Northwest Computer Support, Microsoft BPOS, and the Proof of Concept Program

The Proof of Concept Program is a zero-cost program where a Microsoft Partner, like Northwest Computer Support (Gold Partner) helps your organization to learn about BPOS (Business Productivity Online Suite) from Microsoft.

We will help you obtain and configure your trial account, so your team can evaluate all of the capabilities, and the real-life user experience of this solution. We’ll guide you through every step of the process, from signing up for a free trial to training your end users.

In addition, we will analyze your particular business and technical requirements and highlight how the BPOS solution can meet those needs. Northwest Computer Support will also help you move your existing business data into your new BPOS account.

Benefits of the Proof of Concept Program:

• Results in a fully functional BPOS environment for up to 20 users, with email, SharePoint sites, web conferencing and more
• Provides a proven roadmap and best practices to ease your company’s adoption
• Demonstrates how the Microsoft Software & Services solution is the best fit for your business needs
• Reduces risk by providing an opportunity to identify and mitigate potential migration issues.

Microsoft’s BPOS features four main cloud computing features:

1. SharePoint Online-A highly secure, central location for employees to efficiently collaborate and share documents.

2. Exchange Online-A hosted enterprise messaging solution based on Exchange Server 2007, which provides improved email security and “from anywhere” access to email.

3. Office Communications Online-Rich instant messaging and presence functionality that allows real-time communication via text, voice or video, across an organization.

4. Office Live Meeting-Connects business colleagues and engages customers with real-time meetings, training sessions, or events.

Northwest Computer Support will:

1. Get you signed up for a Free Trial for up to 20 users

2. Provision users for BPOS services so they can test it for themselves

3. Create SharePoint sites to easily add document libraries, lists, wikis, blogs, and more

4. Let you test drive BPOS for 30 days. Additional trial time can be added upon request.

5. Migrate your data to BPOS (Optional). NWCS will help you with this.

6. Convert trial account to paid subscription (Optional) allowing you to keep all data and configurations you’ve already added.

Northwest Computer Support, a Microsoft Gold Partner, has teamed up with Microsoft to take part in this revolutionary program to let businesses explore the exciting features of BPOS. You can visit our BPOS web page to learn more or sign up here to get started on your free trial.