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Automation

The Importance of Desktop Maintenance

By Marc-Andre Tanguay
- 27 May, 2020
In this blog, Marc-Andre Tanguay looks at a new desktop maintenance policy he has created with two partners and how it can help you reduce tickets.
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Benefits of Automating Password and Documentation Management

By Marilena Levy
- 27 May, 2020
Manually managing all aspects of documentation and passwords can be a challenge for MSPs. Marilena Levy looks at how automating many of these processes can improve your business efficiency.
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Protecting Customers from IOT Threats

By SolarWinds MSP
- 26 May, 2020
With the explosion of internet-enabled devices on companies’ networks, managing IOT security is becoming an increasingly important part of the job of MSPs. This blog offers some key advice into how to do this.
Backup & Disaster Recovery

Four Tips on How to Back Up and Restore a Linux Server

By SolarWinds MSP
- 25 May, 2020
Backups are a crucial part of facilitating business continuity and keeping your MSP secure—these five tips will help simplify the backup and restore process for a Linux server.
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VIDEO: Partner Perspectives with DynaCom IT Support

By Colin Knox
- 21 May, 2020
Colin Knox talks with Simon Beckett, managing director for DynaCom IT Support (a growing IT consultancy based in the UK) for some insights on the COVID-19 landscape for MSPs.
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Security Is Your Problem And Your Opportunity

By Tim Brown
- 21 May, 2020
Security has increasingly become essential for MSPs. Instead of seeing this as a problem, Tim Brown explains it’s also an opportunity to grow your business and strengthen relationships with your customers.
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How Efficiency Can Help You Prepare for Slow and Busy Times

By Eric Anthony
- 20 May, 2020
Creating efficiencies in your business can help you weather the bad times and come back stronger. Eric Anthony looks at how you can find the areas of your business to focus on.
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4 Email Attachment Threats to Secure Systems From

By SolarWinds MSP
- 19 May, 2020
Recognizing the most common email attachment threats can help MSPs protect themselves and their customers from bad actors successfully installing ransomware and other malicious attacks.
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Patching Automation Best Practices—Part 2

By Marc-Andre Tanguay
- 14 May, 2020
There’s a lot more to patching than just installation. Marc-Andre Tanguay concludes his look at patching automation best practices. 

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