Midland Computers earns distinction through commitment to academic customers.

Midland Computers based in Telford, has renewed as a Microsoft Authorized Education Partner (AEP), demonstrating its ability to meet Microsoft academic customers’ evolving needs in today’s dynamic business environment.To earn a Microsoft AEP authorization, partners must complete a test to prove their level of academic licensing and market expertise.

Jessica Kelly of Midland Computers holding the Certificate

The AEP program is designed to train participating resellers on Microsoft’s Academic licensing, authorize them to purchase and resell Microsoft Academic licenses, and demonstrate to potential customers that they are approved and knowledgeable academic partners.

“This Microsoft AEP authorization shows our commitment and specialism in the academic IT marketplace and demonstrates our knowledge of Microsoft and its academic products,” said Nick Dodd, Sales and Marketing Manager. “We hope to accelerate our academic customers’ successes by serving as technology advisors for their IT requirements.”

“By becoming AEPs, partners show themselves to be committed and trained in providing discounted Microsoft academic products to the education market,” said Anthony Salcito, vice president of Education for Microsoft Corp.’s Worldwide Public Sector. “This authorization, along with our other education partner initiatives, gives our partners recognition of their areas of expertise and our academic customers the confidence that they are buying from academic IT specialists.”

The Microsoft AEP Program is designed to authorize and equip organizations that deliver academic products and services through the Microsoft platform with the training, resources and support they need to provide their customers with superior experiences and outcomes.

Midland Computers are a Telford based business to business IT support company, specialising in a range of services from cloud hosting, virtualisation, business continuity and more. As a Microsoft Gold Partner, they pride themselves in delivering the best IT solutions for education and business with their comprehensive technology services, hardware, data centre and ongoing support.

Celebrating 20 years' serving clients both in the Shropshire and West Midlands area and further afield, they have long standing relationships with a diverse mix of customers covering different sectors across the globe.