Software Assurance Benefits

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As part of your Microsoft Volume Licensing agreement, you own a set number of PRE-PAID consulting days through Software Assurance to support your planning and deployment needs. Microsoft offers four planning services options: Desktop Deployment Planning Services, SharePoint Deployment Planning Services, Exchange Deployment Planning Services, and Business Value Planning Services. The number of engagement days is 1, 3, 5, 10, or 15, as determined by your Software Assurance coverage.

Planet Technologies is one of only a handful of partners qualified by Microsoft to assist organizations with all of these programs.

• Desktop Deployment Planning Services (DDPS)
  DDPS can help you ensure successful deployment of Microsoft Office or Windows software to increase usage, increase productivity, and lower costs. Planet will collaborate with you to create a comprehensive deployment plan that includes analysis, business case, process, and technical procedures. The service is based on the Solution Accelerator for Business Desktop Deployment and best practices from Microsoft, and will help reduce the cost and complexity associated with high levels of process and automation. In the past year, Planet has supported over 3 million desktops.
• SharePoint Deployment Planning Services (SDPS)
  SDPS is designed to help your organization plan an effective deployment of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server. Planet will share best practices, analyze your organizational environment, and provide tools and services to help you optimize the effectiveness of the Office SharePoint Service core capabilities, help lower the cost of deployment, and help improve the productivity of your organization. Planet has delivered over 200 SharePoint expert design sessions within the past two years.
• Exchange Deployment Planning Services (EDPS)
  EDPS is designed to help guide your organization through the deployment planning stages of a Microsoft Exchange implementation. Through a structured engagement, Planet will review new Microsoft Exchange product features, shares best practices, analyze organizational requirements, provide hands-on deployment training, and help create comprehensive deployment and implementation plans.
• Business Value Planning Services (BVPS)
  BVPS helps your organization's business decision makers develop a plan to maximize the business value of the Microsoft Office system through structured, multi-day engagements. Planet will work with you to document, analyze, and design a plan that helps you unlock the potential of your existing investment, drive change, and improve your business processes.