- NOTE - All of the items below are snipped from emails I received. "credit" for the emails was removed to increase readablity.
Check with your TAM, you may qualify for Desktop Deployment Planning Services (DDPS) credits.
Typically, they come in 3, 5 and 10 day increments.
There is a rigid set of deliverables out of it, but it does in a nut shell what you want at varying levels.
You can expect many Gold Partners & MCS to be able to fulfill these services.
Below is a list of Gold Partners and others that qualify for and will agree to do DDPS Enagagements.
They are listed in alphabetical order with a link to their website.
Each description of services is limited to 100 words. This is a growing list - if your firm is not represented here please drop me an email with the link and description to hemsell -AT- gmail -DOT- com and I will gladly add it.
Your TAM is also a wonderful source to find out who provides this service in your area..
Q - I recently found out we don’t have a TAM. We are a select customer with SA on enterprise products only.
A - Even with your SA agreement you get support hours, I don’t recall what the ratio is. But you should talk to your Account Manager from MSFT and see if they can work something out for you. You get a TAM when you purchase Premier Support, this is a separate contract from your SA agreement
Another Tip - Look for a partner who has a licensing specialist on staff…they are worth their weight in gold for finding funding, especially when you are renewing license agreements.
From Mr. Niehaus -
For more information on DDPS, see
Desktop Deployment Planning Services This links to the
Directory of DDPS providers.
Engaging a Gold Partner enables an organization to implement BDD technologies and process quickly and effectively without spending a lot of internal staff time on learning and reading the materials.
Compugen is able to bring their consultant’s industry knowledge and experience to the project implementation. Compugen is able to provide DDPS content in accordance with Microsoft’s content guidelines or present customized project content to provide the client with the exact form and level of assistance required through their BDD Pathways program. Click this link for more info:
Compugen