Matt DeNoyer, new Network Technician Harbor Computer Services is pleased to announce that it has hired an additional technician. Matt has recently completed his degree and is working on his certifications.

Amy Babinchak, recognized by Redmond Channel Partner Magazine as Top 10 MVP Microsoft awards the top 1700 IT professionals in the world. The magazine selected who they felt where the best of the best. Quite an honor.

Harbor Computer Services winner of Best of Michigan Award for Technology Companies The readers of Corp! Magazine awarded HCS. We're excited to be so recognized by the local business community.

Amy Babinchak, Ted Kinczkowski and Diana Zhao have achieved their Small Business Server 2011 Certification.  Harbor is pleased to have some of the first people in technology to pass this exam. In addition to the honor of having passed the exam, this achievement also allows each member to retain their Small Business Server Specialist designation.

Amy Babinchak, Awarded Microsoft MVP Amy was re-awarded to 2011 as a Microsoft MVP for Small Business Server. This is the 5th year that she has been so awarded. MVP's are selected for their exceptional technical skills and the proven sharing of those skills with other IT Professionals.

Amy Records LooksCloudy Podcast Amy and Susan Bradley were guests on The Weather Report by LooksCloudy.com a new news website for IT Professionals. In this Podcast they discussed the release of SBS 2011 and SBS Essentials and how they fit in with the movement to the cloud.

Amy Babinchak, SMB 150 Most Influential Amy was named to the SMB 150 Most Influential list. This list represents the movers in the IT community serving small and medium businesses.

SmallTechNotes syndicated Harbor Computer Services blog has been chosen for syndication by MicrosoftPartnerNetwork.com. The Microsoft partner network support partners worldwide with information, technical and sales training. The new blog network is designed to help partners stay informed and connected with each other.

Amy Babinchak, awarded as SBSer of the Year. Amy has been awarded SBSer of the Year at SMBNation. SBSer of the Year is awarded to the person that has shown leadership and has given the most to the IT community in the past year.

Diana Zhao, selected as a Subject Matter Expert for SBS. Diana has been contracted to review questions that will appear on all future SBS certification examinations that IT Professional around the world will take to prove their expertise.

Ted Kinczkowski, is attending SMBNation and Third Tier technical training. Ted will attend technical training at two events focused on small business technology. Sessions will include small business server, sharepoint among others.

Amy Babinchak, selected as Subject Matter Expert for SBS Amy has been contracted write questions for the SBS certification exam that IT Professionals around the world will take to prove their expertise.

Awarded: 2010 Small Business Specialist of the Year! Harbor Computer Services was chosen from an International field of IT consulting firms for this honor. This award is given for outstanding network support services. There is one company so honored each year by Microsoft.

Amy Babinchak, named to Symform Advisory Council Amy is advising this new online backup service to design the product for small and medium business backup.

Ted Kinczkowski Sponsored Invitee to Tech Innovators Ted will be participating as a invited sponsored attendee of the Tech Innovators event in Las Vegas. As one of about 10 people in the room, software vendors will present their product roadmap, seek input and show off "coming soon" product lines.

Awarded: Microsoft Partner Award Congratulations!! Harbor Computer Service is being recognized as the winner of the Heartland Area Partner VAR Open Growth Award. This award recognizes you for your strong contributions to Microsoft.

Amy Babinchak, named to GFI Elite Technology Team Amy has been named to the GFI Security Product Elite Technology Team. In this role she will assisting GFI in making their products, documentation and training better for the small business marketplace.

Amy Babinchak, Essential Business Server Unleashed, Technical Editor Amy is serving as the technical editor for SAM's publishing book Essential Business Server Unleashed.

Awarded: Amy Babinchak awarded Microsoft MVP For the fourth year in a row, Amy Babinchak, has been named by Microsoft as Most Valuable Professional. "Microsoft MVPs are an amazing group of individuals. By sharing their knowledge and experiences and providing objective feedback, MVPs help people solve problems and discover new capabilities. It gives us great pleasure to recognize and award MVPs as our way of saying thank you for their demonstrated commitment to helping others in technical communities worldwide." Amy was the only USA recipient in the Essential Business Server category.

Certified: Ted Kinczkowski Achieves Small Business Specialist Certification Ted Kinczkowski has achieved his Small Business Specialist certification. This achievement recognizes Ted's ability to not only provide technical support to small business networks but to understand how technology empowers small business. Ted has passed exams in technology, consulting and sales to achieve this designation.

Certified: Ted Kinczkowski, Diana Zhao, Amy Babinchak Achieve SBS 2008 Certification Ted, Diana and Amy have passed the Small Business Server 2008 certification exam. This exam confirms technical knowledge of Small Business Server 2008 and certifies their ability to install and support the technology.

Certified: Amy Babinchak Achieves EBS Certification Amy has passed the Essential Business Server certification exam. This exam confirms her technical knowledge of Essential Business Server and certifies her ability to install and support the technology.

Amy Babinchak forms EBS Virtual Usergroup Amy has formed a usergroup for IT Professionals and Consultants supporting Essential Business Server. In the first 2 weeks membership is up to 52 with 8 Countries represented.

Amy Babinchak attended Microsoft PSS training Amy was one of 15 MVP's invited to attend support training for Essential Business Server. This training is normally only provided to internal Microsoft support engineers.

Amy Babinchak named Trend Micro All-Star Amy has been named a Trend Micro All-Star. In this role she will assist Trend Micro map their products to the needs of SMB customers. HCS will participate in pre-beta testing of future products.

Ted Kinczkowski selected as SME on SBS 2008 After doing exceptionally well on the SBS 2008 certification exam, Ted was selected by GrandMasters to assist them in weighting exam questions. GrandMasters flew Ted to Seattle.

Amy Babinchak attended Microsoft PSS training Amy was one of 30 MVP's invited to attend support training for Small Business Server 2008. This training is normally only provided to internal Microsoft support engineers.

Diana Zhao attends SMBNation Diana attended SMBNation. At the conference she developed lasting connections with SBS MVP's and other IT Professionals. She also attended a private dinner with Trend Micro.

Amy Babinchak speaking at SMBNation conference Amy will be speaking at the fall SMBNation conference in the technical track. Amy will present a thought process to analyze your computer network to determine your firewall requirements. Diana Zhao will attend this conference with her.

Amy Babinchak selected as Small Business Server SME SME is a subject matter expert. Amy participated in the review of future certification requirements for technicians wishing to show competency in small business server.