I haven’t written much about the Microsoft Small Business Specialist yet, even though it’s now about 6 months old.
Why? Frankly I wanted to make sure that this one was a keeper, because I’ve seen Microsoft debating a Small Business Server type of certification for the better part of 8 years.
But it looks like the Microsoft Small Business Specialist designation is here to stay.
Is the Microsoft Small Business Specialist designation worth it for you and your computer consulting business?
That all depends on how married your computer consulting company is to Microsoft’s family of products… particularly Microsoft Small Business Server (SBS).
Bear in mind, most of the non-technical small businesses that you’d sell Microsoft Small Business Server to will have virtually no brand-name recognition of Small Business Server, let alone the Microsoft Small Business Specialist designation. (Of course, every small business owner, even those buried under a rock for the past 10 years, knows who Microsoft is.)
There’s a good article about the Microsoft Small Business Specialist designation by Joanna L. Krotz in Microsoft Certified Professional Magazine Online. And the article even got a huge thumbs up from the godfather of Small Business Server, Mr. Harry Brelsford.
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Posted by Joshua Feinberg, Computer Consulting 101
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