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RAID 5 vs. RAID 6: How to Choose the Best RAID Configuration

Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) is a data storage technique that groups multiple physical storage disks (HDDs or SSDs) to work together as a single virtual storage drive. In this article, we’ll be detailing two of the most used RAID levels – RAID 5 and RAID 6. We’ll be highlighting the major differences between...

Last Update: Jan 16, 2023

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Understanding Microsoft 365 Data, What is and Is Not Your Responsibility

Last Update: Oct 07, 2022

When people talk about the security of data in Microsoft 365, invariably phrase you’ll hear – and I don’t know who coined it – “the cloud is just someone else’s computer”. When someone says it to me, I literally have to stop myself from saying “…but actually” before we both explode into memes. Microsoft 365…

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What is Data Management As a Service (DMaaS)?

Data Management as a Service (DMaaS) is a new IT term used to describe cloud-based solutions for managing data from different sources on one central platform. The “as-a-service” component describes the pay-per-usage model that DMaaS platforms use. In this post, I will explain how Data Management as a Service works and why it can make…

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How to De-identify PII data from the Teams Admin Usage Report

Microsoft announced recently that the rollout of a new feature in Teams usage reporting has completed and should be available for all. This will put many an IT Pro’s minds’ at rest, at least a little more. 🙂 Prior to the rollout of MC244599, the Teams admin center exposed user identifiable information (PII) like AAD…

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Understanding the new Granular Permissions for App Access to Teams data

Microsoft announced in the message center this week that resource-specific content will roll-out to tenants, beginning mid-August. This opens the door for installing richer applications than you would have previously considered approving and allows self-service installation by Team owners. Teams applications based on the Graph API to read and write content within a Team, such…

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Microsoft’s Retail Narrative Continues, Partners with Kroger for Retail-as-a-Service

Microsoft and Kroger have teamed up to take on Amazon’s expansion into retail with Retail-as-a-Service.

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To Make Office 365 Smarter, Microsoft’s Getting More Ambitious with Internal AI Testing

Microsoft will start a mass data collection practice for US employees that the company hopes will help them improve their AI and ML data models.

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Microsoft’s Making Golf (Even) More Enjoyable to Watch

Microsoft and the PGA Tour have teamed up to help uncover new insights using all the data collected during each golf tournament.

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Google Introduces Several New Ways to Keep Accounts Secure

Google recently announced several new tools and services that can be used to protect data stored on the Google Cloud Platform.

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Google Adds Community Connectors Feature to Data Studio

In a recent announcement, Google introduced Community Connectors to Data Studio, which is designed to make data collection, analysis, and visualization easier. What’s more is that users can also share their connectors with others.

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