{"id":49822,"date":"2024-11-19T06:00:57","date_gmt":"2024-11-19T14:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/americas-partner-blog\/?p=49822"},"modified":"2024-11-18T21:38:56","modified_gmt":"2024-11-19T05:38:56","slug":"top-stories-november-19-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/americas-partner-blog\/2024\/11\/19\/top-stories-november-19-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Stories: November 19, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Partner Audience:<\/strong> <em>#AllPartners<br \/>\n<\/em><strong>Relevant to:<\/strong> <em>#AllRoles #Event #GrowSkills #CrossSolution<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>December 4 Americas Partner Insider Call<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/msevents.microsoft.com\/event?id=2799787428\">Register now<\/a> for the next Americas Partner Insider Call. We\u2019ll explore how Microsoft embraces <strong>Responsible AI <\/strong><strong>principles and practices when developing AI solutions<\/strong>, including how our legal department uses Copilot to achieve more. Next, you\u2019ll hear from Partner Marketing about how to <strong>accelerate your pipeline by leveraging funded engagements<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>See the list of previous sessions, now available to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/es-xl\/latam-partner-one\/caribbean\/americas-partner-insider-call\">watch on demand<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Partner Audience:<\/strong> <em>#AllPartners<br \/>\n<\/em><strong>Relevant to:<\/strong> <em>#SalesAndMarketing #DoingBizwMSFT #AccelerateDeals #CrossSolution<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Resources to get you started: Retail industry<\/h3>\n<p>The emergence of AI has transformed the retail industry. Customers look to you for guidance, and there\u2019s a wealth of information to help guide you when building your practice. But sometimes it\u2019s hard to know where to begin.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/partner.microsoft.com\/en-us\/asset\/collection\/connect-empower-frontline-retail-workers-collection#\/\">Leverage these campaign assets<\/a> designed for system integrators and service providers targeting corporate and enterprise customers in the retail sector. Help your customers <strong>empower their frontline retail workers <\/strong>with technology that enables them to focus on what matters most and their frontline workers to work smarter, not harder.<\/p>\n<p>Read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/americas-partner-blog\/2024\/11\/12\/top-stories-november-12-2024\/\">last week\u2019s Top Stories<\/a> for additional resources you can leverage to empower your retail customers, and look for more to come!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Partner Audience:<\/strong> <em>#CSP<br \/>\n<\/em><strong>Relevant to:<\/strong> <em>#Tech #SalesAndMarketing #Event #GrowSkills #ModernWork #Security<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Level Up CSP Microsoft 365 &amp; Copilot Bootcamps<\/h3>\n<p>Join us for these upcoming special edition bootcamps built to help you get ready to drive a successful renewal cycle and capture upsell opportunities starting in January.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Upsell and Renewal Sales Bootcamp<br \/>\n<\/strong>December 10 at 8:00 AM\u201312:00 PM PT<\/p>\n<p><strong>Upsell and Renewal Tech Bootcamp<br \/>\nDay 1:<\/strong> December 11 at 8:00 AM\u201312:00 PM PT<br \/>\n<strong>Day 2: <\/strong>December 12 at 8:00 AM\u201312:00 PM PT<\/p>\n<p><em>Voiceover language coverage: Japanese, Chinese, Korean, French, German, Spanish (EU), Spanish (LATAM), Italian, and Hindi\u200b<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/aka.ms\/LevelUpCSPBootcamp\">Learn more and register here<\/a>. And be sure to check out the list of previous bootcamps, now available to watch on demand.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Partner Audience:<\/strong> <em>#AllPartners<br \/>\n<\/em><strong>Relevant to:<\/strong> <em>#AllRoles #News #LearnSolutionAreas #ModernWork<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Microsoft 365 Copilot for SMBs\u2014new study<\/h3>\n<p>Generative AI is transforming businesses of all sizes. To better understand how AI is helping businesses grow and compete, Microsoft commissioned Forrester Consulting to study the potential return on investment (ROI) of\u00a0Microsoft 365 Copilot\u00a0for SMBs. The study shows that <strong>Microsoft 365 Copilot drove up to 353% ROI for small and medium businesses<\/strong>. Read the blog to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/2024\/10\/17\/microsoft-365-copilot-drove-up-to-353-roi-for-small-and-medium-businesses-new-study\/\">learn more about the results of the study<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check out these top stories for the latest news of the week for Microsoft partners in the Americas.<\/p>\n <p class=\"c-paragraph-3 read-more-link\"><a class=\"c-call-to-action c-glyph f-lightweight\" href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/americas-partner-blog\/2024\/11\/19\/top-stories-november-19-2024\/\">CONTINUE READING <span class=\"x-screen-reader\">\"Top Stories: November 19, 2024\"<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":48957,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[333,636],"tags":[580,615,583,584,586,600,595,605,604,609,582,631,612,589],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Top Stories: November 19, 2024 | Microsoft<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out these top stories for the latest news of the week for Microsoft partners in the Americas.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/americas-partner-blog\/2024\/11\/19\/top-stories-november-19-2024\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Top Stories: November 19, 2024 | Microsoft\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Check out these top stories for the latest news of the week for Microsoft partners in the Americas.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/americas-partner-blog\/2024\/11\/19\/top-stories-november-19-2024\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Americas Partner Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/msuspartner\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-11-19T14:00:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-11-19T05:38:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/msftuspartnerblog.azurewebsites.net\/en-us\/americas-partner-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/02\/MSC24-LATAM-hybrid-Getty-1358211527-rgb-1024x535-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"535\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@msuspartner\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Microsoft Americas Partner Team\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/americas-partner-blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/americas-partner-blog\/\",\"name\":\"Americas Partner Blog\",\"description\":\"Microsoft\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/americas-partner-blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/americas-partner-blog\/2024\/11\/19\/top-stories-november-19-2024\/#primaryimage\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/msftuspartnerblog.azurewebsites.net\/en-us\/americas-partner-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/02\/MSC24-LATAM-hybrid-Getty-1358211527-rgb-1024x535-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/msftuspartnerblog.azurewebsites.net\/en-us\/americas-partner-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/02\/MSC24-LATAM-hybrid-Getty-1358211527-rgb-1024x535-1.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":535,\"caption\":\"A smiling man sitting on a sofa looking at his tablet.\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/americas-partner-blog\/2024\/11\/19\/top-stories-november-19-2024\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/americas-partner-blog\/2024\/11\/19\/top-stories-november-19-2024\/\",\"name\":\"Top Stories: November 19, 2024 | Microsoft\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/americas-partner-blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/americas-partner-blog\/2024\/11\/19\/top-stories-november-19-2024\/#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2024-11-19T14:00:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-11-19T05:38:56+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/americas-partner-blog\/#\/schema\/person\/dbda644fe35bc2517b61f4a2a35150f1\"},\"description\":\"Check out these top stories for the latest news of the week for Microsoft partners in the Americas.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/americas-partner-blog\/2024\/11\/19\/top-stories-november-19-2024\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/americas-partner-blog\/2024\/11\/19\/top-stories-november-19-2024\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/americas-partner-blog\/2024\/11\/19\/top-stories-november-19-2024\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Top Stories: November 19, 2024\"}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/americas-partner-blog\/#\/schema\/person\/dbda644fe35bc2517b61f4a2a35150f1\",\"name\":\"Microsoft Americas Partner Team\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/americas-partner-blog\/#personlogo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/americas-partner-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/01\/US-Partner-Team-avatar-96x90.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/americas-partner-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/01\/US-Partner-Team-avatar-96x90.png\",\"caption\":\"Microsoft Americas Partner Team\"},\"description\":\"The Microsoft Partner team strives to connect with Microsoft partners wherever they and their business are at, and to foster partners\u2019 success and profitability in a mobile-first, cloud-first world through resources including blog posts, events, webinars, and other assets.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/msuspartner\/\",\"https:\/\/msftuspartnerblog.azurewebsites.net\/us-partner-blog\/feed\/\",\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/microsoft\/\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/msuspartner\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/msPartner\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/americas-partner-blog\/author\/msuspartnerteam\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Top Stories: November 19, 2024 | Microsoft","description":"Check out these top stories for the latest news of the week for Microsoft partners in the Americas.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/americas-partner-blog\/2024\/11\/19\/top-stories-november-19-2024\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Top Stories: November 19, 2024 | Microsoft","og_description":"Check out these top stories for the latest news of the week for Microsoft partners in the Americas.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/americas-partner-blog\/2024\/11\/19\/top-stories-november-19-2024\/","og_site_name":"Americas Partner Blog","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/msuspartner\/","article_published_time":"2024-11-19T14:00:57+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-11-19T05:38:56+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":535,"url":"https:\/\/msftuspartnerblog.azurewebsites.net\/en-us\/americas-partner-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/02\/MSC24-LATAM-hybrid-Getty-1358211527-rgb-1024x535-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@msuspartner","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Microsoft Americas Partner Team","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/americas-partner-blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/americas-partner-blog\/","name":"Americas Partner Blog","description":"Microsoft","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/americas-partner-blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/americas-partner-blog\/2024\/11\/19\/top-stories-november-19-2024\/#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https:\/\/msftuspartnerblog.azurewebsites.net\/en-us\/americas-partner-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/02\/MSC24-LATAM-hybrid-Getty-1358211527-rgb-1024x535-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/msftuspartnerblog.azurewebsites.net\/en-us\/americas-partner-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/02\/MSC24-LATAM-hybrid-Getty-1358211527-rgb-1024x535-1.jpg","width":1024,"height":535,"caption":"A smiling man sitting on a sofa looking at his tablet."},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/americas-partner-blog\/2024\/11\/19\/top-stories-november-19-2024\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/americas-partner-blog\/2024\/11\/19\/top-stories-november-19-2024\/","name":"Top Stories: November 19, 2024 | Microsoft","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/americas-partner-blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/americas-partner-blog\/2024\/11\/19\/top-stories-november-19-2024\/#primaryimage"},"datePublished":"2024-11-19T14:00:57+00:00","dateModified":"2024-11-19T05:38:56+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/americas-partner-blog\/#\/schema\/person\/dbda644fe35bc2517b61f4a2a35150f1"},"description":"Check out these top stories for the latest news of the week for Microsoft partners in the Americas.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/americas-partner-blog\/2024\/11\/19\/top-stories-november-19-2024\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/americas-partner-blog\/2024\/11\/19\/top-stories-november-19-2024\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/americas-partner-blog\/2024\/11\/19\/top-stories-november-19-2024\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Top Stories: November 19, 2024"}]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/americas-partner-blog\/#\/schema\/person\/dbda644fe35bc2517b61f4a2a35150f1","name":"Microsoft Americas Partner Team","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/americas-partner-blog\/#personlogo","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/americas-partner-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/01\/US-Partner-Team-avatar-96x90.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/americas-partner-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/01\/US-Partner-Team-avatar-96x90.png","caption":"Microsoft Americas Partner Team"},"description":"The Microsoft Partner team strives to connect with Microsoft partners wherever they and their business are at, and to foster partners\u2019 success and profitability in a mobile-first, cloud-first world through resources including blog posts, events, webinars, and other assets.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/msuspartner\/","https:\/\/msftuspartnerblog.azurewebsites.net\/us-partner-blog\/feed\/","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/microsoft\/","https:\/\/twitter.com\/msuspartner","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/msPartner"],"url":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/americas-partner-blog\/author\/msuspartnerteam\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/americas-partner-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49822"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/americas-partner-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/americas-partner-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/americas-partner-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/americas-partner-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49822"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/americas-partner-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49822\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49826,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/americas-partner-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49822\/revisions\/49826"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/americas-partner-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/americas-partner-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/americas-partner-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/americas-partner-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}