Microsoft Software Assurance E-Learning

Published: September 9, 2005 | Updated: May 15, 2008

The Microsoft Software Assurance E-Learning benefit provides access to self-paced, interactive training that is developed by Microsoft experts. The thorough online learning experience incorporates features that are designed to help improve your organization's product proficiency, boost productivity, and lower organizational training costs.

These learning opportunities help end users get the most out of new technology and the software they use every day. For IT professionals, E-Learning helps them develop essential skills on Microsoft products.

Courses are designed for maximum skills-transfer in minimal time. Assessments, hands-on virtual labs, expert advice, and an interactive, nonlinear approach make e-learning an engaging and flexible experience.

E-learning also eliminates time and location boundaries, so your staff can study when and where it's convenient.

Go to Microsoft E-Learning Online

E-learning will help you get the maximum value for your software investment by:

• Lowering training costs. E-learning eliminates the time and expense associated with off-site training.

• Preparing end users and IT professionals for deployments. Employees can learn how to use new software before it is deployed, resulting in fewer support calls and increased productivity. Software Assurance E-Learning helps IT professionals prepare to successfully deploy, migrate, and support Microsoft technologies for your organization.

• Provide flexible, convenient learning opportunities. E-learning provides a rich, interactive learning experience that is available online 24 hours a day, seven days a week, so employees can take courses at their own pace when and where it's convenient for them.

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  Eligibility

  Getting Started

  Accessing Microsoft E-Learning

  Learn More

Eligibility

The type of e-learning courses to which you are entitled is based on the licenses you have that are covered by Software Assurance.

The following Volume Licensing programs are eligible for this benefit:

• Open License

• Open Value

• Open Value Company-wide

• Open Value Subscription

• Select License

• Select License Software Assurance Membership

• Enterprise Agreement

• Enterprise Subscription Agreement

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Getting Started

1. Sign in to Microsoft Volume License Services (MVLS).

2. In the left navigation bar, click Software Assurance Benefits.

3. Under Benefits Available for Activation, click the e-learning benefit that you want to activate.

4. Click the appropriate Benefit Contact, and then click Add Selected Contact. If the contact is not listed, click Add New, and then type the required information.

5. Under Benefit Fulfillment, enter the domain information for your company.

6. Click Activate Benefit.

7. On the Benefit Activation Confirmation page, click OK to review the benefit details.

8. Repeat steps 3 through 6 for each e-learning benefit that you want to activate (Applications, Systems, Servers).

The specified Benefit Contact will receive an e-mail message that provides an online access code and instructions that can be distributed to employees. After you receive your access code, you can view the e-learning course content on Microsoft E-Learning Online. You will need to sign in by using your organization access code to create an account.

Review frequently asked questions about activating your Microsoft E-Learning benefit (Microsoft Word file, 1.85 MB)

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Accessing Microsoft E-Learning

Microsoft Software Assurance E-Learning for Applications, Systems, and Servers is available over the Internet on Microsoft E-Learning Online. Software Assurance offers select Official Microsoft E-Learning courses in multiple languages for some of the most popular products: Windows client operating systems, information worker applications, and server products such as Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Exchange Server, and Windows Server.

Download the complete Software Assurance E-Learning course list (Portable Document Format file, 120 KB)

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Learn More

Benefits Comparison Chart

View a table listing the Microsoft Volume Licensing programs eligible for this and other Software Assurance benefits.

Microsoft Software Assurance E-Learning FAQ

Get answers to common questions about the Microsoft Software Assurance E-Learning benefit.

How to Activate Benefits

Learn how to activate Software Assurance benefits.

How to Get Software Assurance

Find out how to get Software Assurance.

Case Studies

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