“Activates” engagements from Microsoft Premier Services are on-site engagements that includes training on the technology in question, as well as jumpstart guidance to help customers move forward with an initiative. The goal is to pass on knowledge to customer’s staff so they can move forward on their own.
Each Activates offering is generally a 3-5 days long on-site engagement led by a Premier Field Engineer and requires 5 days of “SAB Planning Services”. This is the only scenario I know of where SAB Planning Services may be used for Premier offerings.
Contact your Premier TAM for more information on how to take advantage of your SAB Planning Services benefits with “Activates” offerings.
For reference, here is the list of Azure related Activates I’m aware of as for 5/10/19:
Focus Area |
Activate Services |
Primary Technology |
Azure |
Activate Azure Stack with IaaS |
Azure |
Azure |
Activate Azure with Administration and Governance |
Azure |
Azure |
Activate Azure with Enterprise-grade Networking |
Azure |
Azure |
Activate Azure with Hybrid Cloud |
Azure |
Azure |
Activate Azure with Recovery Services |
Azure |
Azure |
Activate Azure with Azure Monitor |
Azure |
Azure |
Activate Azure with Virtual Classrooms |
Azure |
Azure Developer |
Activate Azure with Dev Ops |
Developer – Azure |
Azure Developer |
Activate Azure with Intelligent Apps |
Developer – Azure |
Azure Developer |
Activate Azure with Microservices and Containers |
Developer – Azure |
Azure Developer |
Activate Azure with Mobile Apps |
Developer – Azure |
Azure Developer |
Activate Azure with Modern Apps |
Developer – Azure |
Data & Analytics |
Activate Azure with Automated Deployments |
Data AI |
Data & Analytics |
Activate Azure with Log Analytics |
Data AI |
Data & Analytics |
Activate Business Analytics with Power BI |
SQL Server |
Data & Analytics |
Activate Data Platform Modernization for SQL |
Data AI |
O365 |
Activate Enterprise Mobility + Security |
EMS (Intune / AutoPilot) |
O365 |
Activate Microsoft Teams |
Teams |
Security |
Activate Windows Hello for Business |
Windows 10 |
Security |
Activate Windows 10 Enterprise |
Windows 10 |
Azure |
Activate Azure with Conditional Access |
Azure |
Azure Developer |
Activate Azure Internet of things |
Azure – Developer |
Azure |
Architectural Services – Microsoft Azure: Cloud Ready Datacenter |
Azure |