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Let me (re)Introduce myself, Part I

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I recently switched companies (hello Microsoft !!) and got myself a new title (ye olde “Senior Consultant“), so I thought introductions might be in order. Especially since no-one knew me before anyway ;)

So, my name is Addy Santo and I'm a Senior Consultant with Microsoft. With the National Services group of Microsoft Consulting Services to be exact. Many people have misconceptions regarding MCS, so I'll start out by trying to explain what we do. I'll illustrate using a hypothetical conversation between two imaginary friends, lets call them (for no particular reason) Bill and Steve:

Bill: Say, what makes Microsoft’s stock go up?

Steve: Selling lots of software.

Bill: And who buys our software?

Steve: Satisfied customers do. (Dissatisfied customers don’t)

Bill: How can we make sure our customers are satisfied?

Steve: By ensuring that they have positive experiences with our products and technologies.

Bill: How can we do that?

Steve: Easy. Just set up a group who know our products better than anyone, give them all the imaginable training and tools (including access to the teams who wrote the software), and send them out to the customers. They canl help the customers leverage our software in the best way possible.

 

So, in case you didn't get it- The goal of MCS is to drive the adoption of Microsoft technologies by providing customers & partners with technical leadership and support. If your project absolutely positively has to be a success, you might want to get MCS involved.

 

If this post doesn't get me fired/demoted/sent to Microsoft Antartica, my next post will detail what is the role of National Services inside MCS and why it is the second coolest place in the world to work. The first being the playtesting team of Halo 2, of course.

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  • Anonymous
    February 07, 2004
    Welcome to the blogs ...

    Looking foward to get more insights
  • Anonymous
    February 08, 2004

    The first being the playtesting team of Halo 2, of course.



    I hate you. ;-)
  • Anonymous
    February 08, 2004
    and the price to use MCS is ???....

    but seriously- I agree with you on the quality of MCS, I have dealt with the good MCSers here in the Pacific Northwest on both sides of the 49th and there are some very good people in the employ of 'bill and steve' and their stockholders!

    PS: Addy we miss your SharePoint posts!
  • Anonymous
    February 09, 2004
    Congrats on access to Halo 2 playtesting! If you need more help on that let me know. Our Atlanta group has HALO as a core competency.

    Sean
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    June 09, 2009
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