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28JulJuly 28, 2020

Is “Best Practices” a myth?

I often find myself musing over this question these days. Granted, I actually do publish something called The Microsoft 365 Best Practices Checklists--but really these are more like recommendations. In fact, I recently updated them to include governance decisions around collaboration (e.g. affecting apps such as OneDrive for Business, Teams...

Philosophy, Questionbest practices, governance, Microsoft 365 Business, Microsoft 365 Enterprise1 Comment

14JulJuly 14, 2020

U.K. Cyber Essentials Simple Assessment Tool

I recently came across the U.K.'s Cyber Essentials, as published by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). Not two days after I learned about this simple control framework while on a conference call spanning several time zones with friends from around the world, that I received this email from a...

Question, Technicalassessment, risk assessment, security, tools0 Comments

15JunJune 15, 2020

Implementing the ACSC Essential 8 with Microsoft 365

I have had this project on my backburner for a while, and I finally got around to knocking it out: a special request from a reader in the Land Down Under--Australia! This is a free publication, entitled Implementing the ACSC Essential 8 using Microsoft 365. Background The Australia Cyber Security Center...

Question, TechnicalCIS Controls, Essential 8, Microsoft 365 Business, Microsoft 365 Enterprise, security2 Comments

12JunJune 12, 2020

Managed Services Opportunities within Microsoft 365

I still regularly receive questions from independent IT consultants as well as Managed Services Providers about Microsoft 365 in relation to "regular maintenance" tasks and the like, which can be translated into Managed Services opportunity. Everyone intuitively understands that something like this is possible, but they do not know where...

Business, Questionadoption, compliance, Microsoft 365 Business, Microsoft 365 Enterprise, MSP, MSSP, Secure Score, security6 Comments

04JunJune 4, 2020

Customers always have a choice when it comes to security

I had a reader ask me recently whether I now recommend Microsoft 365 E5 or E5 Security for my clients, even though it is a more expensive option, and I was a bit surprised at the question--as if they were suggesting it is my decision to make. It is important to...

QuestionMicrosoft 365 Business, MSP, MSSP, risk assessment, security0 Comments

10AprApril 10, 2020

What is the biggest opportunity for IT Service Providers and Consultants today, in light of COVID-19?

I got this question from a reader named Rob the other day. The full question is actually a bit more detailed and revealed a lot more about the author of the question--so I've only included an abridged version that pulls out the heart of the inquiry that I'm addressing here...

Opinion, QuestionCOVID-19, IT Service Provider, Microsoft 365, MSP, MSSP, partner resources14 Comments

04MarMarch 4, 2020

Migration paths to Microsoft 365: Devices before data??

I have literally written the book on this topic, but one question I did not directly address is the order in which you might migrate the various workloads from traditional infrastructure to Microsoft 365. First, just know that you can tackle your migration in whatever order works best for you, but...

Opinion, Question, TechnicalMicrosoft 365 Business, migration, SBS migration4 Comments

26FebFebruary 26, 2020

Reader Question: Differences between Windows 10 Pro and Windows 10 Business

Hi Alex, I’m working on getting some of my clients over to M365 Business from O365 Business Premium. I’ve searched the web and I can’t seem to find a good explanation on the difference between Windows 10 Pro and Windows 10 Business. Is there a difference between Windows Defender in...

Question, TechnicalDefender, MDATP, Microsoft 365 Business, Windows 10, Windows security10 Comments

11FebFebruary 11, 2020

Boost your security with Hybrid Azure AD Join: From Zero to Conditional Access in one afternoon

"Alex, I work at a non-profit and I would love to take advantage of the better security in Microsoft 365 Business (we have Business Premium now), but it sounds like it is for "cloud-only" customers? Is that right?? We are using Office 365 for Exchange, but we can't go cloud-only...

Question, TechnicalAzure AD, Azure AD Connect, Azure AD Premium, Conditional access, hybrid, Microsoft 365 Business11 Comments

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