During the pandemic lots of companies have been struggling to keep their businesses operating and the government furlough schemes have helped in some cases. For many of our clients keeping them working from home has been a priority and as they have returned to their workplaces, many have been reviewing their business practices. Sadly, not […]
During the recent lockdown, the availability of new laptops and even second-hand laptops had driven up prices as there was a high demand for staff to work from home. As staff have returned to offices and IT distribution recovered as supplies from the manufacturers arrived, we have begun to see stocks return to normal in […]
Many clients have used Microsoft office for years and Office 2010 has been a stable release of the Office 2010 suite since June 2010. Over ten years we have seen many fixes and patches to Microsoft office 2010. Microsoft’s mainstream support for Office 2010 ended on 13th October 2015 however it has been releasing the […]
Microsoft’s Office 365 has been around since 2011 and its email is based upon Microsoft Exchange which has some great features compare to POP3 or IMAP email. Exchange Server Email is one of the core products that Microsoft Office 365 provides. If you have not used Microsoft’s Exchange Email then you may be missing out […]
Clients often ask us to recommend a laptop for their staff, this could be for a new starter or if the member of staff has an old PC which has broken or as part of a complete kit refresh. The range of laptops seem to increase daily basis and have recently been constrained by worldwide […]
In our previous articles we have discussed the equipment that you need and the type of internet connection. With working from home set to become the normal for some businesses for a while, some businesses will need to provide a more permanent setup for their staff so they can work safely and effectively from home. […]
We often get asked to help staff from our clients to setup a connection from their home to the office so they can work from home. And in our recent article about what you need to work from home we briefly touched on needing an internet connection & router. The type of internet connection will […]
A business Website can be a great marketing tool for a business, where you present your goods or services for sale or share information about your business in order to help attract customers. The costs involved in a website will vary depending upon the size and the number of visitors you realistically expect to attract […]
Microsoft Small Business Server suite has been upgraded over the years, with the release of Office 365 in 2011, Microsoft began to focus on cloud based server products. Small Business Server 2011 was the last Microsoft Small Business Server version and was released in December 2010. Microsoft introduced their Essentials version of Windows Server 2012. […]
Microsoft Small Business Server (SBS) 2011 official Microsoft support ended on 14th January 2020. This was due to the Windows Server 2008 R2 also reaching End of Microsoft support life-cycle. Microsoft SBS 2011 Standard had several server components which included: Product End of Support Windows Server 2008 R2 14th January 2020 SQL Server 2008 R2 […]