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Getting Started with Azure Virtual Desktop

Presenting a desktop in Microsoft Azure has the usual history of many names and some false starts. Going back to somewhere close to the beginning there was the basic ability to present a Windows 7, later Windows 10 desktop in a Virtual Machine (VM) just like you would establish a Windows, and later a [...]

2023-08-08T19:48:40+00:00June 27th, 2023|Tech Tips|Comments Off on Getting Started with Azure Virtual Desktop

Migrating from TFS to Azure DevOps Services

Team Foundation Server (TFS) and Azure DevOps Services are both popular development platforms used by software teams around the world.  Many organizations have begun to make the switch from TFS to Azure DevOps Services due to its superior features and functionality.  In this blog post, we’ll discuss why upgrading from TFS to Azure DevOps [...]

2023-08-04T14:46:20+00:00March 28th, 2023|Tech Tips|Comments Off on Migrating from TFS to Azure DevOps Services

Resource Management: Finding the Right Staffing Model for Your Business

Aligning your staffing strategy with your organizational goals is crucial for maintaining a competitive edge and maximizing operational efficiency. 66% of U.S. companies outsourced at least one department in 2024, accounting for 300,000 jobs. Whether managing short-term projects or expanding your long-term team, selecting the right staffing model—onshore, nearshore, or offshore—can significantly influence your success. [...]

2025-06-10T19:12:19+00:00June 10th, 2025|Blog|Comments Off on Resource Management: Finding the Right Staffing Model for Your Business

Right-Size Your Cloud Block Storage: Reduce Waste, Maximize Value

Cloud block storage is one of the largest, and often most overlooked, drivers of cloud cost waste in enterprise environments. Overprovisioned volumes, unused capacity, and misaligned storage tiers quietly inflate monthly bills, leaving millions on the table. The good news? You don’t need risky infrastructure changes or complex migrations to fix it. Forward-thinking organizations are [...]

2025-05-20T15:10:22+00:00May 20th, 2025|Blog|Comments Off on Right-Size Your Cloud Block Storage: Reduce Waste, Maximize Value

Meet Lucidity: Your New Teammate in Cloud Management

In 2024, Gartner identified data center systems as the fastest-growing business expenditure. They predicted worldwide spending on data center systems would reach $367 billion in 2025, up approximately 15.5 percent annually from the $318 billion spent in 2024. Of these data center costs, cloud storage accounts for two-thirds of the pie, making cloud management key [...]

2025-04-22T15:05:36+00:00April 22nd, 2025|Blog|Comments Off on Meet Lucidity: Your New Teammate in Cloud Management

Revisiting Active Directory Migration Tool

It had been many years – a decade in fact since I had cause to get involved in migrating users, computer accounts, and groups from one Active Directory Forest to another. As is the case with buses, you don’t see one for ages and then three turn up at once. This caused much scratching of [...]

2023-07-18T15:34:58+00:00July 20th, 2023|Tech Tips|Comments Off on Revisiting Active Directory Migration Tool

Changes to Admin Permissions for Microsoft Partner

The Current Situation It’s perhaps a little misleading to go with the word current because the situation has been evolving for a little while, but it’s the most suitable word to use in a large number of cases that we encounter. However, the switchover to use a better system of delegating administration rights is gathering [...]

2023-06-22T16:14:31+00:00June 20th, 2023|Tech Tips|Comments Off on Changes to Admin Permissions for Microsoft Partner

Microsoft 365 Defender – Licensing and Key Features

Microsoft what now? Microsoft has brought its security products, frameworks, and investigation solutions under one umbrella: the Defender suite. So, all the different protection services, both on the local PCs and Macs, as well as inside the Microsoft 365 tenant are all being rebranded with the Defender label. Some are new features, and some [...]

2023-08-07T20:59:18+00:00May 3rd, 2023|Tech Tips|Comments Off on Microsoft 365 Defender – Licensing and Key Features

How to use Microsoft Teams for Teams Calling

Microsoft teams and team calling has the ability to make your teams application work like a desk phone. This can in some cases be more useful and cost-efficient than having and supporting a desk phone system. You can use this for a select set of staff as well as a call center. It is also [...]

2023-03-15T16:40:22+00:00March 15th, 2023|Tech Tips|Comments Off on How to use Microsoft Teams for Teams Calling

Implement DUO and Microsoft 365

Introduction As is normal with such things there are multiple guides to implement various technical solutions and often confusion can arise on what guide is right for you and which set of steps should be followed.  This is part one of a two-part set showing firstly how to implement DUO on Microsoft 365, followed [...]

2023-08-08T19:44:59+00:00March 1st, 2023|Tech Tips|Comments Off on Implement DUO and Microsoft 365
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