UK Azure Community

Good Afternoon and thank you to those who joined us on the Azure Partner community call.    As mentioned on the call, we're happy to announce a new UK Partner incentive that's focused on driving incremental ACR to existing and net new customers via the CSP model.    How to Earn • Any customer with Azure Consumed Revenue of less than $1,000 per month is considered to be an ‘eligible customer’. The period being considered for this criteria is from July 2020 to February 2021. • When assessing the ACR for a customer during this period, all Azure based subscriptions are consolidated, including those held with different partners (where applicable). This includes Enterprise Agreements and Web direct spend.  • If, during the campaign period, a customer’s ACR (via CSP) for a single month exceeds $1,500 with a single participant, that customer is considered to be a ‘win’.   Incentive Opportunity • For each ‘win’, the associated partner will earn a one-off incentive of $1,000. • In the event that the customer exceeds the $1,500 threshold with more than one eligible participant during the campaign period, the incentive reward will be paid to the participant with whom the revenue exceed $1,500 first (month). • If the customer’s revenue exceeds $1,500 with two or more eligible partners during the same month, all partners with receive the incentive reward.     • Participants will be paid at the end of the campaign.   Enrollment Process To enroll, you must raise a support ticket from Partner Center under Incentives and request to added to the Eligible Partner List for Campaign "LC001433".  You will need to include a contact name and email address for this campaign. This should be your incentive  You will also need to provide your MPN Location ID (Not Partner One ID) It's the same ID used for your Core CSP Direct/Indirect incentives.    Upon confirming your details, you will be added to the EPL. An email will then be generated with the Campaigns full T's and C's and you'll see the option to accept the incentive within Partner center.     Please note you will not receive the Campaign Invite straight away. It could take up to two weeks to appear in Partner Center however you just need to be added to the list before the 15th of May, 2021 to qualify. This means you can start driving the incentive today! The invite will simply state 'campaigns' and will not reference 'LC001433' or the name of the incentive (see attached slide)    This incentive is UK only and doesn't apply to Indirect Providers. Direct and Indirect Partners are included.  Also the incentive is rebate only meaning you will receive the full value, the amount doesn't contribute to Partner earned Co op.    For more guidance please use the appropriate support channels: Partner Center (microsoft.com) The above information is for guidance only, please review the full terms and conditions of the campaign for the full details.  ... View more

Thank you to those of you who joined us for our March Azure Partner Community Call. Please note that our next call will be held on Thurs 8th April 2021 at 4PM!   Please don't forget to   add the series to your calendar. This is the   new link   for all of 2021's Azure Community Calls!   For those of you who were unable to attend, you can find the slides attached to this post and the recording on demand at   aka.ms/AzureCommunityCallsOD.  ... View more

Thank you for attending the 'SAP on Microsoft Azure' event on the 23rd-25th March. Here is the content from the event. ... View more

Thank you to those of you who joined us for our February Azure Partner Community Call. Please note that our next call will be held on the 4th March 2021 at 4PM!   Please don't forget to   add the series to your calendar. This is the   new link   for all of 2021's Azure Community Calls!   For those of you who were unable to attend, you can find the slides attached to this post and the recording on demand at   aka.ms/AzureCommunityCallsOD.  ... View more

Thank you for joining us on today's call. To kick off 2021 we have new Windows Virtual Desktop Promotion running from January to March. Take a look at the attached Pitch deck and FAQ for more guidance. As mentioned on the call, download your 'Customer opportunities' data from the Insight dashboard found within Partner Center. This data can be used to support Sales and Marketing campaigns. See below link for more details: (Partner Center Insights - CloudAscent Propensity reports - Partner Center | Microsoft Docs)    We would like to make you aware of an exciting new promotion for customers who are new to the Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) platform. You can utilize this offer to generate demand with new to WVD customers in Azure Commercial cloud.     Windows Virtual Desktop is the only service that delivers simplified management, a multi-session Windows 10 experience, optimizations for Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise, and support for Windows Server Remote Desktop Services (RDS) desktops and apps. With Windows Virtual Desktop, customers can deploy and scale their Windows desktops and apps on Azure in minutes and get built-in security and compliance features.   Please find attached the FAQ, the offer deck with both partner and customer facing content, and calls to action including: Developing or editing your WVD offer for new customers Targeting new customer lists and generating demand Utilizing Content MX: WVD digital campaign content Activating the offer when ready to deploy 30% off Compute Costs for Bs and D Series VMs for WVD Host Pools The goal of this offer is to help customers who are embarking on their journey to desktop virtualization through Windows Virtual Desktop in order to achieve a secure and remote work environment for their employees as well as ongoing business continuity.   This promotion allows new Windows Virtual Desktop customers to save 30% of the computing costs in D-series and Bs-series virtual machines for up to 90 days, when using Microsoft’s Windows Virtual Desktop native platform and activated before March 31st, 2021.  Eligible customers can activate the promotion directly in the Azure Portal in just a few clicks.   The benefits and eligibility for this promotion include: 30% discount on the computing costs in D-series and Bs-series virtual machines that are used in Windows Virtual Desktop host pools for up to 90 days Available to customers deploying on Microsoft’s Windows Virtual Desktop native platform Activation must occur before March 31st, 2021 and is for a 90 day consecutive period Customers must be deploying into the Azure Commercial Cloud (not Azure Government) Only one subscription per billing scope is eligible for the promotion You can learn more about this promotion and how it will appear to customers in the Azure portal on Azure.com (info live on Jan. 5th) and additional information on Windows Virtual Desktop can be found here as well as through this video. ... View more