What is Microsoft Services Ready?
Services Ready is a program available only to the top tier of Microsoft Gold Certified Partners. Essentially, the program involves Microsoft service and technology experts directly training Long View’s award winning* system architects to deliver Microsoft projects. Working with direct access to exclusive Microsoft intellectual property and project templates significantly improves our ability to implement best practices in all our Microsoft projects and further certifies our capabilities to deliver the best possible solutions to our clients across North America.
Business technologies and service offerings targeted by the program include, but are not limited to:
- Systems Management
- Identity and Security
- Virtualization
- Desktop Platform
- Search
- Deployment Services
- Customer Care Framework
- Portals and Collaboration
- Unified Communications
- Business Intelligence
- Application Life Cycle Management
- Software Development
- Application Integration [END]
As a Microsoft Services Ready partner, Long View is supported by the full strength of tools, best practices, and training on select solution offerings developed and used by Microsoft Consulting Services (MCS). This represents a formidable market advantage and builds on Long View’s foundational commitment to a higher level of quality-assurance. As a company that thrives on being at technology’s leading edge, Long View has invested heavily in the Services Ready program and we are thrilled to be able to offer its benefits to our valued clients.
How Can You Benefit From Services Ready?
- Microsoft’s Services Ready training results in faster, more consistent project delivery. Better predictability means more profitable projects in less time. Greater efficiency means less risk.
- As costs associated with the adoption of Microsoft offerings come down, savings can be passed on to the customer. Clients can also have quicker access to the latest Microsoft technologies.
- Using a standardized deployment framework enables Long View to focus more effort on those parts of the solution that are specific to the customer, thus accelerating business results.
- Building a project around proven best practice helps clarify understanding between all parties as to the project approach and deliverables, starting with initial consultation, through to planning and final delivery.
- Microsoft optimized solutions present significant benefits in terms of employee productivity gains and reduced cost of ownership to the business.