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29Dec2016
Resourcefulness, Initiative and Grit
When faced with some problem, most of us (let's be honest) are habituated toward shopping for and purchasing some product that "solves" our problem. But the marketplace is not lacking in products. What is lacking, I believe, is spirit. When I was just a young boy, I thought that owning a...
23Jun2016
Migrating File Shares from SBS to Office 365 SharePoint Online
When it comes to file shares, you have a choice to make. Whether you are coming from Windows Small Business Server, or one of the other releases (Essentials, Standard, Datacenter, etc.), you must decide: Do you want to continue to use traditional file shares, or are you going to use SharePoint...
26May2016
Migration path from SBS to Office 365 & Windows Server 2016
So many small businesses adopted Microsoft's Windows Small Business Server (SBS) product--now that the product has been discontinued, these organizations tend to need a little more guidance regarding the migration path forward from SBS 2003, 2008 or 2011.Do I still need an On-premises Windows Server?
With the option to move most SBS Server functions...
02May2016
Get Rid of My Servers!
If the cloud is supposed to be so great, then why do so many small businesses still have servers? It is a fair question. The truth is, you probably do not need to maintain servers on-premises, but that doesn't mean you won't still want to. The majority of small businesses (the "S" in...
28Apr2016
The Cloud is Faster Because it is More Iterative
It is perhaps no surprise that many organizations have been adopting cloud and mobility the way they would have adopted a new server upgrade in the past, but that's not quite right. We have been trained to take changes in larger leaps and bounds, and less often. In the cloud, there cloud be several...
24Mar2016
It Could Still Happen to You: How to Get Through a Digital Recovery Effort
You can never assume that you’re safe just because you’re sitting behind a next-generation firewall and some fancy, expensive security software. If you’re familiar with my post about not being an Internet idiot, then congratulations, you have all the information you need to be way safer than about 95%...
21Mar2016
How to not be an idiot on the Internet
There was a really funny security article circulated a few years ago after the crypto-variant viruses first started becoming a widespread problem; I wish I could remember who had written it, and if I could find it again I would link to it here and give them due credit. I tried searching for...
07Mar2016
Azure Rights Management with EMS vs. RMS with Office 365
The purpose of Azure Rights Management Services is to allow users to encrypt certain files and messages for sharing safely only with those colleagues and business associates whom they choose. You can obtain Azure RMS licensing separately or with an EMS subscription, but if you have an Office 365 E3 plan...
03Mar2016