Partner Community Office Hours (February 4, 2015)

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Partner Community Office Hours February 2015

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Partner Community Office Hours February 2015

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*also review your Partner Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA)

Announcements

Feb. 3 – APP Academy: Getting Started (VC)

Feb. 3 – Dreamforce Office Hours

Feb. 4 – Partner Community Office Hours

Feb. 5 – Partner Roadmap Webinar

Feb. 5 – Partner Marketing Office Hours

Feb. 10 – Partner + Premier Success = Customer Success

Feb. 17 – APP Academy: Sales (VC)

Feb. 18 – Cloud Academy: Getting Started (VC)

Feb. 27 – Summer ’14 Release Exams Deadline

March 3 – Salesforce Partner Program Quarterly Update with Tyler Prince

To see more events, webinars, registrations, and replays you may have missed, go to: Partner Community > Calendar

Calendar of Events Check the Partner Community for Updates

•  Access to & insight from our PM’s & Program Staff •  Transparency with our product roadmap •  Program announcements & Alerts! •  Around once per month

Partner Roadmap Webinar What’s New & What’s Next for ISV & SI Partners

http://p.force.com/ROADMAP

Next session is on Feb. 5 at 9am Pacific Topic: Spring ‘15 Release for Partners

Alerts! Important Notification for Partners Read Each Notice Carefully

•  Premier  Success  Partner  Pilot  Discon1nued  

•  Consul1ng  Partner  Program  Changes  for  FY16  (Updated  Jan.  13,  2015)  

•  Trial  template  blackout  window  &  ISV  packages  during  Spring  ‘15  Release  

http://p.force.com/ALERTS

You must log in to see the Alerts!

http://p.force.com/premier http://p.force.com/heroku http://p.force.com/desk

New Product Information and Development Resources

Spring ’15 is Here!

✓  Sandbox Preview ✓  Pre-Release

✓  Release Schedule

✓  Release Notes

✓  Demos

✓  Preview Webinars ✓  Training

http://p.force.com/releases

New Consulting Partner (SI) Program Changes For the New Fiscal Year Beginning February 1, 2015

http://p.force.com/programchanges

Technical Questions? Forums Have Answers!

http://developer.salesforce.com/forums

The AppExchange Marketing Program (AMP) is a game-changing co-marketing engine designed to accelerate growth for AppExchange partners.

AppExchange Marketing Program (AMP)  Turnkey promotion and co-marketing opportunities for revenue-sharing partners.

Partners invest in AMP to: •  Increase awareness and demand. •  Create meaningful connections with Salesforce

customers, prospects, and sales. •  Leverage Salesforce’s brand power and world-class

marketing.

http://p.force.com/AMP

Now You Can Do That for FREE with Desk.com! The All-in-One Customer Support App for Fast-Growing Companies

Salesforce Partners Now Receive 5 Licenses FREE for 12 months

Support on Every Channel

SocialSupport

CaseManagement

Self-Service

MobileAccess

SimpleSetup

KnowledgeBase

Multilingual Support

BusinessInsights

Instant Productivity Connect & Grow

Productivity Tools

Multi-brand Support

Self-ServiceSelf-

ServiceSelf-Service

http://p.force.com/desk

PR Office Hours

Partner Community Office Hours

Partner Marketing Office Hours

Security Review Office Hours

http://p.force.com/officehours

Office Hours For All Partners

Dreamforce Office Hours New!

Sponsorships are now open! Please review the updated list of events

http://p.force.com/sponsorships

New Functionality in the Partner Community Starting on February 20

•  Translation of the Partner Community to Japanese

•  Revamped Partner Signup process with an easy step-by-step wizard for signing up

•  Access to the Partner Sales Aid from the Partner Online Training page

•  Presentation and acceptance of the Partner Master Agreement on the Partner Community

•  Old Partner Portal site will be fully retired on April 3rd (see Jan. 13th News Item)

http://p.force.com/news

•  The new place for ALL partners to generate new orgs (ISV & SI)

•  Manage all of your orgs in one place

•  Create new orgs (demos, testing, development, etc.)

•  Custom Views help you organize and manage

•  Choose one org as the “hub”; associate other orgs to it

•  Related orgs can be automatically discovered

•  Seamlessly switch between orgs without adding login credentials

Environment Hub Org Management for ISV & SI Partners

http://p.force.com/hub

Partner Community Resources

How do I access?

✓ Partner Community p.force.com/signup ✓  Partner Online Training p.force.com/LMS ✓  Partner Sales Aid p.force.com/PSA

Partner Community - Next Steps

ü  Get Access to the new Partner Community

ü  Post Your Picture

Let us see who you are!

ü  Join the Partner Community *Official* Group o  In that group, select: Email Settings > Daily Digest

ü  Encourage your colleagues to do the same

ü  Go to p.force.com/signup for help

ü  Collaborate and have fun!

YES! NO!

Partner Online Training Now Includes the Partner Sales Aid

http://p.force.com/LMS Login must contain @partnertraining.com

Partner Sales Aid (PSA) •  Access via Any Web Enabled

Device

•  Phone & Tablet using Salesforce1

•  Initial Access through Education tabs in Partner Community

•  PSA contains Sales & Sales Support Content

http://p.force.com/psa

Partner Community – Topics (A-Z) Jump directly to a specific topic

http://p.force.com/topics

Partner Community – Tip Sheet

http://p.force.com/tipsheet

Office Hours Are Open!

2 Ways to Ask Questions

http://p.force.com/question

1. Post your question to the Q&A Chatter Group -  http://p.force.com/question

2. Use the GoToWebinar Question Pane

- we may re-post your question in the Q&A Chatter Group

Office Hours Now Open!

1.  Programs? 2.  Policies? 3.  Resources? 4.  Training? 5.  Timelines? 6.  Deadlines? 7.  Best Practices?

Thank you