Software Assurance Planning Services
About L&EDPS

Help your customers evaluate and plan for their Microsoft® Lync and Microsoft® Exchange solution with L&EDPS. With Lync and Exchange Deployment Planning Services (L&EDPS), eligible customers can use their Software Assurance benefits to pay certified partners to evaluate and plan a Exchange Server 2010 or Microsoft Lync implementation, both on premises and in the cloud.

 

 

L&EDPS Supported Offerings

L&EDPS engagements enable Partners to get paid for successfully moving customers through the initial phases of deployment planning. Engagements are designed to help the customer understand the business value of adoption, try out the technology firsthand, or create a deployment plan specific to their current environment. 

 

 
 

 

 

L&EDPS Services and Activities

L&EDPS engagements last between 1, 3, 5, 10, or 15 days, with duration depending on the number of days the customer qualifies for and the service offerings they wish to receive. The number of voucher days used typically follows the chart below, though duration may vary based on size of the customer organization, seat count, complexity of the environment, and the agreed customer-partner scope of work.
 
L&EDPS Supported Services and Activities Include:
  • Prove the Value through a high level architectural design session or a business value assessment.
  • Try it Out using hands on labs, a proof of concept or a production pilot.
  • Plan the Solution to help ready your Customers for deployment and implementation.
  • Office 365 Planning delivering the power of cloud productivity to businesses of all sizes, helping to save time and money freeing up valued resources
 
Program Offers and Supported Engagement Services ​1
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3
Days
​5
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10
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​​15
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Prove the Value Business Value Assessment​
​Architectural Design Session
​Proof of Concept
​Try it Out ​Production Pilot
​Hands-on Labs & Demos
​In-Depth Design or Migration Planning, Discussions, and Deep-Dive ADS ​​
Plan the Solution ​Design Validation, Gap Analysis
​Next Steps and Recommendations
Office 365 Planning Office 365 Migration Planning
 
 
 

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Review the Consultant's Introductory Guide to L&EDPS Deliverables to understand all delivery guidance common to all L&EDPS engaement types. 
 
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L&EDPS Engagement Materials and Required Deliverables

Microsoft provides L&EDPS engagement materials to support each of the "Approved L&EDPS Engagement Services" described in the chart above.  Partners may leverage these materials as-is but are encouraged to customize them using their own branding, content, and methodology.

 

At the end of each engagement Microsoft will request each of the following deliverables:

 

1. L&EDPS Planning Services Completion Report (InfoPath form)
2. L&EDPS Engagement Findings and Recommendations Documentation (Using either Microsoft's template, or your own Customer Deliverable template)