Posts Tagged ‘Office 365’
Is Microsoft Office 365 PIPEDA compliant?
What small business owners in Canada need to know about staying compliant with Microsoft Office 365. As Canadian small business owners gear up for another year of e-privacy and data protection regulation, it’s a good time to review Microsoft Office 365’s status in light of PIPEDA compliance. As you know, the Canadian Personal Information Protection…
Read Full PostBuilding A Zero Trust Network For Small Business with Microsoft 365
In the era of total connectivity, companies who follow the old ways of doing network security are running great risks. It’s important to understand the Zero Trust Network for small business, why this is the new networking standard for IT security, and how to get started with Microsoft 365. Microsoft offers powerful tools for cloud…
Read Full PostCloud Storage Is Not Backup – You May Need Both
As small business IT Consultants in Toronto, we take a lot of calls from small business owners looking for the right IT solutions to meet their needs. One common misconception is around cloud storage versus cloud backup. If your business is using OneDrive, Google Drive or Dropbox storage, you may have a false sense of…
Read Full PostEncrypted Email in Office 365 – Is it for you?
Sending an email is like sending a letter through Canada Post, without an envelope. It can be easily intercepted and read. For this reason, sensitive information should never be sent via regular email. If you work with sensitive client info information, consider the encrypted email in Office 365 feature. Email encryption is concealing information in…
Read Full PostOffice 365 – Should Employees Have Global Administrator Permissions?
When it comes to online security, small oversights commonly made by small business owners can quickly become big problems. If you are using Office 365 should team members have global administrator permissions? The short answer is no. Today, our team at TUCU will explore Office 365 security, and explain how small business owners and their…
Read Full PostHow Office 365 Benefits Small Businesses
In this post we cover how Office 365 benefits small business in some key ways you may not have considered. As SMB IT Consultants, we’ve found that many small businesses would like to switch to cloud-based IT systems, for the convenience of using apps in the cloud, but never consider all the security benefits of…
Read Full PostWhat Is Office 365? What’s The Difference Between Home and Business?
A lot of people think Office 365 is simply a subscription version of Microsoft Word & Excel. Office 365 is many things; a software suite as a subscription service (home edition) a hosted email server that can replace an aging exchange server (business edition) a backend small business server suite and a lot of associated…
Read Full PostMobile Device Management in Office 365 & G Suite
Mobile Device Management (MDM) allows your IT manager or IT support company to remotely troubleshoot mobile devices and to enforce IT security policies such as screen locks and strong passwords. MDM also allows for separation of personal and company owned data on mobile devices, and is considered a must have for any BYOD policy. Today we…
Read Full PostExchange & Office 2007 Support Ending – What should I do?
On October 10, 2017, Office 2007 will reach End of Life, which means the software is being retired and no longer supported. Unsupported software does not receive security updates and leaves you open to viruses, malware and breaches. In addition, as of October 31, 2017, Outlook 2007 will be unable to connect to Office 365…
Read Full Post3 Common File Sharing Options For Small Teams
File Sharing Options for Small Teams – A Comparison Of OneDrive, DropBox and a NAS Your team needs to share files and collaborate. The once niche market for file sharing solutions has grown and there are many options to choose from. Today we are covering three very popular file sharing options for small teams. They are…
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