Ransomware is one of the most dangerous and disruptive types of cyber threats we face today. Not only is it disruptive and costly for businesses, but it also causes massive disruption to the backbone of society. Here’s what happens and how to prevent ransomware in Microsoft 365 cloud.
SQL Server 2008 Backup Guide
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 is still one of the most popular corporate database engines, and it has a lot of backup types supported. Let’s briefly remember all of these backup types and find out how to perform the most useful ones. After reading this post, you will know how to backup a database in SQL Server 2008 using query language or SQL Server Management Studio GUI. Continue reading
Penetration Testing as a Service
If you’re a managed service provider (MSP), your clients might ask your company to conduct penetration testing. Should you be ready to do so? And why is providing penetration testing in the best interests of an MSP? Let's take a look.
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On-Demand vs Break/Fix vs Managed Services
Nowadays everyone in managed services space knows that MSP is a better operating than break/fix or on-demand. But why actually? Let's find out. Continue reading
MSP Voice Episode 10: James Vickery, Benchmark365
James is the CEO of Benchmark 365, a private label helpdesk for Managed Service Providers. James is also the owner of I Know IT, an MSP he started in Sydney, Australia in 2003.
In this episode, we discuss James’ experiences and also spend a good amount of time discussing the pricing of services.
MSP360 Doubles the Leadership in G2 Crowd’s Summer 2018 Backup Grid
Thanks to a sustainable positive feedback from our customers, MSP360 achieved a Leader on the Summer 2018 Backup Grid Report. That's two in a row, counting our Spring Leadership.
Introducing MSP360 Backup 5.9.1
MSP360 Backup 5.9 receives a minor update that brings support for Azure Import and Google Cloud Finland region.
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Office 365 SharePoint Backup Guide
Since Office 365 has a built-in collaboration portal - SharePoint Online - it is easy to start sharing the data across the company and its partners.
In this article, we are going to overview how to backup Office 365 SharePoint data.
How to Secure Your Cloud Data Storage
Concerns about storage security in cloud computing persist, and rightly so. While millions of individual users and a staggering 87% of enterprises worldwide continue to benefit from the ease of cloud storage, even big names like Microsoft, LinkedIn, Yahoo and Apple have become victims of cloud security breaches. Continue reading
MSP Voice Episode 9: Stuart Blumenthal, MicroAccounting
In this episode of MSP Voice, we are joined by Stuart Blumenthal from MicroAccounting.
MicroAccounting originates from Dallas and does accounting software, hosting and support and has over 700 clients. We will also be discussing the best of Reddit from the previous week, check out the links below.
AWS Summit in New York 2018
On July 17, 2018, Amazon Web Services hosted an annual summit in New York. With more than 10,000 cloud computing practitioners, it was definitely one of the biggest AWS events. Here's a short recap of the conference from MSP360.
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Full Disk Encryption: Approaches and Solutions for MSPs
Data leaks and ransomware infections are common threats nowadays. You can mitigate them by using data encryption technologies. If no one can read your data, you do not need to worry about it being stolen.
That is why it is becoming more and more popular to encrypt system drives. In this article, we are going to explain how to do this using BitLocker and its main open-source alternative, VeraCrypt.