6. Softmart Roots
• Founded in 1982
• Headquarters in USA:
Outside Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Privately Held
• Everything IT
- Products
- Cloud Services Provider
• Awarded Microsoft Operational
Excellence for 7 consecutive years
• Recipient of Microsoft Platinum Award
4 years in a row
• 30+ Sales Offices in U.S.
• Microsoft Managed Cloud Services Partner
• Microsoft Cloud Productivity Silver
• Microsoft Cloud Platform Silver
• Microsoft Messaging Silver
• Microsoft Datacenter Silver
First to sell a
customized
Microsoft
Select
Agreement
1993
First to sell a
customized
Microsoft
Enterprise
Agreement
1994First to sell an
extended
Microsoft
Enterprise
Agreement
2005
Wrote the
largest Microsoft
Enterprise
Agreement in the
world for US Army
800,000
21. What to Consider: Description
Site Management Can site owners change the “Look & Feel” of a Site? Are they controlled?
Are they managed by the IA?
Unused Sites What happens to unused sites? What rules can be set up to manage
unused sites?
Site Templates Are there site templates available? Who has access to them? How can
they be used?
Site Requests How do users request for a site? Is self-service an option?
App Catalog/App Store Will your users/admins/owners have access to the app store? Will you
provide your team with an internal app catalog? What apps should be
allowed for download?
Communities Management Who will oversee/monitor SharePoint Community Sites? What kind of
gifted badges should be created? Should they be consistent across
Community Sites? What categories will be allowed?
Social Policy & Strategy To Newsfeed or not to Newsfeed. What about Yammer? What’s
appropriate vs. not appropriate?
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25. Yourendusers
I know it exists and I
actually know where it is.
I know it exists but I
don’t know where it is.
I have no idea if it exists
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28. 1. Improved User Experience
• Ribbon Improvements, Script Editor Web Part, Source Editor, App Model, Themes
2. More Productivity Features
• List based applications, Delve (O365)!
3. The Social Layer
• Newsfeed, Yammer integration, likes, hashtagging, following
4. New Ways to Collaborate
• Community Site template, Gamification, O365 Groups, OneNote Integration, OneDrive (O365), O365
Video
5. Project Management Capabilities
• Project Site Template
The Softmart Story – Pioneers in IT Logistics
For as long as Softmart has been in business – since 1982 – we have helped organizations manage their Microsoft investments. Softmart is credited with a list of firsts and recognitions in the Microsoft LAR (Large Account Reseller) world:
Eight-Time Consecutive Recipient of the Microsoft Operational Excellence Award. The award is for excellence in license management.
Four-Time Consecutive Recipient of the Microsoft Platinum Award. The award is for delivering market-leading operational excellence supporting Microsoft technology.
Softmart managed the largest Enterprise Agreement in the world for nine years – for the U.S. Army, more than 800,000 seats (licenses). We also manage Enterprise Agreements for companies with as few as 250 seats.
Softmart was the first LAR to sign a Microsoft Enterprise Agreement in 1997.
Softmart was the first LAR to sign a Microsoft Extended Enterprise Agreement in 2005.
Softmart is the first and only LAR to sign two Academic Enterprise Agreements.
Softmart employs one of the most experienced and knowledgeable Microsoft dedicated staffs in the I.T. industry. More than 90% of our Sales Force is Microsoft Certified Professionals.