Services Ready

ICS Solutions have been chosen as one of 15 UK Microsoft Services Ready partners

Customers rely on Microsoft Gold Certified Partners to help them adopt, deploy and maximize the value of their Microsoft technology investments. Services Ready is the powerful systematic engine that helps partners continuously meet customer requirements while generating new profitable service opportunities.

The Services Ready program engages with the top tier Microsoft Gold Certified Partners to help accelerate their services business. Services Ready is designed to provide Microsoft Gold Certified Partners with access to what Microsoft calls “pre-tested, repeatable offerings and best practices developed by Microsoft Services during early consulting engagements with Microsoft customers”.

Partners use Services Ready to help stay competitive by leveraging proven deployment guidance on the latest Microsoft products, thereby helping to provide best-in-class service engagements to customers. Partners that join Services Ready are supported by the full strength of tools, best practices, and training on solution offerings developed and used by Microsoft Consulting Services (one of the largest IT consulting services organisations in the industry).

Customers reap the benefits of greater delivery efficiency and lower risk as partners use proven best practices and reusable assets.

Program deliverables include:

Documented best practice and delivery guidance
Customer-ready project plans, deliverable templates and sales materials
Training developed and delivered by Microsoft consultants based on recent customer experiences
Joint partner and Microsoft co-engagement on a customer project or projects to validate classroom training mastery and complete transfer of knowledge

The service offerings are targeted at solution areas such as Identity and Security, Virtualisation, Systems Management, Desktop Platform, Portals and Collaboration, Search, Unified Communications and Deployment Services.