Your Scanner Is About to Stop Emailing: SMTP Basic Auth Ends in December
Copiers and older apps that send email with a plain password stop at the end of December. How to find them, and the fixes that don’t mean a new copier.
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Windows 10 Extended Security Updates: Year One Ends on 13 October
Paid Windows 10 updates don’t renew themselves. What lapses on the 13th, what year two costs, and why it matters for Cyber Essentials.
Read the guide ->Microsoft 365’s July 2026 Changes, Explained Plainly
Mailboxes doubled, prices rose, and the plans quietly absorbed paid add-ons. What changed — and the licences you may now be able to cancel.
Read the guide ->How Much Does Cyber Essentials Cost? An Honest Breakdown
The fee everyone quotes, the Plus audit, and the remediation cost nobody mentions — plus how to avoid paying for readiness twice.
Read the guide ->Microsoft 365 Security Baseline for SMEs
The practical tenant controls that should be in place before Microsoft 365 becomes the easiest route into your business.
Read the guide ->Seven Security Checks Your MSP Should Already Have Done
A plain-English checklist for the controls that separate managed IT from ticket handling with a nicer invoice.
Read the guide ->How to Change IT Provider Without Losing Control
How to move providers cleanly, keep ownership of your systems and avoid finding out too late who really holds the keys.
Read the guide ->Why Tested Backups Matter More Than Backup Software
Backup products are easy to buy. Restoring a business under pressure is where the truth tends to appear.
Read the guide ->Co-managed IT Support for Internal IT Teams
How an external MSP can strengthen internal IT without taking over, second-guessing or turning every issue into politics.
Read the guide ->Cyber Essentials Is Not the Finish Line
Cyber Essentials is useful. It is not the same thing as being resilient, monitored, governed and ready to recover.
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