Exploring the world of IT Services

Read our insights on changing regulations and other technical topics.

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Cloud

What Happens to Your Data When You Cancel a Cloud Service?

Summary: Before canceling a cloud service, export your data and confirm that the files can be opened or imported. Move any connected applications and sign-ins, then check the provider’s current rules for access...

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IT Management

Should Employees Use Personal Devices for Work?

Summary: Allow personal devices only for approved work, through approved apps, and when the device meets your security requirements. Use company-owned devices for administration, sensitive work, or jobs that re...

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Cyber Security

Can Hackers Access Microsoft 365 Without Your Password? Device Code Phishing Explained

Yes. Device code phishing can give an attacker access to a Microsoft 365 account without revealing its password. The employee signs in through Microsoft’s genuine website, but unknowingly authorises a connectio...

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IT Management

Why Your Employees Shouldn’t Have Administrator Access to Their Computers

Summary: Employees should use standard accounts for email, web browsing, and everyday work. Administrator access should be limited to approved IT tasks and protected with a separate account.Administrator access...

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IT Management

The 30-Minute IT Check Every Small Business Should Do Once a Month

Summary: Most IT problems don’t appear out of nowhere. Backups quietly stop running, updates sit unfinished for weeks, and old staff accounts stay switched on for months. A short check once a month catche...

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Cyber Security

Is Antivirus Enough for Your Business? What Modern Malware Can Get Past

No. Antivirus is essential, but it cannot protect your business on its own. Malware can conceal its code, misuse legitimate software or steal account access before it is stopped. Security gaps also develop when...

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Business Continuity

How to Keep Your Business Running When Microsoft 365 Goes Down

Summary: The tools that run your business, like Microsoft 365, your accounting app, or your booking system, are reliable most of the time, but they do go down. When one does, work can stop for hours, and you of...

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Cloud Microsoft

OneDrive or SharePoint? Where Your Business Files Should Live

Summary: If your business uses Microsoft 365, you have both OneDrive and SharePoint, and files usually end up scattered across them with no clear rule. OneDrive is for your own work, and SharePoint is for files...

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Cybersecurity

Is Your Business Website a Security Risk?

Summary: Most small-business websites run on WordPress, and the biggest risk is usually old plugins that nobody has updated. Attackers scan the web for these known weak spots and use the sites they find to spre...

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Cybersecurity

Why You Should Scroll Past the First Result on Google

Summary: Scammers buy ads on Google and other search engines using the names of trusted brands and software, so their fake site shows up at the very top, above the real one. Click it and you can land on a fake ...