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6 min read

Microsoft Business Voice, Part I: What Is It and Do I Really Need It?

Unless you've been living under a rock for the last six months, chances are you've noticed that a lot of businesses are changing the way they do,...

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Customer Interviews, Phase I: We Asked, You Answered

When I joined BEMO, six months ago now (!), I was curious about our customers. Working in Marketing, I spent very little time actually interacting...

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Google Workspace to Office 365 Migration: A Step-by-Step Guide from Our Pros

If there is one thing that gets an IT professional’s heart pumping, it’s being asked to be part of a migration.  From the planning and testing to the...

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Welcome Sakshi Tomar, BEMO's Sixth Hire of 2020!

We are happy to announce that Sakshi Tomar has joined the BEMO team! Sakshi will be our first hire solely dedicated to Technical Support. She will...

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GoDaddy Office 365, It's a trap

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Buying GoDaddy Office 365: Why It's A Trap!

You may have registered your small business with your local government, but it’s not until you have a website that things really feel real, right? ...

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Our 23 Employee Benefits: The Final Outcome

UPDATE, January 2021: When we first published this post last fall, 2020, we mentioned it would be updated as our benefits were update. Now's the...

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7 min read

Life After Microsoft: What It’s Like to Work For a Microsoft Partner

Three months ago, I transitioned from my job as a Cloud Technical Expert at Microsoft, into a role as a Cloud Solutions Specialist with BEMO. Going...

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We Ranked The 23 Team Member Benefits As A Company

Earlier this summer, our CEO and CFO asked all of our BEMO employees to participate in a week-long brainstorm. "A week-long brainstorm? About what?"...

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Welcome Domonic Lastoria, BEMO's Fifth Hire of 2020!

Domonic is the newest addition to our BEMO team. He will be joining us as our Customer Success Manager in order to build long-term relationships with...

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Your Complete Guide to Microsoft Email Security

Technology is ever-evolving. Every day there are new ways to interact online and with those many points of access, open many doors for security...

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BEMO Team 23 Employee Benefits

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Our 23 Future Team Member Benefits (To Be Implemented by December 2023)

"Customers will never love a company until the employees love it first." Simon Sinek

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What is the Cloud? Plus: Cloud Pros & Cons

Cloud computing has been around for a while now, but it’s only more recently that it has become a major focus of businesses worldwide. More and more,...

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Welcome Carol Bubar, BEMO's Fourth Hire of 2020!

Welcome to BEMO, Carol! Carol Bubar has joined BEMO as our newest team member and we couldn't be happier. Carol works as our Operational Excellence...

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9 Tips for Meeting with Microsoft Teams

If you’re using Teams and you’re like me, you’re discovering new things about it every day. Microsoft has been a busy bee since the release of Teams...

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SharePoint vs. OneDrive (What's the Difference Again?)

Note: This blog post was last reviewed December 2022. We do our best to keep all of our blogs up to date to offer you the best, most accurate...

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6 min read

10 Challenges of Managing Your Virtual Team (and 10 WFH Solutions)

Whether you're starting a remote company from scratch or you're trying to transform your current business into running more smoothly while people...

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6 min read

Slack vs. Teams

In this post, we'll take a look at Slack vs. Teams. More likely than not, you've heard of both, maybe you've even used one or the other but what do...

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How to Set Up Office Message Encryption (OME)

In this blog post, we'll be giving you the step-by-step instructions for configuring Office Message Encryption. I have to say they aren't for the...

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Advantage of Microsoft Teams

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10 Benefits of Microsoft Teams (To Make Life a Whole Lot Better)

A few months ago, upon starting up with BEMO, they upgraded my setup from my  laptop to a new laptop and two monitors. It was an outright command...

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Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection: Plan 1 vs Plan 2

Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) protects you by preventing dangerous links and malicious attachments from entering your organization via...

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Welcome to Franklin

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Welcome Josh Franklin, BEMO's Third Hire of 2020!

Josh is our newest BEMO team member and comes to us by way of Houston, Texas! Josh will join us as a Cloud Solutions Specialist, providing full-scope...

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Microsoft Authenticator App (MFA the easy way)

I am busy. I have a sneaking suspicion that you are too. However, until recently, I donated precious time, multiple times a day, to getting out my...

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How to Set Up Exchange Online Protection

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How to Set Up Exchange Online Protection

In this blog post, we're going to walk you through the step-by-step process for setting up Exchange Online Protection (EOP). Although setting up...

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How to Set Up Office 365 ATP

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How to Set Up Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection

In this blog post, we're going to walk you through the step-by-step process for setting up Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection (ATP). Although...

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Spear Phishing vs. Phishing: The Difference And How To Prevent It

As many companies shift their operations online (and their employees shift into their “daytime jammies”) so too must their attention shift to...

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Julia Chester BEMO Cybersecurity

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Welcome Julia Chester, BEMO's Second Hire of 2020!

Julia is our latest addition to the BEMO team by way of Alaska! She will work closely with Brandon as an Inbound Marketer, bringing fresh content to...

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mohamed sekrane: microsoft 365 security expert

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Welcome Mohamed Sekrane, BEMO's First Hire of 2020!

Mohamed is our newest addition to BEMO! He is joining our team as an Implementation and Support Engineer and will work closely with Cata, Harpreet,...

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How Do I Buy Windows 7 Extended Security Updates (ESU)?

UPDATE, December 2020: This blog was originally written for ESU updates for 2020. If you're wondering where to purchase updates for 2021, check out...

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SQL Server 2008 End of Life

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SQL Server 2008 End Of Life

Microsoft will no longer release security updates for SQL Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 R2 after July 9, 2019. Remaining on legacy infrastructure...

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azure vs o365

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Microsoft 365 vs Office 365

Microsoft 365 is a bundle of Office 365, Windows 10, and Enterprise Mobility + Security (EMS). Microsoft 365 is the parent product of Office 365 and...

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setup azure ad connect step by step

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Azure AD Connect: Step-By-Step Instructions

Azure AD Connect is a Microsoft tool designed to meet and accomplish your hybrid identity goals. It lets you connect your on-premises Active...

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Microsoft 365 Business Premium vs Office 365 E3

Microsoft 365 Business Standard (formerly known as Office 365 Business Premium) is by far the most common product among SMBs while Office 365 E3 has...

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The Office 365 for Government Buyers Journey

Most of our customers and partners ask us about the approval process for government organizations wanting to be on Microsoft Government Community...

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Azure AD Identity Protection: 17 Best Practices

A successful Zero Trust strategy requires seamless and flexible access to applications, systems, and data while maintaining security for both users...

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windows autopilot

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Windows Autopilot Overview

When you bring on a new hire does your IT team spend time having to configure that person's computer and then does the new hire has to spend the next...

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EMS E3 v E5 comparison table - extended-1

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Microsoft EMS E3 vs E5

In our last blog post, What is Microsoft EMS? we gave an overview of the 6 tools that make up the Enterprise Mobility + Security suite. In this post...

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Microsoft EMS Features

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What is Microsoft EMS?

Microsoft launched the Enterprise Mobility + Security (EMS) in March 2014, in an effort to transition from 'bolted-on' security to 'built-in'...

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Will Your Business Get Hacked? (Quiz)

The team at BEMO came up with the most important questions to ask any business owner or company executive when determining their risk of a data...

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Office 365 Authenticator

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Office 365 MFA Setup: Step-by-Step Instructions

With 81 percent of data breaches being due to weak, reused, or stolen passwords, turning on Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) for all of your apps is...

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azure ad identity protection

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Azure AD: Premium P1 vs P2

Think of your organization’s Active Directory (AD) like the bouncer outside of your own very popular, hard-to-get-into club. This AD system not only...

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office 365 education

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Office 365 for Education: Everything You Need To Know

No company on the planet can beat Microsoft's value to schools and education organizations. Between school-specific applications, heavily discounted...

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nerdioauthenticator

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Azure MFA Loophole: Why am I still under attack?

I was approached by the Head of IT for a 70-something person company via LinkedIn, wanting an independent review of their environment. I thought...

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What are the 4 types of Microsoft Active Directory?

For the last six months at BEMO we have been migrating a lot of Domain Controllers to Azure. During our discovery calls with the customers, it's...

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Office 365 Calling Plan

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Office 365 Calling Plan: Ditch Your Phone Company!

Most people are still unaware that Microsoft provides domestic and international calling plans for businesses through Office 365's Microsoft Teams....

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What is Microsoft 365?

Microsoft is now pushing companies to adopt the Microsoft 365 product line, which bundles Office 365 with Windows 10 and their cybersecurity tools...

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Welcome Catalin Alaci, BEMO's latest hire!

Cata is our newest addition to BEMO. He is joining Bruno and Harpreet on the implementation team as a Cybersecurity Engineer. Cata has known the...

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Office 365 Self-Service Password Reset

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How to Setup Self-Service Password Reset for Azure and Office 365

Self-Service Password Reset (SSPR) for Office 365 and Azure is a great solution created by Microsoft to enable users to change and reset their...

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windows 7 grim

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Windows 7 End of Life: Should I care?

Microsoft will stop providing mainstream support for the Windows 7 operating system on January 14, 2020. From that day on, Microsoft will no longer...

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Office 365 E3 vs E5

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Office 365 E3 vs E5: Which one is better for my company?

Office 365 E3 is $20 per user/month and Office 365 E5 is $35 per user/month, so is it worth the extra $15 per user/month? In this article we dive...

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mxtoolbox blog

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MxToolbox: How to Enable SPF, DMARC, and DKIM

In this blog post, we're going to walk you through configuring SPF, DMARC, and DKIM. While this is an essential step, it is only one portion of a...

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Godaddy office 365

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How to Migrate from GoDaddy to Office 365: Step-By-Step Guide

The most common migration we do at BEMO is moving customers from GoDaddy to Office 365. We know the masses can't be migrating just because we are...

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gmail office 365

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Migrate From Gmail to Office 365: Step-By-Step Guide

Most people that come to us to migrate their email to Office 365 are under the impression that it's a really easy process. You have no idea how many...

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Windows Server 2008 End of Life

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Windows Server 2008 End of Life

Microsoft will no longer release security for Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 starting January 14, 2020. Remaining on legacy...

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