Microsoft 365 email hosting costs £3.10 to £16.90 a person a month before VAT. Which plan suits a small business, monthly vs yearly billing, and the five things to check before you sign up.
Summary: Allow personal devices only for approved work, through approved apps, and when the device meets your security requirements. Use company-owned devices for administration, sensitive work, or jobs that require large amounts of data to be stored locally. Employees often use personal devices for work before the business has made a decision about it. They…
How M&S, the Co-op, Jaguar Land Rover and ASOS were hit, what each attack cost, the patterns they share, and seven things a small business can do about it.
ASOS customers got a push notification ASOS didn’t send. What’s confirmed, what’s claimed, and three lessons for any small business that messages its customers through other companies’ tools.
Summary: Employees should use standard accounts for email, web browsing, and everyday work. Administrator access should be limited to approved IT tasks and protected with a separate account. Administrator access often starts with one request. An employee needs to install a printer, update a specialist program, or change a setting on their computer. Giving them…
Summary: Most IT problems don’t appear out of nowhere. Backups quietly stop running, updates sit unfinished for weeks, and old staff accounts stay switched on for months. A short check once a month catches these while they’re still cheap to fix. This post covers the six things to look at. Most owners only look at…
Multi-factor sign-in, a backup somebody has restored, and admin rights off everyday accounts. What KCSIE and the DfE standards ask for, in the order worth doing it.
Most small-business migrations move less than expected. A good assessment retires more than it moves. The three piles, the three options, and the two numbers.
Summary: If your business uses Microsoft 365, you have both OneDrive and SharePoint, and files usually end up scattered across them with no clear rule. OneDrive is for your own work, and SharePoint is for files the team shares. Getting this right makes files easier to find, safer when someone leaves, and easier to recover…
