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Microsoft Australia Partner Awards 2014


MAPA 2014

Partner Training

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Microsoft Australia Partner Awards 2014 Awards Guidelines

Editing Pre-Nomination Questions ...................................................................................... 18

Saving Your Nomination .......................................................................................................... 19

Submitting Your Nomination ................................................................................................. 20

Viewing Nominations on the Partner Dashboard ........................................................... 21

Exporting Excel and PDF Reports ......................................................................................... 22

Important Links ........................................................................................................................... 23

AWARDS OVERVIEW

2014 MAPA Awards Important Dates ................................................................................... 3

2014 MAPA Awards .................................................................................................................... 4

TOOL INSTRUCTIONS

Sign In ............................................................................................................................................. 6

Creating a New Profile .............................................................................................................. 7

Creating a New Profile – Step 2 ............................................................................................. 8

Agreeing to the Rules & Regulations ................................................................................... 9

Partner Dashboard ..................................................................................................................... 10

Creating a New Nomination ................................................................................................... 11

Entering Nomination Information ........................................................................................ 12

Filling out a Nomination .......................................................................................................... 13

Providing Supporting URLs ..................................................................................................... 14

Uploading Supporting Documents ...................................................................................... 15

Uploading Supporting Documents – Step 2 ..................................................................... 16

Uploading Supporting Documents – Step 3 ..................................................................... 17

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May 1, 2014Award Tool OPENS at 12:00 AM AEST for Partner nominations

June 5, 2014Award Tool CLOSES at 11:59 PM AEST – this deadline is FIRM

September 2-4, 2014Award Winners Announced at the Australia Partner Conference (APC) on the Gold Coast

Awards Timeline

Important Dates

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Application Development Partner of the Year

Business Intelligence Partner of the Year

CityNext Partner of the Year

Cloud Solutions Partner of the Year

Collaboration and Content Partner of the Year

Communications Partner of the Year

Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Partner of the Year

Data Platform Partner of the Year

Datacentre Partner of the Year

Devices and Deployment Partner of the Year

Distributor Partner of the Year

Education Partner of the Year

Enterprise Partner of the Year

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Partner of the Year

Hardware Partner of the Year

Health Partner of the Year

Hosting Partner of the Year

Learning Partner of the Year

Licensing Solutions Partners (LSP) Partner of the Year

Small Business Partner of the Year

Software Asset Management (SAM) Partner of the Year

2014 MAPA Awards



MAPA 2014

Partner Instructions

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Go to: australiapartnerawards.com

If you are a new Partner, click the “Create a New Profile” link. If you cannot locate your password, click “Forgot Password.”

*Note: If you submitted a nomination for the 2014 WPC Awards, please use the “Forgot Password” link to receive a temporary password to your profile.

Sign In

www.australiapartnerawards.com

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You must have or create a profile to access the Award Tool.

1. Enter your email address and desired password. Click “Continue” when finished.

Creating a New Profile


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1. Complete all fields of the “Create a New Profile” form. These fields will autopopulate for you when you create a new nomination.

2. When finished, click “Continue.”

Creating a New Profile – Step 2

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You must agree to the 2014 MAPA Awards Rules and Regulations to proceed in the Award Tool. Please read through carefully. Click “I agree to the Microsoft Australia Partner Awards (MAPA) 2014 Rules and Regulations” button at the bottom of the page to proceed.

Agreeing to the Rules & Regulations

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The dashboard is the Award Tool’s navigation page. Items under the green “Actions” bar are actions you can start. Items under the orange “Actions” bar are actions you have previously begun and have saved or completed (see the Status column to determine the progress of all nominations you have created).

Click the “+” icon next to “Create a New Nomination” to begin the judging process of one nomination.

Click the icon next to “My Profile” to view or edit your previously entered contact information.

Partner Dashboard

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Click on an award category in the menu to the left to begin a nomination for that category.

After reading the award description and eligibility information, click “Continue to Questions.”

Creating a New Nomination

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The contact information you provided when creating a new Partner profile will autopopulate most fields.

Please fill out remaining fields (Nomination Title, CEO Name, Company Name and Attention).

Click “Continue to Nomination” when finished.

Entering Nomination Information

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Please fill out ALL questions in each created nomination. There is a 5,000 character limit (including spaces) for each Answer text box. If your answer in the Answer box exceeds 5,000 characters, we suggest drafting your nomination in a Word document and uploading the document as one of your possible 3 Supporting Documents.

Filling out a Nomination

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There is an area below the Answer box to provide a supporting URL to supplement your nomination.

1. Please type or paste your supporting URL into the box next to “Supporting URL.”

Providing Supporting URLs

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All questions have an area below to provide one or more supporting documents to supplement your nomination.

1. To upload one or more Supporting Documents, click the “Browse” button.

Uploading Supporting Documents

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2. Choose the file you’d like to upload in the dialogue box and press “Insert.” You will see the your file name appear in the box next to the “Browse” and “Upload” buttons.

3. Click “Upload” to load your file.

Uploading Supporting Docs – Step 2

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You will see your document appear underneath the “Browse” and “Upload” buttons. To upload another document, click “Browse” and repeat the process.

To delete uploaded files, click the red X to the right of the file name.

Uploading Supporting Docs – Step 3

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To edit any of the contact information you provided earlier, click the “Edit Pre-Nomination Questions” link at the top of page.

Editing Pre-Nomination Questions

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When you are in the process of entering a nomination and would like to save it to edit or complete later, click “Save as Draft.”

If you filled out all questions in your nomination and would like to submit, click “Save and Complete.”

Saving Your Nomination

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Upon clicking “Save and Complete,” a Caution box will appear. Make sure you have completely filled out your nomination before clicking “Submit.” You cannot edit your nomination after submitting it. Press “Cancel” to return to your nomination.

After clicking “Submit,” a “Congratulations” box with an affirmation that your nomination was successfully submitted. Click “OK” to return to the Partner Dashboard.

Submitting Your Nomination

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You can view the status of your nominations on your Partner Dashboard.

If a nomination has been saved as a draft, the status will show “In Progress.”

If a nomination has been successfully submitted, the status will show “Submitted.”

If a nomination has been deleted (by pressing the trash icon), the status will show “Deleted.”

Viewing Nominations on the Partner Dashboard

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To view your nomination(s) as an Excel report, click the “ “ icon.

To view your nomination(s) as a PDF report, click the “ “ icon.

Exporting Excel and PDF Reports

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Microsoft Australia Partner Awards (MAPA) Tool

2014 Award Categories & Guidelines

2014 Rules and Regulations

Writing an Award Winning Entry

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Important Links


http://download.microsoft.com/documents/australia/apc/2014/MAPA-2014-Awards-Guideline_v1.pdf

http://download.microsoft.com/documents/australia/apc/2014/MAPA-2014_Rules-and-Regulations.pdf

http://download.microsoft.com/documents/australia/apc/2014/MAPA-2014_Writing-an-Award-Entry.pdf

http://download.microsoft.com/documents/australia/apc/2014/MAPA-2014_FAQs_final2.pdf