The leader in Microsoft technical training

Operating out of 25 UK training centres, QA trains over 20,000 delegates a year on Microsoft technologies, training IT Professionals and developers across the entire Microsoft Technology Stack ranging from Windows Server and Virtualisation through to SQL Server Database and Business Intelligence through to Visual Studio and Silverlight Web Developer technologies. Organisations choose QA for many reasons. But the main thing that keeps our customers coming back, time and time again - is, quite simply, the sheer quality of what we deliver.

The benefits of choosing QA for Microsoft training

QA is recognised by Microsoft on a global level as being one of its leading partners for quality and innovation - having won the prestigious Microsoft Worldwide Partner Award for learning solutions: Impact Partner of the Year in 2009 and Microsoft Worldwide Partner Award for learning solutions: Innovative Partner of the Year Finalist in 2010.

Read the full benefits of choosing QA for your Microsoft training.

Trust the training company that is trusted by Microsoft

QA has delivered many learning programmes for Microsoft - either to Microsoft itself, or to the Microsoft partner network. A selection of key programmes held in recent years is below.

2012

In 2012, QA has been selected by Microsoft to: 

• deliver early adopter partner readiness training on SQL Server 2012 
• co-develop and deliver training on "Embracing the Consumerisation of IT effectively with Microsoft solutions" 
• deliver early adopter partner readiness on Private Cloud and Systems Centre 2012 technologies 
• to deliver hands-on "Customer Immersion Experience" training events on Microsoft's productivity platform - incorporating the technologies of Office 365, Office, Exchange, SharePoint, Lync, Windows 7, Windows Phone 7 and CRM 2011

2011

In 2011, QA has been selected by Microsoft to:

• deliver early adopter Office 365 Migration training to existing Microsoft BPOS customers
• deliver partner readiness training on Microsoft Private Cloud technologies
• develop a four day 'Developing multi-tier applications with Silverlight, Windows Azure Platform and Windows Phone 7' workshop and deliver to early adopter EMEA partners and customers at events in the Netherlands, Portugal and Sweden
• deliver partner and customer readiness training on Visual Studio 2010 ALM and TFS technologies
• deliver Windows Azure, Visual Studio TFS 2010 and Silverlight content to 1,500 delegates at Microsoft's TechDays 2011 partner conference in Helsinki
• deliver on-going partner training on Windows Azure Cloud Services

2010

In 2010, QA was selected by Microsoft to:

• co-develop and deliver 'Maximising your investment in Microsoft Technology' seminars to Microsoft's corporate mid-sized and enterprise customers in the UK
• deliver partner readiness training on Windows Server 2008 R2 Virtualisation technologies
• deliver partner readiness training on Windows HPC Server 2008
• deliver partner and customer readiness training on Visual Studio 2010 ALM and TFS technologies
• deliver Visual Studio and TFS 2010 and Silverlight content to 1,700 delegates at Microsoft's TechDays 2010 partner conference in Helsinki
• deliver further deep dive training on Windows Azure Cloud Services at events in the UK and Europe
• deliver partner readiness training on Silverlight 4 technology at events in South Africa, Europe and the UK

2009

In 2009, QA was selected by Microsoft to:

• deliver partner readiness training on Windows 7
• deliver their early adopter partner readiness training on Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V System Center Virtual Machine Manager technologies
• deliver partner readiness training on Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4 technologies at events in the UK and Europe
• deliver early adopter customer and partner training on Windows Azure Cloud Services in the UK
• deliver partner readiness training on Silverlight 2 technology at events in Asia Pacific, Europe and the UK

2008

In 2008, QA was selected by Microsoft to:

• deliver their SQL Server 2008 and Business Intelligence early adopter partner readiness training at events in the UK
• deliver their early adopter partner readiness training on Business Productivity On-line Suite (BPOS) technology
• deliver presentation training to 130 Microsoft EMEA graduates as part of their 2008 EMEA graduate intake training programme
• deliver partner readiness training on Silverlight in both the UK and Europe
• develop and deliver training content at Microsoft's first Global Application Life Cycle Partner Conference in Redmond