TORONTO – Distributel’s ThinkTel division has become the first Canadian communications provider to receive the Microsoft Authorized Education Partner (AEP) accreditation, an investment that it says reflects its ongoing commitment to transforming the connectivity experience for educational institutions.
The Microsoft AEP Program is designed to authorize and equip organizations that deliver academic products and services through the Office 365 for Education subscription with the training, resources and support they require to provide their education subscribers with superior experiences and outcomes.
ThinkTel said that its unified communications practice leverages Microsoft's cloud-based technology and allows educational institutions and school boards to integrate voice calling, email usage, instant messaging and classroom management tools into one easy-to-use platform. The program is easy to implement, flexible, efficient and can reduce capital and operational expenditures by more than 50%.
"Over the last decade we've worked closely with school boards and have learned that many are still using legacy phone systems because a complete overhaul is simply too time-consuming and expensive to implement," said ThinkTel’s commercial sales VP Jim Dawson, in the news release. "By integrating our communications services and expertise with Microsoft Teams, we deliver a modern, cost-effective solution that serves their needs today and also expands to meet their future requirements."
