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>> Welcome back to
the Azure Enablement Show and our series on learning resources.
I'm April Edwards, your host for the series.
Now, we'll continue our tour of resources ready
to help you become a better Azure professional.
Without further ado, let's head off to our first destination.
>> Our next stop is at video series.
>> My name is Isaac Levin,
Senior Product Marketing Manager in Azure Marketing and Microsoft.
>> Why should managers go watch the Microsoft video series?
>> I think one of the most important things as
a development manager or any person who's managing
technical folk is you need to
be aware of the growing changes in our industry.
Being able to go to and watch some
of this content is extremely important,
not just for your career development,
but the career development of the people that report to you.
>> Is there any content in the video series
that managers should pay attention to?
>> In the growing landscape of technology,
it's very important for IT managers to be fully
aware of what's not currently trend in the industry,
but what's coming out.
The Microsoft video series provides all
sorts different avenues to be able to see those things.
>> What is one thing managers might not
know about the Microsoft video series?
>> One thing that's really important for
me to call out here is that
a lot of our content is catered to IT pros and developers.
But a lot of our content is also catered
directly to business decision makers
and technical decision makers.
Being able to see that content
regardless of your technical level is very important.
>> Coming up, we go to Microsoft Open Hack.
>> Hi. I'm Tristan Gorringe and I'm
a Program Manager within commercial software and engineering,
looking out for the Open Hack program for Microsoft.
>> Why should managers go to Open Hacks?
>> As a manager to get started with Open Hack,
I would encourage you to visit openhack.Microsoft.com
or contact your Microsoft account rep. As a manager,
joining your team out on Open Hack,
one thing that will make you feel really right at home is
when you guys are altogether working as a team.
Definitely bringing everybody together to
upskill side-by-side is an optimal experience that
you probably want to have and encouraged to make
productivity for your team that much greater.
>> How should a manager get started with Open Hacks?
>> As a manager, to get started with Open Hack,
you should visit openhack.Microsoft.com or
contact your account rep. One thing you and
your team will experience when you join an Open Hack
that will make you feel at home is that you are as a team,
you came from your organization together,
you'll be participating and upskilling together
and that camaraderie and that knowledge base that you
attain at Open Hack will hopefully transcend and go
back to your organization to be applied to future engagement.
>> Are there any tips or tricks for
managers when it comes to Open Hacks?
>> As a manager, the best advice or trick
I could give you is to make sure your teams and yourself,
if you're participating, do come
prepared in advance of every Open Hack.
We'll provide you with a communication,
with the learning paths,
and suggested tooling to have installed on
your machines so that when you do come to the Open Hack,
you already have a competitive edge.
You already have the knowledge base and
the technology at your fingertips.
>> What is one thing that managers
might not know about Open Hacks?
>> One thing most managers may not know about
Open Hack is that it is a feedback-driven experience.
All the content, tools,
and resources used during the Open Hack,
you and your team actually have the opportunity and are
encouraged to provide direct feedback
through the Open Hack experience.
We like to say feedback is a gift.
Through a direct feedback loop with our engineering teams,
we take your feedback provide to them and they action on it to
improve the product offerings and
technical documentation that you will ultimately use.
>> Our next up takes us to Microsoft Reactors.
>> Hi. I'm Emily Hove and I have the pleasure of running
the program management team for
the global Reactor program for Microsoft.
>> Why do you think managers should get involved with Reactors?
>> Managers should go to Reactors to see what
we're all about and see all the content that we offer.
They can definitely share with
their employees who want to continue to
learn and upskill about all the Reactor has to offer.
Another thing that I think is really important
for managers to know is as
their teams are developing new content that they want to try out,
Reactors are a great place for
people to start experimenting with that.
>> How should a manager get started with Reactors?
>> It's so easy for a manager to get started with Reactor.
All you need to do is join
one of our Meetup communities and you have
an access to a wide variety of our events on our calendar,
or go to our website and see
all of the content that we can deliver.
>> Maybe tips and tricks you would
suggest for managers about Reactors?
>> Tips and tricks for a manager is about using the Reactors.
We virtually have content going on 24 hours a day,
so please encourage your teams to join
our community and access any of our events at anytime.
We also have recorded content as well,
so it's very easy to access and
allow people to learn when they
want to learn and how they want to learn.
Another tip is, please leverage us
for helping to develop your team be better presenters.
We're always looking for folks to deliver
content in the Reactors and if you
have people that are developing new content
and want to try it out in a Reactor community,
we are here for you.
>> What is one thing managers might not know about Reactors?
>> What managers don't know about
Reactors is that our content is not only
developed internally by folks who
know our products inside and out who build our products,
but we also have a wide variety of content from our partners,
from our partner teams,
and from third-party meetups.
We get a lot of perspective in terms
of the content that we're producing
and we got a lot of different perspectives and angles
on different technologies that are out there for folks to use.
>> The stop of the tour,
we go two Flagship Events.
>> Hi there. My name is Ed Donahue and I am
a Senior Content Experience Manager which
means that all of the content that you see as some of our events,
I hope they'll come to life.
>> Why do you think managers should go to the Flagship Events?
>> Managers should come to our Flagship Events so that they can
get an idea of the latest releases,
the latest product news,
and announcements that are coming from Microsoft around
things that they and their teams use on a day-to-day basis.
>> How should a manager get started with the Flagship Events?
>> For a manager, of course,
the first thing to do is register.
Once you've registered, I would
probably take a look at the session catalog.
You can filter the session catalog by
our solution areas so you can pick
out the things that are relevant to you right
away and add them to your Session Scheduler.
Once you have them in your Session Scheduler,
you can share that schedule with your team.
If you see some sessions that you think would be
of particular value for the folks on your team
then this is a great way that you can share that to them
easily and have it show up in their Session Scheduler as well.
>> Are there any features
that managers should pay particular attention to?
>> For managers, I think
the digital backpack is going to
be a really great resource for you.
If you go to a session,
whether it's a keynote of features session or a session in
our connection zone where you may attend it
as the Expert session or a table talks,
you have the ability to save
that session and its resources into your digital backpack.
In your digital backpack,
you can download that which means that you
could easily share that document
with other people on your team so that they
can get the same great learning experience you had.
>> What is one thing managers
might not know about the Flagship Events?
>> Manager may not know that our Flagship Events have
attending networking tools that are available to all attendees,
but might be particularly useful for
managers if they want to reach out to certain attendees,
or even if they want to talk to some of
our featured partners during the event.
>> I hope you've enjoyed our tour across Azure learning resources.
If you're looking to engage with any of
the resources we visit in this video,
please check the text in this video's description.
Enjoy your learning and see you next time.
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