Credentials

Few companies can compare to Planet Technologies when it comes to an established relationship with Microsoft. As a company with a 100% focus on the Microsoft platform, we know Microsoft technologies and we are a trusted partner.

Advanced certifications

  • Microsoft Gold Certified Partner
  • CPLS Microsoft certified training partner

Highly skilled employees

  • Microsoft MVP’s (SharePoint, Azure, Exchange, InfoPath)
  • Microsoft Certified Masters
  • Microsoft Certified Trainers
  • Microsoft CRM Rangers
  • 120+ Microsoft consultants

Award Winners

  • Five Time Microsoft Federal Partner of the Year
  • Two Time Microsoft State and Local Government Partner of the Year
  • Microsoft Public Sector Partner of the Year 2006
“On behalf of Microsoft US Public Sector, I want to thank Planet Technologies for their leadership & cutting edge innovation that have allowed us to work together to address the real world challenges facing our public sector customers. Your holistic approach – from the desktop, to the servers, to the cloud have demonstrated the strength in the capabilities of your company & employees. Microsoft USPS is grateful to have this partnership and we look forward to continuing the growth we are both achieving through it.“

– Curt Kolcun,Vice President of Microsoft U.S. Public Sector

Microsoft National Systems Integrator (NSI) Partner

Planet Technologies is uniquely recognized on a national level with the NSI (National Systems Integrator) distinction from Microsoft Corporation. This provides Planet with dedicated corporate technical staff assigned to our organization from Microsoft’s elite technical Delta Force team and unparalleled reach back to Microsoft product teams and training. Regularly, we are invited to the highest level of Microsoft training (Ranger training) for classes in Cloud Computing, Unified Communication, Database/BI, Desktop and Virtualization, and more. This is the same training that Microsoft leverages for their own consulting staff. The independent national publication, Redmond Channel Partner News, referred to NSI partners as the “Rockstars of the Partner Community”.

International Association of Microsoft Certified Partners (IAMCP)

The Vice President of Planet Technologies, Sam Cool, is the vice president on the local board of the IAMCP Washington DC Chapter and also a national IAMCP board member. In these roles, he coordinates directly with Microsoft Corporation and their product teams across the country in partner education and is the first to learn of new efforts and initiatives for the partner community and how they can positively impact the Microsoft client base. The IAMCP fosters growth and partner-to-partner business development and provides Micro­soft partners with a connection and voice into Microsoft and to the IT and local communities at large.

Microsoft Certified Partner for Learning Solutions (CPLS)

As a Microsoft CPLS partner, Planet benefits from preferred access to training resources and content and sales opportunities available exclusively to partners that have attained the CPLS status. We are a full-service, independent training company providing a range of IT and developer training services based on Microsoft technologies to individuals and organizations.