This policy from TechRepublic Premium defines proper practices for using Microsoft 365 applications, sites, and services whenever accessing, connecting to or otherwise interacting with organization systems, services, Teams sites, SharePoint portals, messaging, conferences, files, and data. This policy, created by Erik Eckel, can be customized to fit the requirements of your organization. Featured text from ...

Windows is not without certain issues and flaws, of course. Like any operating system it has been exposed to numerous vulnerabilities, both deliberate (viruses) and unintentional (exploitable holes in programs or processes). This policy, written by Scott Matteson for TechRepublic Premium, provides guidelines for securing Windows on company computers or computers used to conduct company ...

To assist Windows administrators with repetitive or mundane tasks, Microsoft developed a scripting language called PowerShell many years ago. Built upon the .NET framework, PowerShell lets you run the same tasks as the GUI, but with better controls and the capability of scheduling tasks or performing automation-related functions. It can also provide customized information and ...

Do you go through a yearly ritual of cleaning out your inboxes because you’ve exceeded your allotted mailbox space, or you find rooting through that collection of missives to be so daunting that you’d rather just mass delete everything and start all over, only to have to go through the very same ritual in 365 ...

Whenever installing Microsoft 365 subscription services and apps on a Mac, multiple considerations come into play. There are so many elements to consider that forward-thinking IT professionals should consider employing a checklist. With proper administration, IT departments can ensure important tasks aren’t overlooked and users don’t need to return systems to the help desk for ...

Regardless of the process, there are several elements to track when replacing an existing computer with a new system. Whether your organization begins by imaging drives or manually configures new systems, many questions must be addressed. Everyone from technology consultants to internal IT staff should build a checklist within their ticketing systems to ensure important ...

The modern enterprise generates more raw data than ever before, but it takes someone with special skills to turn that data stream into information that decision-makers can actually use. The extraction of useful business intelligence requires insight into all aspects of an enterprise’s business operations, technical knowledge of what, where and how data is generated ...

Every operating system should be appropriately secured, especially end-user workstations, which often contain or permit access to company data and upon which most employee job duties are based. Here is a checklist from TechRepublic Premium for getting the maximum security protection out of your Windows 10 deployments. The download comprises a six-page PDF and Word ...

Whether as standalone systems or part of a corporate Active Directory environment, chances are your company runs Windows machines you may be responsible for supporting, even indirectly, if you work in a different field. This checklist from TechRepublic Premium is intended to provide management guidelines and solutions to many of the problems that routinely occur ...

This OneDrive Cloud Usage Policy, courtesy of TechRepublic Premium, defines the practices and behaviors organization representatives must follow when using any Microsoft OneDrive cloud file storage account to execute organization services, process organization data, or access or store organization information. From the policy: No organization representative should ever install a personal OneDrive account on any ...

PURPOSE Microsoft developed a scripting language called PowerShell to assist Windows administrators with repetitive or mundane tasks. (TechRepublic Premium’s first Windows administrator’s PowerShell script kit can be found here.) To introduce you to PowerShell — or to further your existing knowledge base — TechRepublic Premium has assembled these PowerShell commands and scripts for common workstation ...