What Is an Apple Premium Technical Partner?
The Apple Consultants Network is Apple’s official program connecting businesses with independent technology partners who specialize in Apple solutions. Within that network, Apple recognizes two tiers: Apple Technical Partners and Apple Premium Technical Partners. The Premium designation is the highest level a consultancy can earn.
Apple Premium Technical Partners have demonstrated deep technical expertise, a proven track record with business clients, and ongoing investment in Apple-specific training and certifications. There are approximately 27 Premium Technical Partners in the entire United States.
Virtua Computers is one of them.
What the Designation Means for Your Business
When you work with an Apple Premium Technical Partner, you’re working with a firm that Apple has vetted and recognized at its highest level. In practical terms, that means:
Trained across the full Apple ecosystem. Premium Partners don’t just support Macs. They’re trained across iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Apple Vision Pro, and the platforms that tie them together — including Apple Business Manager, MDM, and Apple’s security frameworks.
Experienced with businesses like yours. Apple awards Premium status based on real-world client work, not just certifications. It requires demonstrated success helping small and mid-sized businesses adopt, secure, and scale Apple technology.
Connected to Apple. Premium Partners have a closer relationship with Apple’s partner engineering and support teams. When an issue requires escalation or early access to tools and information, that relationship matters.
Committed to staying current. The designation isn’t permanent. Partners must maintain their training, certifications, and client standards year over year to retain Premium status.
How Apple Organizes Its Partner Network
Apple’s Technical Partner network is built around three areas of expertise. Most Premium Partners, including Virtua, cover all three:
IT — Setting up and managing Apple devices with MDM, deploying secure networks, implementing backup and security solutions, and keeping your environment running day to day.
Solutions — Industry-specific expertise for verticals like healthcare, creative services, retail, and non-profits. This includes recommending and integrating the right apps and workflows for how your team actually works.
Specializations — Additional Apple-authorized capabilities such as hardware repair (Apple Authorized Service Provider), accessibility consulting, and custom app development.
Why Virtua Computers
Virtua Computers has been an Apple-focused IT consultancy since 2008. We earned the Apple Premium Technical Partner designation because this is all we do — Apple IT for businesses.
We are also an Apple Authorized Service Provider, which means we perform certified hardware repairs using genuine Apple parts. That combination — Premium Technical Partner plus AASP — is uncommon. Most consultancies do one or the other.
Our team holds certifications with Addigy, Jamf, Ubiquiti, Okta, JumpCloud, and Zoom. We operate from six offices across New York, New Jersey, Miami, Los Angeles, Des Moines, and Columbia, Missouri, and support clients nationwide.
Our CEO, Justin Esgar, is the founder of the ACES Conference — an annual event for Apple consultants and IT professionals — and the host of the All Things MSP Podcast. That involvement in the Apple partner community isn’t a side project. It reflects how deeply embedded we are in this ecosystem.
Find Us on Apple’s Partner Directory
You can verify our status and find our profile on Apple’s official Partner Discovery Tool:
Find Virtua Computers on Apple’s Partner Network →
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