If you have done any work in enterprise networks, you are likely familiar with the idea of a chassis switch. They have been the de facto standard for campus and…
So far in this series, we’ve covered setting expectations as well as migrating to Office 365. Now that your organization is up and running on the new platform, how do…
Over the last three posts, we’ve looked at Microsoft event logging use cases and identified a set of must-have event IDs. Now we’re ready to put our security policy in…
No, it’s not the latest culinary invention from a famous Italian chef: spaghetti cabling (a nice wording for cabling inferno) is a sour dish we’d rather not eat. Beyond this…
All too often, especially if disaster recovery (DR) is driven and pushed by the IT department, organizations can fall into the common mistake of assuming that they are “good to…
Most network engineers enter the profession because we enjoy fixing things. We like to understand how technology works. We thrive when digging into a subject matter with focus and intensity. …
It’s a common story. Your team has many times more work than you have man hours to accomplish. Complexity is increasing, demands are rising, acceptable delivery times are dropping, and…
Back in the first post of this series we covered off the planning portion with regards to implementing Office 365. Knowing what you are aiming to achieve is critical to…
Anyone who has looked at the number of event IDs assigned to Windows events has probably felt overwhelmed. In the last blog, we looked at some best practices events that…
If you work in an organization that is publicly traded, or you are subject to other government regulations, you will be required to perform a periodic network audit. Even if…
