1. Microsoft Azure Deployment Planning Services
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Microsoft Azure Deployment Planning Services
Activating Microsoft Azure Storage
PARTNER ENGAGEMENT GUIDE
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2. Engagement Options Choose from 3, 5, 10, or 15 days GOAL ACTIVITY
Assess, Prioritize & Plan
Assess, Prioritize, Plan & POC or Limited Online Pilot
Pre-engagement Questionnaire 
Define Customer Problem Statement and Objectives
Provide Infrastructure Overview and Solution Concept
Deliver Implementation Plan and Next Steps
Proof of Concept or Limited Online Pilot
ACTIVITY
ACTIVITY

3. Engagement Activities
Engagement Structure
Customize the engagement to meet your customer’s unique requirements
Engagement Activities
Understand the customer’s business objectives and assess the storage environment for Microsoft Azure readiness
Create a Storage Utilization Plan to prepare the customer to migrate workloads to Microsoft Azure
Connect the customer’s storage solution (StorSimple or CommVault) to Microsoft Azure
Run limited online pilot to demonstrate the value or storage with Microsoft Azure
If your knowledge of your customer environment allows you to move more quickly through the engagement and complete further steps than those suggested in the engagement, feel free to skip ahead. The program will honor the engagement as long as the final required deliverable reflects and justifies the tasks completed.

4. Tools & Resources Microsoft Azure StorSimple CommVault
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Tools & Resources
Microsoft Azure
StorSimple
Microsoft Azure architectural planning slides
StorSimple decks and datasheets
Microsoft Azure Storage Emulator 1.8
CommVault
Microsoft Azure Storage Team Blog
CommValut Simpana for Microsoft Azure datasheet
Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit for Microsoft Azure Platform
About the Storage Services API MSDN
Microsoft Azure Case Studies
Introduction to Microsoft Azure
Deployment Planning Services
Planning a Migration to Microsoft Azure
Public Cloud, Microsoft Azure Deployment Planning Services
Migrating Data-Centric Applications to Microsoft Azure
Microsoft Azure Guidance – The “Get”, “Delete” pattern for reading messages from queues
MSDN Storage Blog
Microsoft Azure Storage Client for Java Overview
Microsoft Azure Storage Client for Java Tables Deep Dive
Microsoft Azure Storage Client for Java Blob Features
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The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.