Two reasons to Deploy a Domain Controller in Azure IaaS

Two reasons to Deploy a Domain Controller in Azure Information-As-A-Service (IaaS) A domain controller is the first server most organizations deploy in IaaS as they move workloads to Azure. Why Configure a DC in Azure IaaS? A DC builds the necessary foundation to bring other servers into IaaS. Your authentication to Office 365 may depend […]

The Case for Preparedness

The Case for Preparedness Are you prepared for the unexpected? If your answer is yes—are you sure? In the early minutes of a Saturday morning in April 2011, a water main broke below the streets of Columbia, S.C. A $30 billion lending provider a few feet away from the break had over 1,200 servers in […]

Cutting Edge of Technology in State-of-the-Art Healthcare

Cutting Edge of Technology in State-of-the-Art Healthcare Keeping state-of-the-art healthcare on the cutting edge of technology is a difficult feat. Advances and discoveries in healthcare are happening every minute of every day. The same is true in information technology. Computers emerged in healthcare in the early 1970s (Becker’s Health IT & CIO Review 2015) after […]

Azure Site Recovery Deployment

Azure Site Recovery Deployment Once you have reviewed the costs of Azure Site Recovery (ASR), ensured it will meet your necessary requirements, and properly planned out your deployment using the ASR Planning Tool as well as all other environmental components including storage accounts, recovery service vaults, and networking, you are now ready to being your deployment of ASR. The setup […]

eGroup Ranked Among Top 501 Global Managed Service Providers by Channel Futures

eGroup ranks among the world’s 501 most strategic and innovative managed service providers (MSPs), according to Channel Futures 11th-annual MSP 501 Worldwide Company Rankings. The MSP 501 is the first, largest and most comprehensive ranking of managed service providers worldwide. This year Channel Futures received a record number of submissions. Applications poured in from Europe, […]

The Power of the Trust X Alliance

Technology Solutions of America (TSOA), a information technology organization based out of Florida, was in need of assistance with a major healthcare customer and turned to the Trust X Alliance program through IngramMicro to partner with a like-minded organization with Citrix Subject Matter Experts. eGroup rose to the occasion, assisted and delivered immediate success for […]

eGroup Named to CRN’s 2018 Solution Provider 500 List

Mount Pleasant, SC, June 4, 2018 – eGroup, Together, we make IT happen, announced today that CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, has named eGroup to its 2018 Solution Provider 500 list. The Solution Provider 500 is CRN’s annual ranking of the largest technology integrators, solution providers and IT consultants in North America by […]

Azure Site Recovery Capacity and Planning

Azure Site Recovery Capacity and Planning Before any project begins it is essential to perform proper planning to ensure a successful project, measure twice, cut once mentality.  Azure Site Recovery (ASR) provides a pure cloud-based alternative to expensive secondary datacenters.  ASR can be used purely for disaster recovery scenarios, but also can be used for […]

Azure Site Recovery Overview and Pricing

Azure Site Recovery Overview and Pricing Do you have a Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BCDR) plan? Many organizations don’t. As a matter of fact, BCDR planning usually isn’t even considered or acted on until after something significant happens. A BCDR plan is a lot like insurance. You pay a premium and hope nothing happens, […]

Azure Backup Server Configuration and Recovery

Azure Backup Server Configuration and Recovery With Microsoft Azure Backup Server (MABS) installation complete, we can begin setting up backup configurations.  Remember, the initial backup copy writes to local storage.  Therefore, before setting up items for backup, we need to configure local storage for the server.  This storage needs to be at least the total […]