Microsoft Azure Sales Training Resources

Wednesday, September 17, 2014 by Rainer Stropek

Tomorrow I will do another Microsoft Azure training for sales executives in Vienna. In this blog article I summarize the most important web resources I will mention during the training.

Sales Scenarios and Slides

During the training we will do sales scenario pitches in groups of two. Here you can download the case study document (German).

I covered most topics during the training with live demos. Here you can download the two slide decks I used during the training:

General Resources

Resources About Data Security and Compliance

Customers in the EU are sensitive to cloud and security. Microsoft has quite good resources that can help you answer your customers' security-related questions:

Slides and Demos

If you need slides, demos, or hands-on-labs for Microsoft Azure, you do not need to create them on your own. Use the following resources instead:

Microsoft Azure Readiness Content
Microsoft Azure Training Kit (superceded by previously mentioned Azure Readiness Content; however, still sometimes valuable)

Pricing

Pricing is very important for many customers. Here are some links where you can find Azure-related pricing information:

Time to Rock

When it is time to start or at least time to demo, here are the most important links to get going:

Microsoft Azure Management Portal (current production version)
Microsoft Azure Management Portal (new preview version)
Microsoft Azure Enterprise Portal (management portal for customers with Azure Enterprise Agreement)
Getting the free trial
Get the Azure benefits included in MSDN

Stay Up to Date

Azure is developing rapidly. Staying up to date is a challenge. Here are some important links that you should put on your reading list:

Microsoft Azure Blog - subscribe to this blog and you will never miss important announcements about Azure again
ScottGu's Blog - Scott Guthrie is "Mr. Azure" at Microsoft so don't miss his blog posts

Technical Resources

If you are asked to provide some technical resources about Azure, the following links might be useful for you:

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Rainer Stropek

Co-founder, architect, developer

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I am co-founder and CEO of the company software architects and have been serving this role since 2008. At software architects my team and I are developing the award-winning SaaS solution time cockpit. Previously, I founded and led IT consulting firms that worked in the area of developing software solutions based on the Microsoft technology stack.

In my work I focus on .NET development and software architecture. I have written some books and articles on C#, database development, Windows Azure, Windows 8 development, WPF, and Silverlight. Regularly I speak at conferences, do workshops and conduct trainings in Europe and the US. Since 2010 I have been MVP for Windows Azure.

I graduated the Higher Technical School Leonding (AT) for MIS with honors and hold a BSc (Hons) Computer Studies of the University of Derby (UK).

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