Whenever we are making a decision, we want to know: how will this benefit me? Right? Thankfully, in our hyper-connected...

So, your company has made the move and you're living your best Microsoft Office 365 life. Congratulations! From Teams...

Please help us in welcoming to the team Lauren MacBlane! Lauren is our newest BEMO team member and will be joining us...

Sylwia is the newest addition to our BEMO team and we couldn't be happier to have her! Joining us as our Head of...

If you're googling "what is Managed IT" or "IT Support" then you're probably the CEO, COO, or CFO of a small business...

IT support services in recent times have been nothing but revolutionary. The technology landscape has continued to...

I would be willing to wager that you’ve heard of a file server before but can you be totally certain what it is and...

If you're reading this blog, congratulations are certainly in order! You've completed your email migration and are all...

I love Microsoft Teams! At BEMO we use MS Teams as the hub for everything we do. I cannot imagine collaborating with a...

In my previous two blogs, Business Voice Part I & II, I explained what Business Voice is and shared with you what you...

In recent years, public perception of cloud technology has gone from being a “nice to have”, to a "need to have". It's...

When you’re searching the internet for Microsoft licensing or IT providers for your business, you’ll likely come across...

Windows 10 Pro is the business version of Windows 10 that comes pre-installed on most PCs when you buy them from Dell,...

Around this same time last year, we started receiving the ESU phone call. IT Professionals from SMBs to Enterprise...

It's hard to believe it has already been 3 months since I joined BEMO as our Customer Success Manager. Prior to joining...

What is Power BI?

Power BI is a program created by Microsoft that allows you to take data and turn it into something...

Right now, more than ever, connectivity is key. Every day we email, chat and text to ensure our businesses are running...

If the words "Email Migration" strike fear into your heart, you're not alone. Many of our customers find email...

Today, we use passwords to restrict access to and protect most, if not all, of our electronic computing devices...

At BEMO, migrations are our expertise. Every day, we perform assessments and migrations and we take great pleasure in...

Earlier this fall, we had our final of 10 customer interviews. It was a process we began in summer of this year and one...

Christophe Koehl is our newest addition to the BEMO team! Christophe joins us as an Implementation Engineer. He is an...

Windows 10 Pro is the business version of Windows 10 that comes pre-installed on most PCs when you buy them from Dell,...

Imagine for a minute that you just purchased Microsoft 365 Business Premium for your company. You install the desktop...

I'm a voracious consumer of books, whether it be reading them or listening to them, I probably consume 2-3 books per...

OneDrive for Business is one of the best cloud-based storage solutions out there. It enables us to securely store our...

Unless you've been living under a rock for the last six months, chances are you've noticed that a lot of businesses are...

When I joined BEMO, six months ago now (!), I was curious about our customers. Working in Marketing, I spent very...

If you've ever done it, you know that migrating from one offering to another is never an easy feat. Beyond the "should...

We are happy to announce that Sakshi Tomar has joined the BEMO team! Sakshi will be our first hire solely dedicated to...

So, you're an entrepreneur or small business of fewer than 10 people and you're ready to get started. What's the first...

UPDATE, January 2021: When we first published this post last fall, 2020, we mentioned it would be updated as our...

Three months ago, I transitioned from my job as a Cloud Technical Expert at Microsoft, into a role as a Cloud Solutions...

Earlier this summer, our CEO and CFO asked all of our BEMO employees to participate in a week-long brainstorm. "A...

Domonic is the newest addition to our BEMO team. He will be joining us as our Customer Success Manager in order to...

Technology is ever-evolving. Every day there are new ways to interact online and with those many points of access, open...

"Customers will never love a company until the employees love it first." Simon Sinek

BEMO team members are our...

Cloud computing has been around for a while now, but it’s only more recently that it has become a major focus of...

Welcome to BEMO, Carol! Carol Bubar has joined BEMO as our newest team member and we couldn't be happier. Carol works...

If you’re using Teams and you’re like me, you’re discovering new things about it every day. Microsoft has been a busy...

Cloud computing is becoming more and more common. Everywhere we look it's cloud this and cloud that, and understandably...

In this post, we'll take a look at Slack vs. Teams. More likely than not, you've heard of both, maybe you've even used...

In this blog post, we'll be giving you the step-by-step instructions for configuring Office Message Encryption. I have...

A few months ago, upon starting up with BEMO, they upgraded my setup from my  laptop to a new laptop and two monitors....

Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) protects you by preventing dangerous links and malicious attachments from...

Josh is our newest BEMO team member and comes to us by way of Houston, Texas! Josh will join us as a Cloud Solutions...

I am busy. I have a sneaking suspicion that you are too. However, until recently, I donated precious time, multiple...

In this blog post, we're going to walk you through the step-by-step process for setting up Exchange Online Protection...

In this blog post, we're going to walk you through the step-by-step process for setting up Office 365 Advanced Threat...

As many companies shift their operations online (and their employees shift into their “daytime jammies”) so too must...

Julia is our latest addition to the BEMO team by way of Alaska! She will work closely with Brandon as an Inbound...

Mohamed is our newest addition to BEMO! He is joining our team as an Implementation and Support Engineer and will work...

UPDATE, December 2020: This blog was originally written for ESU updates for 2020. If you're wondering where to purchase...

Microsoft will no longer release security updates for SQL Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 R2 after July 9, 2019....

Microsoft 365 is a bundle of Office 365, Windows 10, and Enterprise Mobility + Security (EMS). Microsoft 365 is the...

Azure AD Connect is a Microsoft tool designed to meet and accomplish your hybrid identity goals. It lets you connect...

Microsoft 365 Business Standard (formerly known as Office 365 Business Premium) is by far the most common product among...

Most of our customers and partners ask us about the approval process for government organizations wanting to be on...

A successful Zero Trust strategy requires seamless and flexible access to applications, systems, and data while...

When you bring on a new hire does your IT team spend time having to configure that person's computer and then does the...

In our last blog post, What is Microsoft EMS? we gave an overview of the 6 tools that make up the Enterprise Mobility +...

Microsoft launched the Enterprise Mobility + Security (EMS) in March 2014, in an effort to transition from 'bolted-on'...

The team at BEMO came up with the most important questions to ask any business owner or company executive when...

With 81 percent of data breaches being due to weak, reused, or stolen passwords, turning on Multi-Factor Authentication...

A few weeks ago we wrote about the 4 types of Microsoft Active Directory, Azure Active Directory being one of those...

No company on the planet can beat Microsoft's value to schools and education organizations. Between school-specific...

I was approached by the Head of IT for a 70-something person company via LinkedIn, wanting an independent review of...

For the last six months at BEMO we have been migrating a lot of Domain Controllers to Azure. During our discovery calls...

Most people are still unaware that Microsoft provides domestic and international calling plans for businesses through...

Microsoft is now pushing companies to adopt the Microsoft 365 product line, which bundles Office 365 with Windows 10...

Cata is our newest addition to BEMO. He is joining Bruno and Harpreet on the implementation team as a Cybersecurity...

Self-Service Password Reset (SSPR) for Office 365 and Azure is a great solution created by Microsoft to enable users to...

Microsoft will stop providing mainstream support for the Windows 7 operating system on January 14, 2020. From that day...

Office 365 E3 is $20 per user/month and Office 365 E5 is $35 per user/month, so is it worth the extra $15 per...

In this blog post, we're going to walk you through configuring SPF, DMARC, and DKIM. While this is an essential step,...

Besides using GoDaddy as our DNS provider, we're not really fans of their email service or the way they lock people...

Most people that come to us to migrate their email to Office 365 are under the impression that it's a really easy...

Microsoft will no longer release security for Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 starting January 14, 2020....