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Key Components of Security Audits Security Audits and Vulnerability Scanning: Regularly scanning your network for vulnerabilities is a key component of security audits. It helps identify potential weaknesses that could be exploited by cyber attackers. Tools like Microsoft Defender and Azure Security Center provide comprehensive vulnerability management solutions, essential for any IT services company. These …

Myth vs. Fact: The Real Benefits of Data Retention Policies Myth: Data retention policies are only necessary for compliance purposes. Fact: Although compliance with regulatory requirements is a primary reason for these policies, the benefits extend far beyond legal obligations. Implementing these strategies can help businesses manage storage costs, enhance data management, and improve security. …

SIEM brings together information management and event management. It’s just one part of many that make Virtual Office XDR a powerful business tool for you.

Unfortunately, severe cyber threats occur even with the most up-to-date protection. The solution is comprehensive, customized oversight of MS Sentinel.

IT Project Consulting provides several benefits to your business. In addition to freeing up staff, it offers cost savings, additional expertise and more.

Many businesses are unable to commit the resources to keep their network running smoothly. It’s becoming increasingly sensible to pay an MSP to take care of it.

It doesn’t take an expert to know what catastrophic data loss can do to business. With an MSP providing backups via Veeam CloudConnect, you can rest easy.

Microsoft 365 has an extensive existing infrastructure and recent improvements. It’s designed to meet the needs of working in today’s hybrid world.

Microsoft Azure is an incredibly powerful tool for IT professionals and developers. But that experience can vary depending on your Azure Services Provider

Application and server management are something most employees will never think about. But they play a key role in a business’s ability to innovate.

VirtuWorks has grown and changed since it began 25 years ago. The goal has remained the same though, to solve client needs through the careful use of tech.

Teams can become much more than a chat app. Through Microsoft and third-party integrations, it has the potential to become your central productivity hub.

Microsoft’s Azure Site Recovery allows orgs to maintain minimal downtime, and return to normal functioning quickly. Learn more about the benefits of ASR.

Businesses whose systems are not running safely and effectively will rapidly lose customer trust. This is especially true when it comes to security.

Virtual desktops are a natural evolution in cloud infrastructure. They grant a high degree of flexibility, security, and continuity while cutting costs.

Servers are essential for most modern businesses, whether they’re a spry startup or a large enterprise. Traditionally, superfast computing came with an equally super cost, but today, virtual servers provide many of the same luxuries at a fraction of the price.

Enterprise phone systems can be expensive, but not with VirtuWorks. The features a cloud-based PBX system provides offer prestige to SMBs and more.

We all know that backup and recovery is essential but how seriously do we take the backup process? 90% of businesses keep backups,but just 41% backup daily.

Microsoft’s Windows 10 Enterprise E3 & E5 create a per-user, subscription model. Building on Win 10 Pro, it offers upgrades in management, updates, and security.

At VirtuWorks, we pride ourselves on providing customers with industry-leading cybersecurity. This includes the full suite of WatchGuard security products.

Microsoft recently held a release event for Windows 11. The OS is currently available to users who are Windows insider and beta testers.

In recent months the number of MSP attacks has skyrocketed. The question many victims ask is: why wasn’t my MSP more prepared for an attack?

In today’s interview, we look at differences between MSP s and expectations in an IT service provider. Price is important but you might get what you pay for.

VirtuWorks has partnered with Crestron. Melding high-quality, conference-room-altering products with VW’s drive to give your business a technical edge.

Florida’s population has grown nearly 15% since 2011 & the pandemic has only accelerated it. Relocating a business is becoming increasingly attractive.

As we enter into hurricane season, it’s a good time to review our best practices to prepare for a hurricane. Just like you prep your home with shutters or sandbags, you can similarly protect your business’s IT infrastructure with a bit of effort.

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The Microsoft Surface has made waves as a 2-in-1 since 2012, but it also offers business advantages. Read about the top benefits of adopting the Surface.

As an office manager, you’re constantly juggling a seemingly endless variety of tasks. Learn about the top 5 software solutions for office managers.

VirtuWorks has been serving S. Fla and more for 25 years. We’ve had the privilege of growing from a 2-man team to employing 25+ with fantastic customers.

A managed service provider is a good way to address the need for a virtual office setup. VirtuWorks’ Virtual Office delivers a feature-rich bundle of apps.

2020 led to explosive growth in tech, let’s take a look at some business technology trends 2021 will deliver. And learn how they can help your business.

Microsoft doesn’t partner with just anyone. It has developed a CSP program with strict requirements to ensure excellence. VirtuWorks is a Tier 1 partner.

SMBs need to balance innovation and budgeting. It’s easy to forget the true value of IT: keeping employees happy, customers satisfied, and data secure.

Deciding between Outsourced IT, Internal IT, or a Hybrid setup is a big decision for your businesses. Unfortunately, is there’s no one-size-fits-all answer.

In most cases, Shadow IT forms not out of malice, but due to frustration with the inefficiency of current systems. As such, it can be a source of innovation.

Phishing emails have been around for decades, but they are still a security threat. Thankfully, there are several things you can do to mitigate that worry

If you find patches and system updates frustrating, you’re not alone. But, the protections they can offer to your company make it worthwhile. Learn more

In this episode of Quick Tech learn how to allow VirtuWorks to connect to your Mac/OSX through screen share. You’ll need to alter the privacy settings.

Today on Quick Tech learn about Azure Metered Services. With metered services, you can only pay for the hours of usage you accrue over a time period.

Avoid the endless back-and-forth of troubleshooting. Learn about six clear guidelines to stop that from happening and reduce frustration on both sides.

The MSP Control Agent Software is a set it and forget application. After an install process, there is typically no further user action required.

Setting up your Microsoft Azure Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) need not be confusing. Below you will find our step-by-step video.

When it comes to security, many organizations are faced with a dilemma. Striking a delicate balance between security and efficiency can be a challenge.

Learn how to protect yourself from phishing attempts, which are tactics used to exploit or gather information that may leave your business vulnerable.

The property management market is competitive. To stay ahead, you have to be agile enough to respond and still be efficienct. The right technology can help.

View our panel discussion to learn more about the diverse ways VirtuWorks and our MSPControl system helps Office Managers. We cover topics such as onboarding and offboarding users, equipment and software research and procurement, policy controls, and much more.

With some pre-planning, the effect of ransomware attacks can be mitigated without major losses. Here are some steps you can take if you’ve fallen victim.

If you prepare your business for an approaching hurricane or severe weather, it may help mitigate some of the damage your office receives.

Industries across the board have seen major transformations. Leaps in the cloud and technology are transforming accounting.

A restored hard drive can give potential hackers all types of information. The best way to ensure your hard drives are never compromised is to destroy them.

Without a conscious effort to optimize, your IT budget can quickly snowball. Inefficient licensing, redundant software and maintenance costs can add up.

Creating a healthy office where employees are comfortable will help your business. But how do you get there, and where can technology help?

The security landscape has evolved since the internet’s infancy, moving from trolls to large-scale organized crime, using spear phishing for quick profits

With seven environmental sensors and an intuitive online platform, Awair Omni helps make workspaces safer. Virtuworks offers professional installation and training.

Virtual desktops provide a simple, cost-effective solution. They let businesses offer their employees secure access to the apps they’re accustomed to on any device, in any location.

How confident are you in the security of your data right now? For a more in-depth look at how VirtuWorks’ clients are protecting themselves with MS365 and Azure AD, please take a look at the webinar in its entirety.

Zoom may currently be getting a lot of the headlines, but for the 120 million business users of Microsoft 365, Microsoft Teams is the chat, video conferencing, and audio calling platform of choice. While Zoom has plenty of decent live event features, its serious security issues have the company playing a game of catch-up with MS …

Live Studio Session – Thursday, April 30th 2PM Click Here to Register for the Online Event Collaboration platforms abound, from Slack, Zoom, WhatsApp, to Facebook Messenger, but not all are designed for business. That’s where Microsoft Teams truly shines. Teams is so successful at facilitating business communications that it just may be the hidden gem …

Hurricanes, earthquakes, and tornados are some of the disasters we plan for in business, but does your business have a pandemic plan? Being prepared is one thing, but with phrases like self-quarantine being circulated by the CDC and officials, it’s time to start thinking about how to keep your business running when working remotely isn’t …

ClubFlyers.com CEO Mark Quetgles was feeling more like a number than a long-time valued customer. With a long term contract renewal and associated pricing increases looming, he began to look for a better technology partner. Enter VirtuWorks; A managed service provider and Microsoft Gold Certified Partner who would soon help Mark feel like he was printing money.

If you’ve hesitated until now to take your CPA firm into the cloud, it may be time to reconsider. Moving to the cloud can provide access to many of the standard programs you use every day, like Microsoft Office 365, QuickBooks, Great Plains, SAP, UltraTax or AdvanceFlow, but with all the benefits you can expect …

Businesses today are shifting their resources to the cloud and Managed Service Providers (MSPs) in an effort to reduce costs and increase security. Omar Amernteros, CEO of VirtuWorks points out something often overlooked in the move to the cloud, “the role an efficient MSP plays in automation, back-ups, and uptime.” Every business runs on information. …

Microsoft Certified Solutions Tailored to Your Business When choosing a managed service provider (MSP), you need a partner who offers the right resources, expertise, and strategic vision tailored to your specific goals and needs. An MSP who is also a Microsoft Certified Partner provides your organization with: The most up-to-date hardware and software solutions including …

Keeping up with business expenses is a challenge for most small to medium-sized companies, and complexity is increased with each vendor added to the list of payees. Partnering with a managed service provider (MSP) can help streamline your accounting.  Working with an MSP is a good start The benefits of partnering with an MSP for …

Organizations of all sizes are slowly moving away from the traditional in-house IT departments to a more outsourced approach. They’ve learned there are enormous benefits to partnering with a managed IT service provider: Controlled and predictable spending on IT. Expertise of certified IT professionals. Freedom to focus on the core of their business, not IT …

Experts predict that by 2025 over 465 exabytes of data will be globally created each day. If it’s difficult to wrap your head around what that number means, it’s the equivalent of 212,765,957 DVDs per day, as antiquated as those may be! As IoT and other technologies continue their march forward, the amount of data …

Organizations looking to change their IT structure and move to the cloud have two financial models to choose from: capital expenditure (CapEx) and operating expenditure (OpEx). While these models are not new, how they’re viewed in relation to the cloud adds another dimension when assessing IT solutions. OpEx, CapEx, and the Cloud IT purchases have …

It’s true that the real estate industry has been one of the slowest to adopt new technologies. Today, though, many real estate professionals, including real estate agencies, mortgage brokers, real estate investors, property managers, and title and escrow companies are paying more attention to how the internet—and the cloud—can help their business strategies. VirtuWorks, a …

In a perfect world, network and security infrastructure would never go down. But despite the enormous role technology plays in daily life, for now, we still live in a very human sphere where lapses can and do happen. There may be: Unavoidable situations where dips in server performance occur from sudden traffic spikes. A delay …

With nearly 80 million domain names under management and roughly 20 million global customers, GoDaddy is one of the world’s largest domain registrars and web hosts. In 2014, Microsoft partnered with the provider to begin offering Office 365 as one of its bundled services. At first glance, these types of strategic partnerships seem to be …

Azure made the news in a big way this past week when telecom giant AT&T announced it was switching to a “public cloud first” operation, moving most of its non-network workloads to Microsoft’s cloud, with employees using Office 365. The $2 billion deal will also see the two companies work together on developing tools for …

Across industries, IT is the backbone of business today. And beyond simple productivity advantages, using IT to address complex business challenges help companies, large and small, to gain a competitive edge. But this edge does not come without a price. Advanced IT environments can be difficult to maintain, and typically require far more time and …

In the seven years since Microsoft released Office 365, the cloud-based suite has become the most utilized collaborative platform on the market, with more than 50 million active business users per month. And for good reason. The overall boost in productivity businesses have received can be directly attributed to the toolkit’s cloud-based apps, online storage, …

The cloud has dramatically changed the way businesses go about embracing the ever-evolving digital transformation. In fact, the cloud tech services market is projected to grow about 17% ($206 billion) this year. That’s up from $176 billion in 2018. And it’s estimated that by the year 2022, 90% of businesses will be using cloud services. …