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Softchoice’s Cloud Backup Story: 3 Lessons
When it comes to business data security in our increasingly nomadic workforce, the benefits of utilizing SaaS technology to secure and backup data are quickly becoming apparent. In fact, we here at...
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Why Microsoft’s Surface Pro 2 is the ideal business PC
The transformation has started, and Microsoft is on the way to becoming a “Devices and Services” company. It’s doubling down with this fall refresh of the Surface device ecosystem. Cutting ties with...
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Find Better Project Management Tools in the Cloud with Microsoft Project Online
In today’s hectic business world, time is your most valuable commodity. That’s why every meeting must be a stepping stone that moves you closer towards your business goals. However, you may find that...
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Not Dead…Yet: Accepting the end of Windows XP
Windows XP has been a dominant operating system in the enterprise for over a decade. Finally, though, it’s time to say goodbye. In April 2014, Microsoft is ending its extended support for Windows XP,...
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How to Make the Most of the SPLA Price Increase
Hosting companies should now be aware of the double-digit price increase that will be hitting SPLA in 2014. PRODUCT NAME Estimated % price increase Windows Server Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter*...
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Everything You Need To Know About Windows 8 Touch Devices
IT departments have enough on their minds with the end of Windows XP, getting a hold of the number of SaaS applications within their environment, introducing their organization to a BYOD or CYOD...
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Stop Paying for Ex-Employees’ Email. Office 365’s Retention Rules!
I’ve never spoken with anyone that enjoys managing their E-mail environment. Storage, time, and sanity are all things that IT would like to get back and moving to Exchange Online with O365 can help do...
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What happens when you press the XP Panic Button
April 8th 2014 marks the official end of Microsoft’s support for Windows XP. Which means if you haven’t taken the steps to migrate off this dying OS yet, well….you’re panicking (and we don’t blame you...
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What is the Cloud Platform Suite?
The Cloud Platform Suite is a bundled SKU of Windows and Systems Center, which was introduced January 2014. It may seem very similar to the Core Infrastructure Suite but I would like to outline a few...
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Microsoft Office for iPad has arrived. Now what?
Four years since the release of the first iPad, and after months of speculation, Microsoft finally announced the release of Office 365 for iPad. Until now, many organizations have been wondering how...
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How to Protect Your Computer from the Zero-Day Internet Explorer Exploit –...
On April 26, 2014, Microsoft released Security Advisory 2963983 to notify customers of a vulnerability in Internet Explorer. At this time, Microsoft is aware of limited, targeted attacks and encourage...
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Microsoft PKI & Cisco Identity Services: Why You Need Both to Keep Your Data...
Target … DigiNotar … LinkedIn … What do all of these high-profile data breaches have in common? Authentication gone wrong. Target and LinkedIn are still dealing with aftermath of their data breaches....
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Beyond Office 365: Building a Global SaaS Identity Strategy
If you are considering deploying Microsoft Office 365, you’re probably thinking about the challenges of managing user identities in the cloud. For many organizations, Office 365 represents their first...
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How to Overcome 4 Common Barriers to Office 365 Success
Microsoft Office 365 is a powerful tool for driving productivity and collaboration within your enterprise. Even so, as a cloud-based application, many organizations are concerned about security and...
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Already Have O365 and Still Waiting to Launch? 8 Big Benefits You’re Missing...
Over the past few years, Office 365 has been the topic of conversation with many of our clients. “Our organization is very unique and cannot run any cloud based apps ”, “We’re not ready to move to the...
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Office 365 “E” SKUs to see price increase in August
As we enter a new fiscal year for Microsoft, we traditional see adjustments to pricing, licensing and how Microsoft brings products to clients. And the first change we are anticipating will affect...
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Prediction: 5 Things to Expect from Microsoft in FY15
With Microsoft’s 2014 fiscal year now behind us, it should come as no surprise that Office 365 was their main focus in 2014. Even the release of SQL 2014 and the new licensing implications were...
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SPLA: How do you license a product when it gets deleted?
“Why is this product no longer available?” This is a question that I’m asked, usually around the time when clients are about to report on licenses, and they no longer see a product that you have been...
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MPSA: Microsoft’s new licensing vehicle (and what it means for you)
Many organizations have been taking advantage of the Select Plus Agreement over the past few years for ad-hoc purchases that don’t require a standardization across one of Microsoft’s three Enterprise...
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Why ‘on time, on budget’ Office 365 projects still fail
Months of meticulous planning. Hundreds of hours of hands-on migration and careful configuration. Then finally, one day, it comes: Office 365 launch day. All systems are go without a hitch. Don’t pop...
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