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Microsoft CSP for Education

Power student learning and drive profits

In classrooms from kindergarten to grade 12, digital transformation in education is taking center stage. Now is your chance to maximize this partner opportunity while helping educators get the most out of their budgets with modern, affordable tools designed to empower students and support better learning outcomes.

As a Microsoft Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) with SYNNEX, you’ll get everything you need to expand your education practice and help students achieve more. You’ll help your customers improve learning with Microsoft 365, and you’ll be there to guide them as they refresh their devices following Windows 7 end of support (EOS) this past January 2020. Don’t wait—get started today.

Get advice from industry experts

Read the blog posts for insider tips on how and why to build an education practice with SYNNEX.

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How to Build a Microsoft 365 Education Practice

Learn the top 5 tips for partners looking to start a successful education practice—written by a VP of Sales.

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Why Sell Microsoft 365 Education with SYNNEX

Forrester finds Microsoft 365 Education a sound bet for students, teachers, and schools. And with SYNNEX, partners benefit too.

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How to Choose the Right Devices for Education

Get a rundown of the considerations behind choosing device and deployment models, and find out how SYNNEX can help.

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Want more resources?

Check out our curated selection of Microsoft Education materials that will help you build a successful education practice.

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Why SYNNEX + Microsoft Education?

A powerful partnership with big benefits

When you partner with SYNNEX to resell Microsoft Education solutions, you get resources like pre- and post-sales support, and guidance for helping teachers create science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) practices.

Start building a profitable cloud practice today while transforming the classroom with modern learning tools: Microsoft Education products are easy for teachers to manage, support better learning outcomes, and fit into any budget.

Collaborative and inclusive

Microsoft 365 learning products were created with accessibility in mind. Built with tools like Accessibility Checker and automatic alt-text, these solutions help provide equal educational opportunities for all students—and give teachers the tools they need to maximize every student’s potential.

Educators can use Microsoft 365 tools to promote teamwork through a single hub for classes and teams, and a universal toolkit that makes it easy to work together in real time. Students can unlock creativity with immersive experiences and intelligent apps, and STEM learning programs like Minecraft: Education Edition that keep them engaged, focused on content, and thinking critically.

The best part? For eligible customers, Microsoft 365 is free for students.* Visit our Microsoft 365 Education website to see these core learning tools in action.

Affordable devices

Windows 10 devices are simple to set up and manage, helping educators give more students access to technology by supporting a variety of learning tools. Because they come in a wide variety of form factors and price points—and because newer devices cost less to maintain—there’s one for every budget.

Plus, with Windows 7 reaching end of support this past January, now is a smart time for resellers to help customers get ahead with Windows 10 devices. Get ready to maximize this partner opportunity by visiting our Windows 7 EOS Resource Hub. There, you’ll find all kinds of resources to inform your education practice, from webinars to playbooks to ready-made marketing materials—everything you need to start or expand your practice.

Modern classroom management

Intune for Education, available in all Microsoft 365 Education plans, offers a simpler way to deploy and manage classroom devices. Its zero-touch management feature changes apps and settings applied by default to each enrolled device through the cloud, making updates a breeze. And because it easily scales to the environment, it lightens the life for schools’ IT teams.

Intune makes it simple to import school, student, and teacher info quickly with School Data Sync to automatically create classes and keep student data up to date.

There are even more benefits to uncover, too. With Intune, it takes less than an hour to set up a new user, whether they’re using a Windows, MacOS, iOS, or Android device. All that time organizations save setting up and deploying devices can be redistributed where it’s needed most—teaching.

Become an Authorized Education Partner

To sell to Qualified Educational Users (QEUs)—eligible schools, colleges, and universities—you must be certified. Here’s a look at some of the benefits you’ll receive once you have your certification.

Sell to QEUs

Give customers a budget-friendly education solution and help them take advantage of the student-use benefit. With it, organizations can offer up to 40 no-cost student licenses for every staff license purchased.*

Get referrals

After you’re certified, you can get referrals through the Microsoft Partner Center, get listed in their AEP directory, and receive additional training opportunities.

Uncover opportunities

As part of the Microsoft AEP Directory, educational institutions can find you more easily so you’ll get more opportunities to sell. You can also showcase that you’re an authorized educational partner.

Be in the know

Take advantage of additional training opportunities that will help inform your education practice and give you the skills to close more deals.

Ready to expand your education practice?

Our team can help with training, selling, implementations, getting certified, and more—get in touch to get started.

*Contact SYNNEX for a full list of requirements and eligibility information.