{"id":49250,"date":"2024-05-07T03:00:32","date_gmt":"2024-05-07T10:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/americas-partner-blog\/?p=49250"},"modified":"2024-05-06T21:31:45","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T04:31:45","slug":"top-stories-may-7-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/americas-partner-blog\/2024\/05\/07\/top-stories-may-7-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Stories: May 7, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Partner Audience:<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>#AllPartners<em><br \/>\n<strong>Relevant to: <\/strong><\/em>#Event\u202f#GrowSkills\u202f#CrossSolution<\/p>\n<h3>May 8 Americas Partner Insider Call: Demystifying Copilot Licensing<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Shubham Choudhary<\/strong>, Director, Security Product GTM, GPS Americas, will lead the discussion and answer your questions on<strong>\u00a0demystifying Copilot licensing.\u00a0Peter Horsman<\/strong>, Partner Solutions Governance Lead at Microsoft, will also join the call to provide the latest\u00a0<strong>Co-op (Partner Incentives Cooperative Marketing Funds) updates<\/strong>\u00a0designed to help drive the growth of your business.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Don\u2019t miss this opportunity<\/strong> to gain valuable insights from our expert speakers, connect with other partners, get the latest updates, and elevate your partnership with Microsoft. <a href=\"https:\/\/msevents.microsoft.com\/event?id=137860578\"><strong>Register today!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>See the list of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/es-xl\/latam-partner-one\/caribbean\/americas-partner-insider-call\">previous sessions<\/a> available to watch on demand.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph-3\" style=\"margin: 0in;line-height: 15.0pt;background: white\"><em><b><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif;color: black;background: white\">Partner Audience:<\/span><\/b><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif;color: black;background: white\">#CSP<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif;color: black\"><br \/>\n<em><b><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif;background: white\">Relevant to:<\/span><\/b><\/em><span style=\"background: white\">\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif\">#Deadline #UnderstandBenefits #Azure<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h3>End of support for SQL Server 2014<\/h3>\n<p><strong>July 9, 2024, marks the end of support (EOS) for SQL Server 2014<\/strong>. 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