Octiga Software, Microsoft 365 Security Management & Monitoring for MSPs, is delighted to announce it has embarked on a benefit partnership with The ASCII Group for 2024. The ASCII Group is a membership-based community of independent North American MSPs, MSSPs and Solution Providers. By partnering with The ASCII Group, Octiga is enhancing its channel program and creating lasting relationships with IT service providers.

Communication across business units, technology layers, and systems is a massive challenge when it comes to streamlining any process, especially vulnerability remediation. Seemplicity’s new Microsoft Teams integration elevates cross team collaboration by facilitating the distribution of information, remediation requests, and more. These capabilities enable users to share findings with varying levels of context, depending on the recipients’ requirements. .

In 2022, Microsoft rebranded its compliance and risk management tools under the name Microsoft Purview. Microsoft Purview provides a wealth of valuable functionality, including capabilities formerly provided by tools like Office 365 Security and Compliance, Microsoft 365 Security Center and Microsoft Compliance Manager.

Microsoft 365 has experienced several notable outages recently. In January 2023, a major outage lasted over five hours, affecting various services, including Exchange Online. This incident was attributed to a network configuration issue during a planned update (Practical 365). Another significant outage occurred in June 2023, impacting services like Outlook, Teams, and OneDrive for several hours due to a network issue (WinBuzzer).

This blog will explore essential factors to consider when selecting an Exchange online backup solution. Our goal is to equip you with the knowledge to make an informed decision tailored to your organization’s needs. Microsoft Exchange Online is a go-to choice for businesses. It offers a variety of features that enhance productivity, security, and accessibility.

This article investigates why Microsoft 365 is insufficient for email security in today’s digital landscape. Email security is a critical concern for businesses of all sizes. While Microsoft 365 offers a comprehensive suite of tools for productivity and collaboration, relying solely on it for email security might not be sufficient. Here’s why.

As part of our ongoing partnership and investment in Microsoft, we have deepened our integration with Microsoft's Copilot within Microsoft Teams. This integration expands Copilot's capabilities by incorporating Egnyte as an additional data source. Microsoft 365 Copilot users can now derive valuable insights from documents stored in Egnyte, enhancing the usefulness of both Egnyte and the Microsoft Copilot solution for joint customers.

In the realm of modern enterprise productivity suites, Copilot for Microsoft 365 stands as a huge driver for efficiency, offering business users the ability to aggregate, summarize, and process data within the M365 suite of tools. However, for organizations with diverse infrastructure and applications, and the need for real-time data interactions, the out-of-the-box functionality requires augmentation to reach its full potential, not to mention secure controls for Copilot for M365.