Fully-Featured - State of the Art Learning Technology

The following advantages apply whether you opt for the Learning Management System, or whether you simply take the courses stand-alone

• Assessment-based - focuses effort on what the student needs to learn, not wasting time plodding over old ground 

• Hands-on virtual labs, exercises and simulations using the principle of learning by doing. 

• Hands on - that's not just with Excel and Access, but with expensive server products like SharePoint or Exchange, so you can practise whenever and wherever without huge investment in training suites and software.  

• Expert advice from Microsoft product gurus  

• An interactive, non-linear approach to learning.

• Interesting and engaging. Computer-based training has had a bad name, because it can be boring. That's because too many computer-based courses have been put together on the cheap. The combination of assessment, learning-by-doing and video clips is far more appealing.

Real Depth and Variety of Courses Available

Regardless of your type of organization, skill levels, or learning styles; Microsoft Online Learning can provide access to the right software training-anytime and anywhere-for:

• IT Professionals 
• Home and Office workers 
• Developers

Something for everyone? Sounds like marketing fluff - but it isn't. Depth of available courses is important. You want to learn what you want to learn, not turn up for the 20% of a course which is relevant to you. Not sit there for 80% of the time while the tutor teaches the rest of the class.

An Example of Training Choice and Depth

If you look at most learning solutions and classroom training on the market, for Excel for instance, you will see a huge profusion of products giving a basic training and a few advanced products. That's all.

On the other hand, with Microsoft Online Learning, you get the choice of Getting Started in Excel, and Core Training in Excel. But you also have the choice of these advanced topics at only £5.99 for each course:  Any text here will be replaced with "Read more"

• Performing Data Calculations in Excel 
• Formatting and Printing Worksheets 
• Filtering and Summarising Data
• Working with Pivot Tables and Charts
• Collaborating with Others in Excel
• Summarising Excel Data to make Better Business Decisions (£17.99) 

Short of getting a book, rifling through the index and working it out yourself, there really is no other learning solution which offers such depth for so little outlay.

You can gain these skills now, and then get stuck straight into the work. And remember, Microsoft Online Learning courses are easy to use, reliable and trackable.

Practical Advantages Over Other Solutions: 

Lower implementation costs: no need to install applications on your servers, no IT staff required, no extra training machines and no expensive "consultants" installing things on your hardware. 

• On-demand solution that allows quick and easy connection with any popular browser, from anywhere. 
• Speedy implementation with minimal set-up activity. 
• Low or no maintenance costs
• Security: The system features layers of hardware and software security, including firewalls, SSL encryption, and password-protected accounts.
• Hosted by Microsoft - it won't go down.
• All these advantages apply whether you opt for the Learning Management System, or whether you simply take the courses stand-alone