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Microsoft® Online Learning - What are the cost benefits?

Microsoft® Online Learning courses are a cost-effective solution for businesses that require IT training, offering official Microsoft content directly from the product experts leading to savings, compared to ILT and other training methods.

Low Financial Costs - No Hidden Costs
Microsoft Online Learning is a highly cost-effective training platform offering great course value with no hidden costs. In direct comparison with ILT the official online courses offered by C.B.Learning can reduce IT training costs significantly. For example, IT Professionals save over £4,000 on MCSE training by using Microsoft Online Learning whilst getting an additional 37 hours of content. Likewise desktop users can save over £1,000 on training by using online learning solutions for their Office 2007 training.

Unlike some training methods there are no hidden costs with Microsoft Online Learning. For example employees do not have to go offsite to undertake training and therefore there are no associated travel and hotel expenses.

Anywhere - Anytime
Microsoft Online Learning courses are online, they can be accessed anywhere at anytime with learners only required to have access to a computer which can run Internet Explorer® 6 or above and an internet connection. Users can take responsibility for their own training and activity analysis has shown that learners will work additional hours outside of the office, with approximately a third of all training happening outside working hours.

Pay Only For What You Need
C.B.Learning offers a training Needs Analysis to all customers interested in purchasing a solution or implementing a training programme. This means training can be focused where required. The result of the Training Needs Analysis allows customers to make an informed choice on whether to buy individual solutions to map to their training needs or commit to volume licence with full support from C.B.Learning.

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