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Small Business IT Budget: What to Include and How to Plan It
Summary: Your IT budget should include the technology you already use, the support required to maintain it, and the upgrades you expect to make during the year. It should also cover cybersecurity, backups, employee changes, planned projects, and a reserve for urgent repairs or replacements. If your IT budget only covers computers, Microsoft 365, and the occasional repair, it is probably missing several costs. Your business may also be paying for software subscriptions, cloud
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Sep 1012 min read


Why Guest Wi-Fi Should Be Separate From Your Business Network
Summary: Guest Wi-Fi should provide internet access while blocking connections to your internal business network. A different Wi-Fi name and password don't confirm that the networks are separated. The router, access points, and firewall must also be configured to prevent guest devices from reaching internal systems.
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Sep 106 min read


What Happens to Your Data When You Cancel a Cloud Service?
Summary: Before canceling a cloud service, export your data and confirm that the files can be opened or imported. Move any connected applications and sign-ins, then check the provider’s current rules for access, billing, retention, and deletion.
A cloud service may hold years of customer records, documents, emails, invoices, project history, or staff activity.
If you cancel before moving that information, employees may lose access before the business has a usable copy. So
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Sep 106 min read


Should Employees Use Personal Devices for Work?
Summary: Allow personal devices only for approved work, through approved apps, and when they meet your security requirements. Use company-owned devices for administration, sensitive work, or jobs that require storing large amounts of data locally.
Employees often use personal devices for work before the business decides what to do. They add work email to a phone, download a file to a home laptop, or sign in to a company app on a computer shared with family.
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Sep 108 min read


Why Your Employees Shouldn’t Have Administrator Access to Their Computers
Summary: Employees should use standard accounts for email, web browsing, and everyday work. Limit administrator access to approved IT tasks and protect it with a separate account.
Administrator access often starts with one request. An employee needs to install a printer, update a specialist program, or change a setting on their computer.
Giving them administrator access gets the job done. The problem is that the access usually stays in place after the request is completed
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Sep 106 min read

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