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Avanade Technology Infrastructure Solutions

• Who We Are

• Why Join Avanade?

• Avanade Technology Infrastructure (TI) Team

Avanade Technology Infrastructure Solutions!

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Avanade’s Evolution

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• Positioned to be the Global

Market Leader of Microsoft

Solutions

• Over 17,000 professionals

/ 20 Countries / over 70

locations Worldwide

• Over 30% Company

Growth Annually

• Over $1.5B Annual

Revenue

• 12 Year Anniversary in

2012

• Voted 100 Most Innovative

Corporate IT Solutions,

2006

• Voted Best Firm to Work

For, 2010, 2009, 2008,

2007

• Computerworld 100 Best

Places to Work in IT, 2009

• Microsoft Partner of the

Year (Joint with

Accenture): 2012, 2011,

2010, 2009, 2008, 2006,

2004, 2001

The beginning… Today… The future...



Avanade Fast Facts

More than US $1.5 billion revenue

More than 20% average yearly growth since our inception in 2000

Trusted advisor to more than 800 customers in all industries

Realized 96% satisfied customers

More than 70 locations in 20 countries

About Us



Power of Three - Insight from our unique connections

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• Industry and business acumen

• Industry, cross-industry solutions

• Horizontal solution accelerators

• Specialization on the

Microsoft platform

• Engineered assets

and architectures

• Industry, cross-industry

solutions

• Comprehensive

enterprise platform

• Superior price, performance

• Commitment to research

and development

Integrated, innovative solutions that realize results



Avanade Vision, Mission & Core Values

• Our vision is to be recognized as a global services innovator, helping customers realize the best results from the Microsoft platform.

• Our core values define how we:

• Achieve through global teamwork

• Focus on customers

• Embrace change

• Demonstrate a passion for technology

• Build the Avanade experience

• Act with integrity, dignity and respect

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“I wanted to work with the smartest people in the industry, and

that’s been proven out. I wanted to challenge myself and get

experience with large enterprise systems… you have the flexibility

to move around the country or do different kinds of projects.” - Group Mgr., Microsoft Solutions



Specialized expertise in the Microsoft platform

• Application Integration

• Application Lifecycle Management

• Business Intelligence

• Communications

• Content Management

• CRM

• Data Platform

• Desktop

• Digital Marketing

• Enterprise Resource Planning

• Hosting

• Identity & Security

• Learning

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Gold Competencies

• Management and Virtualization

• Messaging

• Midmarket solution provider

• Mobility

• OEM Hardware

• Portals and Collaboration

• Project and Portfolio Management

• Search

• Server

• Software Development

• Web Development

24 Microsoft earned Gold Competencies, #1 of all MS partners worldwide by far

“Accenture and Avanade have distinguished themselves in the market for

their ability to apply their deep expertise across a large spectrum of

Microsoft technologies.“ Jon Roskill, Corporate Vice President of Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Group

“In addition to delivering

Microsoft based solutions,

Avanade plays an active

role in Microsoft Partner

Advisory Councils,

Technology Adoption

Programs & Customer

Advisory Boards to drive

the future direction of

MSFT products to meet

our enterprise customers’

needs.” – Tyson Hartman, Global CTO,

Avanade

http://rcpmag.com/articles/2012/07/01/microsofts-most-competent-partners.aspx



Specialized expertise in the Microsoft platform

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• Accenture and Avanade are Microsoft’s global system integrator partners of choice for the Windows Azure platform.

• 2012 Partner of the Year for Application

Platform and Mobility

• 2011 Partner of the Year for Application

Platform, Desktop, and Dynamics

Distribution

• 2011 US East Region Cloud Partner of the

year

• Microsoft Dynamics President’s Club 2012, 2011 and Inner Circle 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2007, 2006, 2005

• 2 of the Top Global 50 SharePoint Influencers

• 26 Microsoft Most Valued Professionals

• 28 Microsoft Certified Architect/Masters

• Microsoft Global Enterprise

Partner of the Year 2010 and 5 other times

• 2010 Partner of the Year for CRM,

Communications and Collaboration, and

Virtualization

• #1 in .NET Framework

• #1 Application integration

• #1 Application Platform Optimization

• #1 in BizTalk Server

• #1 in Dynamics AX

• #1 in Dynamics CRM

• #1 Custom Development

• #1 Platform

• #1 Platform Data Management

• #1 Reporting and Analysis

• #1 in SharePoint Server

• #1 Enterprise Search

• #1 SQL Server

• Computerworld’s “Premier 100 IT Leaders” recognizes Avanade CIO Chris Miller (2011)

• The most experienced partner delivering on BPOS/Office 365

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Recognition Certifications

http://www.imdiversity.com/Top100/Diversity Employers-Top 100 for 2011.pdf



Why Avanade – Our People, Our Passion

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• Deliver enterprise solutions

leveraging the latest Microsoft

technologies

• Invested into Microsoft training

certification including paid

vouchers and training

• Access to new technology,

ahead of the market from

Microsoft, Accenture and other

partners

• Comprehensive virtual library

with thousands of new

resources, including access to

MSDN, TechNet, and Microsoft

Official Curriculum

• Microsoft Enterprise Partner of

the Year for an unprecedented

sixth time

• Training Magazine names

Avanade one of the top global

training organizations for 2010-

2012

• Voted Best Firm to Work For,

Every year since 2007

• Computerworld 100 Best Places

to Work in IT, Business Insider

Top 25 Tech Firms

• Voted 100 most Innovative

Corporate IT Solutions

• Microsoft Desktop Partner of the

Year 2011

Our People Industry Leader Technology Passion

• Many of our thought leaders

are well recognized

commentators and published

authors

• Our consultants hold one of the

highest concentrations of

Microsoft expertise in the

world, maintaining the most

Microsoft certifications per

employee than anyone else in

the marketplace

• Committed to training our

consultants technically and

professionally. Allocate 80 hours

of training each year

• Recognitions and monetary

awards for project delivery

results for our customers

Avanade is Microsoft’s Leading Global Technology Solution Provider



Why Avanade – Total Rewards

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• Vacation* • 0-2 yrs --> 2 weeks

• 2-4 yrs --> 3 weeks

• 4+ yrs --> 4 weeks

prorated based on hire date

• Sick Time* • Analyst: 9 days/year

• Sr. Analyst/Consultant+: 15 days/year

• Holiday

• 8 Core Holidays

• 2 Floating Holidays

• Travel • Earn hotel, airlines, and rental rewards

points for personal future use

• Fly family, friends or significant other to

project location in lieu of flying home**

• Opportunities for international travel

Total Rewards Work/Life Balance

• Competitive compensation

• Health/Dental

• 401K Benefit

• Extended Benefits – technology or work/life balance

• Analyst --> $500/year

• Sr. Analyst--> $2,000/year

• Corporate Cell Phone Plan

• Overtime • Analyst/Sr. Analyst (Non-exempt)

• Time+1/2

• In accordance with all state and federal laws

• Hours Premium

• Consultant/Sr. Consultant-> compensation for hours

worked in excess of 120% of the standard available

hours (subject to Avanade policy)

• Short Term Incentive (variable, performance driven)

• Paid out annually as a percentage of base salary: • Consultant/Sr. Consultant

• Manager/ Group Manager

• Director/Senior Director

• VP/Senior VP

Avanade offers competitive Total Rewards package to our consultants

*prorated based on hire date

**taxable to employee



Technical, Consulting, & Management Training

Microsoft expertise

• 1st in certifications per employee

• 1st in .NET developer certifications

• 1st in Dynamics CRM certifications

• 1st in Dynamics AX certifications

• 1st in SharePoint certifications

• 32 Microsoft Certified Architects/Masters

• 23 Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals

(MVPs)

Training Certifications

*19,000 certifications held by Avanade consultants in MCAD.NET, MCDBA, MCP,

MCSA (2K3), MCSD.NET, MCSE (2K3), and more

24 earned Microsoft Gold Competencies (with Accenture)-far more than any other

Enterprise Partner

• Minimum 80 hours training per year for consultants

• 5 week intensive training for college hires

• Training and MS exam vouchers for Microsoft

certifications

• Leading-edge technologies

• Consulting, customer focus/delivery and leadership

training through Avanade University

• Training Magazine, Top 125 Global Training

Organizations 2012, 2011, 2010






The Avanade name and logo are registered trademarks in the US and other countries.





Join the Avanade Technology Infrastructure Team

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http://www.avanade.com/careers



Technology Infrastructure - Microsoft Alignment



Avanade Technology Infrastructure

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• Microsoft Enterprise Partner of

the Year for an unprecedented

sixth time

• Microsoft Desktop Partner of

the Year

• Avanade has expanding long-

term engagements with many

major enterprise customers

nationwide for engineers,

architects, analysts & PMs

• 250+ Infrastructure Services

Consultants

• 75%-100% Significant

Projected Growth thru FY15

• Avanade assets and re-usable

delivery tools, such as Avanade

Connected Methods, help

reduce risk, fast-track

deployment and cut costs

• Microsoft integration services &

large enterprise complex

migrations

• Opportunities for deep

exposure to MS infrastructure

solutions using Microsoft

technologies: Desktop

Deployment, Exchange

Migrations, Messaging, Unified

Communications, Elastic

Datacenter, Office 365

Managed Services, and

generalist System Engineers

and Architects

Organization Technology Solutions Market Leadership

• Technology Infrastructure

services extends the power

and value of the Microsoft®

enterprise platform to help you

take full advantage of your

existing investments—including

line-of-business applications—

while providing less

complicated, more agile

infrastructure solutions.

• Technology Infrastructure

creates dynamic enterprise

infrastructures that are efficient,

scalable and extremely flexible

• Accelerate your career growth

as a Microsoft Delivery

Technical Architect leveraging

latest Microsoft infrastructure

technologies



Technology Infrastructure - Skill Families

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Systems Engineer

(SE)

Program Managers

(PM)

Design and deliver Microsoft infrastructure solutions, operating systems,

security and systems management architectures/solutions. Key Skills:

• Server Platform & Virtualization: Windows Server 2008, Hyper-V

• Desktop Transformation: Window 7 & 8, Image Engineering, Desktop Virtualization, Office

2010 Migrations

• Messaging Exchange & Directories: Exchange 2007/2010, Microsoft Office 365, Lync 2010,

Active Directory

• Private Cloud and Elastic Datacenter Solution: Microsoft System Center Suite 2007/2012

(SCOM 2007/2012, SCCM 2007/2012, Opalis, SCSM)

• Other: Forefront Security, Citrix XenApp/Xendesktop

Experienced Project Management professionals with technical backgrounds

focused on planning and managing the design and delivery of complex technical

projects.

Skilled in managing client relationships and business development

Strong understanding of Avanade offerings and Microsoft products

• Design & Development of Applications and Architectures, Avanade Methodologies,

Project Planning, Delivery and Post Implementation operation.




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