Windows SBS Server Products and Solutions for You Today!
Reach Fastest-Growing Server Market
Become a trusted IT advisor to small-business customers, and capitalize on the success of award-winning Windows Small Business Server (SBS) 2003 R2. IDC guides present business models from more than 100 successful partners to help you build your practice with SBS 2003 R2 solutions.
IDC Blueprints for Driving Revenue with SBS 2003 and Microsoft Small Business Products
White Paper Series: Paths to Opportunities with Windows Small Business Server 2003
Based on partner interviews conducted worldwide, these guides provide best practices and insights on how to build your business; create ongoing, predictable revenue streams; and illustrate customer benefits of working with Windows Small Business Server 2003 (SBS 2003).
Watch a Flash presentation to get an overview of the IDC guides and the key market opportunities for SBS 2003. The presentation can help you decide which IDC guides best suit your business objectives.
Each of the six guides offers:
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Industry trends and market opportunities
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Business models: fees, costs, efforts, and profits
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Consulting life cycles
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Guidance about getting started
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Partner case studies and best practices
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Pointers to valuable resources and tools
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White Papers
Read IDC’s Overview to Success
IDC’s introduction to the six guides covers the opportunities and critical success factors for building a profitable SBS 2003 solutions business.
Also available as a PowerPoint presentation.
Delivering Server Solutions with SBS 2003
From 2005 through 2009, more than one million servers are expected to be installed in small businesses worldwide.* This market opportunity is unmatched by any other segment and is a key opportunity for you, our partners. Read this article to get specific guidelines, best practices, and tools for building a business around first-server deployments, entry-level installations, enhanced deployments, and migration projects.
*Source: IDC
Also available as a PowerPoint presentation.
Delivering Maintenance and Managed Services with SBS 2003
As more small businesses move toward client/server infrastructures, the need for trusted IT advisors grows. Learn how to build maintenance and managed services into recurring and predictable sources of revenue. See maintenance and managed-services models, including fees, costs, efforts, and profits, as well as specific guidelines on designing contractual agreements and positioning your own business for long-term growth.
Also available as a PowerPoint presentation.
Delivering Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 SBE with SBS 2003
Learn how you may be able to add revenue streams to your business by delivering Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 Small Business Edition (SBE) with SBS 2003.
Also available as a PowerPoint presentation.
Delivering Mobility and Remote Access Solutions with SBS 2003
According to IDC, the worldwide market for converged mobile devices is forecast to reach 107.6 million unit shipments by 2007. This means a mobility market and remote access growth opportunity for you in the small business segment. Find best practices and business models for selling and deploying Windows Mobile powered devices and for supporting remote access with SBS 2003.
Also available as a PowerPoint presentation.
Customizing Windows SharePoint Services in SBS 2003
As a component of SBS 2003, Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) provides you with an opportunity to generate incremental revenue and broaden your business by offering WSS enablement, customization, and enhanced services to small and midsize businesses.
Also available as a PowerPoint presentation.
Upselling Microsoft Dynamics GP
A complement to SBS 2003, Microsoft Dynamics GP provides an opportunity for you to offer value-added services and expand your offerings. In this guide, find engagement models, strategies for addressing business management applications in the small and midsize market, and revenue analyses.
Also available as a PowerPoint presentation.