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Microsoft Csp Changes Blog

Industry Insights

Worried About the New Microsoft Direct CSP Requirements? Here’s What You Need to Do Next

Last week at its annual Inspire conference, Microsoft highlighted significant changes to its Cloud Service Provider (CSP) program—and a looming deadli...

By Ideas @ AppDirect / AppMarket / July 27, 2018

Msp Margins Blog Post

Industry Insights

Measuring the True Value of MSP Margins

Pricing. Say the word and managed service providers (MSPs) will have a lot to say, especially in today’s increasingly competitive market...

By Ideas @ AppDirect / AppMarket / July 11, 2018

Going Beyond Microsoft Part Three

Strategy & Best Practices

Going Beyond Microsoft: MSP Checklist for Making a Living

The managed services industry is undergoing massive change. New technologies, shifting customer demands, increasing competitive pressures—these are ju...

By Ideas @ AppDirect / AppMarket / July 3, 2018

Going Beyond Microsoft Part Two

Strategy & Best Practices

Going Beyond Microsoft: Verticals and Where MSPs Can Find Them

In our post from last week, Redmond Channel Partner Magazine contributing editor Howard M. Cohen described the reality that’s facing today’s managed s...

By Ideas @ AppDirect / AppMarket / June 27, 2018

Going Beyond Microsoft Differentiation

Strategy & Best Practices

Going Beyond Microsoft: Standing Out in the Growing MSP Crowd

The managed services sector is booming. Last year, research firm MarketsandMarkets pegged the size of the global managed services market at $152.45 bi...

By Ideas @ AppDirect / AppMarket / June 22, 2018

Executive Qa Cancom

Strategy & Best Practices

Executive Q&A: How MSPs Can Differentiate in the Digital Economy

CANCOM is one of the leading providers of IT infrastructure and services in Germany and Austria. As the company’s Manager Business Development Public ...

By Ideas @ AppDirect / AppMarket / June 4, 2018