Tag: Office 365
Ask an MSP Expert: How can I convince customers to add cloud backup?
Q: As an MSP owner, I know how cloud backup serves a vital purpose for protecting my clients’ Microsoft Office 365 environment. How can I best convince my customers that cloud backup is required for Office 365 even if retention...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Office 365 Zero-Day Attacks
Microsoft has released a mitigation for a vulnerability which exists on Windows 10 and can be exploited to launch zero-day attacks against Office 365 and Office 2019. Identified as CVE-2021-40444, this vulnerability could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code on...
Partner Spotlight: MSP secures remote learning at UK’s esteemed Rugby School
An English boarding school for international students, Rugby School, is one of the oldest independent schools in Britain. Just weeks before the COVID-19 pandemic took hold, Rugby School merged with Bilton Grange Preparatory School, meaning the school’s seven-strong IT team...
Helping your clients work from home
These are trying times for everyone. As more companies seek social distancing to protect their employees from COVID-19, they may be looking to their MSPs for guidance on working from home. Chances are, many of you monitor and manage your...
Ask an MSP Expert: How can I convince customers to invest in backup and recovery?
Q: Many SMB customers say they want to be increase their cybersecurity posture, but they decide to forego backup and disaster recovery services. How can I convince them that this is still an essential component to protecting their business? We’ve...
Ask an MSP Expert: How do I make sure my Office 365 data is safe?
Q: We have clients who run almost their entire business on Office 365. However, most of them decline additional security services because they think that “Microsoft has my back,” but how true is that? To answer this question, Smarter MSP...
You cannot afford to offboard employees without a cloud backup solution
Most people don’t realize that having a reliable cloud backup in place is not only an effective way of securing company data, but also allows for more efficient business processes. One example of this is in the case of off-boarding...
Ask an MSP Expert: Do I need to offer an additional backup service with Office 365?
Q: More of my customers are moving towards Office 365, and they believe everything is being backed up. Is this true, or should my MSP create additional backups of Office 365 data? In terms of email and data services, Office...
Microsoft’s focus shifts squarely to cloud with reorganization
Last week, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella published a memo announcing major changes to the leadership structure at the company. Perhaps it was an extension of the vision he has carried from the beginning, but it also seemed to be a...
Long March to Microsoft Office 365 in the Cloud Remains Ahead
One of the primary drivers of the shift to cloud computing has been Microsoft Office 365, which delivers the widely used Microsoft productivity and email applications as a cloud service. But, a survey of 1,168 IT professionals in the U.S.,...
