FastTrack Ready Partner Program
Heads Up!
January 11, 2021
A Message from Matt Ontell
Happy New Year! I hope the holidays and new year have proved to be a chance to pause, reflect, and reenergize as we head into 2021. The team here welcomed the respite from the craziness of 2020. We appreciate the excellent work done around the world by all of you and look forward to seeing your future successes unfold. We want to celebrate your achievements with you.
Our H2 priorities continue to be driving customer health and growth with focus on Edge, Security, and Teams workloads. Please let us know what additional resources would be helpful to you; we look forward to continuing to iterate rapidly based on your feedback.
Matt Ontell
FRP Program Lead
RESOURCES TO DRIVE YOUR PRACTICE
Correction to M365 Apps AU Reporting Issue
Several partners have reported an issue with the M365 Apps (formerly OPP) usage data for their customers in the FTOP and the FRP Dashboard. Their customers’ M365 Apps data was displaying a zero (0) AU percentage even though they had active usage. Our development team determined the data source used for FY21 reporting did not include M365 Apps data for some of our partners.
A correction was successfully implemented the last week of December to incorporate all M365 Apps usage data since October into FTOP Usage and NorthStar reporting.
Please reference the Yammer post M365 Apps AU Reporting Issue Correction.
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New Whitepaper: Migrating Applications from Symantec SiteMinder to Azure Active Directory
In the Migrating Applications from Symantec SiteMinder to Azure Active Directory whitepaper, we provide a three phase approach to migrate applications from Symantec SiteMinder to Azure Active Directory.
- In the first phase, we help customers discover and plan the migration. We guide them through inventory and requirements of their current applications and set up the right components of Azure Active Directory along with a decision chart for them to pick the right integration.
- In the next phase, we guide them through the deployment of Azure Active Directory and provide a communication strategy.
- Lastly, we provide step-by-step guidance on application migration and integration options with an example that walks them through actual migration of applications from Symantec SiteMinder to Azure Active Directory.
The whitepaper can be found at https://aka.ms/SiteMindertoAzureAD; we would love to receive your feedback.
Please reference the Yammer post Migrating Applications from Symantec SiteMinder to Azure Active Directory.
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New Automation Assistant to Configure MS Search
For customers who want to increase employee productivity, improving access to relevant information is a priority. Microsoft Search is an internal tool that enables users to find what they need in Microsoft 365 within their organization through tailored searches for personal results.
FastTrack has added a new automation assistant for IT pros to the Microsoft 365 Admin Center to help them easily configure Microsoft Search. Our goal is to reduce steps and friction for admins to set up Microsoft Search and Search bookmarks. We recommend that this feature be set up with the rollout of Edge to provide the best user experience and assist in giving users the choice of using Edge as their primary browser.
Make your customers aware that automation is available to help minimize resource constraints and answer common questions. Tenant admins can access the wizard at aka.ms/MicrosoftSearchSetup.
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Microsoft Endpoint Manager (MEM): Updates and Reminder to Submit Feedback
Last month the Microsoft Endpoint Manager engineering team hosted a session covering deployment and provisioning with Autopilot, App Delivery, Policies, Identity and Authentication, Servicing and Updating, Analytics and Co-Management of devices. Additionally, the session touched on Endpoint Security, Microsoft Graph and the role of Surface/Secured-Core PCs. Catch up by watching the on-demand Microsoft Endpoint Manager recording.
Also, be sure to provide some direct feedback on your MEM experience. Do you have any go-to strategies for encouraging MEM adoption? Are you facing any challenges? Share your experiences here: https://aka.ms/AAadni1.
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Upcoming FRP Events
Click on the links below to register for upcoming events:
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The Global Education Partner Summit (GEPS) 2021
The Global Education Partner Summit (GEPS) is where Microsoft education partners connect, empower, and gain insights into what’s coming in the year ahead and learn effective new strategies to drive business forward. Hear from Microsoft executives as they share their vision and roadmap for Education, engage in partner networking to expand your business opportunities, showcase your customers solutions for K-12 & Higher Education, deepen your knowledge with engineering and product experts on the latest technology.
Register now to join us at GEPS on February 8th -10th
Microsoft Global Education Partner Summit - Login - Login (eventcore.com)
Please reference the Yammer announcement Global Education Partner Summit (GEPS) 2021 for further updates.
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