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How Microsoft Online Training Courses Benefits Your IT Training Programme

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Microsoft Online Learning, the official online training courses from Microsoft, offers a range of benefits to a business looking to improve their IT training programme. Your business can further their training budget by saving money as a result of low purchasing and indirect costs, while paying only for what you need. You can also manage the entire IT training programme via our Learning Management System.

The cost benefits of Microsoft online training courses

Microsoft online training courses offer great value for money compared to other IT training methods.

  • Low purchase costs
    A Microsoft online training course can save your business considerable money, with single courses starting from just £6.80 with no hidden costs. For example, you could save over £4,000 on an IT training course for MCSE certification compared to a comparable ILT course with less content. 

  • Reduces indirect costs
    Because the official Microsoft online training courses are web-based, your employees can train at their own pace, either at work, home, or anywhere in the world that has an internet connection. This reduces the associated indirect costs of IT training, such as hotels and car hire, which companies incur with offsite training courses.

    Furthermore, our statistics show that approximately one third of all Microsoft Online Learning usage takes place outside standard working hours.

  • Pay only for what you need
    Our training needs analysis is available freely to anyone who is interested in our Microsoft online training courses. The results of the analysis will provide you with an informed choice of what training each staff member needs.
Course Microsoft Online 
Learning
Classroom Learning
(ILT)
Extra people trained using
Microsoft Online Learning
£ £ £
Word 2007 Core Training 21 280 12
Office 2007 Core Training
(Word®, Excel®, Outlook®,
PowerPoint® 2007
60 1,120 17

Excel 2003 Complete Training
(Core and Advanced)
26 800 29


The management benefits of Microsoft online training courses

Microsoft online training courses can be effectively managed using our comprehensive reporting system.
  • Trainee progress tracking
    You can access progress reports freely online, at anytime, to track the development of anybody enrolled on a Microsoft training course within your organisation. Progress reports are mapped to your organisation’s structure, allowing department managers to monitor their staff’s learning programme. 

    Alternatively, we can be administrate and analyse the training programme for all your business and send you reports as agreed. 

  • Learning Management System
    The progress of trainees is managed by our Learning Management System (LMS), an industry leading platform implemented by large companies such as HSBC and Cathay Pacific. Fully branded to your business, the LMS allows you to add your own additional content and fully manage the entire training programme. 

    For more information on how this system can support your IT training programme, visit the Learning Management System section. 

How you can use Microsoft online training courses to benefits your business

There are a number of ways in which a business can use Microsoft Online Learning to benefit their business. Below are a few examples of why our clients use our Microsoft training courses in their IT training programme.

  • To further the IT training budget
    When you need maximum IT training coverage across your workforce, Microsoft online training courses provide the cost efficiency required to achieve your goal. Why spend £5,000 (plus indirect costs) to train five employees on Microsoft Office 2007 when you could train 200 employees for £2,500 with Microsoft training courses?

  • To extend the reach of training
    Not every business is stationed in one building; many are spread across the UK or across the world. Microsoft online training courses, via the Learning Management System, allow a business to track the course progression on any employee, no matter where they are in the world. 

  • To fulfil course prerequisites
    The official Microsoft online training courses are ideal for use prior to the classroom environment, either for schools, colleges, universities or adult training centres. For example, accountancy courses may require knowledge of Microsoft Excel, which can be gained by one of our courses, freeing the trainer to spend more time on the business skills. 

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