The Secret To Incredible Testimonials for your MSP
“Get Testimonials”, “Build Authority”, “Become an Influencer”. These silly little business quips that make their way into every startup self-help book all sound great but they leave out a difficult step in the process. You know, the part of HOW you actually do it. Usually when we write blog posts we share some technical information,…
Managing Local Admin passwords with Kaseya
One of the challenges we had on our MSP side is dealing with how to setup and manage a local admin account that can be used by our techs. Historically there are a few ways to handle this. Use a Domain Admin account. – This is fine in most cases, since the Domain Admin is…
How to Keep Windows 10 Versions Current Using Kaseya RMM
One of the questions we consistently get asked is “Why is my version of Windows 10 not up to the latest feature release?”. The answer is simply that Microsoft doesn’t push these feature updates out via the traditional patch management process, so all your patches can be up to date, and you can still have…
Protect Against Phishing with a Creative Mailprotector Filtering Rule
These days it can be difficult to see the difference between real and fake emails. Spammers, hackers, and phishing have gotten more and more sophisticated. Now, instead of sending casual “You got money from a Nigerian prince” emails, malicious senders are starting to research their targets and send much more believable emails. They’ll probe for…
Controlling Notification Emails From Mailprotector
By default Mailprotector sends notifications up to three times per day depending on if new spam is waiting in the quarantine for you. This can add up rapidly if you have several distribution lists associated with your account since, by default, you’ll get a notification for each distribution list along with your email account. Controlling…
Is Your Account Secure? Security in an MSP World
In the past month there have been numerous articles about cities and MSPs who have gotten busted with cryptoware. Damages vary from a few hundred thousand to tens of millions in lost time and revenue. As MSPs we are in a sweat-inducing position of not just being responsible for our own machines, but also the…