Software Assurance Planning Services
Conduct L&EDPS Engagements

​Select an Engagement

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

 

Prove the Value - Lync & Exchange
Prove the value of the customer's technology purchase to promote deployment and renewal with a UC Business Value Assessment or high-level Architectural Design Session. 

 

Try it Out - Lync & Exchange
Help the customer experience their solution through a Proof of Concept, Labs and Demos. Show new product features and enhancements in a lab environment or limited production pilot with a Proof of Concept, Labs and Demos.

 

Plan the Solution – Exchange
Find all the delivery guidance and materials you'll need to complete a customer deployment or migration of Exchange Server 2010.

 

Plan the Solution – Lync
Get involved with offering the next generation of business communications. L&EDPS offers the latest delivery guidance and materials to help your customers plan a Lync Communications Server deployment.

 

Office 365  Proof of Concept
The Office 365 Proof of Concept (POC) is designed to help customers understand Office 365 capabilities, determine the customer's readiness for migration to Office 365 services, and to receive a hands-on expeirence of Office 365 in a lab environment.

 

Required Deliverables
There are two required deliverable for the L&EDPS program. Both pieces of documentation must be completed and uploaded into VVR as part of the voucher redemption and payment process:

 

Planning Services Completion Report

To access the form, you need to sign in using a Windows Live ID that is associated to the Partner ID registered for planning services. The Planning Services InfoPath Form can be downloaded here.

(Note: this form replaces the L&\EDPS Engagement Profile Form)

 

Customer Deliverable
Partners are required to upload the customer deliverable resulting from the L&EDPS engagement as part of the voucher redemption and payment process. For this customer deliverable, partners have two options:

 

1. Complete the L&EDPS provided template for the customer deliverable, This document is called "L&EDPS Engagement Summary and Recommendations" and is specific to each engagement type (Exchange, Lync, or Office 365) .       

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2. Submit the standard customer deliverable documentation in use by your Partner organization.




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