How Solution Providers Can Help Your Business

http://www.microsoft.com/sp/help.htm (PC Press Internet CD, 03/1996)

How can a Solution Provider help my business?

Solution Provider Benefits Microsoft SP's understand how to help organizations take advantage of today's powerful new graphical client-server applications to make sound business decisions. By partnering with Microsoft, Solution Providers can combine their own high-quality services and expertise with Microsoft's powerful technologies, products and information.

The Microsoft Solution Provider team is a full-service commitment to your organization. We offer the following advantages:

Understanding of Your Business

Solution Providers -- working with Microsoft -- have the knowledge and expertise to match technology to the exact needs of any business. Some SPs focus on a specific vertical market; others serve organizations in a wide range of industries. All SPs are carefully screened and qualified to ensure consistent, high-quality capabilities.

World-Wide Diversity
The Microsoft Solution Provider program includes thousands of Solution Providers (and tens of thousands of technical experts) throughout the world. Often, multiple Solution Providers, each with a specific area of expertise, will team up to provide a comprehensive solution to a customer's needs.

Responsive, Wide-Ranging Service

Solution Providers offer a level of expertise, support, and training not always available or affordable within a single organization, with services ranging from computer network design consulting to installation and highly specialized custom application development, to on-site training and support. Many SPs can also integrate and develop solutions using multiple vendors' products and tools.

Finding a Solution Provider

To locate a Microsoft Solution Provider in your area-- in the U.S. and Canada, call Microsoft Sales Info Center toll-free at 1-800-426-9400.

Outside the U.S. or Canada, please contact your local subsidiary. Customers who are deaf or hard of hearing can reach Microsoft text telephone (TT/TDD) services by calling 1-800-892-5234 in the United States or 1-905-568-9641 in Canada.