“Patch Tuesday” is the day when Microsoft typically announces and releases all of the security updates for their software products. While every Patch Tuesday can be impactful from a workload standpoint, some announcements from Microsoft carry more weight than others. On Tuesday, January 14th, 2020, we saw another example of that.
To tame Flow from terra incognita (“here be dragons!”) into a powerful business tool, it just takes a few minutes to understand the product. Flow is basically a way to automate tasks and let O365 do them so you don’t have to.
The rate at which we generate and store data isn’t slowing down any time soon. But is all data good? The short answer is no. With the proliferation of devices generating data, there is a lot of noise that is collected. That is exactly why you need Business Intelligence (BI).
Windows 7 operating system will reach its “end of life” with Microsoft on January 14, 2020. This means Microsoft will no longer be pushing security updates to machines using the Windows 7 operating system, and that’s a pretty big risk. While this creates a challenge for many organizations, there are options to make your upgrade and replacement path easier.
With most O365 licenses, your company has rights to a huge amount of storage for video in a streaming playback feature called Stream. O365 Stream gives your company the opportunity to build and securely manage your own private video platform.
So what’s better in the case of Microsoft O365 vs. on-premise? There are benefits to each depending on your business and what you’re looking for, but it’s a decision that requires some heavy consideration and a lot of research.
What many people incorrectly assume is that Microsoft is providing long-term backup of their data. If you’re using O365 or considering migrating to it, how do you know what Microsoft is actually doing with your data? And, how do organizations ensure their data is ultimately protected?
Microsoft Teams (Teams) has come a long way since my January 2018 blog “Skype for Business to Morph Into Teams” and can now be considered a full-featured collaboration tool that can replace Skype for Business (SFB). In this update, I’ll share a little about ADNET’s internal experience making the move from SFB to Teams, and what that means for our clients and other businesses facing the same transition.
If you’re considering lifting your servers and applications to the cloud, one of the toughest decisions to make is which platform to use. Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services (AWS) are two of the biggest players in the market and they both have the required elements to effectively and securely host virtually any organization’s servers and applications in the cloud. So, how do you choose between them? Well, like with all things IT, it depends.
If you are currently using SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2 or Windows Server 2008 R2, it’s time to start planning for an upgrade, as support for both will be ending in 2019/ 2020. Using these products without purchasing extended security updates puts your organization at significant risk to security vulnerabilities. Learn how Azure can help.