What are 5 top Microsoft 365 backup considerations?

T-Blog Editor/ October 2, 2020/ Cloud backup, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, How-Tos and Other Useful Tips and Tricks, Industry News and Expert Advice, Timeless Tips

Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesSaaS application backup is increasingly prevalent, and for good reason — it’s critical for ensuring data protection. These five guidelines will help you protect Microsoft 365. By Brien Posey With Office 365 becoming Microsoft 365, administrators are wondering what this evolution changes regarding their data protection needs. As it stands right now, not much has changed from a backup and recovery

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SME backup products offer diverse routes to the cloud

T-Blog Editor/ October 2, 2020/ Backup and Archival Tools, Backup and recovery software, Data storage backup tools, Expert Advise and Opinion, How-Tos and Other Useful Tips and Tricks, IT Managed Services, IT Management, Timeless Tips

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesWe take the temperature on cloud-era SME-focused backup products that come as “traditional” software, replication-centric protection environments and hardware appliances. By Antony Adshead Computer Weekly recently surveyed the main backup software providers and those that supply a new breed of backup appliances, all built for the cloud era as a target. Here we look at the rest – all small and medium-sized enterprise

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Acronis backup and recovery software: Features to know

T-Blog Editor/ October 2, 2020/ Backup and Archival Tools, Backup and recovery software, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, How-Tos and Other Useful Tips and Tricks, Industry News and Expert Advice, Tekmart Enterprise Hardware Tips

Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesA long-time cloud backup proponent, Acronis tries to make the selection and use of its data backup products easier with a Backup Purchase Wizard and Universal Restore technology. By Brien Posey With a reputation as stable, easy to use and innovative, Acronis backup and recovery software products are the go-to data backup offerings for many organizations. And since approximately 2012,

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Do you need to make Exchange Online backups?

T-Blog Editor/ October 2, 2020/ Exchange Online administration and implementation, Expert Advise and Opinion, How-Tos and Other Useful Tips and Tricks, Messaging and collaboration, Timeless Tips

Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesMicrosoft has several protective measures in place to let customers restore deleted mail in Office 365, but backup vendors will say it’s not enough to cover every scenario. By Nathan O’Bryan, Planet Technologies Moving from on-premises Exchange into Exchange Online is a big change for multiple reasons. These are different systems that require different administration strategies. For administrators, one of the

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Microsoft 365 disaster recovery options: Native vs. third-party

T-Blog Editor/ October 2, 2020/ Backup and recovery software, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, How-Tos and Other Useful Tips and Tricks, Industry News and Expert Advice

Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesWhile Microsoft offers disaster recovery for its 365 platform, you might need more protection. Explore some of the available options, plus how to create a DR plan. By Brien Posey Microsoft 365 — formerly Office 365 — is one of the most popular software suites for businesses. Given the volume of data that organizations store within Microsoft 365 applications such

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Use the command line for ESXi host backup and restoration

T-Blog Editor/ September 27, 2020/ Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, How-Tos and Other Useful Tips and Tricks, Industry News and Expert Advice, Timeless Tips, VMware ESX and ESXi administration

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesBacking up and properly restoring VMs are essential tasks for workload protection. Use a command-line interface, such as vSphere CLI or PowerCLI, to back up and restore the ESXi host. By Stephen J. Bigelow VMware administrators can back up an ESXi host using one of two command-line scripting interfaces: vSphere CLI and PowerCLI. After creating the ESXi host backup, those

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How to change an ESXi password for vCenter

T-Blog Editor/ September 27, 2020/ Datacenter Infrastructure News, Engage the experts, Expert Advise and Opinion, How-Tos and Other Useful Tips and Tricks, Industry News and Expert Advice, Tekmart Enterprise Hardware Tips, Timeless Tips, VMware ESX and ESXi administration, VMware products

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesA forgotten ESXi root password can stop you in your tracks. Avoid dodgy quick fixes and learn the proper way to recover a root password for vCenter-connected and stand-alone hosts. By Stuart Burns Everyone forgets a password once in a while. If you forget your ESXi root password, you can find many quick fixes online, but many of these options

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12 common network protocols and their functions explained

T-Blog Editor/ September 14, 2020/ Best practices for data center operations, Datacenter Infrastructure News, How-Tos and Other Useful Tips and Tricks, Network protocols and standards, Tekmart Enterprise Hardware Tips, Trends: Datacenter Hardware and Solutions

Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesNetworking makes the internet work, but neither can succeed without protocols. Common network protocols and functions are key for communication and connection across the internet. By Michaela Goss Without network protocols, the modern internet would cease to exist. Common network protocols, including Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and Internet Protocol (IP), enable the exchange of information across the internet and work behind

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Changing vendors: Avoiding pitfalls, IT vendor contract negotiations

T-Blog Editor/ September 14, 2020/ Data center budget and culture, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, How-Tos and Other Useful Tips and Tricks, Industry News and Expert Advice, IT infrastructure management and planning

Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesNegotiating IT vendor contract terms is crucial for protecting business continuity, physical property and intellectual assets when contracts end. By Stephen J. Bigelow Changing technology vendors seems like such a simple concept. If a vendor is too expensive, unresponsive or not performing well, you can terminate its contract or choose not to renew it in favor of another vendor. Unfortunately,

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Minimize downtime during a data center upgrade

T-Blog Editor/ September 13, 2020/ Best practices for data center operations, Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Engage the experts, How-Tos and Other Useful Tips and Tricks, Tekmart Enterprise Hardware Tips, Trends: Datacenter Hardware and Solutions

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesEnd users don’t want their productivity interrupted by IT maintenance. With the right technology, testing and planning, you can reduce or eliminate downtime in the data center. By Brien Posey Hardware and software data center upgrades are an inevitable part of operations, but you can take measures to ensure that they do not result in any data center downtime. The

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