1. Next steps in your
Academic Partnership
Jane Birkegaard

2. 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.

3. Academic institution membership levels
Foundation Level Members Associate Level Members
Have gone through the application Have gone above and beyond the
process of becoming a DynAA member. 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.

4. Benefits: Foundation level
No-cost licenses Curriculum resources
• DynAA donates country-specific • Faculty Connection access
Microsoft Dynamics AX, GP, NAV, SL, • Microsoft course materials
and CRM product downloads • Datasets for selected products
No-cost service and support Newsletter
• 50 support incidents • Sent multiple times a year by
• Access to CustomerSource corporate team
• Ability to download Microsoft
Microsoft events
course materials and participate
in e-learning • Academic preconference at both
Convergence events
• Product upgrades
• Networking with faculty peers, DynAA
team, partners, and customers

5. 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

6. 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
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
• 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

7. THANK YOU