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What’s New Wednesday: January 2025 January 15, 2025 – Posted in: IT Support, News, What's New Wednesdays

Happy New Year! The first Patch Tuesday of 2025 was a whopper with 159 flaws patched including 8 zero-day vulnerabilities, 3 of which have been actively exploited. It’s a good idea to restart your PC today and we may well restart some of your servers overnight this week if a patch requires it. NEW THIS WEDNESDAY Overall Microsoft patched: 14 Security Feature Bypass Vulnerabilities 58 Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities 24 Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities 20 Denial…

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What’s New Wednesday: December 2024 December 11, 2024 – Posted in: IT Support, News, What's New Wednesdays

The Microsoft monthly security update release is published on the second Tuesday of each month. It’s a good idea to restart your PC on the following Wednesday – today. We may well restart some of your servers overnight this week if a patch requires it. NEW THIS WEDNESDAY This month’s Patch Tuesday included security updates for 71 flaws including 1 actively exploited zero-day vulnerability. Overall Microsoft patched:: 27 Elevation of Privilege Vulnerabilities 30 Remote Code…

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I’ve Updated My PC – What Else Do I Need to Update? October 4, 2024 – Posted in: Cyber Security, IT Support

We’ve covered updating your laptop or computer a fair bit but the operating and software on your computer aren’t the only things you need to keep up to date to secure your data and your business. One obvious system that needs to be kept up to date is your server. Your IT team should be managing that, but it is worth checking in with them to be sure. Mobile Phones Your mobile phone needs updating…

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IT Tips & Tricks: Check How Long It’ll Be Supported September 20, 2024 – Posted in: Cyber Security, IT Support, IT Tips & Tricks

When you’re buying a new piece of software or hardware you should always check how long it will receive support and updates for. We’ve explained before why out of support software is dangerous on PCs, but the same applies to mobile phones, routers, smart TVs, even smart locks or cookers – anything that can run code, especially if it connects to the internet. Any device that is out of support is at risk of being…

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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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Cloud 101: Securing Your Assets in the Cloud July 5, 2024 – Posted in: Cloud Computing, Cyber Security, IT Support

There are often security concerns when moving to the cloud. Keeping everything physically in your office feels safer. But remember – your server is connected to the internet, which means it’s accessible. It’s also networked to all your PCs, if one of them were infected a virus could spread to the server. Factors in Getting Breached There are two major factors in calculating the likelihood of getting breached: Likelihood of being attacked. Mitigation in place…

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Cloud 101: Preparation, Preparation, Preparation June 6, 2024 – Posted in: Cloud Computing, IT Support

Making major changes to your IT will always have some effect on your users, the planning stage is the key to making it a relatively painless change vs a project nightmare. If you are intending to move to the cloud every minute you spend at the start of the project planning will save ten at the end bugfixing and significantly reduce the disruption to users. Whether you are replacing an on-premises server or going to…

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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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What’s New Wednesday: A Summary of May 2024’s Patch Tuesday May 15, 2024 – Posted in: IT Support, News, What's New Wednesdays

The Microsoft monthly security update release is published on the second Tuesday of each month. It’s a good idea to restart your PC on the following Wednesday – today. We may well restart some of your servers overnight this week if a patch requires it. NEW THIS WEDNESDAY Yesterday’s Patch Tuesday included security updates for 61 flaws, 1 critical vulnerability and 17 elevation of privilege vulnerabilities. Overall Microsoft patched: 17 Elevation of Privilege Vulnerabilities 2…

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What’s New Wednesday: A Summary of April 2024’s Patch Tuesday April 10, 2024 – Posted in: Cyber Security, IT Support, What's New Wednesdays

The Microsoft monthly security update release is published on the second Tuesday of each month. It’s a good idea to restart your PC on the following Wednesday – today. We may well restart some of your servers overnight this week if a patch requires it. NEW THIS WEDNESDAY Yesterday’s Patch Tuesday included security updates for 150 flaws and 67 remote code execution bugs as well as fixes for 26 secure boot bypasses. Overall Microsoft patched:…

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