Microsoft SBS Community Group

Small Business Specialists are Microsoft partners who specialise in helping startup and small to medium sized businesses tackle their business challenges with the best use of IT. To become a Small Business Specialist, Microsoft partners need to achieve a level of understanding and qualification that demonstrates that they can fulfil the needs of their customers and prospective clients.

Small businesses prefer dealing with companies that can empathise with their needs and that are similar in size. Microsoft implemented the Small Business Specialist programme so that there is a group of accredited specialists to support exactly these requirements. A majority of Microsoft Small Business Specialist partners are small businesses themselves and it is their experience and expertise that can help give you the tools you need to run your business productively and efficiently.

Many Small Business Specialist partners are part of a community network where they regularly meet up and share experiences as well as their own business challenges. Their ability to network and learn new ways to deliver business IT solutions by partnering with other solution providers saves you the task of searching for more help. Moreover, it is of direct benefit to their customers who consider Microsoft Small Business Specialist partners as their IT department and therefore you'll find that working with one of them means you'll be investing your IT budget wisely.

So, if you are a start up or a small - or medium-sized business we recommend that you speak to a Small Business Specialist partner - look out for the blue badge.