If you’re selling Microsoft products and services into your customer base, or developing products that are based on Microsoft technologies, then you should become a Microsoft Partner. Why become a partner? There are many benefitsthat you can take advantage of including:
internal-use licensing of Microsoft products and services – including Office 365 and Azure
access to tools, products, and demos to help you sell
additional margins when selling certain products
access to exclusive partner training and events
listing in Pinpoint - the Microsoft partner directory
Cloud Competency Partners The cloud is well and truly here and many of our partners are now delivering cloud, or hybrid-cloud solutions. As such, we have created four cloud-focussed competencies for our partners and are currently offering enrolment for no fee at the Silver level, or at a reduced cost for Gold level. Find out a bit more about each cloud competency here: Small and Midmarket Cloud Solutions: for partners selling Microsoft Office 365 to SMB Cloud Productivity: for partners deploying Microsoft Office 365 to enterprise customers Cloud Platform: for partners who deliver infrastructure and SaaS solutions on Microsoft Azure Cloud Customer Relationship Management: for partners deploying cloud-based CRM Online solutions. Microsoft NZ Partner Newsletter As a partner you’re also welcome to sign up for the partner newsletter. This is the best way to keep up to date with all the news, events, and opportunities coming up for Microsoft Partners.
Regan Murphy Technical Evangelist Microsoft New Zealand
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Linux & Docker Container management with OMS Operations Management Suite (OMS) is a simplified IT Management Solution that provides Log Analytics, Automation, Backup and Site Recovery. The OMS Agent for Linux is the easiest way to collect Syslog events, Performance metrics, Container data, as well as Nagios and Zabbix alerts. The agent is a light, open and modular agent built on proven open source components.
Creating Pop-ups by using PowerShell Ever thought to yourself “wouldn’t it be nice if I had a little notification icon pop-up that would tell me how much RAM and CPU each of my hosts was using? I wonder if PowerShell can do that?” It can. Here's more on creating pop-ups with PowerShell.
Reflecting on ConfigMgr Our goals with ConfigMgr in this release cycle are all centered around finishing the work we started back in 2010 (when we were building ConfigMgr 2012) to deliver ConfigMgr as a service. When any IT organization or business unit looks at the challenges ahead, the need for an integrated solution is clear. In particular, a need for an integrated system that does six irreplaceable things.
Windows 10 in the Enterprise Enterprises want a joined-up experience – one that delivers a converged ecosystem. Join Katharine Holdsworth and Simon May as they take you through the new Windows infrastructure, capabilities and experience for a modern enterprise.
Upgrading to Windows 10: In Depth With Windows 10, we are encouraging everyone, including organizations, to upgrade from their existing OS (Windows 7, Windows 8, or Windows 8.1). This upgrade process is easy and reliable, but how exactly does it work? We dig deep and explore how the process works to ensure that everything is preserved.
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