Top Stories for US partners for the week of April 25

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New posts on the US Partner Community blog

• How to solve business challenges and grow through Azure Marketplace
• #BuildFor2030: Accelerating solutions for a sustainable future
• New Commerce in CSP: What’s in it for me?
• PwC helps farming co-op streamline finance operations with Dynamics 365
• Skill-up your sales team via the Microsoft Cloud Sales Bootcamp series
• “Get to yes” with the new Partner Sales Acceleration Program
• April 2022 Hot Sheet partner training schedule
• Urgent hybrid work challenge is opportunity for partners
• Last call for Partner of the Year Award nominations
• Women in Cloud: Creating a global network for economic access
• How we can save the planet while empowering everyone to achieve more
• Microsoft Defender for Business: Security designed for SMBs now included in Microsoft 365 Business Premium
• Evolving the Microsoft Partner Network
• Past POTYA winners share how recognition benefits their business
• Where Microsoft and Retail partners are headed 2022 and beyond
• Introducing your playbook for the next era of Customer Experience
• Attract a wider range of customers with the Teams Essentials standalone app

Upcoming community calls, events, and webcasts

Microsoft Partner Network news

• Discover how to transform project management in hybrid work environments
• What’s new for Microsoft partners: April 2022 edition
• Becoming a Solutions partner for Modern Work
• Attaining the new Solutions partner designation for Business Applications
• Learn to sell the Microsoft Cloud and drive business transformation with Sales Bootcamps
• Creating a security mindset with Microsoft partner technical workshops: Secure All the Things!
• Learn to sell the Microsoft Cloud and drive business transformation with Sales Bootcamps
• Guiding successful sales conversations across the Microsoft cloud portfolio
• Evolving the Microsoft Partner Network programs
• Partner Innovation series: Long Range Wide Area Networks
• How to maximize your discoverability with business profile and marketplace
• Seizing the opportunities of an inclusive economy
• Strengthen your technical and sales skills during Azure Cloud Week for Partners
• Securing the channel: journey to zero trust
• Announcing new Windows 365 resources for partners
• Microsoft training aims to grow both technical and sales skills for Business Applications
• Celebrating partners who are writing their own history within the Black Partner Growth Initiative
• Five AI and IoT trends Intel and Microsoft see benefiting solution partners in 2022 
• Microsoft Inspire 2022 and Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards Nominations

Featured videos

• Modern Analytics Academy Vignette: Schema Design in SQL Pools
• Sell your SaaS solutions through the Microsoft Marketplace and get Cloud discounts with a MACC
• Introduction to Microsoft Azure Consumption Commitment (MACC) – Offers UX Demo
• Microsoft Azure Consumption Commitment (MACC) – ACM UX Demo
• Introduction to Microsoft Private Azure Marketplace
• An Introduction to Microsoft Commercial Marketplaces
• Modern Analytics Academy Vignette: Why data governance?
• Microsoft Partner of the Year Testimonials – Ernst & Young
• Microsoft Partner of the Year Testimonials – Icertis
• Microsoft Partner of the Year Testimonials – Hitachi Solutions

Learning news

• Al-Quds University offers a competitive edge with Microsoft Certifications
• The 2-Minute Recap: Everything new with Microsoft 365 on Microsoft Learn
• Exam DP-500 (beta): Prove your skills as an Azure enterprise data analyst
• Skill up on cybersecurity with a White House Summit-inspired collection
• New certification for Exchange Support Engineers
• New certification for Power Automate RPA Developers
• New Microsoft Power Platform and Dynamics 365 training: March 2022 roundup
• New certification for Security Architects
• Ready to renew your Microsoft Certification? Get started with our top FAQs.
• Microsoft Power Platform lights up a young learner’s passion for tech
• Exam AZ-720 (beta): Prove your skills as an Azure support engineer for connectivity
• Microsoft Business Applications Launch Event  April 6, 2022
• ‘Be open, be flexible’: Skilling and the learning culture at Deutsche Telekom and T-Systems
• The 2-Minute Recap: Everything new with Security, Compliance, and Identity on Microsoft Learn
• Did you know Microsoft online certification exams support assistive technologies?
• The time is now to rethink cybersecurity education
• Announcing the Power Automate RPA Developer Associate certification
• The 2-Minute Recap: Everything new with Microsoft 365 on Microsoft Learn
• Coming soon: The new Azure Enterprise Data Analyst Associate certification

Tags: Business Applications