Customer Case Study
Alberta Teachers' Association
3/19/2007
Teachers' Association Reduces Costs, Simplifies Licensing Management
Representing approximately 39,000 educators throughout Alberta, Canada, The Alberta Teachers' Association (ATA) is dedicated to advancing public education and professional standards throughout the province. To improve communications and collaboration with and among its members, and to help reduce administration costs, the ATA standardized its infrastructure on the Microsoft® .NET Framework, and Microsoft server and desktop software, and signed a Microsoft Volume Licensing Enterprise Agreement. Through the Enterprise Agreement, the ATA simplified license management, reduced licensing costs, gained predictable budgeting, maximized value from software expenditures, and is able to more efficiently deploy new technologies. The interoperability and rich functionality of the Microsoft solution stack also helped streamline system administration, improve teamwork, and reduce travel costs.
Industry: Primary/Secondary Education
Size: Medium, 134 employees
Country: Canada  Canada

Customer Profile
http://www.teachers.ab.ca/
The Alberta Teachers' Association (ATA) focuses on advancing public education and safeguarding practice standards. Its employees serve a membership of 39,000 teachers.
Business Situation
The ATA wanted to standardize its infrastructure to support more efficient information exchange, collaboration, and communication among ATA members, and to reduce costs.
Solution
The ATA deployed the Microsoft® solution stack and signed a 250-user Microsoft Enterprise Agreement to centralize license management and receive volume pricing, training, and new version upgrade benefits.
Benefit
  • More efficient license management
  • Predictable budgeting
  • Maximum value for software expenditures
  • Improved teamwork
  • More efficient deployment
Software
  • Microsoft .NET Framework
  • Microsoft Content Management Server 2002
  • Microsoft Dynamics GP 9.0
  • Microsoft Exchange Server 2003
  • Microsoft Exchange Server 2007
  • Microsoft Office Professional 2007
  • Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003
  • Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003
  • Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
  • Microsoft Office Visio 2003
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2000
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2005
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise x64 Edition
Quote
"When we signed the Enterprise Agreement, we knew the product mix we required, so now we can deploy the software within that agreement without worrying about finding extra budget."
Stewart Zimmel
Team Leader, Information Technology Services, The Alberta Teachers' Association