Desktop Deployment Partners: Overview

Find partners who can help enterprise customers determine if Windows XP, Office 2003, and Office XP upgrades are compatible with existing applications. Application compatibility services include assessment, testing and debugging, and repackaging and engineering of custom applications.

Learn more about partners who can help enterprise customers manage PC inventory and software licenses. Asset management vendors help customers inventory the equipment they have and the user(s) assigned to it, and create efficiencies for tracking warranties, contract renewals, and spare parts.

Locate partners who can help enterprise customers forecast spending on new PCs and hardware upgrades with Windows XP, Office 2003, or Office XP installed.

These partners can help enterprise customers move PCs from an existing computing environment to a new or modified one. Migration services include document migration (Access database and VBA), creating backups of user data, and capturing user settings and reapplying them to a new desktop.

Find partners who can help enterprise customers with desktop installation, which involves unpacking, inspecting, and physically connecting a PC to the network infrastructure. Desktop installation services can also involve elements of staging, tuning, testing, and configuration services; planning, architecting, creating, maintaining, and testing corporate images; and provisioning images to new users and machines.

Learn more about partners who can help enterprise customers with desktop security consulting including planning, assessment, and architecting; desktop security implementation; and security management.

Locate partners who can help enterprise customers with desktop, technical, and hardware training. Training programs may be generally available to customers, customized to meet their needs, or built from the ground up.

Find partners who can help enterprise customers with assessment services, such as technical auditing and analysis of the current infrastructure.

The Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Program will help you find Microsoft Certified Partners specializing in desktop deployment. Microsoft works closely with partners to help ensure that they have the highest level of expertise on our platforms and solutions.

Learn how your company can become a member of the Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Program.

The US Microsoft Deployment Service Partners (DSP) can help you jumpstart your desktop or infrastructure deployment.