Get all the important Microsoft details for April.<\/p>\n
To stay current with the latest updates happening with Microsoft, one of the leading vendors for our managed service provider (MSP) partners, we\u2019ve started a monthly Microsoft webcast that will keep MSPs up to date with Microsoft and how these updates will impact their business.<\/p>\n
Missed this month\u2019s webcast? Register for our next one<\/a> on May 1, and reach out to your Pax8 rep if you have any questions. Here\u2019s a summary of our April Microsoft webcast.<\/p>\n On January 5, Microsoft announced they will\u202falign the pricing of Microsoft cloud products globally.\u202f\u200bIn the future, Microsoft will assess pricing in local currency as part of a regular, twice-a-year cadence. They will take into consideration currency fluctuations relative to the US dollar, resulting in increased transparency and\u202f\u200bpredictability for customers globally as they move to a common pricing model.\u200b<\/p>\n For Pax8 partners, products in the Pax8 Marketplace will automatically\u202finclude the FX rate adjustment for impacted regions. \u200bYou\u2019ll see one price (based on USD price and FX\u202fcombined) when checking out.\u200b<\/p>\n Partners will need to resync their PSA if a\u202fsubscription experiences a price increase.\u200b Partner margin will remain the same percentages and\u202fwill be calculated from the base USD + FX rate.<\/p>\n Microsoft has announced<\/a> new AI product updates across its business applications portfolio, including the new Microsoft Dynamics 365 Copilot<\/a>,\u202fwhich provides interactive, AI-powered assistance across business functions. Copilot\u202fhelps sellers dramatically\u202freduce the time spent on\u202fclerical tasks, empowers agents to\u202fdeliver exceptional customer\u202fcare, and streamlines the creation\u202fof product listings for online\u202fcommerce.<\/p>\n Azure Virtual Desktop gives you the ability to launch a secure remote desktop from virtually anywhere. With virtualization, you get more\u202fefficient utilization of computer\u202fhardware, and it enables cloud users to purchase\u202fthe computing resources they\u202fneed, when they are needed. It also\u200b allows you to scale resources cost-effectively\u202fas workloads grow.<\/p>\n Azure Virtual Desktop offers the following opportunities:<\/p>\n Virtualization is useful for the increased security and regulations required in such fields as financial services, healthcare\u200b, and government. It helps when dealing with workforce-related issues. And it can help deal with remote employees by enabling bring your own device (BYOD).<\/p>\n Pax8 provides the following enablement and offers around Azure Virtual Desktop:<\/p>\n If you\u2019re deploying new Azure services, your implementation project could be discounted\u202fwith Pax8 Professional Services\u200b. Get in touch with our Professional Services team<\/a> to learn more.<\/p>\n Starting May 1, Pax8 will be shifting to a self-service model for Azure Reserved Instances and Azure savings plans.\u202f\u200bThis will allow partners to purchase RIs and savings plans on behalf of your customers within the Azure Management Portal. These\u202fSKUs will no longer be available for purchase in the Pax8 Marketplace.\u202f\u200b<\/p>\n As a reminder, Pax8 provides MSRP from the vendor on the initial order, but Pax8 does not own or manage this field for\u202fyou after the first purchase. Every partner owns the margin and controls the pricing presented to their customer base.\u202fPost ordering, you are responsible for ensuring MSRP is at the current market rate, or the rate you would like to charge.\u200b<\/p>\n We strongly suggest reviewing the MSRP for each of your Microsoft subscriptions at your NCE renewal to\u202fensure you\u2019re earning the proper margin for each SKU. \u202f\u200b Common products that saw or could see a price increase at renewal\u200b are:<\/p>\n Audio conferencing is included in Microsoft 365 suites as of March 2022\u200b. Partners who signed NCE commitments prior to March 24, 2022, had the option to utilize Microsoft 365 Audio Conferencing to\u202fobtain Audio Conferencing service.<\/p>\n \u200b<\/p>\n Microsoft will start to transition DAP to GDAP for customer tenants on May 22.\u202f\u200bFor relationships that have been transitioned by Microsoft from DAP to GDAP, Microsoft will remove the DAP relationship 30 days later.\u202f\u200bIf a partner has a GDAP relationship with a customer, Microsoft will not transition DAP to GDAP. Microsoft will disable DAP by the end\u202fof July.\u202f\u200b<\/p>\n \u200b<\/p>\n For new customers, Pax8 will prompt a partner in the checkout flow to establish GDAP between Pax8 and the customer. A partner can\u202fbypass this but should then establish DAP.<\/p>\n April 5\u200b:<\/strong> Modern Work\u202f\u200bGovernance<\/p>\n April 13\u200b:<\/strong> Azure Security<\/p>\n Apr 6\u200b:<\/strong> Defender for Cloud\u200b<\/p>\n April 25\u200b:<\/strong> Azure Virtual Desktop<\/p>\n Apr 25-26:<\/strong> Virtual Modern Workplace<\/p>\n May 10:<\/strong>\u200b Azure Active\u202f\u200bDirectory Config<\/p>\n May 18\u200b:<\/strong> Hybrid Management Azure\u202fArc and Lighthouse<\/p>\n May 4\u200b:<\/strong> Defender for Cloud\u200b<\/p>\n May 25\u200b:<\/strong> Azure Migrate<\/p>\n Register for the Microsoft webcast series<\/a> Get all the important Microsoft details for April. To stay current with the latest updates happening with Microsoft, one of the leading vendors for our managed service provider (MSP) partners, we\u2019ve started a monthly Microsoft webcast that will keep MSPs up to date with Microsoft and how these updates will impact their business. 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Introducing Dynamics 365 Copilot\u200b<\/h2>\n
Why Azure Virtual Desktop?<\/h2>\n
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Deploying new Azure services?\u200b<\/h2>\n
An update on Azure Reserved\u202fVirtual Machine Instances (RIs)\u200b<\/h2>\n
Program updates<\/h2>\n
MSRP<\/h3>\n
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Audio conferencing<\/h3>\n
GDAP<\/h3>\n
Sessions and labs<\/h2>\n
April<\/h3>\n
Modern Work Partner\u202f\u200bEnablement\u202f\u200bSessions<\/a><\/h4>\n
Azure Partner\u202f\u200bEnablement Sessions<\/a><\/h4>\n
Azure\u200b Hands-on\u200b Labs<\/a><\/h4>\n
Pax8 Bootcamp<\/a><\/h4>\n
May<\/h3>\n
Modern Work Partner\u202f\u200bEnablement\u202f\u200bSessions<\/a><\/h4>\n
Azure Partner\u202f\u200bEnablement Sessions<\/a><\/h4>\n
Azure\u200b Hands-on\u200b Labs<\/a><\/h4>\n
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