What is NOT included in Westcoast Support?

Much like Microsoft there are support boundaries (referred to as "out of scope"). A list of examples of what is defined as out of scope includes, by is not limitted to:

Licenses not purchased via Westcoast

Please see the guidance provided by Microsoft:

DNS

• Where Westcoast confirm that the cause of the issue is due to a DNS issue. This is usually managed by the partner or an external DNS hosting provider. Microsoft and Westcoast provide troubleshooting steps to assist in diagnosing DNS issues.

Localised Network Issues

• Where localised network performance has been affected by the deployment of Office 365. A list of network planning and best practises can be found here: Microsoft Networking and Migration Best Practises
  

Individual Client Office Issues

• Where errors and issues are experienced by individual users on a PC or laptop. Microsoft and Westcoast provide troubleshooting steps to assist in diagnosing issues experienced in the Office suite (e.g. Word, Excel, Powerpoint) with a 'best effort' approach. In these cases however beyond these steps and tools, a support case should be raised via Assisted Support as they are not supported via CSP.
• Individual client issues are difficult to pin point issues as in most cases only one/a few users are affected, after troubleshooting from Westcoast and Microsoft the end resolution could be to re-install the Operating System and Office suite. 
  
  Operating System Issues

• Where errors and issues are experienced by individual users on a PC or laptop. Issues diagnosed as due to Operating System errors, cases should be raised directly to Microsoft Business Support
  

Apple and Android App Support

• All Apple and Android app device support must be raised directly to the respective support service on the device in question. As instructed by Microsoft the user should:
  
  "Reproduce the problem you are having, and then tap Settings -> Help -> Contact Support"
  

Reseller Partner Accounts

• WestcoastCloud have no access to support Reseller Partner Center accounts, any issues around these will need to be directed to Microsoft: Phone 0344 800 6006: Option 1. This is due to WestcoastCloud having no access to this side of Microsoft, Reseller Partner Accounts are created outside of CSP support
• MPN Issues - If a Reseller has any MPN issues these need to be dealt with Microsoft on the telephone: 0344 800 6006: Option 4

Further Microsoft telephone numbers can be located here.

Migration - Microsoft Out of Hours High Priority Calls

• Migration service requests cannot be raised as a High Priority Service Request as this is not caused by a Microsoft outage. Therefore during the planning stage of the migration it is good practise to ensure that a service request is raised so an engineer can be available to assist in the appropriate timezone.

 Root cause Analysis 

• Westcoast support provide a break/fix service. Where an issue has been investigated and resolved but a root cause analysis is required this may be a chargeable service. 
• The cause of the issue may be offered during diagnosis, however is not guaranteed for every support case, if root cause analysis is required please visit this site.

  Visual Studio

• Visual Studio is not covered under CSP support, WestcoastCloud will perform a best efforts basis to resolve the issue but cannot guarantee a resolution
• Visual Studio is out of scope for Microsoft support, cases cannot be raised via WestcoastCloud to go to Microsoft