Microsoft's vast partner-ecosystem is a big part of the Azure value proposition. Listen in as Microsoft Enterprise Channel Manager Christine Schanne and I delve into the partner experience with Neudesic; a top Gold Microsoft Partner. ----more---- Christine Schanne is an Enterprise Channel Manager driving Microsoft's Partner Co-Sell Strategy in the Northeast Region by developing and delivering Partner ecosystems to support our customer's Digital Transformation journey with a focus in the Retail/CPG industry. Kunaal Kapoor (Director, Client Services – Northeast) leads Neudesic’s Northeast practice, making client and alliance partnerships successful. Kunaal has a solid tech consulting background and focuses on helping organizations successfully capture the business opportunities of Digital Transformation. Steve Tetrault (Director, Solutions – Northeast) leads Neudesic’s technology leadership team in the Northeast region, supporting clients with technology strategy, architecture and implementation of disruptive solutions using Neudesic services. Steve's passion/mission is Digital Transformation. To learn more about Neudesic, be sure to check out the following links: About Neudesic: https://www.neudesic.com/about/ Microsoft Alliance: https://www.neudesic.com/about/alliance-partners/microsoft/ Services and Offerings: https://www.neudesic.com/services/ Customer Case Study: https://www.neudesic.com/all-insights/?case-study All Recipes: https://partner.microsoft.com/en-au/case-studies/neudesic Isagenix: https://www.neudesic.com/case-study/isagenix/ Awards: https://www.neudesic.com/all-insights/?award Awards Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_VFT777Z9Q The episode also features PSAs from three of our favorite kid-focused technology organizations MakeCode, Kodable and Code.org. Be sure to give 'em some love (they do a great job!) PLEASE VISIT http://azureability.com for show notes and additional episodes. Also, if you like (or even hate!) what we're doing, please take the time to share your comments and suggestions either by the Podbean App (see links, below), email (lberman@microsoft.com) or Twitter (@azureability).  CREDITS: Louis Berman (Host); Christine Schanne, Kunal Kapoor & Steve Tetrault (Guests); Gretchen Huebner (Kodable PSA), Simon Hillvo (MakeCode PSA); Megan Hochstatter (Code.org PSA); Vincent Tone / PremiumBeat (Music); Heather Walsh (Intro/Outro); Louis Berman (Engineer); East Coast Studio (Editing) TRANSCRIPT: https://www.videoindexer.ai/accounts/1c5a0342-11e8-4e1d-b656-d0bf35b80614/videos/ffe9a26e4c/ (be sure to turn "Closed Captioning" to "English"; icon in lower right-hand corner of "video" window)