Sharepoint deployment planning services sdps incworx consulting. New software assurance benefits that support the deployment stage of the software life cycle include a desktop deployment planning services voucher that customers with either select or enterprise license agreements can redeem for an onsite consulting engagement of up to 10 days based on the volume of microsoft office software that is. Deployment planning services cloud engagements will be. Microsoft software assurance planning services ppm works. Leverage your software assurance benefits for sharepoint deployment planning services sdps. Most recently, microsoft has notified us that training vouchers, deployment planning days, and 24. The software assurance deployment planning services benefit and software assurance training vouchers will be retired. By delivering planning services engagements, you have the opportunity to generate more leads, drive enterprise agreement renewals, and get paid by microsoft. Customers should refer to their agreements for a full understanding of their rights and obligations under microsoft s volume licensing programs. The last day to redeem software assurance deployment planning services and software assurance training voucher benefits will be january 1. Deployment planning services is software assurance benefits for microsoft customers. Sep 15, 2005 new software assurance benefits that support the deployment stage of the software life cycle include a desktop deployment planning services voucher that customers with either select or enterprise license agreements can redeem for an onsite consulting engagement of up to 10 days based on the volume of microsoft office software that is.
Were extending active vouchers created prior to april 1, 2020 for an additional 90 days. Engagements three days and up are typically performed onsite. While deployment planning services and software assurance training vouchers satv are typically valid for 180 days after date of creation, for vouchers created before april 1, 2020, were extending active vouchers for an additional 90 days. Software assurance training benefit product catalog. Software assurance planning services helps guide your customers through the deployment and business value planning stages of software implementation. Partners can be compensated by microsoft to conduct engagements ranging from 1, 3, 5, 10, and 15 days. We regularly see changes and updates from microsoft on different products. For details, see windows 10 enterprise system requirements. Leverage current it investments to create business value. Software assurance training benefits help boost productivity by providing indepth, instructorled technical classroom training for it professionals and developers, and opportunities to enhance enduser readiness, all designed to ensure effective and efficient deployment, management, support and adoption of new microsoft software without. When you utilize the software assurance deployment planning services, utilizing you can. Based on your license agreement, this complimentary service ranges from 115 days in length. Streamline deployment with sql server deployment planning services ssdps custom deployment plans to help you launch, expand or upgrade your sql server and microsoft dynamics crm solutions. This change was made in the 2015 product use rights pur.
Software assurance spans microsofts range of software products and services, including the windows operating system, microsoft office, exchange, sql server, and many others. You want to expand and continuously optimize your existing business processes with new information technologies. What you need to know about the latest microsoft sa changes. Microsoft software assurance for volume licensing helps boost organizational productivity with 24x7 support, deployment planning services, and technical training, the latest microsoft software releases, unique technologies, plus support for cloud services adoption, all in one costeffective program. To learn if you have days available, contact incworx and we will walk you through the process. Microsoft software assurance archives schneider it.
Microsoft software assurance elearning courses provide interactive selfpaced training, designed to help employees get more out of using a broad range of microsoft products. Customers receive microsoft vouchers, which can be used as a pay for the. How to activate deployment planning services vouchers invid. Software assurance public cloud, microsoft azure deployment planning services using planning services days available in increments of 3, 5, 10, or 15days, planning services engagements offer a structured yet collaborative. Software assurance benefits calculated by this tool are an estimate only, and the results generated do not constitute an offer. As an approved planning services partner, microsoft compensates you for providing pre deployment planning engagements for enterprise customers. Ascent technology can work with qualifying clients, to help assess, prioritize and begin migrating existing virtualized applications, and microsoft pays for the engagement. Software assurance by benefit microsoft volume licensing. Onpremises can be used to describe both an end customer or service provider environment, as long as it is for their own usage and not resold. If you are currently eligible for the training voucher benefit, you may convert unused 3 training voucher days into 1 planning service days ie 3. Appendix b software assurance microsoft volume licensing.
Microsoft extends the sdps benefit to customers with certain types and numbers of licenses with software assurance. As an approved planning services partner, microsoft compensates you for providing predeployment planning engagements for enterprise. After february 2020, fasttrack will be the primary way to support you in adopting microsoft cloud services. Software assurance planning services in partner center. Plan your office and windows deployment a benefit for microsoft volume licensing software assurance customers, ddps helps ensure the successful deployment of your microsoft office, microsoft 365 and windows or mobility solution while helping to improve productivity across. Take advantage of this possibility, for example to plan your next exchange or lync project with our support. Find out about the basics of microsoft volume licensing programs, which include software assurance, shared source, open license, select license, select plus, enterprise agreement, enterprise subscription agreement, and product keys. To learn if you have days available, contact incworx and we will walk you through the.
Sql server deployment planning services software assurance. Plan and prepare for a successful deployment software assurance deployment planning services provide onsite deployment planning support from a qualified planning services partner or microsoft services. The planning services completion report allows microsoft to monitor the quality of engagements and gather valuable insights for future program enhancements. Sharepoint deployment planning services sdps is designed to help your organization plan an effective deployment of microsoft office sharepoint server. Oct 31, 2016 the planning services benefits of microsoft software assurance are designed to help clients implement a migration plan for existing virtualized applications to microsoft azure infrastructure services. Microsoft remove more software assurance benefits the itam. This service is free, and is presented as a benefits of the software assurance program. Glean the most from microsoft software investments with software assurance for volume licensing. In essence, microsoft plans retire its deployment planning services benefit in software assurance, starting in february 2020. A comprehensive program that includes a unique set of technologies, services, and rights to help deploy, manage, and use microsoft products efficiently, software assurance helps keep your business up to date and ready to respond quickly to change and opportunity. C2 is a trusted partner and an approved microsoft software assurance planning service provider for dynamics 365. Software assurance software planning services ultima. Microsoft makes big software assurance changes cloud software.
Software assurance planning services microsoft download center. Did you know that as a certified microsoft azure deployment planning services azdps partner. Increasing software utilisation through gaining insight into product functionalities and resources. Find out how many planning services days your organization is eligible for by going to the microsoft volume licensing service center vlsc. With the upcoming retirement of both deployment planning and training vouchers from software assurance, training days can no longer be converted to planning services days starting in february 2020. Software assurance public cloud, microsoft azure deployment planning services using planning services days available in increments of 3, 5, 10, or 15 days, planning services engagements offer a structured yet collaborative. On the create an incident select a payment option page, select use my software assurance agreement. Hello, i have reserved software assurance planning days one week before agreement end date and now they are valid for 180 days. Plan your deployment as a software assurance customer, you may be eligible for planning services days you can use to plan your sql server or microsoft.
Microsoft recently announced a common endofsupport date for its microsoft desktop optimization pack tools, which also is a software assurance benefit. If you have a microsoft software assurance agreement, you would have received vouchers which allow for extending your onpremises applications to the public cloud to help reduce it complexity and costs. Days earned across all software purchases are pooled and can be used on any of the planning services offerings regardless of the software type purchased. Microsoft software assurance changes to favor fasttrack. Sep 30, 2019 ive been the microsoft concierge for two sites here at connection for close to two years.
Mar 24, 2017 go to microsoft software assurance support page and click on submit request. Select the product and problem for which you need support. Using software assurance benefits can help you take full advantage of your investments in it. Learn more about the software assurance training vouchers benefit learn more about the software assurance elearning. Microsoft makes big software assurance changes cloud. Expanded benefits in microsoft software assurance deliver. Software assurance benefits microsoft volume licensing. Microsoft software assurance planning services did you.
As a microsoft volume licensing customer with software assurance, your organization receives a certain number of planning services days based on your licensing agreements. It is a program policy requirement that the online planning services completion report submission form be submitted for all planning services vouchers before being redeemed in vvr. Microsoft business center mpsa customers to identify current software assurance benefits. Microsoft will stop the accrual of new deployment planning days in february 2021. Microsoft software assurance benefits for office can help your organization accelerate deployment and improve enduser productivity. Review the vlsc software assurance guide for stepbystep. Deployment planning services the not so hidden benefit. As a software assurance customer of microsoft dynamics 365, you may be entitled to microsofts dynamics deployment planning service days dydps which can be used for deployment planning engagement with us. The deployment planning services dps benefit will start to be retired in. Software assurance is a comprehensive volume licensing program that includes a unique set of technologies, services, and rights to help you deploy, manage, and use your microsoft products more efficiently. Customers will no longer be able to convert training vouchers into planning services days. See how db best can help you deploy your database solutions in the microsoft azure cloud. Learn more about planning services and other software assurance benefits. What you need to know about the latest microsoft sa.
Go to microsoft software assurance support page and click on submit request. Zones licensing experts provide guidance, product support, and deployment planning, as we help ensure you make maximum use of your benefits. Microsoft compensates partners for delivering training, planning, and other services to enterprise customers who have software assurance. Deployment planning services cloud engagements will be retired and you can apply to use fasttrack. The software assurance benefits calculator is an online tool to calculate estimated software assurance benefits that customers may be entitled to. Did you know that as a microsoft software assurance customer, you are entitled to free planning services days to help with your microsoft software deployment. Software assurance benefits help you take full advantage of your investments in it. Participating in this program may help you attract more customers, become their trusted planning partner, and lead to additional customer engagements. If you have a requirement for planning services and have some training vouchers to spare, theres a way to trade. If you do not have current software assurance for windows and would like to purchase volume licenses for windows 10 enterprise, contact your preferred microsoft reseller or see how to purchase through volume licensing. Microsoft software assurance benefits entitle you to professional help that you have already paid for. Software assurance helps boost productivity across your organization with benefits that help you get the most out of your microsoft software including 24x7 support, deployment and business planning services, enduser and technical training, and the latest software releases and unique technologies. Sep, 2019 microsoft will retire azure training options from the software assurance training voucher catalog.
Sep 24, 2019 microsofts offered the following timeline for changes to software assurance. Convert training vouchers in planning services days. The number of days and hours depends on the number of qualifying office application, server, and developer tool licenses and the number of core cal suites, enterprise cal, and sql cal suites for which software assurance is acquired. Microsoft software assurance benefits for office can help your organization accelerate deployment and improve enduser. Learn more about the software assurance training voucher program. Starting february 2021, planning days will no longer be accrued for any. Software assurance by product microsoft volume licensing. Software assurance training vouchers satv microsoft. This is the last day for new and renewing customers to create.
Instead, organizations will be directed to use the microsoft. Structured engagements are designed to help you evaluate how microsoft products and services may support your organization and address key. Microsoft announces changes to software assurance benefits. Microsoft azure deployment planning services db best.
While deployment planning services and software assurance training vouchers are typically valid for 180 days after date of creation, for vouchers created before april 1, 2020, microsoft extends active vouchers for an additional 90 days. Using planning services days available in engagements of 1, 3, 5, 10, or 15 days, planning services offer a structured yet collaborative consultancy. Microsoft software assurance planning services did you know. Software assurance deployment planning and training vouchers we are updating our policy for how software assurance deployment planning services dps and software assurance training vouchers may be used. Review microsoft product terms for information on eligibility criteria and current benefit program rules. You can help protect yourself from scammers by verifying that the contact is a microsoft agent or microsoft employee and that the phone number is an official microsoft global customer service number. Microsoft have made more changes to their software assurance benefits. Microsoft will retire azure training options from the software assurance training voucher catalog. Find out how many planning services days your organization is eligible for by going to. Published on january 20, 2017 by greg samuels when a customer purchases a microsoft product with software assurance under any program except the open license, microsoft provides deployment planning service days also known as dps days to ensure that your product is installed, configured and properly designed and architected for your environment. Microsoft software assurance azure deployment planning.
See microsoft planning services for more information. Sep 18, 2019 microsoft recently announced a common endofsupport date for its microsoft desktop optimization pack tools, which also is a software assurance benefit. Use your benefits to help it staff efficiently deploy and manage microsoft office products and office 365 and get the newest software releases. Sharepoint deployment planning services sdps incworx.
Microsoft software assurance to offer fasttrack instead of. Software assurance strengthen your purchasing power. Deployment planning services microsoft voucher sycor. These latest changes come on top of the recent modifications to the home use program and the earlier removal of the software assurance elearning benefit, which was replaced by microsoft learn. Microsoft software assurance azure deployment planning services. Microsoft software assurance archives schneider it management. Microsofts offered the following timeline for changes to software assurance. Azure hybrid benefit for sql server is an azurebased benefit that enables customers to use sql server licenses with software assurance or qualifying subscription licenses to pay a reduced rate base rate on sql database vcorebased options, such as managed instance, vcorebased single database, and vcorebased elastic pool. Ive been the microsoft concierge for two sites here at connection for close to two years. The ability to convert vouchers into planning services days will be. Learn more about which cloud engagements are no longer available as of february 2020 and which will remain until full retirement by visiting the partner faq. Microsoft remove more software assurance benefits the. Maximize use of acquired products and technologies.
Software assurance for microsoft server and cloud platform offers problem resolution support and the latest software releases to help you plan, deploy, and use microsoft server solutions. The planning services completion report allows microsoft to monitor the quality of engagements and gather valuable insights for future program. As an approved planning services partner, microsoft compensates you for providing predeployment planning engagements for enterprise customers. These structured engagements help you plan your deployment of the latest microsoft technology and are available for many products and services. Due to xdps implementation, customers can increase the efficiency of their infrastructure.
Software assurance deployment planning services are being retired. The disaster recovery software assurance benefit applies to microsoft server products protected with azure site recovery. Microsoft enterprise agreements include vouchers entitling customers to deployment planning services dps days which are lost if not used. Software assurance planning days microsoft community. Starting february 2021, planning days starting february 2021, planning days will no longer be accrued for any agreement.
Type your software assurance access id and email address you use to access the vlsc and click continue. Starting february 2021, planning starting february 2021, planning days will no longer be accrued for any agreement. The value and benefit gained under microsoft volume licensing programs and through use of microsoft software and services may vary by customer. Microsoft is making changes to their software assurance benefits. We support you via the microsoft xdps consulting vouchers, available to you at no additional cost through your microsoft license agreement with software assurance sa. Microsoft volume licensing microsoft software assurance. New microsoft software assurance updates trustmarque. The planning deployment services offered by microsoft help organizations to plan their deployment, onpremise, cloudbased and on hybrid environments. Specialized benefits, such as license mobility, support a variety of deployment options with extended license rights that let you deploy existing server applications in shared datacenters. Customers will no longer accrue additional deployment planning services for any new purchase. Microsoft software assurance planning services project and portfolio management ppm solution planning you may be able to get free planning services delivered by ppm works paid by microsoft with your project subscription.
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