The Impact and Advantage of Leveraging Microsoft and Cloud

Solutions for Your Members

February 12th, 2016

Agenda

• Why is Microsoft relevant to Small and Medium Businesses (SMB) today more than ever

• How can you leverage Microsoft to provide more value for your members

• Next Steps

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Yet, we continue to work like we always have.

#worklikeanetwork

Microsoft is the productivity and platform company for

the mobile-first and cloud-first world.

We will reinvent productivity to empower

every person and every organization

to do more and achieve more.

What does my business need to be prepared?

Let’s start using the

cloud to our

advantage - and save

money along the way.

We need anywhere and

anytime access to files

and business tools to

serve our customers and

stay competitive.

Our team works from

many locations. We

need to stay connected

no matter what.

Our data has to be

secure. I need to

know my company

is protected from

viruses, malware,

theft, etc.

Stop spending on

soon-to-be-obsolete

technology. Start

investing in solutions

that evolve with us.

Zero downtime

is a must.

We need modern

solutions that help

us collaborate and

get work done

more efficiently.

We have customers

nationwide. We

need better tools to

stay connected.

“Businesses that

leverage technology

the best out

perform their

competitors.”

Ken Klika, BCG Systems, Inc.

Lower costs of IT investments

5X

2X

50%+

Ability to grow

faster

Faster to respond to market

pressures

Technology as a differentiator

The cloud gives

companies of any size

access to technology

that previously were

only available to the

largest enterprise

companies.

SMBs chose cloud for

“improved business agility” 2

15%

4%

74%

Annual growth in SMB cloud

spending, 2013-20181

Annual growth in SMB on-

premises spending, 2013-20181

The right technology for every stage of your growth.

1 Worldwide SMB Trends and Transformation, AMI-Partners, 2014. 2 Forrsights Software Survey, Forrester, Q4 2013.

Microsoft provides valuable business tools.

Office 365

Azure

CRM and

Power BI Cloud PBX

and Skype for

Business

Business-

class email

Online meetings

Online document

storage & file

sharing

Financially-

backed SLA Technical

support

Private social

network

Office 365 is your complete office in the cloud

Plus

- Office Desktop Apps

- Office Mobile

- Office Online

How can Office 365 elevate your business?

Move your servers

and applications to

the cloud, simply

and affordably

Microsoft Azure At a Glance

Virtual servers

RemoteApp

Storage

Backup

Identity and access

management

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• Power BI is a cloud-based business analytics service that gives you a single view of your

most critical business data.

• Power BI lets you reduce risks, increase rewards and unlock insights to drive more

informed decisions no matter what industry you're in. Get the metrics you need instantly

and keep everyone on the same page.

• With tools like Excel, Power BI Designer and Natural Query Language, you can give your

organization a powerful new way to discover, analyze, and visualize data like never

before to find valuable business insights.

• Power BI allows you to easily build and deploy a cloud-based BI environment for users

to share insights, collaborate and access reports, from anywhere on any device.

What is new Power BI?

• Want to….Grow Membership, Increase Member

Value, Help Educate & Support Members • SMB Members’ needs for technology change,

difficult for SMBs to manage

• Limited resources to manage technology (not your

core business)

• Access to strategic IT planning

• Access to technology topics

• Registration of existing events

• Increased Productivity for your members

• Increased Member Value for your organization

• Ways to Increase Membership

• Great Networking Opportunity

• Keeping up with the latest technology

• Simple Tech Tips – Technology Content for newsletters, blogs, etc.

• Access to technology experts

• Leverage the Microsoft brand and resources

“The event was a great draw for our members. It was very well attended and

created a lot of buzz for techies and non-techies alike. Microsoft made it

easy with their event kit and attendees love the door prize drawing! A lot of

networking went on before, during and after the event. Definitely a

successful event!” Gail Haller, Park Ridge Chamber of Commerce

“Our small business members came away from the event saying, I get this. I

can afford this. I can have technology solutions like the big guys.” Emmy

Jordan ,Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce

“WOW, I just started engaging with the Microsoft Community Connections

program, I can’t believe the response. Working with the small business

community has changed my business forever. Thank you Microsoft

Community Connections “– Bill Durham, Basileia Consulting

• Awarded the best Microsoft partners in the Heartland area for the past five years. Recognized by Microsoft as

the best overall partner for client satisfaction, expertise, and business success in Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky and

Tennessee

Your Selected Microsoft Partners Business

Organizations Microsoft Partners

Educate Businesses on Technology

Be thought leaders for your members and get the conversation going!

Best practices for real

time collaboration and

webinar tools.

Securely share data and

information with

business partners and

clients.

Productivity tips and

tricks: Making your day

more productive.

Ensuring your IP

doesn’t go out the

door with your last

employee.

Making better

decisions with

dashboards and

business intelligence.

Cloud 101

Best practices for

safeguarding

information in the

cloud.

Modernizing your

business: New tools

for driving revenue