Use Planning Services to:

  • Help ensure efficient deployments through collaborative planning that is built on best practices

  • Extend the efficiency of your IT staff with expert advice from on-site deployment planning specialists

With Planning Services, you get in-depth planning assistance from qualified Microsoft partners or Microsoft Services to help you plan on-premises, cloud-based, or hybrid software deployments.


Software Assurance Planning Services Fact Sheet (DOC 2 MB)

Desktop Deployment Planning Services (DDPS)

DDPS provides the fundamental analysis, planning and technical procedures necessary to deploy Microsoft Office 2010 and Windows 7. This offering can help you reduce the cost, risk and complexity of deployments through high levels of process and automation. DDPS can also assist organizations evaluating Office 365, addressing considerations and requirements for adopting a cloud-ready desktop environment.

May be used for:

  • Optimized Desktop Proof of Concept Jumpstart (10 days) or Jumpstart Lite (3 or 5 days)

  • Office 2010 deployment planning

  • Windows 7 deployment planning

  • Office 365 migration guidance

How it works

You get a set number of Planning Services days, depending on the type and number of licenses you have with Software Assurance. These Planning Services days can be used for any engagement, which range from 1 to 15 days in length. You select the engagement, along with a qualified partner or Microsoft Services, to complete the engagement onsite.

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Desktop Deployment Planning Services brochure (PDF 891 KB)

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Developer Tools Deployment Planning Services (DTDPS)

DTDPS provides rigorous analysis and a process-focused approach to develop a Visual Studio Team Foundation Server or Visual Studio Test Tools deployment plan. Resulting plans can help you get started with Team Foundation Server, migrate off of Visual SourceSafe, or implement a new test management solution.

May be used for:

  • Visual SourceSafe to Team Foundation Server 2010 migration planning

  • Team Foundation Server 2010 deployment planning

  • Test Professional 2010 deployment planning

How it works

You get a set number of Planning Services days, depending on the type and number of licenses you have with Software Assurance. These days can be used for any Planning Services engagement, which range from 1 to 15 days in length. You select the engagement, along with a qualified partner or Microsoft Services, to arrange and complete the engagement onsite.

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Lync and Exchange Deployment Planning Services (L&EDPS)

L&EDPS can help your organization evaluate and plan your Microsoft Exchange Server and Microsoft Lync implementation whether on-premises, in the cloud or hybrid environment. With a variety of engagement options, your L&EDPS can include activities to help you better understand why and how to implement Microsoft Unified Communications solutions.

May be used for:

  • Planning Lync Server 2010 and Lync Online deployments

  • Planning Exchange Server 2010 and Exchange Online deployments

  • Planning for both online and on-premises (hybrid) solution deployments

How it works

You get a set number of Planning Services days, depending on the type and number of licenses you have with Software Assurance. These days can be used for any Planning Services engagement, which range from 1 to 15 days in length. You select the engagement, along with a qualified partner or Microsoft Services, to arrange and complete the engagement onsite

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Lync and Exchange Deployment Planning Services Brochure (PDF 766 KB)

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Private Cloud, Management and Virtualization Deployment Planning Services (PVDPS)

PVDPS provides fundamental analysis, business case, process, and technical procedures needed to optimize your datacenter. This offering helps you take advantage of infrastructure solutions based on Windows Server, Systems Center and Hyper-V and can help you reduce datacenter costs, increase business agility and provide improved control over your physical, virtual and hybrid infrastructure.

May be used for:

  • Upgrading to Windows Server 2008 R2

  • Optimizing System Center and Hyper-V solutions

  • Accelerating Virtualization and Management Deployment

  • Accelerating Private Cloud Deployment

How it works

You get a set number of Planning Services days, depending on the type and number of licenses you have with Software Assurance. These days can be used for any Planning Services engagement, which range from 1 to 15 days in length. You select the engagement, along with a qualified partner or Microsoft Services, to arrange and complete the engagement onsite.

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Private Cloud Virtualization Deployment Planning Services Fact Sheet (PDF 458 KB)

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Public Cloud, Windows Azure Deployment Planning Services (AZDPS)

AZDPS helps you understand what Window Azure can do for your business and identify projects best suited for this public cloud offering. With a variety of engagement options, AZDPS helps you assess web and line-of-business applications, and extend your on-premises applications to the public cloud to help reduce IT complexity and costs.

May be used for:

  • Learning about Microsoft’s Windows Azure

  • Developing assessment plans for web and/or line-of-business applications suited to run on Windows Azure

  • Training your developers and architects

How it works

You get a set number of Planning Services days, depending on the type and number of licenses you have with Software Assurance. These days can be used for any Planning Services engagement, which range from 1 to 15 days in length. You select the engagement, along with a qualified partner or Microsoft Services, to arrange and complete the engagement onsite.

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Public Cloud Azure Deployment Planning Services Fact Sheet (PDF 382 KB)

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SharePoint Deployment Planning Services (SDPS)

SDPS helps you develop customized SharePoint Portal Server deployment plans for your specific environment and assess the overall cost for technology deployment for Microsoft SharePoint and/or Microsoft SharePoint Online.

May be used for:

  • SharePoint 2010 Deployment Planning

  • SharePoint 2010 Upgrade Planning

  • SharePoint for Internet Sites Planning

  • Office 365 migration guidance

How it works

You get a set number of Planning Services days, depending on the type and number of licenses you have with Software Assurance. These days can be used for any Planning Services engagement, which range from 1 to 15 days in length. You select the engagement, along with a qualified partner or Microsoft Services, to arrange and complete the engagement onsite.

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SQL Server Deployment Planning Services (SSDPS)

SSDPS provides in-depth assessment and planning for deploying, upgrading or migrating content to SQL Server. Three separate engagements of varying lengths can help you review architectural considerations and create a detailed migration plan to help you take advantage of higher availability, scalability, security, management, reporting and data analysis, or gain access to accurate, up-to-date information for better, more relevant decision making.

May be used for:

  • SQL Server 2008 R2 deployment planning

  • SQL Server 2008 R2 Business Intelligence deployment planning

  • Oracle to SQL Server 2008 R2 migration planning

How it works

You get a set number of Planning Services days, depending on the type and number of licenses you have with Software Assurance. These days can be used for any Planning Services engagement, which range from 1 to 15 days in length. You select the engagement, along with a qualified partner or Microsoft Services, to arrange and complete the engagement onsite.

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SQL Server Deployment Planning Services Fact Sheet (PDF 416 KB)

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