20Oct2016
13Oct2016
Top Mobility-Enabling Security Features in Office 365
At this point, even the staunchest conservatives among us have to admit that we live in a post-perimeter world. In recent years there have been even more developments and trends chipping away at our traditional conceptions of so-called perimeter-based security. Cloud and mobility means two things: Users can go straight to the...
03Oct2016
How to secure your BYOD Windows 10 Device
I do not want to confuse anyone too much with this post. So let me begin with a clear disclaimer: I am not suggesting that we abolish Active Directory and encourage open BYOD across our small and mid-sized enterprises. Active Directory and Group Policy still provides the best means of securing your...
29Sep2016
IT Doomsday?
Doomers have existed since the beginning of time. And almost every generation of people has believed, at one time or another, that their generation might be the last--those who witness (or usher in) the end of the world. Post-apocalyptic dystopia even enjoys their own sub-genre within the fictional realm--find these themes in every form...
26Sep2016
Mobility as a Lifestyle
Last year I took a few months off from my job. As an engineer, I believe that planning is everything. So I figured I'd schedule my mid-life crises in advance and try to have it out of the way early, before I even hit middle-age. During this time I did quite a...
22Sep2016
Redirection no more?
I had recently published an article about setting up NTFS security for roaming profiles and redirected folders, when a co-worker and I got into an interesting discussion. Â So I had to share some of these thoughts while they were still bouncing around in my brain. The question is this: does...
19Sep2016
The Measure of Success
How do you measure success? In the world of consulting, we live and die by the billable hour. Utilization. But I haven't watched that metric for myself--ever. I've been told to, of course. But as with many conventions, I generally ignore it. These days, I'm lucky enough to work for a company that...
15Sep2016
How-to get started with Microsoft Intune
In previous posts, I have described MDM for Office 365, as well as some key differences between that product and Microsoft's full-blown MDM solution, Intune. Today we're going to begin the Intune set up and configuration process. Â If you haven't yet, go obtain a free trial of Intune (or EMS). Â It...
12Sep2016
So you CAN use Office 365 click-to-run with volume licensing Project/Visio after all
Came across this little gem today: Use the Office Deployment Tool to install volume licensed editions of Visio 2016 and Project 2016. This has been an annoyance for years now. If you had installed the "Click-to-Run" versions of Office 365, then you would be blocked from installing the "traditional" flavors of Project...
08Sep2016