{"id":3761,"date":"2011-08-24T10:57:00","date_gmt":"2011-08-24T10:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/bharry\/2011\/08\/24\/developer-tools-deployment-planning-services\/"},"modified":"2011-08-24T10:57:00","modified_gmt":"2011-08-24T10:57:00","slug":"developer-tools-deployment-planning-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/developer-tools-deployment-planning-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Developer Tools Deployment Planning Services"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When you purchase Software Assurance along with your software purchases from Microsoft, you get Deployment Planning Services&ldquo; credits.&nbsp; These credits can be spent on deployment planning training\/consulting on all manner of Microsoft software.&nbsp; This is nothing new.&nbsp; It&rsquo;s been in place for a while.&nbsp; I don&rsquo;t think it&rsquo;s well understood but it&rsquo;s not new.\nWhat&rsquo;s new is that we now have some developer tools offerings that you can spend your credits on.&nbsp; These offerings are primarily designed for enterprises undertaking large scale or involved deployments (high availability, broad feature set, migration from other tools, etc).&nbsp; They are a safety net to make sure you have easy access to resources to ensure you know how to be successful with the transition.&nbsp; We&rsquo;ve recently rolled out 3 offerings:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Team Foundation Server Deployment Assessment<\/strong> &ndash; This is a five-day assessment that provides a detailed overview of the steps required for a successful deployment of Team Foundation Server 2010.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Visual SourceSafe Migration Assessment<\/strong> &ndash; This is a three-day engagement that provides a detailed overview of the steps required to migrate from Visual SourceSafe to Team Foundation Server 2010.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Visual Studio Quality Tools Deployment Assessment<\/strong> &ndash; This is a five-day assessment that provides a plan to simplify and streamline test planning and manual test execution processes by utilizing Team Foundation Server 2010 with Test Professional 2010.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>**UPDATE** Check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/licensing\/software-assurance\/planning-services-overview.aspx#tab=2\">http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/licensing\/software-assurance\/planning-services-overview.aspx#tab=2<\/a>&nbsp;for more info on how to cash in on your points.\n**UPDATE**\nIn a comment I was asked about credits for VS + MSDN and I posted a chart which didn&#8217;t render very well.&nbsp; At the same time I wondered how many points the various assessments cost.&nbsp; So I go that information and have provided it here too:\nHere&#8217;s the number of points you get for some of the VS SKUs:<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"241\">  Product<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"84\">\n<p>Points per License<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"241\">\n<p>Visual Studio Ultimate + MSDN<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"84\">\n<p>75<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"241\">\n<p>Visual Studio Premium + MSDN<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"84\">\n<p>50<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"241\">\n<p>Visual Studio Pro + MSDN<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"84\">\n<p>25<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"241\">\n<p>TFS CAL<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"84\">\n<p>1<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>And here&#8217;s what the assessments cost (in points).&nbsp; Remember though, you can use points from any of your SA agreements (not just VS ones):<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"241\">  Offering<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"84\">\n<p>Engagement Length<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"85\">\n<p>Deployment Points Needed<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"241\">\n<p>TFS Deployment Assessment<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"84\">\n<p>5 days<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"85\">\n<p>2000<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"241\">\n<p>Visual SourceSafe Migration Assessment<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"84\">\n<p>3 days<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"85\">\n<p>500<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"241\">\n<p>Visual Studio Quality Tools Assessment<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"84\">\n<p>5 days<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"85\">\n<p>2000<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>If you find yourself in the situation of needing this kind of support, check with your Microsoft sales rep and see how you can use this.<\/p>\n<p>Brian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you purchase Software Assurance along with your software purchases from Microsoft, you get Deployment Planning Services&ldquo; credits.&nbsp; These credits can be spent on deployment planning training\/consulting on all manner of Microsoft software.&nbsp; This is nothing new.&nbsp; It&rsquo;s been in place for a while.&nbsp; I don&rsquo;t think it&rsquo;s well understood but it&rsquo;s not new. What&rsquo;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":244,"featured_media":14617,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[4],"class_list":["post-3761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-visual-studio"],"acf":[],"blog_post_summary":"<p>When you purchase Software Assurance along with your software purchases from Microsoft, you get Deployment Planning Services&ldquo; credits.&nbsp; These credits can be spent on deployment planning training\/consulting on all manner of Microsoft software.&nbsp; This is nothing new.&nbsp; It&rsquo;s been in place for a while.&nbsp; I don&rsquo;t think it&rsquo;s well understood but it&rsquo;s not new. 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