Staff Contributor As one of the biggest public cloud vendors on the market, Microsoft Azure has significantly grown in popularity over the years. With the many advantages of Azure, it’s easy to forget your services can quickly become far more expensive than your initial Azure cost estimate. Major cost savings is one of the main reasons why … Read more Azure Cost Monitoring Solutions
Even if you’re not familiar with the ins and outs of SharePoint, you’ve probably heard of the platform. Launched by Microsoft in 2001, this popular web-based collaborative tool offers document management and storage systems teams can use to create and support websites and online portals. The platform uses workflow applications, “list” databases, and other logistical, … Read more SharePoint Infrastructure Monitoring and Health Check Guide
If your organization needs data security and a convenient way to share, store, and organize content, you may already be using SharePoint. If you aren’t already using SharePoint, it may be time to start. Customizable and scalable, SharePoint is a powerful and industry-leading web-based tool that facilitates workplace collaboration. When using SharePoint, ensuring SharePoint server … Read more SharePoint Farm Explained: What It Is and How To Use It
For nearly three decades, developers have been using File Transfer Protocol, or FTP, to transfer files. However, using FTP can leave your data and passwords vulnerable during the transfer, as FTP doesn’t encrypt passwords. Consequently, many developers have switched to using Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) or File Transfer Protocol over SSL (FTP/S). Using an … Read more 6 FileZilla Alternatives for Safe File Transfers
Azure is a flexible and scalable cloud computing service announced in 2008, released in 2010 as Windows Azure, and renamed Microsoft Azure in 2014. While traditional IT infrastructure requires you to manage on-premises servers, Azure takes a cloud-based approach, so you can build, run, and manage your applications with a Microsoft-managed global cloud storage site. … Read more Azure Service Bus Explained: What It Is, How To Use It, and How To Monitor It
Maintaining data security is a top priority for any organization. Secure Sockets Layer certificates—usually called SSL certificates—are an important part of this effort. SSL certificates are small data files designed to prevent hackers from getting access to private business data as it passes between a website and a visitor’s browser. They do this by creating … Read more SSL Certificate—How to Monitor and Manage Certificates
Today employees seek instant online help and prefer technical support through an online information base instead of waiting for a human support technician to respond via email or call. To meet high service expectations, enterprises strive to build a simple and comprehensive knowledge base that empowers employees to resolve issues in a few clicks. A … Read more 5 Tips to Build a Great Knowledge Base
IT often requires a high degree of organization. If you’re juggling multiple software licenses, it’s not unusual for one to fall through the cracks. However, the result of this oversight can be a failed Microsoft license compliance audit and the fallout. Fortunately, you can prepare by setting up a well-categorized system ready to handle compliance … Read more Microsoft License Compliance Audit Solutions
Your business’ service desk is an important part of your employee service ecosystem. As the main point of contact and resolution, ensuring it stays in top shape is essential. However, knowing exactly how to achieve this status can be puzzling. Fortunately, there’s a way to demystify the process. By focusing on the aspects of your … Read more Tips to Boost Your Service Desk Performance
Keeping track of all the vendors your business relies on can be challenging. As your company grows, you’ll likely come to rely on a broad assortment of suppliers with rotating inventories and varying prices. Fortunately, vendor management software and other procurement tools can simplify software, hardware, and service purchases when they’re needed. If you have … Read more Vendor Management Software