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ITAM US 2017 Leveraging Microsoft’s Cloud Focus
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Leveraging Microsoft’s Cloud Focus
Rich Gibbons
Licensing Analyst – ITAM Review
2. Who am I?
• Microso/ Sales Manager for a European
MS VAR
• Trainer for MS partners and internal staff
• Licensing analyst & trainer for customers/
partners
• 14+ years experience
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Types of Cloud
• Cumulonimbus
• Cirrus
• Altocumulus
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Types of Cloud
• Public
• Private
• Hybrid
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What is the Microsoft Cloud?
• Azure
• Office 365
• Microsoft 365
• Dynamics 365
• Enterprise Mobility + Security
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Benefits of Cloud to Microsoft
• Recurring revenue
• More contact with customers
• More engaged partners
• More add-on/upsell opportunities
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Benefits of Cloud to you
• Opex costs
• Fast provisioning
• Scale
• Increased IT productivity
• High Performance
• Reliability
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Benefits of Cloud to you
• Purchasing flexibility
Enterprise
Agreement MPSA Cloud Solution Provider (CSP)
Annually Monthly
Up-front Pay As You Go
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Benefits of Cloud to you
• Purchasing flexibility
• New products and features
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Benefits of Cloud to you
• Purchasing flexibility
• New products and features
• More contact with Microsoft
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Benefits of Cloud to you
• Purchasing flexibility
• New products and features
• More contact with Microsoft
• More focus from partners
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Driving the right partner behaviour
• Working closely with customers
• Understanding customer needs
• Helping customers post-purchase
• Ongoing support offerings
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Consumption
• Using the software you’ve bought
• Partners, and Microsoft, are targeted on this
• Selling you more than you need is detrimental to partners
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Benefits of Cloud to you
Working with
your partner