


Top 5 Active Directory Best Practices
Prescriptive guidance about Active Directory hasn’t generally been updated since the January 21, 2005 TechNet Active Directory Best Practices article. Some of the legacy information no longer applies, but we see many of the basics being […]

Microsoft Account Formerly Windows Live ID
Due to the volume of questions, these bullet points are provided to alleviate the confusion about what is a “Microsoft account“: “Microsoft account” is the new name for what used […]

How to Disable Apple iCloud
According to industry experts, Apple is 10 years behind in security. Apple.com currently asks “What will your verse be?” on the home page in the wake of a huge security […]

Managed Services First Bootstrap Website
77% of mobile searches are in a location where a PC is available, according to the Google 2013 Mobile Search Study. Amazingly, most of the technology industry (including Apple) has not […]

Matrixforce Leaves Facebook and Google Plus
We recently deleted all previous posts from our Facebook and Google Plus business pages. We’re not disgruntled with Facebook or Google Plus, but feel that: Our target customers are not […]

CRM Next Release Spring 2014
The Spring 2014 update for Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online is nearly here with most customers automatically upgraded with no downtime by the end of May. The new capabilities will help you […]

Office 365 Legal Agreements
Security is one of the main differentiators for Microsoft Office 365. Unfortunately, unless you know the terminology, it can be difficult to find legal agreement information for Office 365. […]

Microsoft Patches IE in 3 Days While Heart Bleed Persists
At approximately 10am PDT on 5/1/2014, Microsoft released an out-of-band update for the Internet Explorer/Adobe Flash vulnerability published in Security Advisory 2963983: Microsoft customers with automatic updates or Intune will […]

Facts of Internet Explorer Vulnerability 2014
Following the recent Heart Bleed exploit, Open Source pundits have been scrambling and the press has capitalized on a slow news cycle to bash Microsoft. Here are the actual facts: […]