Microsoft announced via MC716267 on February 15, 2024 that that they are discontinuing support for Microsoft Publisher. In October 2026, Microsoft Publisher will reach its end of life. After that time, it will no longer be included in Microsoft 365 and existing on-premises suites will no longer be supported. Until then, support for Publisher will continue and users can expect the same experience as today. As we...
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We previously communicated back in November 2021 (via an e-mail message) about changes coming to the Microsoft 365 platform, and how it will now be a part of Microsoft's New Commerce Experience (NCE). This NCE comes with changes to both pricing, and term commitments. This post will detail the changes happening, and what to expect under this New Commerce Experience. Price Changes Microsoft 365 Business Basic Increase...
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After running our existing Help Desk setup for over ten years, we are excited to announce we will be transitioning to a brand new Help Desk and Client Portal experience within the coming weeks! The image attached to this post is just a small preview of what the new Client Portal will contain. The change will likely happen in early December of 2021, but no later...
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We want to let all customers know that we will be retiring support for Windows XP and Server 2003 in all of our managed services offerings, including but not limited to managed anti-virus, and health checks, patch managmenet, monitoring, etc. As you know, Microsoft officially ended support for these operating systems many years ago. We have continued to offer managed services during this time, as we appreciate...
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NOTE: Computing Technologies and its clients are not affected by this incident. For the latest updates, please see Kaseya's post. On July 2nd, Kaseya learned of a security incident involving their VSA software which is in use by other Managed Service Providers, or MSPs (companies like Computing Technolgoies). This security incidient allowed attackers to target about 40 different MSP companies and all of their client machines which...
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As described in Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 63831, there is a major change coming to automatic external forwarding in Microsoft 365 (formerly Office 365) accounts. External forwarding of email is a tactic used by attackers to exfiltrate data out of an organization and controlling that process is difficult. With this new feature Microsoft is adding support for more granular controls that allow the Microsoft 365 and...
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