Article Microsoft Software Assurance retirement

Beginning in February 2020, Microsoft starts the retirement of the Deployment Planning Services benefit in Software Assurance.

By Insight Editor / 11 Dec 2019 / Topics: Software Azure Microsoft 365

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As of February 1, 2020, all cloud services will be retired from Deployment Planning Services in favor of FastTrack deployments. Microsoft consolidats their programmatic deployment planning assistance to a single approach, and Microsoft FastTrack is our primary implementation support offer. You can use FastTrack for Azure, Microsoft 365, and Dynamics 365 engagements.

Available Engagement (will be removed on February, 1 2020):

Activating Microsoft Azure Storage
Migrate Applications to Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Services
Implementing Develop & Test Scenarios with Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines
Enterprise Mobility + Security Identity and Access Management
Enterprise Mobility + Security Identity Driven Security
Enterprise Mobility + Security Information Protection
Enterprise Mobility + Security Managed Mobile Productivity
Implementing Operations Management Suite

All on-premises Deployment Planning Services offerings and the respective engagements will be available until January 2022 and you can continue to redeem your deployment planning days through the current process from qualified partners or Microsoft Consulting Services to help you plan your deployment, whether on-premises or in hybrid environments. These structured engagements help you plan your deployment of the latest Microsoft technology.