Manually download the latest Windows 10 Build
Microsoft have just released its newest build of Windows 10 (20H2 ; 2009). Here is how to force your computer to update to it.
Free Internet Web Protection for Everyone!
The second most popular way to hijack a computer would be to have that device visit a malicious website. You might have a local Antivirus product installed on your computer that has ‘Web Protection’ features, however most if the time it is too late. Changing your DNS to a OpenDNS that has blacklisted malicious sites is fast and most of all free.
Microsoft 365 Email: Let end users review and release their own quarantined emails
As a administrator one of the time consuming tasks is to review and release quarantined emails. Why not let end users do it themselves?>
Stop the Spear Phishing: Stopping other people from using your domain name!
One of the methods used by scammers is to impersonate someone from your own domain name, e.g. you get an email from accounts@yourdomain.com.au telling you open email attachments or click links. One of the best ways to stop this is using DKIM, DMARC and SPF.
Renew your Remote Desktop Server SSL Certificate
How to Renew your Remote Desktop Server or Terminal Server SSL certificate with a genuine Certificate Authority.
Renew Cisco Firepower Remote Access VPN SSL Certificate
How to renew the SSL certificate for Remote Access VPN in Cisco Firepower Management Center.
Add a warning for external email
A good way to help users not fall victim to email phishing attacks is to let them know when an email is External. Emails may pretend to be from a ‘Internal’ person can be marked so it helps the end user make a informed decision on opening links contained.
Stop the Microsoft Teams Clutter!
During the global COVID-19 pandemic many organisations have started to heavily use Microsoft Teams for their collaboration. With that comes huge amounts of redundant data. Here is a quick guide on the configuration of Microsoft Teams Retention policies.
Symantec Endpoint Protection end of life (EOL)
Symantec Endpoint Protection is probably the most used antivirus solution for SME due to its ease of management and rollout is now coming to its end of life! Time to act, what to do!?
Disaster Recovery: How to Configure Azure Site Recovery for DR
Continuing on from the previous article “Backup your on-premises Servers to Microsoft Azure”, we go one step further and show how to configure your on-premises VMware environment to use Azure version of Disaster Recovery called Azure Site Recovery.