When you create a group policy (GPO) for users or systems, they are typically in a certain organizational unit (OU) within Active directory. For example: categorizing sales versus HR. By…
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Backups are inarguably the single most important thing that any IT person can do for their organization. It matters little that you achieve 99.9999% uptime for six years, if on…
Patches? We don’t need no stinkin’ patches! … Wait, yes we do. However, it’s important to tread carefully when applying them. Patching and updating and service packs and firmware There…
“The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up” by Marie Kondo took the world by storm. If you’re unfamiliar, a gentle and diminutive Japanese woman has the answer to all our…
Phishing is becoming a significant threat to many businesses today. A very common type of attack is often achieved through impersonation of the target company’s leadership. This is accomplished several…
Antivirus? Check. Firewall? Check. VPNs? Check. Proper VLAN segmentation? Check. Good backups disconnected from the network? Check. Multi-factor authentication? Check. Sounds like you have it all when it comes to…
Have you been up to no good? Email scammers are banking on it. There’s a new email scam on the block. They might come from a random email address or…
Proofpoint is our cloud spam filter solution of choice for a myriad of reasons: it’s affordable, it stays up to date with the latest threats, and it’s user friendly. So,…
In your IT career have you ever Googled an issue or symptom only to find out you are the only person ever to see that issue? Not a good feeling,…
Today we’re reviewing an oft-over looked network connector, the Direct Attached Cable! The Direct Attached Cable (DAC) has transceivers pre-built into them. They come in both SFP+/SFP28 form factor as…
Now that we’ve talked about twisted pair, let’s move into something a little more advanced: transceivers. Transceiver Overview Transceivers are modules that plug into slots on switches to allow for…
Teams. We’ve been talking about it for a while now because it’s Microsoft’s new phone system. However, Teams is much more than that … with or without the dialing. In…