Top Stories for US partners the week of January 31

Looking for partner training courses, community calls, and events? Refer to the Events Calendar that’s updated regularly as we learn about new offerings. To stay in touch with us and connect with other partners and Microsoft sales, marketing, and product experts, join our US Partner Community on MPC.

New posts on the US Partner Community blog

• Early success of Black Partner Growth Initiative partners paves the way for new accelerator & special programs
• Partner Essentials resource roundup
• Path to digital first begins with Microsoft Cloud for Retail
• Closing the Opportunity Gap and Advancing Racial Justice in the Tech Industry
• Nurture a culture of sustainable inclusion | Partner Success Guide
• Join APBP and start your guided journey to building on Azure
• How to leverage the Microsoft ecosystem for meaningful growth | Partner Success Guide
• Celebrating the strength of our ecosystem: Reflections on 2021
• 3 ways to stay aligned with Microsoft | Partner Success Guide
• Reach 4M active customers by publishing on Microsoft commercial marketplace
• Sign up for the Microsoft Defender for Business public preview
• Engage with a Technical Presales and Deployment Services (TPD) consultant
• That Thing You Do: 3 key elements to becoming a recognized market player | Partner Success Guide
• December 2021 Hot Sheet partner training schedule
• Thankful for our partners
• Scale Azure adoption with Enterprise Scale Landing Zones: Reference implementation & automation
• Let’s simplify the changes in the new commerce experience

Upcoming community calls, events, and webcasts

Microsoft Partner Network news

• Microsoft training can fortify your security knowledge for real-world scenarios
• New partner innovations power the future at CES and NRF 2022
• What’s new for Microsoft partners: January 2022 edition
• A new year of partner success
• January 10: Seat-based offers now available in the new commerce experience
• Closing the tech skills gap: Why partners should embrace continual learning
• An update for partners with Microsoft Partner Network competencies
• Partner solutions for a more sustainable future
• Partner Innovation series: The rise of the Intelligent Store
• Three tips to help you market yourself as a Microsoft partner
• Deliver new speed and scale with consumption motions
• New partner opportunities for small business with Teams Essentials
• The enablement advantage: empowering transformation with Microsoft Azure
• Building your business with Microsoft Action Pack
• Coming to the Cloud Solution Provider program: seat-based offers in new commerce
• IoT simplified: key trends driving value

Featured videos

• GitHub Universe Top 10 Announcements for Partners
• Azure App Service State of the Union
• Azure Virtual Desktop and Managing User Environments with MSIX App Attach & FSLogix
• MSUS Partners Holiday Greeting
• Azure Virtual Desktop and Managing User Environments with MSIX App Attach & FSLogix
• Modern Analytics Academy Playlist (new content, part 5 available)
• Azure Virtual Desktop – Architectural Planning and Strategies
• There’s Still Time to Register for the Microsoft #Buildfor2030 Hackathon – Deadline Nov 22nd
• Microsoft and Adobe enable Clark County, Nevada, to excel with their Hybrid Work strategy!

Learning news

• The 2-Minute Recap: Everything new with Security, Compliance, and Identity on Microsoft Learn
• The 5-Minute Recap: Everything new with Microsoft 365 on Microsoft Learn
• Announcing a new name for the Data Analyst Associate certification
• New Microsoft Power Platform and Dynamics 365 training: December 2021 roundup
• New to Microsoft Certification exams? We have something you need to try
• ‘Choose curiosity, embrace challenges’: A learning culture prepares Unit4 for the future
• New certification for Customer Data Platform Specialists
• Announcing the new certification for Microsoft Teams voice engineers
• New Microsoft Power Platform and Dynamics 365 training: November 2021 roundup
• Two words: free renewals
• Available now: Exam AZ-800 (beta) and Exam AZ-801 (beta)
• Prove your skills. Protect your investment.
• Woman-owned business finds diverse talent for Microsoft partners
• Exam DP-420 (beta): Prove your skills as an Azure Cosmos DB developer
• The 5-Minute Recap: Everything new with Security, Compliance, and Identity on Microsoft Learn
• The 5-Minute Recap: Everything new with Microsoft 365 on Microsoft Learn

Tags: Events, Microsoft Partner Network, Thought Leadership