Next steps in your Academic Partnership

Jane Birkegaard

The Microsoft Dynamics® Academic Alliance

• Assists member institutions with incorporating real-world business software into their curriculum, increasing classroom relevance and improving student preparation for their careers.

• Provides no-cost software, support, and resources to member institutions.

• Creates potential career opportunities between students of member institutions and Microsoft Dynamics partners.

Academic institution membership levels

Foundation Level MembersHave gone through the application process of becoming a DynAA member.

Associate Level MembersHave gone above and beyond the Foundation level by deepening their relationship with the DynAA program.

How to become an Associate level institution:• Connect with a Microsoft Dynamics partner organization

• Use Microsoft Dynamics in multiple disciplines

• Promote internships for students and posting student resumes to Microsoft Students to Business (S2B)

• Develop course materials to share on Faculty Connection

• Attend Convergence, the Microsoft Dynamics annual customer conference

Program membership levels—Foundation and Associate—depend on the depth of engagement each member institution has with the Microsoft Dynamics Academic Alliance.

Benefits: Foundation levelNo-cost licenses

• DynAA donates country-specific Microsoft Dynamics AX, GP, NAV, SL, and CRM product downloads

No-cost service and support• 50 support incidents• Access to CustomerSource• Ability to download Microsoft

course materials and participate in e-learning

• Product upgrades

Curriculum resources• Faculty Connection access• Microsoft course materials• Datasets for selected products

Newsletter• Sent multiple times a year by

corporate team

Microsoft events• Academic preconference at both

Convergence events• Networking with faculty peers, DynAA

team, partners, and customers

Benefits: Associate level• Foundation +

• Associate level

- E-Learning for students

- Vouchers for students or faculty to take certificate exams at reduced or no-cost rates when campaigns are available

- Fully subsidized registration for faculty and students to attend select DynAA seminars or events

- Invitations to serve on Americas or Europe, Middle East, and Africa DynAA advisory councils

- Case study invitations for an innovative program

Program materials for institutions and faculty• Quick reference card outlining the program and resources

• Certificate of completion for students passing Microsoft Dynamics Academic Alliance courses

• Members-only email signature

• Web buttons for your institution website to lead to your program information page

• Best practice guide

• Copy usage guidelines with ready-to-print descriptions of your alliance membership

• Reference guides

• Networking, educational, and advisory opportunities

• Curriculum aids from Microsoft and education peers

• Newsletter with the latest information about the program and more

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

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