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Microsoft Small Business Specialists focus on providing customized and personal services matching to the demands of small business customers. For them there are no ‘small customers’; rather each of them is ‘another valued one’.
Microsoft Small Business Specialist FAQ
Who can be a Microsoft Small Business Specialist?
Microsoft awards Small Business Specialist acclamation only to those partners who have a proven level of ability in providing effective solutions for small businesses; upon Microsoft technology platform.
These partners are judged upon their ability to understand the dynamics and demands of the small business market and are required to be capable of providing small business specific software solutions. They need to have a proven level of expertise and experience in the Microsoft Genuine Windows Advantage program, and other appropriate software licensing programs - applicable for the small business market.
Becoming a Small Business Specialist is not easy. Companies aspiring for this status have to appear for several exams that test their ability to provide Microsoft solutions.
How can a Small Business Specialist help my business?
IT needs vary with the scale of operation. A Microsoft Small Business Specialist is more capable to know your business requirements and can act both as a consultant and a de-facto, onsite IT professional lending invaluable support in designing, configuring, implementing, and maintaining IT solutions for your businesses.
These specialists have proven competence in identifying the needs of the partner and are best suited to extend quickest support to your needs. They figure out solutions that are capable of enhancing the efficiency of your business process and relationship with customers, suppliers and vendors.
Do small business ventures need a specialist?
Specialists have no substitutes. Microsoft has designed Small Business Specialist program after thoroughly reviewing the input from customers and partners. Most of them have showed their inclination towards building easier connections that enable small business customers to quickly and easily identify those technology partners best suited to support them.
What kind of training does a Microsoft Small Business Specialist undertake?
Getting a Microsoft Small Business Specialist acclamation is not a cake walk. The concerned partner must pass a technical exam and small business sales and marketing assessment test in order to be awarded this designation.
Along with it, the concerned organization expecting this prestigious tag must have undergone specialized Microsoft training. It also needs to be a Microsoft Partner Program member.