Delivering Value from SharePoint - A strategy for driving the best return from your implementation

You are invited to participate in this Forum where Avanade and Microsoft will present the Avanade Connected Collaboration approach for your business in the Microsoft offices in Edinburgh.

Collaboration and information provisioning strategies will not deliver business goals with technology alone.  For the greatest success, implementation should be aligned with an organisation’s vision, culture and capacity to change.  

Avanade have deployed SharePoint and Microsoft collaboration services with thousands of customers around the globe.  This experience has allowed us to develop our unique strategy for successful solutions.  

• Understand what SharePoint can do for you. SharePoint is a flexible and feature rich platform supporting many approaches to business problems.  We have a clear, non-technical view of the capabilities provided by SharePoint and associated Microsoft technologies. 
• Define a Roadmap for greatest value.  We have a perspective on how you should deploy services to provide the greatest organisational benefits, balanced against the maturity of your people and technology.
• Align Investment with Results.  Clarifying the scope and business benefits of collaboration services, and defining a roadmap for their implementation enables discrete investments to be made on a timeline that suits your organisation, providing incremental business outcomes and results.  

Agenda topics and demos will address:

• Understanding the collaboration and information provisioning services available with SharePoint
• Aligning these services with your business objectives and current status
• Understanding the benefits and challenges of hosting in the cloud
• Defining a roadmap for successful results that aligns with your investment strategy and ability to adopt change
• Risks and impact of deployment with an unstructured, organic or tactical approach

Microsoft Speaker – Jacob Jaffe

As business group lead of the Microsoft Office division at Microsoft, Ltd., Jacob Jaffe is responsible for marketing the company's productivity products including Microsoft Office, Office 365, SharePoint, Exchange, Office Communications Server, Project, and Visio. His responsibilities include defining and executing go-to-markets as well as developing sales and partner ecosystem integration within the United Kingdom.

MTC Invitation

Following the briefing you are also invited to attend the Microsoft Technology Centre for a 2.5 hour showcase and demo. Giving you exclusive access to see first-hand how Microsoft’s current and new technologies can help your business in a real life situation.