Software Assurance Planning Services
Conduct DDPS Engagements

Select an Engagement

Select an engagement to get additional information, view engagement materials and the required deliverables for each engagement.

 

Office 365 PoC Engagement  New!

​​A three-day engagement to help customers understand Office 365 capabilities, determine the customer readiness for migration to the Office 365 services, and receive a hands-on experience of 365 in a lab environment.

 

Office 365 Desktop Compatibility PoC Engagement  New!

A 3-day structured engagement to help customers understand the process and tasks required to migrate their applications, macros, and documents to Office 2010, while providing a cost-effective process to manage risk.
 
 

Office 2010 PoC Jumpstart Engagement

A structured engagement designed to help demonstrate and evaluate deployment tools that deliver Office Professional Plus 2010, Windows 7 Enterprise, Internet Explorer 8, and Application Virtualization (App-V) in a controlled environment.

 

Office 2010 PoC Light Engagement

A modified version of the Jumpstart engagement, designed for delivery in 3-5 days.

 

Desktop Planning Engagement

Our traditional offering, which enables customers to quickly and efficiently address the important planning aspects required for the deployment of the Office 2010 desktop and Windows 7 in their environment - delivered over the course of 1-15 days. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Important Deliverables Information:

Once you have completed the engagement with your customer, remember that there are deliverables required for each redeemed DDPS voucher.  The first is the Planning Services Completion Report (see 'Resources' this page for the 'InfoPath Training' under 'Required Deliverables.'). The InfoPath form will also walk you through the additional documentation required for each type of engagment.

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Required Deliverables


Microsoft DDPS Quality Assurance

 

QA performs a review of all required deliverables for completeness. If required deliverables do not pass QA, Microsoft provides feedback to the appropriate parties.

Escalation: To resolve issues around QA review, partners can email ddpshelp@microsoft.com.