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Ingram Micro Training Academy

The Value of Microsoft Certifications and How to Achieve Them

Jamie Kline • June 7, 2013


Why Get Certified?

Microsoft Certification is an industry standard that is recognized worldwide.

Validate your proven experience and knowledge

Utilize evolving technologies

Fine-tune your troubleshooting skills

Improve your job satisfaction.

Demonstrate that you are committed to advancing your skills.

Get access to MCP resources and benefits.


MCP Member Website

Access your MCP benefits.

Download, print, and share your MCP certificate and transcript.

Stay up-to-date with MCP news.

Find special offers.

Search for jobs and post your resume.

Plan your certification path.

Join MCP worldwide communities and newsgroups.


Relevance: Real Expertise. Real Benefits.

When you earn a Microsoft Certification, you receive access to a suite of online tools to help you demonstrate your

unique achievements.

Microsoft transcript and Sharing tool

Microsoft Certification

Logo Builder tool

Certificate Manager

MCPeStore

Open and review your password-

protected transcript anytime

Easily create custom logos and add them to your resume, business cards, or e-mail

signature.

Create, download, print, and store

customized certificates.

Shop online for official Microsoft

Certification-branded

merchandise.


Journey: Advance Your Skills

These member sites house a variety of tools and resources to help you advance even further in your career.

MCP Career CenterMicrosoft

Certification Planner

Subscriptions, products and services

Post your resume, search for job

openings, and sign up for personalized job

alerts.

Track your progress toward

achieving a specific

certification.

Enjoy special offers and ongoing savings on IT magazines, online resources, along with exclusive savings on training, exams, and

technical products and services from Microsoft and select affiliated

companies.


Community: Collaborate Worldwide.

Use the MCP Website to MCP member Web site to find technical help, certification tips, and career resources.

MCP member sitePrivate and public

newsgroups

Conferences, training, and

events

MCP Flash newsletter

This password-protected Web site provides access to

members-only benefits, such as transcripts, logos, and special offers.

Share knowledge with Microsoft Learning team

members and other certified

professionals worldwide through

exclusive newsgroups.

Take advantage of special

networking and career-

development opportunities

A monthly e-newsletter that

announces program updates;

training, exam, and credential

availability and retirements; and special offers.


What is the Ingram Micro Training Academy?

IMTA delivers authorized IT certification & training programs designed for IT solution providers & end-user technical staff

And has partnerships with world-class training companies

Benefits: IMTA is the ONLY training relationship you need to grow your business

Our Training Partners:


Narrowing down on your objectives

Establishing the best competency for your business model

Determining the certification exams that make the most sense

Planning the training that will most effectively prepare you to pass those exams

Helping You Get There


Our classes are vendor certified

Online delivery method provides instructor-led classes without travel expenses

IMTA Delivered classes are Guaranteed to Run!

Limited Class Sized for greater interaction & improved learning experiences

Instructors are Ingram Micro badged employees which allows us to control the quality of delivery

Sandbox Time

Real Equipment, not simulations

Benefits of IMTA


Gain Profitability

Ingram Micro Customers receive 30% off IMTA- Delivered classes

Receive 20% off on partner delivered courses through other training partners

Receive 35% off: VTN Members SMB Alliance Members Public Sector Elite Members


Grow Partnerships

What your customer wants:▪Affordable training designed to enhance their top

employee’s IT skills to increase retention ratesWhat you need:

▪Increase margins & grow revenue▪Strengthen your customer relationship

How IMTA training can help: Resell training to your technical end-users at up to 35% margins!

Host an on-site class for your customers at your facility


Available Vendor Courses

VMware VCP VMware VCAP Microsoft MCSE Microsoft MCSA Cisco CCNA

Cisco CCNP Cisco UCT & UFT Juniper JNCIS Juniper JNCIP And Many More…

Ingram Micro training courses are designed to give IT professionals an edge with available certification training.

If a course isn't available, we can get it!


IMTA: Award Winning Training

Best in Class vendor authorized technical certification training in key technologies:

Networking | VirtualizationSecurity | Storage Server | Datacenter

Top Juniper Training Center in Americas 2007 | 2008 | 2009

A Top 3 VMware Authorized Training Center (VATC)

Ingram Micro Training Academy (IMTA)


Key Takeaway Points

Training investments lead to increased sales Resellers with certified technicians sell 50%-75%

more products and services Well trained end users allow resellers to do Managed

Services not emergency services Companies that train their employees, retain their

employeesVAR’s earn 30% margins by adding a training offering to their end user solution

Strengthens your role as a trusted IT provider Helps to build your service margins Educated end users know what not to try on their own


Promotion on Microsoft Classes

Buy One-Get One FREE!

Valid through 6/28/13

Available Courses:

Microsoft Server 2012Microsoft Sharepoint

Microsoft SQL Microsoft System CenterMicrosoft Virtualization


IMTA Contacts

IMTA Contacts:

Michael Beach – Training [email protected] | x66630

Jamie Kline – Training [email protected] | x65115

Refer to the following websites:

www.ingrammicro.com/imta

Email your IMTA team at

[email protected]

1(800) 456-8000

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