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Notes from the operations desk.

Rants, write-ups, and the occasional opinion about M365, Google Workspace, DMARC, GravityZone, and the rest of the stack we manage day to day.

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DMARC: Why Your Small Business Email Is a Literal Open Window for Arsonists

Small business email without DMARC is a wide-open window any arsonist can climb through. Here's what the spoof looks like to your customer …

May 08, 2026 Read →

Drive vs SharePoint: Pick the Right Cloud File System

Google Drive vs SharePoint, compared honestly: search, permissions, metadata, sync clients, governance and the friction points you only see …

May 08, 2026 Read →
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Exclaimer vs CodeTwo vs Doing It Yourself: An Honest Comparison

Exclaimer vs CodeTwo vs DIY for centralised email signatures. Where each one wins, where each one breaks, and which to pick for M365 or …

May 08, 2026 Read →

Full Disk Encryption with Bitdefender GravityZone: When You Need It and How It Works

How Bitdefender GravityZone manages BitLocker on Windows and FileVault on macOS, when FDE is legally required, and the recovery-key flow …

May 08, 2026 Read →
Blogs

Full Disk Encryption: Should Bitdefender or Intune Manage It?

Bitdefender FDE or Intune BitLocker in 2026? A practical comparison of recovery-key escrow, Conditional Access, macOS quality and why …

May 08, 2026 Read →
Blogs

Google Workspace Lockdowns: Hardening for SMEs and Regulated Teams

Practical Google Workspace hardening for SMEs and regulated teams: day-1 baseline, CIS GWS v3, Context-Aware Access, DLP for ZA ID numbers, …

May 08, 2026 Read →
Blogs

Google Workspace Pain: What We See in the Wild

A rant from the Workspace admin trenches: My Drive sprawl, the CFO who never enrolled in 2SV, six-year-old shared links, and the licence …

May 08, 2026 Read →
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Google Workspace vs Microsoft 365: An Honest 2026 Comparison

Google Workspace vs Microsoft 365 in 2026: a direct, opinionated comparison of mail, files, security, identity, and ZAR pricing to pick the …

May 08, 2026 Read →

GravityZone EDR vs XDR: When Does Each Actually Pay Off?

GravityZone EDR vs XDR: who each one is for, what XDR sensors actually ingest, and the real ROI test for South African and international …

May 08, 2026 Read →

Hexnode vs Intune: Choosing the Right MDM for Mixed Apple and Windows Fleets

Hexnode or Intune for a mixed Apple and Windows fleet in 2026? Honest, ZAR-priced take on Conditional Access, Apple parity, ChromeOS and …

May 08, 2026 Read →

How to Check If Your Suppliers and Clients Are DMARC Compliant

Your suppliers' weak DMARC posture turns into your fraud problem. Here is how to check any supplier or client domain in 30 seconds and what …

May 08, 2026 Read →

How to Lock Down Your Reseller From Owning Your Stuff

Stop your reseller owning your tenant. The Microsoft GDAP setup, Google reseller mechanics and the five contract clauses that keep your data …

May 08, 2026 Read →

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