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Microsoft Detects Zero-Day Exploits on Exchange Servers

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Mar 08, 2021

Microsoft Detects Zero-Day Exploits on Exchange Servers

Courtney Heinbach

Microsoft notified the IT community of multiple attacks on the on-premises version of Exchange Servers. It’s been identified that threat actors are using these zero-day exploits to access email accounts and distribute malware.

SaaS Backup Is Essential – Find One That Is Easy To Use

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Mar 05, 2021

SaaS Backup Is Essential – Find One That Is Easy To Use

Courtney Heinbach

Small and medium businesses (SMBs) may think that if their data exists in the cloud, it’s safe from harm and data loss – to no fault of their own. For those not immersed in the weeds of IT management, the public cloud may seem like an impenetrable, reliable location for business-critical data, while that is not necessarily the case.

Tech Beats: The Benefits of Deploying Datto Workplace With Hybrid Capabilities

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Mar 02, 2021

Tech Beats: The Benefits of Deploying Datto Workplace With Hybrid Capabilities

Ryan North

Datto Workplace offers a hybrid deployment option that allows MSPs to make files accessible via Workplace in the cloud as well as a local, centralized data storage repository, giving MSPs the ability to bridge legacy hardware to cloud and sync with their Workplace account.

SIRIS Deployment Flexibility: Choosing the Right Solution

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Mar 02, 2021

SIRIS Deployment Flexibility: Choosing the Right Solution

Ona Blanchette

Datto SIRIS offers a broad range of deployment options from software-only implementations to purpose-built backup appliances. This deployment flexibility enables MSPs to implement the solution that fits their clients’ (and their own) requirements.

MSPs: Ensure Your DRaaS Offering Has These Features

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Mar 01, 2021

MSPs: Ensure Your DRaaS Offering Has These Features

Courtney Heinbach

DRaaS offerings vary in their technological capabilities and pricing options, as do the needs of MSPs and their clients. Here are a few criteria MSPs should ensure their DRaaS offering includes.

How MSPs Can Support Clients During a Microsoft or Google Outage

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Feb 26, 2021

How MSPs Can Support Clients During a Microsoft or Google Outage

Courtney Heinbach

An outage can happen at any time and lasts for an undetermined amount of time. While it can be frustrating, the impact an outage has on productivity and business processes is a serious concern. Here's how MSPs can support their clients through an outage.

SaaS Protection

Feb 24, 2021

SMBs’ Shift to the Cloud Makes SaaS Protection a Critical MSP Offering

Erin Stephan

Florida-based ShowTech Solutions found more and more clients migrating to the cloud and an increased need for cloud-to-cloud backup.

Silver Sparrow Dropper Flies Through macOS Detection; Free Script Available for MSPs

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Feb 23, 2021

Silver Sparrow Dropper Flies Through macOS Detection; Free Script Available for MSPs

Dan Garcia

As a threat emerged this week in the form of a new dropper called Silver Sparrow, the Datto RMM engineering team sprung into action and has developed a free script for MSPs that detects the presence of this dropper.

Why MSPs Should Look for BCDR Solutions with Deployment Flexibility

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Feb 23, 2021

Why MSPs Should Look for BCDR Solutions with Deployment Flexibility

Courtney Heinbach

MSPs have varying needs in how they deploy business continuity and disaster recovery (BCDR) to their clients. Does your BCDR solution offer you that flexibility?

Tech Beats: A Closer Look at How Rapid Rollback Works

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Feb 22, 2021

Tech Beats: A Closer Look at How Rapid Rollback Works

Dan Ciccone

Rapid Rollback enables MSPs to incrementally revert changed data on a production machine to a previously backed up state without formatting or partitioning the target hardware—and to do it quickly.

How Datto RMM Helps MSPs Detect Ransomware

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Feb 22, 2021

How Datto RMM Helps MSPs Detect Ransomware

Courtney Heinbach

There are countless tools available to managed service providers (MSPs) to help them mitigate the risk of ransomware for themselves and their small and medium business (SMB) clients. There’s no single solution that can completely prevent a business from an attack, but rather many that work together. MSPs should consider their RMM tools as a key component in their ransomware mitigations strategy.

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Feb 19, 2021

MSP Technology Day: Cyber Resilience

Courtney Heinbach

In recent years, with ransomware attacks on the rise and hackers targeting SMBs and MSPs alike, cyber resilience has come to the forefront of a sound IT strategy.