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Microsoft Services Premier Support helps you maximize the availability and efficiency of your IT infrastructure, reduce your risks, and improve your IT staff’s productivity. It also provides 24x7 support coverage for your systems. Service management helps you improve your IT organization with proactive services, insightful workshops, and customized information covering the latest technologies.


Increased systems availability and enhanced return on investment provide benefits for your organization’s use of Microsoft technologies and services.


Premier Support Highlights

Service management guides you through the creation and execution of a comprehensive service improvement plan focused on the health of your IT operations.


Risk Assessment Programs and services such as Operations Strategic Reviews and Health Checks deliver remediation advice for your Microsoft technologies, helping to implement improvements.


Packaged solutions focused on service availability enhance your IT efficiency and cost-effectiveness, and they help increase alignment with your organization’s business requirements.


WorkshopPLUS courses provide proactive training that helps improve IT operations and includes interactive break-fix labs to prepare IT professionals to effectively address realistic scenarios.


Proactive support assistance includes advice and guidance covering a number of IT areas. This helps improve the application of best practices from the Microsoft internal IT experience with supporting critical business systems.


24x7 problem resolution support provides rapid response and solutions for operational problems any time issues arise, including critical situation management and on-site support as needed.


Online information services and security bulletins help your IT staff to remain up to date on the latest Microsoft products, technologies, and security information.



Proactive Services

Direct Relationship

Reactive Problem Solution

Knowledge Transfer

Customer Issue

I need to minimize business disruption and maximize productive use of Microsoft investment.

I need a designated professional who is familiar with my infrastructure and business goals.

I need access to technical support professionals whenever business-critical problems arise and I need assistance for effective and timely resolution.

I need to give IT staff the knowledge and skills to prevent problems and become self-sufficient.

Benefits

Address potential problems

Gain valuable expertise

Identify opportunities

Personalized support

Facilitate communication

Targeted advice

Minimize downtime

Priority access around-the-clock

One-hour critical response

In-depth knowledge

Online resources

Hands-on workshops

Features and Components


As a Microsoft Premier customer, you have a wide range of Premier agreement features and components that you can use to support your people, improve your processes, and improve the productive use of your Microsoft technology.

  • People
  • Process
  • Technology

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Add-On Components


As a Microsoft Premier customer, you have the ability to enhance your Premier agreement with add-on components.

Technology

  • Dedicated Support Engineer (DSE)

  • Dedicated support engineers provide on-going, relationship-based support for your core Microsoft technologies.


  • Custom Support Agreement

    Custom support agreements provide the opportunity to receive support on legacy versions of Microsoft products beyond the Extended Support phase.


  • Solution Support Services

    Solution Support Engineers provide high value Solution Support Services built on Microsoft technology and custom code.

Premier Support for Software Assurance Customers


Supplement and enhance your operational resources with onsite expertise.
Microsoft Services DSE lets you choose from on-site or remote support by a dedicated or a designated (shared) professional, depending on your needs. Each DSE engagement is focused on a particular Microsoft technology, combining deep technical knowledge, experience, and exclusive access to internal Microsoft resources with the unique understanding of needs and expectations derived from aligning with your ongoing Premier Support engagement.

For more information about dedicated support engineering, please download this PDF:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/7/a/7/7a722760-703b-49a6-8dea-f24b3af57a45/DSE.pdf


Software Assurance with Premier Support--Taking Support and Service to the Next Level
The combination of Premier Support and Software Assurance provides the most comprehensive Microsoft Offering available to help support and maintain your technology investment.


Option to Convert Support Incidents to Premier Support
Now, Premier customers have the option to convert earned incidents through Software Assurance to Premier Support incidents. This provides you with an enhanced support experience:

  • A personalized support relationship guided by a designated technical account manager
  • Faster response time to problem resolution services
  • Access to proactive support and advisory services to identify operational risks and address potential issues before they occur
  • A comprehensive selection of support resources including preventative planning, infrastructure support assistance, workshops, and online information resources

Additional Support Resources


Support Package Comparison Chart
See a comparison of Premier and Essential Support options to determine which option is right for you.

Microsoft Community Resources
Technical communities for sharing knowledge and news about Microsoft products and related technologies

Professional Support
Phone-based and Web-based support options for developers, IT professionals, and partners

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For more information about consulting and support Offerings from Microsoft, contact your Microsoft Services representative or visit http://www.microsoft.com/microsoftservices