This IDC study represents a vendor assessment of the Microsoft implementation services market through the IDC MarketScape model. This assessment discusses both quantitative and qualitative characteristics that explain success in the Microsoft implementation services market. This IDC MarketScape covers a variety of vendors participating in the Microsoft implementation services space. The evaluation is based on a comprehensive and rigorous framework that assesses vendors relative to the criteria and to one another, and it highlights the factors expected to be the most influential for success in the market in both the short term and the long term.