eGroup | Enabling Technologies Releases Copilot for Microsoft 365 Launch Readiness Assessment

eGroup | Enabling Technologies Releases Copilot for Microsoft 365 Launch Readiness Assessment, Paving the Way for Next-Level Productivity and Collaboration [28, September 2023] – eGroup | Enabling Technologies, a 9x Microsoft Partner of the Year Award recipient, is thrilled to introduce the Copilot for Microsoft 365 Launch Readiness Assessment. Copilot for M365 is a groundbreaking […]

AudioCodes OVOC Server Security Vulnerability

AudioCodes OVOC Server Security Vulnerability and Required Remediation On August 20, 2023, AudioCodes published Product Notice #0511 – Vulnerabilities Discovered and Subsequent Mitigations in One Voice Operations Center (OVOC) Server. The article provides configuration information to mitigate possible security vulnerabilities on One Voice Operations Center (OVOC) servers. The notice includes the recommended steps to mitigate […]

September 2023 Newsletter

September 2023 Newsletter Cyber Insurance and Regulatory News SEC and NCUA (for credit unions) are mandating 72-hour breach reporting processes. This puts even more importance on cross-company coordination of Incident Response Plans. Check out our Seven Steps for Successful Incident Response Tabletop Exercises.  We’ve heard from customers that their cyber insurer (Corvis) threatened to drop […]

eGroup | Enabling Technologies Achieves Microsoft Cloud Security Specialization

eGroup | Enabling Technologies Achieves Microsoft Cloud Security Specialization [21, September 2023] – eGroup | Enabling Technologies, a 9x Microsoft Partner of the Year Award recipient and award-winning Managed Services Provider, is proud to announce its recent achievement of earning the Microsoft Cloud Security Specialization. This designation highlights the company’s commitment to delivering cutting-edge cloud […]

Can Copilot for Microsoft 365 Command the Coin?

Can Copilot for Microsoft 365 Command the Coin? After many conversations with organizations about Copilot for Microsoft 365, we’re starting to see two patterns developing: Organizations who have bought or are already budgeted for the licensing Organizations who are seeking answers about ROI, security, or user experience before budgeting for licensing   This insight comes […]

Improve Your Tenant’s Compliance with Purview Compliance Manager

Improve Your Tenant’s Compliance with Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager The features of Purview that we’ve discussed so far in this series — Content Explorer, Search, Data Loss Prevention, Sensitivity Labeling, and Data Retention—are all foundational tools to help better secure and govern data in your Microsoft 365 tenant. Today, we are going to look at […]

Microsoft Disrupts UCaaS Market

Microsoft Disrupts UCaaS Market Microsoft recently released Pay-As-You-Go Calling Plans for US-based customers. This is a BIG DEAL for organizations whose users don’t make a lot of phone calls. Pay-As-You-Go plans for Microsoft Teams calling has introduced a new level of flexibility and cost-efficiency. This blog outlines the concept and benefits of these plans. Overview […]

Use Data Retention to Reduce Risk

Purview Data Lifecycle Management:Use Data Retention to Reduce Risk In the past few months, I have discussed the first three foundational elements of Microsoft Purview Compliance: Use Purview Content Explorer searches to identify where sensitive data exists in your tenant, Use Purview Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policies to prevent sensitive data from being shared outside […]

Summary of Announcements from Microsoft

Summary of Announcements from Microsoft A flurry of pricing info, new product innovations, and name changes have been announced in the past two weeks. Here’s a summary and some resources for your research and planning.   Microsoft 365 Copilot  Commercial pricing for Microsoft 365 Copilot was announced at $30/user/month. No release date information yet. Microsoft joined […]

A Critical Step to Securing Confidential Data

A Critical Step to Securing Confidential Data Previously, I have discussed data governance using Microsoft Purview and how Content Explorer and Data Loss Prevention (DLP) are key components to identifying and protecting sensitive data. In this installment, we will review Purview’s Information Protection features, also referred to as Sensitivity Labels. Referring to the diagram below, Information […]