Software Assurance Planning Services
About PVDPS

​Develop new business opportunities and reduce your customer acquisition costs by becoming a preferred Private Cloud, Management and Virtualization Deployment Planning Services (PVDPS) provider. PVDPS is a Software Assurance (SA) benefit designed to help organizations plan effective deployments of their System Center, Windows Server and Hyper-V solutions. Customers request PVDPS providers to develop customized migration and deployment plans, and use their SA benefits to pay for the consulting engagement. 

 

PVDPS engagements will help you:

          • Open the door to new business opportunities:
            PVDPS engagements will get you in front of new customers, and help you develop the trust and credibility that leads to additional work.
          • Strengthen and add value to existing customer relationships:
            When you deliver predefined PVDPS consulting engagements, you can help make the decision to deploy easier for customers by providing a risk-free assessment and plan based on leading Microsoft practices.
          • Reduce your customer acquisition costs and offset the cost of business development:
            With PVDPS, Microsoft provides comprehensive pre-built engagement materials and compensates you for these consulting services.  

 

 

 

 

 

 


Program Offerings

Not only will you get paid by Microsoft for these engagements, you'll also be able to stake your claim in the growing Private Cloud market. PVDPS engagements help make the decision to deploy easier for customers by providing a risk-free assessment and plan based on leading Microsoft practices.
 
The following three engagements will be continually updated as new products are released:

 

1. Upgrading to Windows Server 2008 R2: Provide an analysis and migration plan to Windows Server 2008 R2. Learn more.
 
2. Accelerating Virtualization and Management Deployment: Show customers how to streamline their IT infrastructure by consolidating multiple underutilized physical servers onto a single host, integrating management of both physical and virtual systems. Learn more.
 
3. Accelerating Private Cloud Deployment: Demonstrate how the Microsoft Private Cloud — the natural next step after Virtualization — will help customers transform their IT infrastructure by enabling self-service, elasticity and high levels of automation. Learn more.
 
Microsoft Services or partners who have attained a gold competency in Virtualization, Systems Management, Server Platform, and/or Identity and Security can deliver engagements that vary in length (3-day, 5-day, 10-day and 15-day) depending on the amount of Software Assurance benefits customers have available.
 
Looking for additional information? Contact pvdpshelp@microsoft.com.

PVDPS at your Fingertips

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Register today to offer Planning Services


Who Can Participate?

Already have the required Gold competency in either Management and Virtualization or Server Platform?

Great! Visit here to register to become a PVDPS provider.
 

Not certified with gold competencies yet?

Click here for more information on Microsoft competencies.