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Christmas Opening Hours December 9, 2025 – Posted in: Dates to Remember, News

Merry Christmas, Season’s Greetings, Happy Holidays and an excellent New Year to all. We’re open on Christmas Eve and on the 29th, 30th and 31st of December, when we will be running a skeleton service. We’ll do everything we can to make sure there’s no interruption to your services during these times, and that any emergencies are dealt with accordingly. We would kindly ask that during that time only major, system-wide or critical issues are…

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Merry Christmas 2024 December 11, 2024 – Posted in: Dates to Remember, News

It’s Nearly Christmas! We wanted to wish you all a Merry Christmas, Season’s Greetings, Happy Holidays and an excellent New Year. We’re open on Christmas Eve and on the 27th, 30th and 31st of December when we will be running a skeleton service. We’ll do everything we can to make sure there’s no interruption to your services during these times and that any emergencies are dealt with accordingly. We would kindly ask that during that…

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Can I Keep My On Prem Exchange Server? August 2, 2024 – Posted in: Cyber Security, Dates to Remember

Short answer, Yes. But should you? The Options When it comes to email your options are: Maintain an on premises email server running Exchange. Take your emails to the cloud with Microsoft 365. Upgrades and Updates Many mail servers are still running Exchange 2016. When Microsoft announced Exchange 2019 they made it clear that it would go out of support at the same time as Exchange 2016. As 2019 required more infrastructure capacity and a…

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Dates to Remember: You Can’t Download Outlook after 31 December 2024 May 24, 2024 – Posted in: Dates to Remember, IT Support, News

You might have noticed a program on your computer called New Outlook recently, this app replaces the Mail and Calendar apps on Windows 11 and will eventually replace Outlook. Since the beginning of this year all new computers ship with New Outlook and at the end of the year you won’t be able to download new copies of the original Outlook. What are the differences? The New Outlook looks more like Outlook on the web…

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Dates to Remember: 14th October 2025 Windows 10 Goes Out of Support April 4, 2024 – Posted in: Cyber Security, Dates to Remember, IT Support

Windows 10 goes out of support on the 14th of October 2025. Already?!! Yes. It was released in July 2015. It’ll have been out for ten years in July 2025 – and ten years is the usual lifespan of a Windows operating system. Windows 11 has been out for four years already. Bearing in mind that guidelines are to replace your laptop or computer every three to five years, by the time Windows 10 goes…

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Dates to Remember: Will Your Phone Lines Still Work in Two Years? February 1, 2024 – Posted in: Comms, Dates to Remember, IT Support

In 2015 BT announced they will be turning off Public Switched Telephone Networks (PSTN) and Integrated Services Digital Networks (ISDN) by 2025, meaning landlines will no longer be active. Referred two as the Big Switch Off this means that the old copper wire solutions will no longer be available, you will need to run your voice communications over an internet connection. A report by National Business Communications found that nearly 70% of businesses are still…