While there are many opportunities for webcasts and recorded videos available from Microsoft (the Partner Technical Services posts a number of our own up at the Partner Learning Center as well as to our Microsoft Partner Support YouTube Channel. That said, in-person events are a great way to meet with product experts from Microsoft, ask questions, and network with peers across the industry.
Ignite Summits are unique and special events for IT Pros and Developers delivered by the Office team. We share our knowledge and experience deploying and managing the new Office products and services and hear from you on what you love and what you’d like to see. Ignite content is designed and delivered by product experts from across Microsoft (Engineers, Technical Writers, Product Managers & Consultants). In October and November, we will be hosting the following Ignite events:
- Hong Kong - October 8-10
- Prague – October 22-24
- Washington DC - November 5-7, 2013
- Dubai - November 19-21, 2013
Register to attend one of these events at http://aka.ms/A2or7u.
These 3 day events give you the opportunity to meet, discuss with Microsoft’s product experts a wide variety of topics from Office, Office 365, SharePoint, Exchange, Project, Yammer and developer content – over 70 sessions covered. Specifically, for Office 365, we will be discussing how to deliver the capabilities that users demand while staying in control of your environment. Adopting Office 365 requires IT Pros to adapt their traditional client-server skills for the cloud computing era. We will also talk about how new features come to Office 365 first, learn about the new tools and processes to migrate on premises environments to Office 365, and prepare for the new operational role of IT.
Day 1
- Ignite Keynotes
- Office 365 for IT Professionals
- Messaging & Communications services in Office 365
- Collaboration services in Office 365
Day 2
- Productivity Tools in Office 365
- Getting Started with Office 365 Deployment
- Deploying Office 365 in Production (Part 1)
- Deploying Office 365 in Production (Part 2)
- Office 365 Deployment Patterns and Practices
Day 3
- Enhancing Office 365
- Exchange Hybrid environments
- Exchange Online Protection
- Business Intelligence with Office 365
- Office 365 Service Management
These events are a significant investment in our time and resources, but we are pleased to continue our policy of not charging for these unique training opportunities. However we will impose a no-show fee of $600 (USD) if you register, but do not cancel your registration before the summit. Accommodations for this summit are not included, however we have arranged discounted rooms at the event venues on a first come first serve basis. More details are posted on our registration site (http://aka.ms/A2or7u). Of course, if you can’t make it to one of our events, you can join us on our weekly webcasts or see other upcoming technical events and learning resources at http://ignite.office.com.
Hope to see you soon!