70% of small and midsize businesses (SMBs) reinvest saved money into their business thanks to the cloud.
Simplify the process of keeping devices up to date while saving time, reducing costs, and gaining control. Check out this infographic–which shows industry trends, pain points, and proof points–to learn why and how.
And to find the right Windows 10 and Microsoft 365 Business solution for your business to reduce costs, contact our team at Farmhouse Networking.
Employees save four hours each week with improved collaboration and information sharing, according to Forrester’s Total Economic Impact™ Of Microsoft Teams.
Microsoft Teams puts everything organizations need into one place. Everything from chats, meetings, calling, and Microsoft 365 Business apps are brought together to make faster, more informed decisions in a single, intelligent hub. With Teams, every type of worker can be empowered to contribute their voice and take shared accountability for business outcomes.
Read this blog to learn more and contact us at Farmhouse Networking to get started today.
Brand strategy and change management firm, Think Up Consulting, has saved nearly $14,000, with more savings on the horizon, with Microsoft Teams. They’ve replaced several applications with Windows 10 and Microsoft 365 Business, which feature a wide range of productivity tools. With modern technologies, Think Up has significantly improved efficiency and reduced costs.
Want to have cost savings like Think Up? Contact us at Farmhouse Networking to learn more.
Office 365 has had the option to create resources, either equipment or rooms, that can be scheduled. Setup is fairly easy inside the Office 365 Admin console and you get to choose several options:
Select Room or Equipment, give it a name, an email address (no license required), and set the capacity. Once setup it is easy to use:
How can you tell when the room or equipment is available?
Open Outlook and create a new meeting. Add the room or equipment to the meeting as if it were a person and select Scheduling Assistant to see a live calendar view of the room or equipment’s availability. If the hour slot is clear, it’s available; if it’s blue, it’s reserved.
If your company needs help setting up Office 365 Equipment & Room Calendars, then contact us for assistance.
This question came to light while talking to a vendor about backups. It turns out that Microsoft does not backup any of your Office 365 data, but does have aggressive redundancy in place. This is both good and bad, here is why:
Email
Microsoft has several levels of redundancy / resiliency / protection to keep email data from being corrupted, keep multiple copies of all email data, and scan emails for security threats. If there is ever any data issues then their systems automatically detect the problem and work to fix them or when threats are detected they are automatically remediated. There is also a recycle bin for emails and users that lasts from 30 to 90 days. Once that time is over there is no recourse for getting the data back.
Sharepoint & OneDrive
Microsoft here again has deep redundancy to protect your data from corruption, but they do nothing to check for malware or cryptoware. There is something called versioning that can help with some cryptoware, but not all. There is also a recycle bin for these services that could possibly help.
There are several apparent gaps in coverage that Microsoft does not deal with, but there are third-party services that have stepped in to do just that. If your company is looking to keep their Office 365 data safe from internal and external threats, then contact us for assistance.
As global competition heats up and customers demand more innovative solutions, businesses are adopting cloud services at an increasing pace. What if you could lower your costs, increase productivity and enhance security?
Explore this eBook to discover four reasons small businesses should make the move.
According to the World Trade Report, it takes hackers 4 minutes to get into servers through email attacks. And that it takes an average of 286 days to detect a security breach and an additional 80 days to repair the damage.
Enhance your security and go modern with Windows 10 and Microsoft 365 Business. Check out this infographic for more industry trends and see how you can protect your company against external threats and leaks with Windows 10 and Microsoft 365 Business security and compliance tools built into your devices.
Don’t let hackers access your data. Contact us at Farmhouse Networking to #GetModern today!
Farmhouse Networking made the switch from Autotask/Datto RMM to Solarwinds N-Central RMM about six months ago. We migrated all our customization too. We use a ton of automation in our RMM to keep the time invested in managing clients to a minimum. This article is a little taste of our secret sauce – an automated RBL blacklist check. “Real-time Blackhole List (RBL) is an effort to stop email spamming. It is a “blacklist” of locations on the Internet reputed to send email spam.” Having this check in place will keep clients email flowing to its intended recipients and notify you about any problems in hopes that you can address them before clients do. Here are the steps to creating the automation:
Create Custom Property
Click on Administration and choose Custom Properties
2. Click on Add, then By Customer, and choose Text Type
3. Give it a Property Name and leave the Default Text blank
4. Select all customers this will apply to and select propagation settings then click Save and Propagate
Click on Configuration, then on Scheduled Tasks, and choose Scripts/Software Repository
2. Click on Add and choose Automation Policy
3. Browse to the downloaded file
Create Custom Service
Click on Administratrion, then on Service Managment, and choose Custom Services
2. Click on Add, then on Service, and choose Automation Manager Policy
3. Give the Custom Service a name
4. Select the Automation Policy and set the URL variable to the new Custom Property
5. Change the schedule as needed (I recommend before business hours each day)
6. Change the Threshold as follows:
7. Click Save
Create Service Template
You will be creating three separate rules – one for laptops, one for desktops, and one for servers
Click on Administration, then on Service Management, and choose Service Templates
2. Give the service template a name
3. Choose the new Custom Service from the dropdown and click Add Service
4. Click Save and Save again. Then repeat as needed.
Edit Windows Probe Rule
Click on Configuration, then Monitoring, and choose Rules
2. Scroll down and click on Windows Probes
3. Click on the Monitoring Options tab
4. Add the three new Service Templates
5. Click on Grant Customers & Sites Access tab
6. Select all customers this will apply to and select propagation settings then click Save
Create Notification
Click on Configuration, then on Monitoring, and choose Notifications
2. Click Add Notification
3. Give the Notification a name
4. Choose the Recipients
5. Click on Trigger Details tab
6. Click Add
7. Give the Trigger a name
8. Change state to Failed
9. Select the Custom Service
10. Select Windows Probe Rule
11. Click OK and Save
Those are the basics of creating automation in Solarwinds N-Central RMM. If your MSP uses Solarwinds N-Central RMM and is looking for help with automating it then contact us for assistance.
Knowing your customer data is secure can free you up to do what you do best–and put your focus on customers and employees. That’s where the right tools and tech come in.
Support for Windows 7 and Office 2010 is ending, and it’s critical to ensure you not only have the most productive experience, but also the most secure. Work from anywhere, whenever, on a protected modern device.
Read the blog and learn more about three small businesses that use Windows 10 and Microsoft 365 Business to help grow their businesses and remain secure.
With its global client base increasing, Think Up Consulting needed to improve its remote working capabilities and enhance security. The company adopted Microsoft Teams to securely accommodate remote employees. And with Windows 10 and Microsoft 365 Business, Think Up unites its entire team. All employee devices are automatically updated with advanced-level security features, so Think Up can seamlessly deliver the top-notch service their customers expect and trust.
And God will generously provide all you need. Then you will always have everything you need and plenty left over to share with others. As the Scriptures say,
“They share freely and give generously to the poor. Their good deeds will be remembered forever.”
For God is the one who provides seed for the farmer and then bread to eat. In the same way, he will provide and increase your resources and then produce a great harvest of generosity in you. - 2 Corinthians 9:8-10
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