Tech Tidbit – UPS + Surge Protector = Disaster

Surge protectors need to be banned from your wiring closets Hi Lisa, A few thoughts on UPSes and Surge Protectors. If you need help with getting your arms around your power plug requirements in your closets, give us a call. -Scott Quimby  

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Tech Tidbit – Potentially Unwanted Applications (PUA)

  You can easily block these applications from getting on your endpoints Here’s a quick Tech Tidbit: Configure your “Potentially Unwanted Applications” (PUA) settings in Windows Defender. Hopefully you kept Windows Defender on each workstation and server regardless of what your primary antivirus or EDR type security product is.

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Tech Tidbit: Rejection is hard

  “Everyone fears rejection” -Derek Jeter It finally happened. I got kicked in the head and rejected. Here is what happened. As you may know, for last couple of years I have been writing and presenting on email reliability.

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Tech Tidbits – Manage Your Browser Extensions

  Keep your browser extensions limited to those you need to support the district and trust “There is a snake in my boot” – Woody, Toy Story When I was whitewater rafting down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon, our guides warned us to shake out our shoes/boots before we put them on in […]

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Tech Tidbits – Happy New Year!

  “I am watching you…Always watching” -Roz Monsters Inc. For New Year’s we once again had a holiday crisis. Fortunately, this wasn’t an attack. Microsoft had a 2022 date bug in Exchange that totally shut down the on-premise Exchange server’s ability to send emails worldwide.

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Your Weekly Tech Tidbit…Boring is good

  Boring Email Formatting = Improved Reliability We love to use graphics and links in our emails. There are lot cool tools. However, the reality is that your district sends emails out in bulk. Spammers do that too.

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Tech Tidbit: Patching your Holy of Holies

Your technical staff’s equipment needs to be the best maintained in the district   Some thoughts on patching your holy of holies. If you need help getting a handle on your patching process, give us a call -Scott Quimby  

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