Oops. As if an actual virus was not bad enough, now IT Managers find out about the log4j vulnerability. I am going to...
Dan Callahan
The Twelve Tech Tunes of Christmas
Well friends, it is that time of year again. Christmas time! (With a shout out to Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and your winter...
How and Why to Create Chat Retention Policies
We know that anything left unattended will quickly become messy. Just ask the parents of any toddler. We all have been...
Nonprofit Options for Endpoint Security
I had a reader of our email update (thank you!) get in touch after reading my post about Microsoft 365 licensing...
New Ignite Teams Features are Coming Your Way
Microsoft held its Ignite conference last week. If you haven’t heard of Ignite, it is Microsoft's vehicle for making...
Microsoft Announces a Security Program for Nonprofits
Microsoft Ignite is going on this week. That means they are making a flood of product announcements. I will cover some...
How to Sort Out Your Microsoft Nonprofit Cloud Subscriptions
What is Happening with Microsoft Nonprofit Cloud Subscriptions? Welcome to another “nuts and bolts” post. (It could be...
You Are on the Hook for Governing No-Code Development
One of the things that I admired about MIT’s introductory computer science class is that it focused on the structure...
Updates to Microsoft’s Cloud-first Grant Program
Hey there! Or should I say “Aye, laddies and lassies!” I am back from a fantastic two weeks in Scotland. Great people,...
When Chicken1 Should Not Be Your Password
The Chickens are Coming Home to Roost Sorry, not sorry. Look, ransomware and supply chain disruptions are...
Have You Completed Your IT Asset Inventory?
One foundational element of Zero Trust security is knowing what you have. You need an IT asset inventory. This...
Passwordless Authentication is Here! But You Knew That.
Today’s technology news stream has been abuzz with the news that you can now eliminate your password from your...
Get Ready as Staff Return to Work
Return to work. More accurately, return to THE work, meaning return to “the office.” It has been a topic of...
More on Remote Work
I wrote recently about ways to make remote work a success in your organization. If you missed the article, you can...
Be Aware of These Microsoft 365 and Office 365 Non-Profit Updates
Sometimes I get to write about cool topics, like CGNET alumni in the news. Other times, I need to update you on...
Build a Help Desk Users Will Love
OK, who is kidding whom here? You cannot build a help desk users will love. But you can build a help desk that users...
Follow These Tips to Manage Teams Sprawl
I want to talk today about how to manage Teams sprawl. I will cover the options available to you to manage Teams...
Watch for These Emotional Triggers in Phishing Messages
I received a note last week from Marco Van den Berg, CIO of the International Rice Research Institute. Marco had read...