Designing and Providing Microsoft Volume License Solutions to Large Organizations (70-122)

Introduction:

Candidates for this exam design and sell licensing solutions to large and very large businesses. Businesses in this category typically have 250 or more devices. Candidates should have at least 6 months of experience selling Microsoft® licensing solutions.Candidates should have a basic understanding of Microsoft's corporate volume licensing solutions including Open, Select, Enterprise, or other types including OEM and Full Packaged Product and non-volume licensing solutions. Candidates should have a basic understanding of the types of Microsoft licenses such as operating systems, server applications and desktop applications. Candidates should have a focus on the Select and Enterprise Agreement Licensing solutions and sell or service customers that typically prefer a more contractual, comprehensive solution for the purchase of their software licenses.Candidates may service customers that have an in-house IT department, a software refresh cycle that is moderately aggressive to very aggressive and typically have an established budget for annual software expenditures. 

Exam Objectives and Sub-Objectives:

Before taking the exam, you should be proficient in the job skills listed below.

1. Analyzing Customer Environments

• Analyze the software acquisition model. Model types include centralized, distributed, or a combination of these types.
• Analyze the acquisition decision-making process. Process types include centralized, distributed, or a combination of these types; enterprise-wide, division-wide, department-wide, or a combination of these types; and transactional, relationship, or a combination of these types.
• Analyze customer requirements Identify the type of customer. Customer types include academic institution; Independent Software Vendor (ISV); government; commercial, and network service providers.
• Identify the number of servers used by the customer.
• Identify the number of desktop computers and devices used by the customer. Devices may include computer terminal devices, and portable devices.
• Considerations include the number of qualified desktop computers and qualified devices.
• Identify the number and types of users. User types include employees, including contractors and full-time employees; customers; and partners and suppliers.
• Identify organizational and industry constraints. Constraints include regulations, level of passion for technology, financial situation, technical support structure, training needs, software upgrade cycle, Microsoft product life cycle, and hardware refresh cycle.
• Analyze the geographic scope of the customer. Considerations include multinational vs. a single country, and a single location vs. multiple locations within a country.
• Analyze anticipated changes in the customer's environment.
• Analyze planned business growth or contraction.
• Analyze expected changes in software needs.
• Analyze planned changes in infrastructure or technology migration.
• Analyze planned growth or contraction of users.
• Analyze the types of software used. Software types include productivity applications, network operating systems, server software, and desktop operating systems. Considerations include current software, future needs, and current Microsoft licensing agreements.

2. Planning and Identifying Appropriate Licensing Solutions

• Identify the type of Microsoft relationship or interaction desired.
• Identify the payment structure. Payment structures include transaction-based and relationship-based.
• Plan for the customer's short-term and long-term needs.
• Identify the customer's agreement process preference. Agreement processes include type of contract, type of process review required, and preferred level of engagement.

3. Defining Licensing Solutions

• Given a business scenario, define the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) licensing solution.
• Given a business scenario, define the Full Packaged Product (FPP) licensing solution.
• Given a business scenario, identify the appropriate Volume Licensing program. Programs include Open License, including Open Volume, and Open Business; Select License; Enterprise Agreement; and Enterprise Subscription Agreement.
• Given a business scenario, define the server licensing solution. Considerations include per processor, per user, per device, and per server.
• Given a business scenario, define the access licensing solution. Solutions include Client Access License (CAL) and External Connector (EC) and per processor.
• Given a business scenario, define the desktop licensing solution. Considerations include desktop operating system, application products, and developer tools.
• Given a business scenario, define the Software Assurance solution. Include solutions for desktop software and server software. Considerations include TCO and ROI for the customer.

Exam Detail:

Number of Question:	45
Type of Questions:	Hot Area, Active Screen, Drag and Drop, Build List and Reorder, Create a Tree, Windows 2000 Simulation
Passing Score:	700
Time Duration:	175 min