Microsoft LicensingSystem Administrator How You Get Your Microsoft Licensing May Be Changing (and Say Goodbye to 2-Year Software Assurance Agreements) Microsoft recently announced it is changing how its Open Business/Open License program works. Up until…Leah WeismanOctober 14, 2020
CIOIT Horror Stories Paying Ransomware Will Cost You (More Than Just Bitcoin) US Treasury Department will take legal action against companies who pay ransom. “Let’s just pay…Tim LewisOctober 8, 2020
Business TechnologyCIO Strategies for Communicating in A Crisis If information technology is your career, you have experienced or will experience an IT emergency…Tim LewisOctober 1, 2020
MicrosoftNetworksVirtualization Supporting a Long-Term Remote Workforce Remote work isn’t really a new concept, but the pandemic lockdowns have really kicked adoption…Jason ThomasSeptember 25, 2020
Business Technology 8 Tips for Working Remotely and Keeping Your Sanity Ever since this whole COVID-19 thing hit, A LOT of us have been working remotely.…Dustin LamkinSeptember 16, 2020
Networks Keep Your Fortinet FortiGate Firewall Support Up to Date Sometimes the hardest thing in the IT biz is trying to decide if the support/maintenance…Leah WeismanSeptember 2, 2020
MicrosoftOffice 365System Administrator Mysterious Microsoft Office Error Code 80090034 Wants You to Reconnect to the Domain Sometimes error messages just don’t make sense in the context they’re given. Take 80090034, for…Brent EarlsAugust 26, 2020
SecuritySystem Administrator How to Find Ransomware-Infected Machines “DC03 shows it’s clean.” That was the word when I took over during a recent…Tim LewisAugust 20, 2020
Backups and Business ContinuityNetworksSecurity I’ve Got Ransomware! What Do I Do? I can sit here and write until my fingers fall off and disintegrate into a…Leah WeismanAugust 12, 2020
PowerShellSecuritySystem Administrator A Case for Using Group Policy to Prevent Ransomware from Running You should set up a Group Policy to prevent ransomware from running in your environment.…Kevin OppihleAugust 5, 2020
System AdministratorVeeamVirtualizationVMware Should I Buy Veeam Backup Essentials or Veeam Backup & Replication? If you’re evaluating Veeam for the first time, congratulations. Veeam is awesome. However, Veeam has…Jason ThomasJuly 30, 2020
MicrosoftSystem AdministratorVirtualizationWindows Next Major Release of Windows Server to Require TPM 2.0 Microsoft recently announced that the next version of Windows Server, which we presume to be…Brent EarlsJuly 22, 2020
MicrosoftOffice 365System Administrator Office 365 Usage Reports Can Help You Drive Adoption Whether you’re new to Office 365 or you’re beginning the adoption of a specific tool…Michael PatrickJuly 16, 2020
CIOStorage 3 Hidden Reasons to Replace Aging Hardware The alert dinged on in my fridge, telling me I needed to replace my water…Leah WeismanJuly 2, 2020
ExchangeMicrosoftOffice 365System Administrator Puzzling Outlook Bug: Non-Stop Prompts for OST/PST-File Repair I’ve been working with Outlook since the mid-2000s, so I’ve seen plenty of crazy things.…Kyle HaasJune 24, 2020
System Administrator OEM vs Third-Party Hardware Warranties First, it should come as no surprise that most everything in IT has an expected…Craig SteinJune 17, 2020
MicrosoftSystem AdministratorWindows 10 There and Back Again: The Journey Migrating from Windows 10 LTSB/LTSC to Windows 10 Enterprise I’m always surprised when I talk to other system administrators who have never heard of…Kyle HaasJune 10, 2020
MicrosoftOffice 365System Administrator Understanding Office 365 Update Channels Transitioning Between Channels and Customizing Installations with Office 365 Update Channels We all know how…Kyle HaasJune 3, 2020
Business TechnologyCIO A Quick Guide to Calculating Total Cost of Ownership (TCO): Part 3, Environmental Concerns Welcome to the third part in our calculating total cost of ownerhsip series. If you…Brent EarlsMay 27, 2020
Business TechnologyCIO A Quick Guide to Calculating Total Cost of Ownership (TCO): Part 2, Time Investment If you’re just joining us, make sure you stop by our first installment on how…Brent EarlsMay 20, 2020