Is Your Office Wi-Fi Actually Secure?
September 18, 2026
Set up once by whoever was holding the router, then untouched for years. In a lot of buildings it is the softest way in.
Learning Centre
Things worth knowing about your IT
Practical explanations of the things that actually affect UK businesses — written by the engineers who deal with them, not by a marketing department.
Starters and Leavers: The Process Most Businesses Don’t Have
September 18, 2026
The most common gap we find, with consequences at both ends — new people who cannot work, and former people who still can.
Passwords, Passkeys and Why the 90-Day Reset Had to Go
September 18, 2026
Most of what we were taught about passwords is now counterproductive. What changed, what good looks like, and where passkeys genuinely fit.
Windows 10 Is Out of Support: What to Do With the Machines You Still Have
September 18, 2026
Consumer Extended Security Updates run out next month and business ESU roughly doubles in price each year. The three options, and how to decide in an afternoon.
What Copilot Can Actually See, and Why That Matters
September 18, 2026
Copilot only sees what the person asking can see. That is the reassuring line — and, for most businesses, the entire problem.
Teams, SharePoint or OneDrive: Which One Is for What
September 18, 2026
Three places to put a file and no obvious rule about which. The rule is simpler than the interface suggests — and getting it wrong makes a resignation into a data problem.
Microsoft 365 Backup: The Gap Most Businesses Don’t Know They Have
September 18, 2026
Microsoft keeps the service running. Your data in it is your responsibility — and retention is not the same thing as backup.
Business Email Compromise: The Invoice That Isn’t
September 18, 2026
No malware, nothing to detect — just an email that looks right, asking for something reasonable. The attack that takes the most money from UK businesses.
Ransomware: What Actually Happens in the First 24 Hours
September 18, 2026
The businesses that come through it well are rarely the ones with the most software. They are the ones who had already decided who does what.