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What is a Microsoft Small Business Specialist? |
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A Small Business Specialist is a Microsoft Partner
who is specially trained to support it IT needs of a
small business. |
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| Q. |
What can a Microsoft Small Business Specialist do
for my business? |
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Since the IT needs and resources of a small business
are different from that of a large organization, so is
the Microsoft Small Business Specialist. A Small
Business Specialist often acts as both a consultant and
as a de-facto onsite IT professional -- designing,
configuring, implementing and maintaining IT solutions
for a small business. |
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| Q. |
Why do small businesses need a specialist? |
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The Microsoft Small Business Specialist program was
developed in response to input from customers and
partners, who expressed a need to build easier
connections that enable small business customers to
quickly and easily identify those technology partners
best suited to support them. A Small Business
Specialist is local, so he or she can also support your
company easily. |
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| Q. |
What kind of training does a Microsoft Small
Business Specialist have? |
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A Microsoft Small Business Specialist must pass a
technical exam and small business sales and marketing
assessment test in order to be awarded the Microsoft
Small Business Specialist designation. A Small
Business Specialist also has access to specialized
Microsoft training and readiness opportunities. In
addition, your Small Business Specialist is a Microsoft
Partner Program member. |
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| Q. |
How can a Small Business Specialist help my
business? |
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Hiring a Microsoft Small Business Specialist will
help you quickly and very easily identify the technical
partner that is best suited to support your needs.
They can identify solutions that will drive more
efficiency in your business processes and extend your
company's capabilities to work with customers, suppliers
and vendors. |
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