Practice Accelerator for Microsoft Office 365 30% faster project delivery time 80% faster at closing deals 50% growth since PA adoption 20% increase in
Practice Accelerator for Microsoft Office 365
What is Practice Accelerator? Microsoft Practice Accelerator provides you with Microsoft Services best practices and resources to help you accelerate time to market, increase customer wins and retention, and improve delivery quality through proven guidance. The instructor led, interactive course is designed for technical specialists deploying Microsoft Office 365—including Microsoft Exchange Online, Microsoft SharePoint Online, and Microsoft Lync Online. Your instructor will review a detailed framework of resources, as well as a broad range of technical topics and scenarios that may be encountered during enterprise deployment.
How will I benefit? In addition to interactive discussions, your instructor will review materials provided in the Practice Accelerator toolkit—spanning from pre-engagement to post-delivery—including project guides, templates, architecture guidance, and planning and design guides (detailed on reverse). These customizable materials can also be leveraged in your business and with customers, allowing you more time selling and less time creating deployment processes and methodologies.
What is the time and cost? Cost: five partner advisory hours. Time commitment: approximately eight hours of your time. Note: Cloud Accelerate members and Microsoft Action Pack Subscription partners can register at no cost!
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Partner Success Story Situation: With a sales force that interpreted materials differently and whose vision stemmed exclusively from external online resources, Gêneses IT Consulting wished to improve the consistency and integrity of the Microsoft solutions delivered to clients. Solution: Practice Accelerator (PA) provided an extensive library of information and materials, helping simplify customer preparation and ensure clients heard the same message from Gêneses’ sellers and consultants. Read more
30% 80% 50% faster project delivery time
faster at closing deals
growth since PA adoption
20% 20% 30% increase in project wins
higher margins
more projects delivered
Format
Toolkit
• Format may vary by country, online and/or in-class. Details available upon registration. • Instruction available in Chinese (Simplified), English, French, German, Italian, Korean, Portuguese (Brazil), Spanish (Latin America), and Russian. • Presentations and materials are currently available in English only.
Service Enablement
Outline Introduction – 15 minutes Overview of Office 365 – 30 minutes Features of Office 365 High-level architectural components Terminology Approach to engagements
Deployment Kick-off Presentation Deployment Close-out Presentation Service Enablement Delivery Guide Service Enablement Project Plan Service Enablement Workshop Service Enablement Plan Template Service Enablement Communications Plan Template Service Enablement Remediation Plan Template Service Enablement Service Desk Plan Template Service Enablement User Admin Training Template Service Enablement DirSync Reference Guide End User Readiness Resource List Help Desk Readiness Toolkit Help Desk Reference Guide
Service Enhancement
Domains, DNS, and certificate considerations Network and firewall considerations OnRamp for Office 365
ADFS Project Plan ADFS Ref. Guide Hybrid Configuration Project Plan Service Enhancement Workshop Service Enhancement Active Directory Federation
Clients & Application Discovery – 60 minutes
Mailbox Migration Services
Rich web and conference experiences Considerations for extended protection for authentication Client updates and deployments Mobile devices
Mailbox Migration Project Plan Mailbox Migration Text Plan Template Mailbox Migration Scheduling Checklist
Identity & Federation Enablement – 60 minutes
Recommendations
Infrastructure Discovery – 90 minutes
Core identity scenarios Active Directory synchronization Identity Federation: ADFS Password Sync Hybrid deployments
Migration & Service Verification – 90 minutes Overview of migration and deployment Exchange, SharePoint, Lync/IM/Voice Service verification and troubleshooting
Best Practices for Pilot Success – 60 minutes High-level pilot phases FastTrack experiences Set up your pilot domain and add user accounts Communications Test and run Pilot Deployment phases and outcomes
2/24/2014
• Familiarity with the concept of cloud; basic end user features of Microsoft Exchange Server, Lync Server, SharePoint Server, and Office applications • Office 365 Ignite classroom or online training or Office 365 technical video training • Exam 70-346: Managing Office 365 Identities and Requirements • Exam 70-347: Enabling Office 365 Services
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