoft Office 365
• Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP)

Save on Microsoft Certification Practice Tests

Help your organization meet competency requirements by preparing for your Microsoft Certification exams. Save 40% on select practice tests from MeasureUp and Transcender. Large teams can save 62% by purchasing 25 practice tests through MeasureUp.

You Could Take Microsoft Office 365 Practice Accelerator for Free

Help your customers transition to the cloud with Practice Accelerator for Microsoft Office 365. If you are a Cloud Accelerate member or Cloud Essentials subscriber, you can register at no cost. See the Live Web Seminars section below for upcoming sessions.

In-Person Training

Windows Server 2012 Community Road Show

Learn what's new in Windows Server 2012 at this half-day event, coming to multiple U.S. cities beginning June 1. You'll see presentations and demos from Microsoft MVPs about server manageability; virtualization; storage and availability; and networking, including how to manage private clouds and link them to public cloud services.

A 6-week outlook of in-person and live online training in your Region is available at http://aka.ms/eastregion, http://aka.ms/centralregion, http://aka.ms/westregion.

Live Web Seminars