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Welcome to the new SA Packaged Services
Partner Update where you can read about the latest developments and opportunities
around deployment planning benefits. As always, all of
the latest deployment and adoption Partner resources can be
found on the Microsoft Deployment Partner Services Portal at
microsoftdps.com.
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The Business Value Planning Service delivers a highly
reliable, repeatable, sponsored process for proposing
business process improvements which better leverage the
strategic value of products customers already own. Using the
Business Value Planning Service, partners work with
Enterprise Agreement Customers to document, analyze,
optimize, justify, sequence, and propose plans that improve
impactful business processes using the Microsoft Office
System. Get paid by Microsoft to deliver process improvement
planning to eligible customers.
Click here to learn how!
Demand Generation
Strategy Briefing sessions provide Partners with
opportunities to present and demonstrate the business value
of the Office System Solutions and Partner Services to a
small group of potential Customers (< 25) over the course of
a 1 to 2-Hour breakfast or lunch briefing. Strategy
Briefings can help partners: |
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Speak to the value of Microsoft Office System, by assisting you in defining business value in terms
that will be relevant to your customers. |
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Show customers that they can leverage much of
their current investment in IW technology to improve
business process problems they face every day, often
with technology they’ve already purchased. |
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Identify new opportunities across a customer
organization through process specific, Business
Decision Maker (BDM) tailored marketing content.
Download the BVPS Strategy Briefing Materials. |
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Download the BVPS Strategy Briefing Materials.
February Updates
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New!
Two new scenarios “Project Portfolio Management”
and “Merging Project Plans” have been added as
supported scenarios refer to the
Scenario Content & Sample Deliverables Pack and
the
BVPS Marketing Kit for details. |
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Now Available!
Finalized versions of the Mock certification
exams have been added to the
BVPS Training Content Kit and we are now in the
process of collating partner feedback on how to
prepare for the exam into a study guide to accompany
it. For access to the latest draft copy, send an
email request to
bvpshelp@microsoft.com. |
For more information about the BVPS program, please visit the
BVPS
Program Website. As always, please feel free to
email
bvpshelp@microsoft.com with any questions or feedback. |
DDPS Live Meeting In Action
New Series!
We will be hosting 3 Live Meetings within the next several
weeks. If you are interested in receiving details, please
email DDPS for a meeting request.
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MDT overview and program roadmap – speaker Rajat
Kumar and Mary Anne Blake – 200 level – 60 minutes +
Q&A. |
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Lite Touch Deployment with MDT 2010 Beta 1 for
Windows 7 beta and Windows Server 2008 R2 beta –
speakers Mike Niehaus and Tim Mintner - 300 level –
90 minutes. |
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Advanced Lite Touch Deployment with MDT 2010
Beta 1 for Windows 7 beta and Windows Server 2008 R2
beta – speakers Mike Niehaus and Tim Minter - 400
level – 90 minutes. |
For more information about the DDPS program, please visit the
DDPS
Program Website. As always, please feel free to
email ddps@microsoft.com
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What is Coming Up for EDPS?
February -
New! EDPS Customer Collateral: A
customer-ready EDPS
brochure is available now on the the
EDPS
Program Website. Leverage this document to help potential customers
understand the value and services of EDPS.
April – Content Refresh to Include Notes Migration: The EDPS
2.0 release, set for April, will provide additional
scenarios based on UC business priorities and pilot feedback
including a section on Notes Migration: “Exchange 2007
Migration & Coexistence with Notes.” Additionally, the
content will be improved and restructured into a modular
format to allow partners to more easily tailor engagements
to customer needs. The refresh will include complimentary
technologies modules featuring products such as Office
Communications Server 2007 for Unified Messaging.
For more information about the EDPS program, please visit
the EDPS
Program Website. As always, please feel free to
email edps@microsoft.com
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Expand solution opportunities and win new business with
SharePoint Deployment Planning Services!
A properly implemented SharePoint environment provides a
unified, enterprise-ready solution that boosts
organizational effectiveness. Use SDPS to highlight your
SharePoint expertise and open the door to deeper, more
strategic customer relationships.
New!
Visit the
SDPS Process at a Glance resource for a single view of
the SDPS program, how to enroll, submit deliverables and get
paid by Microsoft for your services.
Already Delivering Engagements? Listen to the latest In
Action Series session Delivered by MCS!
The in Action Series consists of 5 sessions focusing on how
to successfully deliver an SDPS engagement. All sessions are
available at
partnersdps.com
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Available Now!
Quest SharePoint Discovery, Migration and Deployment
Kits Overview; How to Deliver SDPS - Greenfield
Customer; How to Deliver SDPS Engagement: Overview;
SDPS Introduction |
For more information about the SDPS program, please visit
the SDPS Program
Website. As always, please feel free to email
sdps@microsoft.com
with any questions or feedback. |
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