In terms of:
Quality,  Value Added, Service, Training Environment, Management

Training Provider	F1	Your current Training provider
Quality
Development & Security Experience
Train Microsoft personel
Focuses on Developer & Security Training?
Visual Studio.NET & Security Certified trainers
Languages conversion?
Offer all Microsoft XML courses?
Microsoft Solution Framework experts?
Free Lifetime Technical Support?
Always Microsoft Official Curriculum
Supplementary curriculum to support course
Course customisation?
Market share VFP training in UK?	80%
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Value Added	F1	Your current Training provider
Training vouchers discount	up to 45%
Training passports discount	up to 40%
Late availability deal discounts	up to 30%
Authorised MCP Testing Centre?
Microsoft Authorised MCP Practice Tests/cost	£15
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Service	F1	Your current Training provider
Microsoft Gold Partner & MCPLS (CTEC) accreditation
Offers Microsoft E-Learning Courses
Microsoft Business Solutions Partner
Microsoft Contact Relationship Manager Expertise
Quarterly emailed 1 page newsletter?
Quarterly posted Newsletter?
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Training environment	F1	Your current Training provider
Air Conditioned Offices
High Spec. level 5 PCs -17-19" TFT Screens, 4Gb Ram, 1000 MHz Network
1 PC per Delegate
Restaurant & Pub lunches
Offices in City of London & South West UK
Free internet access for students
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Management	F1
Years in business	21
One stop training service for all req.?	x
Linked to Microsoft global scheduler?
Real people  Real Answers Real Time
Assigned full time account manager
Money Back Guarantee
Average Cost of 5 day Dev. course	£1450
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See also:

• Best for Developer training
  
• Best for Career Changers and other Individuals
  
• Best for Onsite training

From an individual customer's viewpoint, they might consider some points in isolation are minor and even trivial, while others might consider them very significant in enhancing the value of the training they receive.

Rather than pick a subset of comparison points, which could exclude some points that  a customer considers important, we have included all the points that have been highlighted by our customers over the years. 

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Key:

• Provider is Development company themselves? - F1 is a successful development company themselves and knows how developers learn most effectively and ensure our courses offer the best development training environment there is.  top
• Provider has trained Microsoft themselves? - Over the past 10 years we have been selected again and again to train Microsoft themselves.
• Developer Specialist Training? - F1 is the only MCPLS (CTEC) mandated by Microsoft to focus exclusively on development training to offer the market the 'best of breed'.   top
• Visual Studio.NET Certified trainers - F1 was selected to be one of the first MCPLS (CTEC) companies to be trained up in Visual Studio.NET.  top
• Language conversation courses available? - Only F1 has written specific conversion courses to 'fast track' developers to skill up in the different Microsoft development languages.    top
• Offer all Microsoft XML courses? - F1 is one of the few MCPLS (CTEC)s in Europe to offer and regularly schedule all of the XML courses available.
• Offer DNS & DNA courses? - Only F1 offers DNS and DNA training on their schedule.   top
• Free Lifetime Technical Support? - F1 is one of the few MCPLS (CTEC)s to have a fully manned technical support help line available.   top
• All courses use Microsoft Official Curriculum (MOC) - Unlike some MCPLS (CTEC)s who cut costs by using cheaper course notes, F1 also supply full copies of MOC with every course.  top
• Provider produces supplementary curriculum as well? - As we have access to developers ourselves we supplement MOC with our own notes and workshops based upon our extensive real life development experience.   top
• Course customisation? - F1 is able to offer complete MOC customisation so that courses can be tuned to the specific requirements of each customer.   top
• Market share of FP and VFP training in UK? - F1 started training FoxPro (FP) over 15 years ago and since then have continued hold the majority share of that training market.     top
• Training vouchers discount - Excellent value for organisations who have a requirement more that 20 days development training per year.   top
• Training passports discount - Excellent package for individuals.  top
• Free Training Review Sessions? - Only F1 offer free onsite training review sessions to customers to advise them of the pros and cons of different training options.   top
• Late availability deal discounts - F1 offer very significant deals for individuals who can/want to book at the lat moment.  top
• Authorised MCP Testing Centre? - F1 is a Microsoft/VUE approved test centre.   top
• Free MCP exams - Only F1 offer free MCP exams with every matching course attended.   top
• Authorised MCP Practice Tests available/cost - F1 offer development MCP practice tests at cost.  top 
• Web based Course Reservation Service? - You can check course availability dates directly on every course web page and then reserve a place within a few seconds.    top
• Level 5 PCs with 17-19" screens, 4gb ram & 1000 MHz network - Some of our competitors made do with lower spec pc's and smaller screens which are much more difficult to use when you want source, debug and explorer windows open at the same time. F1 always supply high spec PC's.  top
• Restaurant & Pub lunches - We don't cut costs by skimping on lunches.  top
• One stop service for all customer training req.? - F1 do not claim to be good at everything. We do not have the internal expertise to train operating systems courses.    top
• Real people all the time (not automated call messaging system) - We HATE being messed around with voice messaging and routing systems and NEVER use them ourselves. When you call F1 during office hours you will always speak to a real and helpful person.    top
• Every customer assigned full time account manager - Every customer is assigned a permanent account manager who first job is to provide the best service possible for each and every customer.  top
• Money Back Guarantee - The quality of F1 Computing Course is guaranteed. After attending, unless you are fully satisfied we will refund your fee.  top
• Cost of average 5 day development course - F1 courses are very competitively priced. As far as we know we offer the best value Microsoft development approved training in the UK.  top
• Introductory discount available for limited time - To introduce you to the benefits of F1 training courses, we are making a special limited-time offer for first time participants.  top

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