ThirdTier Amy

Lover of all things SMB IT. Blog, writer, speaker, trainer, peer groups, papers and Microsoft 365. Owner of Third Tier and Sell My MSP. Microsoft MVP for 18 years - so far. When I'm not doing that, it's sailing, gardening, hiking, photography and just generally being outdoors.

2026-01-19

For M365 Admins newsletter. 4 things to know and 4 to do. Adopt global secure access; protect Teams apps; enforce HTML email signatures; and more link.publicate.it/pub/a72b744f

2026-01-19

๐—œ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—นโ€”๐˜„๐—ฒโ€™๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜‡๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐— ๐—ฆ๐—ฃ ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น, ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€!

Over the last decade, founders Amy Babinchak & Rayanne Buchianico have guided MSPs through every stage of preparing, optimizing, and selling their business. Thank you for trusting us as your partners in this journey.

To mark our 10th anniversary, weโ€™re excited to announce a brand-new way for every MSP owner to get sale-readyโ€”on your own terms. ๐Ÿš€

#10YearAnniversary #SellMyMSP #MSPSuccess #YourJourneyYourWay thirdtier.net/product/sellmyms

2026-01-16

Defender XDR + Intune never sit stillโ€”and neither should your skills.
ThirdTierโ€™s Defender + Intune Continued Learning program gives you:

A monthly newsletter on new and changed features.

Security suggestions you can put into practice.

A monthly teaching webinar, recorded and downloadable.
Continuous, focused learning for MSPs and IT admins at 50.00/month.
thirdtier.net/product/defender

2026-01-15
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2026-01-14

AI Course Recording โ€“ Coming soon!

Available February 1. The recording of our course on developing your AI solution package for your MSP. Read all about it The purpose of this course is for an MSP to come to an understanding of the AI opportunity for their MSP and then develop a plan for rollout of the new service offering. At the end of this course, you will have developed your AI Consultancy plan and be ready to integrate it into your MSP offering. 

thirdtier.net/product/ai-cours

2026-01-14

Defender + Intune are changing every month. ThirdTierโ€™s Defender + Intune Continued Learning program gives you a monthly newsletter focused on new features and security suggestions, plus a teaching webinar that is recorded and downloadable. If your team lives in Microsoft 365 security and endpoint management, this is a simple 50.00/month way to stay current without leaving the office.
thirdtier.net/product/defender

2026-01-13

If Defender and Intune are critical to your service stack, donโ€™t leave your learning to chance. Subscribe to ThirdTierโ€™s Defender + Intune Continued Learning program and turn โ€œconstant changeโ€ into a manageable monthly update rhythm.
thirdtier.net/product/defender

2026-01-12

4 things to know. 4 things to do. And now with 4 things to run a better business.

AI is a bicycle for your brain. Troubleshooting screens. Avoiding 23% license surcharges and more inside.
link.publicate.it/pub/e5c03a8d 

2026-01-12

๐—–๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฌ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐— ๐—ฆ๐—ฃ ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—š๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ
๐˜›๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ ๐˜—๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ด. ๐˜–๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ญ: ๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜—๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Œ๐˜น๐˜ช๐˜ต


For a decade, SellMyMSP has empowered MSP owners to optimize, prepare, and sell their businesses with confidence. Founded by industry icons Amy Babinchak and Rayanne Buchianico, our proven process and personal approach have led to successful transitionsโ€”and millions in unlocked value.

To celebrate 10 years, weโ€™re expanding your options:

Full-Service Coaching: Hands-on expert guidance, every step of the way

NEW! Self-Assessment & Accountability: Empowering you to take control, track your progress, and join a supportive MSP communityโ€”all at your own pace

Wherever you are in your journey, SellMyMSP meets you there. Ready to discover your sale-readiness? thirdtier.net/product/sellmyms

2026-01-09

Tech staff need continuing education. Stay continuously up to date on Defender XDR and Intune with a monthly newsletter and teaching webinar that focus only on these two platforms.
thirdtier.net/product/defender

2026-01-08

The worst thing (so far) about AI is that it's too easy to create a viral hoax. This damages people and corporations and erodes trust in everything we love. platformer.news/fake-uber-eats
platformer.news/fake-uber-eats

2026-01-07

I group all of my Defender blog posts under this list. If you're looking for information about Defender check it out.

I also have similar lists for Entra AD, Copilot and Intune that you can find at thirdtier.net
thirdtier.net/2023/02/13/how-t

2026-01-06

Webinar at 1pm eastern today. We're taking you through the finance section of the Strategic Exit Assessment today. It's Rayanne's favorite part! Even if you're not ready to think about selling. It's never too early to start running a better business. events.teams.microsoft.com/eve

2026-01-06

Reminder: SellMyMSP's webinar on the finance documents you need and why we ask the set of questions we do in the Strategic Assessment on this topic. 1pm eastern today!

events.teams.microsoft.com/eve

2026-01-05

Slightly new structure for the newsletter. Same great content, plus strategy for keeping your MSP running smoothly.

Things to know
Business to do
Tech to do

link.publicate.it/pub/a640b0ae

2026-01-05

๐ŸŒŸ Hands-on coaching or solo superhero mode?
No capes required. thirdtier.net/product/sellmyms

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