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MSP Voice Episode 21 – “FREE STUFF” with Joe Pannone
Joe started Forza soon after college and over the past 20+ years, he’s grown it into a successful MSP business. As Joe and his partners developed their business they also found work on the application development side of things. As they were growing, they used this expertise to develop dashboards for both Connectwise Manage and Kaseya. They now offer these dashboards for free to any MSP. Continue reading
Amazon S3 Security Part 3: IAM Identities
This is the third article in a three-part series on Amazon S3 Security In-Depth. In Part I of this series, we discussed the different mechanisms you can use to allow access to your Amazon S3 buckets and objects. In Part II, we looked at writing identity-based policies to manage access to your S3 resources. In this Part III, we will cover authentication and identity within the context of AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM). Continue reading
AWS Security Part 2: Basics of IAM Policies
This is the second in a three-part series on Amazon S3 Security In-Depth. In Part I of this series, we discussed the different mechanisms you can use to allow access to your Amazon S3 buckets and objects. In Part II, we will take a deeper look at managing access to your S3 resources using AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM). Continue reading
MSP Voice Episode 20 – “How do you CRM?” with Florian Militaru
This week I talk to Florian Militaru who owns PRO in the Chicago area. Florian came to the US from Romania and started his business in 2003. PRO focuses on residential, break-fix and even some managed services. To run his business, Florian started working with an open source CRM solution, SuiteCRM, and has developed modules that connect to multiple systems and is now his PSA. While not for everyone, developing your own solutions based on open source can save you a lot of money! Continue reading
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MSP Voice Episode 19 – Bart Barcewicz
October is national cybersecurity month so this week’s guest is Bart Barcewicz from B Suite Cyber Security. Bart and Doug Hazelman discuss security practices in general as well as some things you need to do to make sure you and your customers are secure. Bart also shares some great advice for starting out: “if you want something you’ve never had, you’re going to have to do something you’ve never done” Continue reading
Microsoft SQL Server Backup Automation
The backup routine for MS SQL Server includes various repetitive tasks that require a lot of time and attention. Fortunately, there are built-in Microsoft SQL Server tools that can automate many of these steps and simplify your daily routine. This article discusses those built-in tools, while also showing how to use MSP360 software for MS SQL Server automatic backup.
How to Сreate Multiple Backup Schedules in Windows Server
Multiple backup schedules are used in most backup infrastructures to make backup processes flexible and efficient. You can, for example, configure separate backup schedules for the whole server backup and just one SQL database. However, built-in Windows Server Backup does not allow this to be accomplished via its GUI. Continue reading
MSP360 Backup Supports 8 New Regions in Azure Archive Storage
Azure Archive Storage is an archive tier of Microsoft Azure Blob Storage in addition to hot and cool tiers. It is designed to help organizations reduce their storage costs by storing rarely accessed data in a lowest-priced tier. Microsoft offers an industry leading price point for archiving data (0.2 cents per GB/month). Continue reading
How to Back Up a Table in Microsoft SQL Server
Table-level backup is one of the most rarely used data protection types in Microsoft SQL Server. However, SQL Server table backup is important in certain scenarios; for example, you may need to copy data into one single table in order to perform a data export or migration, or as part of a disaster recovery plan.
MSP Voice Episode 18 – Alvaro Prieto
This week's guest is Alvaro Prieto from Auxis. Alvaro and his business partner Raul started Auxis about 20 years ago. Alvaro brought technical skills and Raul was on the business and finance side. Today Auxis employs more than 400 people in the United States and Latin America. Continue reading
MSP360 Attends the ASCII IT Success Summit in NJ/NY
This week, Doug Hazelman and David Gugick are representing MSP360 at the ASCII Summit in the NY/NJ metropolitan area. The ASCII IT Success Summits target MSP360 core audience: Managed Service Providers. The speakers educate on how to be successful as an MSP, while the sponsors educate on products and offer insights on expanding MSP service offerings. For MSP360, we specifically discuss backup-as-a-service using our unique bring-your-own storage BaaS model. Continue reading
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