Grow your SMB cloud business

Are you interested in adding additional Microsoft cloud solutions to your practice, but you aren’t sure where to start? We’re here to help – we have a variety of resources to get you started – from on-demand resources and readiness, to virtual workshop series designed to help you jumpstart a new practice.

The SMB JumpStart series are virtual workshops designed to help your team comprehend, adopt, and deploy Microsoft technologies to expand your business opportunities. Each JumpStart series includes weekly webinars demoing a specific aspect of the solution, as well as hands-on independent learning assignments and coaching sessions, to help ensure engagement and comprehension. If you have additional questions, there is a members-only Yammer group where you can consult technical experts and your peers.

Azure & EMS

New on-demand JumpStart series available!

• SMB JumpStart: Creating Virtual Machines with High Availability | Register today!
• SMB JumpStart: Azure Backup and Azure Site Recovery | Register today!
• SMB JumpStart: Reimagine Hybrid Cloud Storage with the StorSimple Virtual Appliance | Register today!

Get started today with on-demand JumpStart series available at your convenience:

• Azure Virtual Machines – Register here
• Hybrid Identity – Register here
• Enterprise Mobility Suite – Register here

Each of these series includes a members-only Yammer page and a bi-weekly coaching session where Microsoft experts and your peers can help answer your questions and keep you moving towards your first transaction.

Who should participate: This program is best-suited for companies who are looking to learn the fundamentals and are ready to start an Azure practice today. We recommend your company's Office 365 technical lead attend the sessions. If you have already adopted Azure into your customer solutions, these sessions can be useful for new team members unfamiliar with the technology.

Additional resources:
Looking for additional resources to explore Azure & EMS – get started now with the Partner Journey Sway pages with all the key resources in one page. These pages are updated regularly, so be sure to bookmark for future use.

• EMS Partner Journey
• Azure Partner Journey

Voice & Telephony

Recent Announcement - Auto Attendant and Call Queues have been released: two new advanced calling features in Skype for Business Cloud PBX. Auto Attendant provides an automated system to answer and route inbound calls using dial pad inputs and speech recognition. Call Queues enable incoming calls to be routed to the next available live attendant in the order they are received. Read the blog announcement

JumpStart on-demand sessions available :

• SMB JumpStart: Cloud PBX and PSTN in Skype for Business Online | Register today!

Trainings on new features:

• On-Demand Partner Webcast on Auto Attendant and Call Queues
• Deep dive training on Auto Attendant
• Deep dive training on Call Queues

Additional Resources:

• Sign up for E5 Trial here
• Learn about opportunities for Office 365 E5 IUR
• Understand“What is E5”
• Get Your Sales Team trained - Drumbeat
• Start Sales & Marketing Campaign Content

Business Intelligence

New on-demand JumpStart series now available!

• SMB JumpStart: Business Intelligence | Register today!

Additional Resources:

• Access training and resources on the partner portal
• Sign up for the Power BI Partner Program - powerbi.microsoft.com/become-a-partner
• Review the first 5 videos on the Analyze & Visualize Data with Power BI YouTube channel

Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations, Business edition

Realize your full potential: Join 1: many coaching sessions
Join these bi-weekly 1:many coaching sessions to get your questions answered and accelerate your Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations, Business edition practices. These sessions will consist of short presentations and then open Q&A format with Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations, Business edition experts to help accelerate your practice!
Learn more & register

On demand series: Getting Started with Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations, Business edition.
In this 4-part on-demand webcast series, you'll receive step-by-step guidance and resources each session on why you should consider Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations, Business edition including product demonstration and key learning on the strong integration with O365, marketing guidance and how to place your first order.
Learn more & register

On demand series: Building a Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations, Business edition
In this 3- part on-demand webcast series, you'll receive guidance and resources in each session on Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations, Business edition Digital Marketing key learning and Best Practices, how to close a Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations, Business edition Customer and developing Your Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations, Business edition uniqueness to stand out from competition.
Learn more & register

On demand series: Accelerate your customer’s time to implement
Join this 4-part webinar series to learn tips and best practice for implementing Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations, Business edition. This will help our SMB partners implement Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations, Business edition quickly and efficiently – with confidence!
Learn more & register

Additional resources:

• Get Started with the Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations, Business edition Trial
• Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations, Business edition Getting Started Guide
• Microsoft Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations, Business edition Marketing Collateral
• Stay up-to-date by joining the Dynamics 365 Partner Yammer community
• Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations, Business edition FAQ

Welcome to Marketing SureStep.

Marketing is like a road trip. Lots of fun and surprises, but fewer bad surprises if you have a map. A marketing plan is like that map. Our step-by-step marketing plan template helps you drive your marketing in the direction you want.

Are you ready to get to work?

Start with the SMB Marketing SureStep plan

• Create your plan

Join our weekly Marketing SureStep calls

• Add to your calendar

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• Yammer
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Register for an upcoming Marketing SureStep Workshop

Tell your story, target your customers, and measure success.

The Marketing SureStep Workshops are designed to help partners sell more.

The skills and exercises covered in these workshops apply to any product. They teach core digital marketing skills and are targeted to partners new to marketing. Even if you’re a marketing professional, our step-by-step process will help you identify gaps and audit your current practices. We give you real-world projects to work on, so that you can put what you learn into immediate practice. There’s no gap between understanding and doing.

“Marketing is a like a vitamin, you take it every day - knowing, believing and trusting it will make an impact for long term success.” - Diana Ishak

Register for Upcoming events:

Check back soon for details on upcoming live workshops.

Get started today with on-demand versions of our popular workshops:

Marketing SureStep Digital Marketing Workshop
Research shows that partners who are actively marketing grow on average 21% faster than those who are not. With this engaging Microsoft Open edX on-demand workshop, you can get training that fits your busy schedule. Enroll to learn marketing best practices at your own pace for SEO, social media and more. You'll develop skills to build and execute a digital marketing campaign.

Marketing SureStep Azure
Register and attend this 4-session series about marketing Azure to SMBs. Get training and ready-to-use marketing content to help you run a 6-week digital marketing campaign.

Additional sessions announced regularly. Check back or sign up for the Partner Insider Community to hear first about the upcoming sessions.