Microsoft Software Assurance Benefits Training Vouchers
Free instructor led training course days at John Cordier Academy
(=Microsoft Certified Partner for Learning Solutions - CPLS*).
* Microsoft® Certified Partners are independent companies that can provide you with the highest levels of technical expertise, strategic thinking, and hands-on skills. Microsoft Certified Partners encompass a broad range of expertise and vendor affiliations and their real world perspective can help you prioritize and effectively deliver your technology solutions
Your organization can take advantage of the Training Voucher benefit by using the following steps:
1. The person assigned as the Training Voucher Benefit Administrator activates the benefit in the MVLS site:
Specifies a Benefit Contact. The Benefit Administrator can assign them self as the Benefit Contact. The Benefit Contact must have Benefit Administrator rights to create training vouchers.
When the Training Voucher benefit is activated the Enrollment Status on the Benefit Summary page will change to 'Enrolled'.
2. The Benefit Contact sends a communication to appropriate departments and end users (e- mail and/or post on internal intranet) including instructions on how they can take advantage of the benefit.
3. The Benefit Administrator accesses the MVLS site to create training vouchers:
From the Benefit Summary window click on the 'Training Voucher' link and the Training Benefit Detail window will appear.
Click on 'Create Training Voucher'.
Select the number of 'Voucher Days' for the voucher.
Enter the 'Trainee First Name', 'Trainee Last Name' and 'Trainee e-mail Address'.
Type in any 'Special instructions'.
Click on 'Create Training Voucher'.
The Voucher Confirmation window will appear and a training voucher e- mail will be sent to the Trainee.
If a training voucher is issued in error, the Benefit Administrator can 'Revoke' the voucher in the Training Benefit Detail window. The status of the voucher will change to 'Revoked'.
4. The Trainee receives the training voucher e- mail and takes the following action:
Call JCA (CPLS) and reserves a seat in a course using their voucher number.
JCA reserves the course and updates the voucher status to 'Reserved'. If notified by the Trainee, the Benefit Administrator can cancel the reservation. Training vouchers can be canceled if the voucher status is 'Reserved' and the Cancel By date has not passed.
Trainee attends course.
JCA updates the voucher status to 'Redeemed'.
JCA receives payment for the voucher and updates the voucher status to 'Paid'.
