Summary: Before canceling a cloud service, export your data and confirm that the files can be opened or imported. Move any connected applications and sign-ins, then check the provider’s current rules for access, billing, retention, and deletion. A cloud service may hold years of customer records, documents, emails, invoices, project history, or staff activity. If…
Summary: If your business uses Microsoft 365, you have both OneDrive and SharePoint, and files usually end up scattered across them with no clear rule. OneDrive is for your own work, and SharePoint is for files the team shares. Getting this right makes files easier to find, safer when someone leaves, and easier to recover…
Key Takeaways The 3-2-1 backup strategy provides a proven framework for securing business data against modern threats. By maintaining redundant copies across diverse storage media and locations, organisations can significantly reduce their risk of catastrophic data loss. Maintain at least three total copies of all critical data. Store copies on at least two different media…
If you want to uncover unsanctioned cloud apps, don’t begin with a policy. Start with your browser history. The cloud environment most businesses actually use rarely matches the one shown on the IT diagram. It’s built through countless small shortcuts: a “just this once” file share, a free tool that solves one problem faster, a…
Following a recent Microsoft outage, many business leaders are wondering if they should move away from cloud services. It’s a fair question, but it needs some context. Large cloud platforms are built like utilities. They operate on a massive scale, with multiple failover systems, specialist teams, and billions invested in resilience and security. While they…
You know, keeping IT systems safe is a bit like looking after your health. You wouldn’t skip brushing your teeth, right? Well, in the world of technology, skipping those daily security checks is just as bad, if not worse. Cyber threats are always lurking, and new ways to get into systems pop up all the…
Following a recent Microsoft outage, many business leaders are wondering if they should move away from cloud services. It’s a fair question, but it needs some context. Large cloud platforms are built like utilities. They operate on a massive scale, with multiple failover systems, specialist teams, and billions invested in resilience and security. While they…
Time moves fast in the world of technology, and operating systems that once felt cutting-edge are becoming obsolete. With Microsoft having set the deadline for Windows Server 2016 End of Support to January 12, 2027, the clock is ticking for businesses that use this operating system. Once support ends, Microsoft will no longer provide security…
Following a recent Microsoft outage, many business leaders are wondering if they should move away from cloud services. It’s a fair question, but it needs some context. Large cloud platforms are built like utilities. They operate on a massive scale, with multiple failover systems, specialist teams, and billions invested in resilience and security. While they…
The recent AWS outage got me thinking about how we manage complexity in our IT systems. It’s a good reminder that in business, we should always try to cut down on the disorder, or ‘entropy’, that creeps in over time. When things get too varied, systems can break in ways we don’t expect. On the…