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Remote Management

Security Risks of Remote Desktop Access and How to Prevent Them

By Marilena Levy
- 23 July, 2020
Remotely connecting to a computer is one of the most invasive operations a technician can perform. Marilena Levy looks at some of the common vulnerabilities and how MSPs can avoid them.
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From Necessity, to Consolidation, to Transformation

By Simon Becket
- 22 July, 2020
As MSPs many of us have built up goodwill with our clients over the past few months. This gives us an opportunity to build our businesses, but only if we do it the right way, says Simon Beckett.
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New collaboration connects SolarWinds MSP remote monitoring and management solutions with Microsoft 365

By Shari Barnett
- 21 July, 2020
Microsoft and SolarWinds to work together to pair the powerful remote monitoring and management of N-central and RMM with device management features from Microsoft 365.
Backup & Disaster Recovery

Backup Monitoring: Part 5—Tuning Your Backup Selections

By Eric Harless
- 21 July, 2020
In this blog, Eric Harless looks at how to fine tune your backups and increase efficiency by locating duplicate data.
Remote Management

Remote Assistance vs. Remote Desktop

By SolarWinds MSP
- 20 July, 2020
Remote assistance and remote desktop are two different services that MSPs and their customers can use to access computers for different needs—how do you ensure they are used securely?
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MSP Customer Acquisition Starts With Planning

By Adam Slutskin, Liongard
- 16 July, 2020
As businesses slowly start to return to some sort of normality, Adam Slutskin looks at how MSPs can benefit from being methodical in their approach to customer acquisition. 
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Organizing Your First Lunch and Automate Meeting

By Marc-Andre Tanguay
- 16 July, 2020
Marc-Andre Tanguay looks at how getting your team members together to discuss the pain points of their jobs and what issues can be automated can help build the efficiency of your business.
Operations

Keys to Supporting Your Customers’ WFH Employees

By Eric Anthony
- 15 July, 2020
The rapidly growing work-from-home landscape presents a variety of challenges for MSPs. Eric Anthony looks at some of the things you need to consider with your customers.
Security

July 2020 Patch Tuesday Update—Not the Largest, But a Few to Pay Attention to Now

By Gill Langston
- 15 July, 2020
Gill Langston takes a look at this month Patch Tuesday releases, with 18 critical patches and a few surprises that need immediate attention.

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