MSP Week 2026

CRN’s inaugural MSP Week will deliver a comprehensive look at one of the most dynamic segments of the IT channel. All this week, CRN editors will examine the key forces reshaping the managed services landscape, with a particular focus on the growing influence of artificial intelligence, evolving security threats, and broader market innovation.

Stories will include how MSPs are driving new revenue opportunities with emerging technologies such as agentic AI, while also addressing the challenges of an increasingly complex threat environment fueled by AI-driven attacks targeting SMB customers.

Additional analysis will explore the surge in MSP mergers and acquisitions and the factors driving frenetic deal activity, along with a roundup of the latest innovations across MSP platforms and new AI-powered automation tools designed to boost efficiency and scale.

New Rules Of MSP M&A Valuation: The ‘Quality’ Of Revenue Is Key
‘If you have a CISO or vCIO, or you’re doing some sort of artificial intelligence data analytics as-a-service-type play, those types of organizations are getting a little bit better valuations depending upon how much of that revenue is concentrated in that area,’ says Don Monistere, president and CEO of platform MSP General Informatics.

MSP Valuation Scorecard: Sales Engines, Operational Maturity Drive M&A Value
‘As businesses start to mature operationally, they have a sales team, a management team, better KPIs and better processes, and all of those things command a higher multiple,’ says Kevin Damghani, founder and CEO of ITPartners+.

General Informatics CEO: For MSPs, Owning Your Own IP Makes You More Valuable
‘If a selling company gave [buyers] a category of AI revenue, the buyers would definitely dig in to see how much of that revenue is resold platforms like Microsoft Copilot, how much of that is actually advisory services you’re providing on top of that platform, or is the platform your IP. If it’s your IP and it’s sellable and it’s valuable to the end market, then you know you’re going to get looked at as being a lot more valuable,’ says Don Monistere, president and CEO of General Informatics.

8 New AI Tools Aimed At Transforming An MSP’s Operations
AI is rapidly becoming the operating core of modern MSPs as major IT service management vendors roll out copilots, automation and agentic workflows that can execute real work—not just assist.

10 Hot MSP Tools To Expand Automation, AI, Agentic AI Capabilities
CRN looks at 10 hot new technologies aimed at letting MSPs harness the power of AI and automation to streamline processes, reduce manual workloads and provide smarter services to their end customers.

How MSPs Need To Prepare For AI-Accelerated Cyberattacks: Experts
As AI advancements continue to collapse the time for responding to cyberattacks, MSPs have a massive opportunity to solve critical challenges for their customers—provided they can up their game on security, cybersecurity experts tell CRN.

MSPs Hit The Agentic AI Jackpot: How They Are Making Money Right Now
‘We have agents for just about everything,’ says Sandy McGrath, president of MIPGlobal. ‘It’s such a broad range of where we’re saving money. We’re finding opportunities to make money or to go after opportunities that we didn’t have time or people for before.’