A little over a year ago, Microsoft started charging communication credits for minutes used in Teams conferencing above a certain threshold. In other words, if you are in a Teams…
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“Patch Tuesday” has been in the IT lexicon for as long as I remember. For many, many years Tuesday has been Microsoft’s designated day to release patches to Windows. In…
Well, what can I say? 2020 was quite a year. We’ve felt worry never felt before, argued about things we’ve barely even thought about before…and meanwhile had to pivot and…
Even the best IT departments can’t rule every piece of office technology with an iron fist. People will always store important files on their desktops, which you may not have…
Did you read that headline in Samuel L. Jackson’s voice? Well, MFA in this case is something a little different than his trademark phrase. You can enable multi-factor authentication (MFA)…
Registry backups have been gone for years…. But you should bring them back. Microsoft disabled automatic registry backups (last known good configuration) in Windows 10 1803, and it’s never coming…
No, you’re not crazy — you did pay for a multi-year certificate. Why is it only good for a year, you ask? The answer to that question goes back to…
Microsoft recently announced it is changing how its Open Business/Open License program works. Up until now, small and medium business sized organizations could purchase Microsoft licensing (Windows Server, Client Access…
Sometimes error messages just don’t make sense in the context they’re given. Take 80090034, for example. After rebuilding a computer (remotely, the joy of work from home), the computer was…
“DC03 shows it’s clean.” That was the word when I took over during a recent cyberattack incident. During this cyberattack, accounts were created, data was encrypted, GPOs were created and…
You should set up a Group Policy to prevent ransomware from running in your environment. Here’s why… Stopping malicious software from penetrating your network is a constant battle that requires…
If you’re evaluating Veeam for the first time, congratulations. Veeam is awesome. However, Veeam has a ton of licensing levels and options, which can make it hard for you to…