Microsoft Unified Communication

Competencies & Skills Development

Knowledge & Certification Requirements
Training to support the requirements
V20 Aug 20th , 2009

Appendix 1 – associate to Orange on Microsoft portal

Appendix 2 – register your MSFT certification in STEP Emmanuel Gillain, Solution Director
Business Together

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Introduction

> Context
Program to develop consultancy & integration capabilities to integrate
Microsoft UC technologies with our real-time communications portfolio,
in
joint partnership with Microsoft. Consultancy to assess, design, integrate
and implement Microsoft UC solutions

> Purpose of the document

 Clarify the people profiles & skills required to support the plan
 Detail the training & certification requirements to support the plan

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 Sales Cycle & Profiles

Depends on type
Assess of Assessment

Architect
Consultative
& Implement
Selling
Design

Unified Communication Unified Communication Unified Communication

-Managing Consultant MS UC Architect & Design - MS Exchange Engineer

- Principal Consultant - MS OCS Engineer
- CSI Bus. Dev. Manager
( IPT Architect*) (IPT Engineer*)
equipped with a “Mobile Demo Kit”
for demo at customer *not covered by
this training plan
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Technologies

Entreprise Telephony

assess design

Exchange Sharepoint OCS

2007

Security
Storage

Infrastructure

Directory / DeskTop / Server

manage implement

Mobility
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Your overall Microsoft UC Training Portal !!
http://www.uclearningpaths.com/

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Preliminary for all People in the
development plan

> Get a Microsoft Windows Live ID (Sign-in / Connexion)

> Associate your Windows Live ID to Orange Business Services

https://partner.microsoft.com/

> After your 1st exam, attach your MCP ID and share MCP Transcript

> See Appendix for detailed steps

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Presales

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Requirements – Selling Phase

> Sales Specialist, Presales, Managing Consultant,

Principal Consultant, CSI Bus. Dev. Manager

Microsoft
BPIO University 3 - 4 Hours
Overview, Unified Communication, Collaboration
UC Microsoft Partner Academy Live OnLine
UC Voice Sales Ignite 3 - 4 Hours (change !)

Internal

- Will be created
- in STEP, an on-line training to develop what we can sell under “Business
Together with Microsoft” and the consultancy packages (Practice)
- Demo - use of “ a Mobile Demo Kit “ for the use of the DemoCenter at
customer premises (being worked on)

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Training – Selling Phase

Business
Productivity Infrastructure Opti

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Pre-sales Readiness Track

Partner Academy

UC Sales Ignite
Online

! change

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Training – Selling Phase
You can also access training at …

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Overall UC ( Architect, Exchange, OCS )

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 Requirements – Architects & Consultants

Optional - 074-924 – OCS Voice

Next step
• MCM Microsoft Certified Master

Next step Next step

• MCM + Emmanuel Gillain, Solution Director 13 • MCM + 70-640 Active Directory
+ + 70-642 Windows
Portal to access your Microsoft UC
Learning Path
for Messaging, OCS & Voice
http://www.uclearningpaths.com/

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Exchange 2007 - 2010

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Training – UC – Exchange 2007

Exchange 2007 -
Configuring

Exchange 2007 -
Designing

Exchange 2007 -
Deploying

Exchange 2007
Unified Messaging

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 ! new
Training – UC – Exchange 2010

Ignite Exchange
2010

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Example – Access MS UC Learning
Path
For Technical, Exam, Messaging

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OCS 2007, Voice & conferencing

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Training – UC – OCS 2007

OCS 2007 Intro

OCS 2007 Study

Plan

UC Voice Ignite

See next slide

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 ! new
Training – UC - OCS 2007 R2
Technical Learning Path (Technical Ignite)

16-hour online self-paced Learning path

> OCS 2007 R2 Ignite - Module 0: Welcome & Overview

> OCS 2007 R2 Ignite - Module 1: Architecture, Planning & Deployment
OCSR2 technical
> OCS 2007 R2 Ignite - Module 2: IM & Presence ignite
> OCS 2007 R2 Ignite - Module 3: Conferencing
> OCS 2007 R2 Ignite - Module 5: Troubleshooting IM/Presence & Voice
> OCS 2007 R2 Ignite - Module 6: Voice Architecture
> OCS 2007 R2 Ignite - Module 7: Voice Deployment Scenarios
> OCS 2007 R2 Ignite - Module 8: OCS 2007 R2 / Unified Messaging Coexistence
> Labcast: Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Ignite

Delta Training - 2-hour online self-paced Learning path

for people who already took OCS Ignite and/or Voice Ignite on the OCS 2007
Technical_Ignite
RTM product ) Delta

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Example – Access MS UC Learning
Path
for Technical, Exam, Voice, OCS

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Additional source of training

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Training – in STEP - UC

> STEP – UC - TestPrep

70-236 TS: Configuring Exchange Server 2007

> STEP – Microsoft Infrastructure Related (Active Directory,

Windows)

70-297 Designing a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory & Network Infrastructure
70-294 Planning, Implementing, Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory
Infrastructure
…
70-643 Microsoft Windows Server 2008: Configuring Applications Infrastructure MCTS
70-646 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Administration
MCITPro
70-647 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Administration MCITPro

Ask the TCoE for more if not available

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Training – Instructor Led - examples

> From Global Knowledge ( Voucher eligible – examples

Exch 2007
http://www.globalknowledge.com/training/course.asp?pageid=9&courseid=10225&catid=184&methodid=v&c
OCS

http://www.globalknowledge.com/training/course.asp?pageid=9&courseid=10749&catid=184&methodid=c&c

> Other - Exchange 2007

- 3 days -  Course 5053A:  Designing a Messaging Infrastructure Using Microsoft Exchange Server 2007

> Other - OCS, OCS Voice and conferencing

2 days - Course 5179A: Implementing and Maintaining Telephony Using Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007

5 days - course 50214A:  Implementing and Maintaining IM/Presence, Conferencing and Telephony using Microsoft
Office Communications Server 2007 R2

2 days - Course 50024A: OCS 2007 “Ignite” Workshop

3 days  - Course 50232A: Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Ignite

1 day -  
Course 5177A: Implementing and Maintaining Instant Messaging Using Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007
 

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> A question related to your training needs ?

- Contact the RPE’s

- Microsoft Certified Learning Consultant (MCLC) if needed

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Additional Training links
>MSPTR (Gold Certified Partners only)
• www.msptr.com

>Microsoft Official Certifications

• https://partner.microsoft.com/offersummary

>Partner Learning Center

• https://training.partner.microsoft.com/plc and http://www.microsoft.com/learning/elearning/skillsplus/default.mspx
(E-Learning)
>MS Learning
• http://mslearning.com
• Additional U.S. only partner training - https://partner.microsoft.com/US/trainingevents

>TechNet
• http://technet.microsoft.com/

>MSDN
• http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/aa718656.aspx

>Partner Academy
• http://www.mspacademy.com/

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Appendix 1

Associate profile to the Microsoft Partner

Portal

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 Step 1: Accessing
www.microsoft.com/partners

>Attach a Windows Live ID to your MSPP Organization

> To attach your Windows Live ID to your MSPP organization:

Go to https://partners.microsoft.com/partnerprogram/Welcome.aspx
Sign in to the Partner Membership Center using a Windows Live ID.
Click Associate as an Individual.
Type your organization’s Name. Choose location or Domain address or
Microsoft Partner Program ID.
Click Find My Organization, and then click
to select your organization.

For Orange,
the global MSPP ID is 1033468

Click Associate to this Organization.

Type your e-mail address (Windows Live ID)
and your first and last name, and then click
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Submit.
 Step 2 - MCP Profile Update – Attach your MCP
See the steps required to change the profile associated with the MCP status. By following these
step employees can add or change their company name to their current employer’s name.

STEP 1
Open your browser and go to the MCP site - https://mcp.microsoft.com/mcp.
-Click the "Sign In" button and sign-in with your Microsoft Live ID.

When you have signed in you will see the

page to the right. In the right-hand menu
you can look at your transcript, see
special offers and "View My Profile"
When you select the "View My Profile"
link you will see the page below.

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MCP Profile Update - continued

>STEP 2
Make sure you are in the "My Personal
Information" section and then select the
"Edit" link located in the “Business”
address section of the page.

>STEP 3
Enter the name of your organization in
the Company/Organization Name field
and click the Save link located next to
the Business address information.

!!!
“Orange Business Services”
GUYANCOURT
Emmanuel Gillain,The
Solutionadmin
Director will move your31location later on !!
ISSUE to associate to Orange Business ?
Call Microsoft Support, mention “1033468” ID
https://partner.microsoft.com/global/supportsecurity/40032423

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 Register for an MCP Transcript Sharing
Code
For Associates that are Microsoft Certified Professionals
Go to the MCP Transcript Sharing Tool
> Go to https://mcp.microsoft.com/mcp/tools/MCPDirectoryPreferences.aspx.
> If prompted, click the Sign In button and sign-in with
your Microsoft Live ID.
Submit an Access Code
> On the Transcript Sharing page,
Enter 01033468 in the Access Code field.
> Read the text below the Access Code
field and click the Submit button
to accept.
Send your Transcript Codes
> Copy and paste the text in the
resulting web page into a new Enter Access Code,
email message. Click Submit

> Send to: lcmentor@microsoft.com

Subject: MCP Transcript - Orange

Copy and paste text,
send via email
You are now ready to share your qualifications with your employer, friends, and
colleagues. Provide them with your Transcript ID (######) and the Access Code
(########), and direct them to https://
mcp.microsoft.com/authenticate/validatemcp.aspx. Remember, you can change your
Access Code at any time. If you decide to stop sharing your transcript, simply change
your Access Code at https://
mcp.microsoft.com/mcp/tools/MCPDirectoryPreferences.aspx and refrain from sharing
the new Access Code with anyone.
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Appendix – 2

update STEP with your Microsoft

certifications

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 Path :
My Skills  Personal Skills  Personal Skills
Profile - Edit

2.
3. edit
1.

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Path :
certifications  certification – microsoft  next

4. certification

5. certification - microsoft

6. next
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Select all certifications that apply

7.

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add to Personal Skills

8.

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they are now in your personal profile
update Self Assessment to give status 4 =
certified

9.

10.

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Microsoft Office SharePoint Server
Technical Readiness Track

WSS Study Plan

MOSS Study Plan

MOSS ECMMOSS Search

Architect Architect

SharePoint
Developer

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