#132 - Should MSPs Build AI Apps for Clients or Just Block AI? | BMK VISION ROUNDTABLE

Most MSPs have decided what to do about AI: lock it down. In this BMK Vision Roundtable, recorded as our first live stream, Josh Peterson and Gary Boyle ask whether restriction alone is actually serving clients, or quietly costing them. Gary Boyle is a Partner for Strategy & Business Development at Bering McKinley, and in this conversation, we explore what happens when client data goes into Claude, why public AI share links have already leaked information to Google, and how invite-only sharing borrows the governance MSPs already run in Teams and OneDrive. Then the argument turns: a small MSP rebuilt a client's broken legacy app in Claude Code over a weekend and billed about four grand. Is that better for the client or not? Gary also makes the case that MSPs can now own the client's website and deliver real leads. \---------- 🎙 What We Cover in This Episode \- Weigh whether client data belongs inside AI tools at all \- Turn spreadsheets into working apps with Claude artifacts \- Avoid the public share link that ends up indexed by Google \- Apply invite-only sharing and roles the way you govern OneDrive \- Spot the versioning trap when a shared AI document stops updating \- Turn a quick AI demo into a paid proof of concept \- Challenge the "we don't touch AI" stance with what clients value \- Rebuild a legacy client app with Claude Code for about $4,000 \- Replace "we don't do websites" with websites that deliver leads \---------- 👤 Co-host Links Gary Boyle LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/garyboyle/ Company Website: https://beringmckinley.com \---------- 🚀 Subscribe & Follow BMK Vision YouTube (Video Podcast): https://www.youtube.com/@beringmckinleyvision?sub\_confirmation=1 Learn More About the Vision Platform: https://beringmckinley.com/vision Apply to Be a Guest: https://beringmckinley.com/blog#speaker-form \---------- 🔎 SEO Keywords \- MSP AI strategy \- AI apps for MSP clients \- Claude artifacts \- AI data governance for MSPs \- public AI share links \- MSP AI services \- Claude Code for MSPs \- MSP advisory services \- legacy app modernization \- MSP growth \---------- 📝 Credits Host: Josh Peterson Co-host: Gary Boyle Producer: Bering McKinley Episode: #132 - Should MSPs Build AI Apps for Clients or Just Block AI? | BMK VISION ROUNDTABLE