{"id":49992,"date":"2025-02-18T10:34:42","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T18:34:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/americas-partner-blog\/?p=49992"},"modified":"2025-02-18T10:48:18","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T18:48:18","slug":"top-stories-february-18-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/americas-partner-blog\/2025\/02\/18\/top-stories-february-18-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Stories: February 18, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Partner Audience:<\/strong><em> #AllPartners<br \/>\n<\/em><strong>Relevant to:<\/strong><em> #AllRoles #BestPractice #Taxonomy #CrossSolution<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Have you noticed our hashtags?<\/h3>\n<p>We use unique hashtags across our Microsoft Americas Partner communications channels\u2014including blogs, emails, social posts, and Insider Call presentations\u2014so you know what each communication is about and can easily find content that\u2019s relevant and of interest to you.<\/p>\n<p>Watch <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mo98ij7h72Y\">this short video<\/a> to learn more.<br \/>\nTake a look at <a href=\"https:\/\/assetsprod.microsoft.com\/mpn\/en-us\/americas-content-compass-hashtag-taxonomy-guide.pdf\">our hashtag taxonomy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Partner\u00a0Audience:<\/strong><em>\u00a0#AllPartners <\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Relevant to:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>#SalesAndMarketing #DoingBizwMSFT #AccelerateDeals #CrossSolution<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Copilot for Microsoft 365 Excellence Workshop<\/h3>\n<p>To help accelerate your sales cycle, these one-on-one Microsoft-led training sessions are crafted for your customers that are eager to expand Microsoft 365 Copilot within their organization and scale their AI strategy. 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