As a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, Beacon receives Microsoft’s highest endorsement as a trusted technology partner with proven business and technical competencies.
As the first in Perth to achieve Gold Competency in SharePoint, Beacon is arguably Perth’s strongest SharePoint practice.
Capabilities
Beacon never stands still.
We have built a track record for providing enterprise solutions with .NET, SharePoint 2010 and MS SQL Server 2008 R2, and have taken measures to advance our Microsoft Platform Solutions initiative to offer a full range of .NET, Business Intelligence, Social Networking, Collaboration, Enterprise Search, and custom Enterprise SharePoint services, as well as Microsoft Dynamics CRM capabilities in due course.
Just months after activating our SharePoint initiative, Beacon became the first software solutions provider in Perth to achieve Microsoft Gold certification in SharePoint 2010 Portals and Collaboration Competency. We are also advancing integration initiatives with the latest version (7.0.1) of HP’s TRIM document management system.
Competencies
Above and beyond the minimum of Gold Partnership criteria, Beacon has earned several Microsoft Competencies and is actively working towards more.
Portals and Collaboration Competency – Beacon demonstrably delivers expertise to provide team and organisational collaboration and connectivity needs across intranets, extranets and the Internet using SharePoint 2010 solutions. As Perth’s first Gold certified SharePoint partner, Beacon is arguably Western Australia’s strongest SharePoint practice.
ISV/Software Competency – Beacon demonstrably provides technical and business support to help clients deliver innovative solutions, increase market opportunities, close more sales, and support their customers.
Software Development Competency – Beacon demonstrably provides the expertise to develop solutions that leverage the Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 development system, particularly .NET, to create the best path from customer ideas to business impact.
Customer Relationship Management Competency – Beacon is working on obtaining Microsoft certification for the ability to showcase our proficiency in deploying solutions built on Microsoft Dynamics CRM and related applications.
Web Development Competency – Beacon is working on obtaining Microsoft certification to demonstrate our ability to deliver Web-enabled deployment solutions that help our customers operate their businesses more efficiently, and conduct transactions more effectively.
Hosting Competency – Beacon is working on obtaining Microsoft certification to leverage our activity in the Hosting competency to better distinguish our organisation as a hosting expert.
Server Platform Competency – Beacon is working on obtaining Microsoft certification to demonstrate our expertise in building, designing, deploying and supporting the Windows Server operating system, Windows Server-based applications, and the Microsoft server infrastructure to help support our customers’ business strategies through high levels of availability, agility and automation.
People
Beacon staff includes Microsoft Certified professionals with the following expertise:
- MVP – Most Valuable Professional
- MCAD – Microsoft Certified Applications Developer
- MCP – Microsoft Certified Professional
- MCITP – Microsoft Certified IT Professional – SharePoint 2010, Administrator
- MCNPS – Microsoft Certified Network Product Specialist
- MCPD – Microsoft Certified Professional Developer – SharePoint 2010
- MCPS – Microsoft Certified Product Specialist
- MCPSI – Microsoft Certified Professional in Systems Integration
- MCSA – Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator
- MCSD – Microsoft Certified Solution Developer
- MCSE – Microsoft Certified System Engineer
- MCT – Microsoft Certified Trainer
- MCTS – Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist
Find out more about Beacon’s SharePoint practice here.
Find out more about Beacon’s Microsoft Platform Solutions here.