October is a big month for Surface! We have Microsoft Ignite in a few weeks and with that the possibility of new and improved Microsoft Surface devices to be announced.

 

It’s my last blog as I will be leaving Dicker Data shortly, but in recent months, I’ve spoken to a lot of partners around Modern Work and the amazing FREE courses offered by Microsoft encompassing Modern Work Solutions.

 

The Surface Modern Solutions Program (SMSP) is an exclusive training program offered by Microsoft, empowering performance driven partners to successfully go to market with zero-touch deployment using Microsoft Surface and Windows Autopilot.

 

Modern Work – focuses on

Collaboration, Mobility and Security

 

It’s never been a better time to complete the SMS Program. Organisations are scrambling to digitally transform.

In today’s modern workplace:

  • 57% Remote employees considering a shift to hybrid
  • 38% of hybrid employees say their biggest challenge is knowing when and why to come into the office
  • 252% increase in weekly time spent in meetings for the average Teams user since February 202

Modern Work means offering both hardware and software to your customers, leading to longer-term relationships. It means leading with devices but offering software to make the experience faster and simpler while avoiding the burden of asking your customers for large capital expenditures up front. It means leading with high-level conversations that are focused on collaboration, mobility, and security, rather than bottom-up SKUs and pricing

 

Surface Devices can establish a New Way of Working – Empowering Employees to be More Connected, Flexible and Productive

 

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What is the Surface Modern Solutions Program? (SMSP)

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SMSP offers outstanding benefits:

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What’s included in the Program?

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By becoming an exclusive SMSP partner, you become an expert in zero-touch deployment, Windows Autopilot and other Surface technologies. You develop knowledge of how-to better market and sell Surface.

Course starts 3rd November 2022, register below to secure your place -

SMSP Registration: Surface Modern Solutions Program

 

SMSP Technicial

If you’ve recently graduated from SMSP or want to deepen your technical knowledge by achieving MD100 & MD101, SMSP Technical could be for you.

 

The Surface Modern Solutions Program Technical learning path is designed to help partners to start up their practice and will provide them with huge advantage in the Microsoft market through improved expertise and enhancement of their offering. The program will provide technical team members with the latest technical capabilities to deliver Surface Devices with Modern Management as well as a framework of assets to build a revenue-generating practice.

 

What’s included in the Program?

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SMSP Technical Benefits:

Microsoft’s Surface Modern Solutions Program Technical Pathway is designed to support Partners and leverages a proven framework to help grow new Modern Management practices and offerings. This learning pathway is ideal for Microsoft Partners wanting to accelerate the growth of their Modern Management Practices through upskilling technical team members, gaining certification and working towards gaining a Deployment Competency.

 

By attending this course, you can also complete certification.

 

To learn more about the Certificates -

Course starts October 20th 2022, get in quick and register yourself or your team below -

SMSP-T Registration: Surface Modern Solutions Program Technical

 

Surface and Windows 11:

A Powerful Solution

 

If you haven’t already started to transition your customers across to Windows 11, now is the time to start.  


In partnership with Windows 11, Surface devices are created and tested to provide customers with the most secure, manageable, and productive Windows ever.
Shortly Windows 11 devices will be the main stay, with Windows 10 devices manufactured to ordered.  


In the next device refresh, choose Windows 11 and take advantage highly secure PCs with industry-leading chip-to-cloud security and build the best productivity and collaboration experiences for your customers workplace.


Have a great month everyone!