August 2024 Newsletter
WELCOME TO THE AUGUST NEWSLETTER
This month we continue with our focus on all things Security, with a new Enablement Series covering the fundamental aspects of Microsoft Security & AI Technologies.
With 3 sessions over August covering Microsoft Security & AI Concepts, Foundations of Microsoft AI & a Deep Diver into Security in Azure, these are webinars you will not want to miss!
Register here for all 3 sessions: Dicker Data's Security & AI Technical Readiness Program
Microsoft FY25 Kick Off Events
Last month Microsoft landed two online events to kick off their new financial year, with all of the content now available & On-Demand in the following locations:
Attendees heard about accelerating AI opportunity and growth during a live keynote. They also had an opportunity to dig deeper into critical topics in a set of on-demand breakout sessions and ask questions to Microsoft leaders in AMA (ask me anything) Live sessions.
Here you can learn about Microsoft’s FY25 Strategic Priorities & Investments, with specific Solution Area content covering Microsoft CSP, Co-sell for Modern Work & Co-sell for Business Applications.
If you don’t want to go digging through the content, here are the high-level Strategic Priorities for the upcoming Financial Year:
There is a big focus on not only driving additional revenue across the various Solution Areas, but also ensuring that end-users are using the tools they have been provided. The suite of Microsoft Copilots, including Copilot for M365 & Copilot Studio have an understandably pivotal role to play in the upcoming financial year.
To support this motion, Microsoft have released a range of training offerings on Copilot for M365, most of which can be found here: Modern Work for Partners - Level Up: CSP (microsoft.com)
Be sure to check out the On-Demand Sales & Technical Bootcamps – pass the knowledge checks and you can earn a Level Up CSP Copilot Badge!
You can also register for upcoming Level Up CSP live events:
To round out the Copilot news from this month, The Microsoft Copilot Dashboard is now included with Copilot for Microsoft 365 - Microsoft Community Hub
The Copilot Dashboard can help drive adoption within your customers including offering insights on:
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Prepare for your Copilot rollout
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Understand how employees utilize Copilot
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Measure the impact of your Copilot investments
Microsoft NCE P2P Transfer Tool
Whilst Microsoft have released their P2P (partner to partner) transfer tool for NCE, there are still a number of issues with it. We are working through these with Microsoft and hope it will be fully functional soon. If you have licenses you wish to transfer to Dicker Data, please reach out to us at Microsoft.Sales@dickerdata.co.nz.
