Analysis


WIT: Women in Technology
It’s now common at technology events to have a “Women in Technology” (WIT) panel, speech and reception. I’ve attended several of these over the past few years and witnessed that this important conversation has grown in popularity. Most technology events are nearly 90%...

Buzz Word Alert: Dark Mode
If we’re anything as technologists, we’re addicted to buzz words! One term I’ve been hearing with increasing frequency is dark mode. Arguably it was Apple leading the parade on this user interface (UI) / user experience (UX) concept but other ISVs have quickly jumped...

In Case You Missed It: SD-WAN
We recently held a community webinar on SD-WAN that was a solid. To be honest, this educational webinar that featured the Fortinet security product stack as part of the storytelling, was one of the best we’ve done this year! After defining SD-WAN (yes – it’s a buzz...

Guillet: Death of Basic Authentication in Office 365
Community member Jeff Guillet shares insights in what he calls the death of basic authentication in Office 365. He opines about an upcoming milestone (October 13, 2020) when Microsoft will be turning off Basic Authentication in Exchange Online for EWS, Exchange...

See Microsoft 365 Nation at these Fall events!
It’s the reason for the Fall season in our eyes: technology events! You can meet Harry Brelsford, founder of SMB Nation (and Microsoft 365 Nation) at the following events between now and Christmas! Better yet, arrive “camera ready” and we’ll interview you about a “365...

Arraya: Why Phishing Campaigns Succeed – And How to Fight Back
Our friends over at Arraya has served up interesting insights with respect to phishing campaigns that I haven’t seen before. There is a good news/bad news side to this analysis, based primarily on Verizon’s 2019 Data Breach Investigations Report. I’ll tease you with...

Celebrating Rafique’s 21st Article
Cloud consultant Hamza Rafique has published his 21st article in his “Office App and Service Office 365” series. The article was interesting to me as he addresses shared mailboxes and resources. The specific angle is the Exchange Admin Center and recipients. Its also...

It’s All About the BASS…errr…NETWORK!
Community member Rob Leon, and practicing Managed Services Provider (MSP) in southern Florida, reminds the Microsoft 365 Nation community that it’s all about the fitness of your technology infrastructure / network. Two take away points.

Back To School: Student Privacy and Security
Ryan Brooks recently dropped an article on the site Netwrix that caught my eye with the Fall term underway in the academic community. He endeavors to highlight student data preaches including an online education site, K12.com, that exposed 7-million records for 19,000...

LEON: WEE!
Long-time Managed Services Provider (MSP) thought leader Rob Leon has done it again. Using a light hearted approach (something of a combination of HiKu poetry and a list), Leon elegantly lays out a way to think about how you need to have web, Email and Endpoint(s) are work in coordination to maximize protection. I like it.