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February 2, 2023

Microsoft suffers worldwide interruption of service

Last week, Microsoft suffered an interruption of service across a variety of services and platforms. This included many of their most well-known and widely-used services and systems, such as MS Teams, Outlook, Azure, and Microsoft 365. The severity of the outages was greatly variable, with some regions and services bouncing back very quickly....

January 26, 2023

Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 reaches end-of-support

Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 has had a long career which is now coming to an end, as Microsoft has announced the final extended end-of-support (EOS) date on April 11, 2023, in...

January 19, 2023

A new cybersecurity threat to businesses

The cybersecurity world has seen severe shocks in the past years, including the introduction of Ransomware as a Service and general increase in threat complexity. This trend shows...

January 12, 2023

Microsoft’s roadmap promises changes in the coming year

Microsoft continues to iterate and develop their products as we enter the year 2023, including planned advances across the whole of the Microsoft Office suite, Microsoft Outlook...

January 5, 2023

With Slovenia’s Implementation, the EU fully integrates GDPR

Slovenia, as of December, has become the last EU country to implement GDPR on a national level. With Slovenia’s implementation, the EU has now fully integrated GDPR, with the...

December 15, 2022

Microsoft Teams continues adding features as 2022 closes out

As the year comes to an end, Microsoft continues to add features to MS Teams. This includes a number of additions ranging from games all the way to an integrated Adobe Acrobat....

December 8, 2022

Ransomware numbers soar as 2022 comes to a close

As the year wraps up, companies begin to take a retrospective on the past months and data is slowly starting to be released. Among the emerging finds is the not-unexpected reality...

December 1, 2022

Archive or Backup – which is right for your company?

Should your company use an archive or backup? Both systems both occupy similar roles. They ensure data security for your company, giving you a layer of protection guaranteeing...

November 24, 2022

Cybersecurity Predictions for 2023

As we move into the final months of 2022, it’s time for companies to take a hard look at the coming year and what challenges it might bring. Here are some of our cybersecurity...

November 17, 2022

Major Microsoft Teams updates arrive in the final quarter of 2022

Microsoft continues to cement their position as the preeminent business chat service catering to the professional environment with another set of major Microsoft Teams updates...

November 10, 2022

How does Email Archive Migration work?

Previously we covered the possible reasons to migrate your email archives. But how does email archive migration work as a process, what requirements are there for a company to...

November 3, 2022

Microsoft 365 plans major changes in their data handling

In the Microsoft 365 blog, Microsoft 365 plans major changes coming to their data storage and handling capabilities and commitments. In particular, Microsoft is announcing the...

October 27, 2022

Microsoft Teams broadens horizons in the business communications world

Building on their previous successes and continuing from strength to strength, Microsoft Teams broadens horizons in the business communications world. Roger’s Business, a...

October 20, 2022

Why migrate your company’s email archives?

As we have covered previously on this blog, there comes a point when legacy solutions used to secure company data in an archive reach the end of their service life. Older archives...

October 13, 2022

What is eDiscovery, and what does it mean for your business?

What is eDiscovery, and what effects does it have on your business? These are questions that all companies in the current business environment should have a ready answer to. As...

October 6, 2022

Recent Trends in Cybersecurity

Forbes released an article looking at recent trends in cybersecurity this summer – both in terms of threats, opportunities, and reactions to threats. After a several year long...

September 29, 2022

Creation and deletion of Microsoft Teams groups and channels

Microsoft Teams has become more present in companies. However, many customers are not fully familiar with the features Teams offers, how to best use them, and how to prevent data...

September 20, 2022

Cyberattack on Uber

Late Thursday of last week, another major company had their systems compromised, this time by a hacktivist cyberattack on Uber. The attackers gained access to critical systems by...

September 14, 2022

Microsoft Reducing Recovery Time for ex-Inactive Mailboxes to 30 Days

Microsoft is reducing recovery time periods for inactive mailboxes down to 30 days. This affects inactive mailboxes newly released from retention holds and policies, whose...

September 8, 2022

Basic Authentication to no longer be available for Microsoft customers from the end of September

Microsoft is disabling Basic Authentication and moving standards towards Zero Trust. Microsoft has announced that Basic Authentication – a holdover from older verification...