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Empowering End Users with SaaS Administration Without Losing Control

The realm of Enterprise IT is on the brink of another transformation, one that comes from the delicate balance of granting autonomy and retaining oversight. With the increasing adoption of Software as a Service (SaaS) platforms, businesses are recognizing the advantages of shifting certain administrative capabilities to the end users. Yet, the quest for a seamless user experience should not dilute the essence of IT governance. How can we bridge this gap?

October 30, 2023

Microsoft 365 Management

RMM 2.0 – SaaS Management Platforms

As organizations move their applications and infrastructure to the cloud, effective management of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) applications becomes increasingly important. However, traditional Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) tools are not designed to manage SaaS and IaaS applications, which are accessed over the internet rather than through a local network. As a result, SaaS Management Platforms (SMPs) continue to be adopted by IT organizations that have traditionally relied solely on RMM products.

May 4, 2023

Microsoft 365 Management

Updating Microsoft 365

Staying on top of Microsoft’s plethora of updates may seem like a daunting task but, your priorities should shape the way you view Microsoft updates. Microsoft will show you a extensive list of updates depending on if you’re viewing updates from the Microsoft Roadmap or if you are viewing update activities from the Microsoft Message Center. But not everything contained in the Microsoft Roadmap or Message Center requires your attention. For example, Microsoft regularly pushes out updates for Power BI. Unless your users are using PowerBI quite extensively, these updates might not be relevant and you should simply ignore.

August 18, 2022

Microsoft 365 Management

Enabling MFA with Microsoft 365

When considering deployment of MFA for your End Users, there are three main approaches to consider: Legacy MFA, Security Defaults and Conditional Access Policies.

March 16, 2022

Microsoft 365 Management

Petri Podcast: Microsoft Tenant and User Management

Petri Dish: Talking Tenant and Microsoft User Management with Nuvolex The Petri Dish is a reoccurring segment where we talk to IT professionals, vendors, and industry experts about the solutions they are using, deploying, or building to help our readers better understand the options available to them. On this edition of Petri Dish, we (virtually) sat down with Nuvolex to learn more about their SaaS Management platform and to better understand their automation tools. You can listen to

March 25, 2021

Microsoft 365 Management

How Cloud Providers Can Lower Their Managed Service Costs

As a provider of managed cloud services, you’re challenged to administer and secure large numbers of customer tenants and users. Each tenant is likely to use multiple SaaS applications, so the administration job can get very complicated very fast. As your customer base grows, the native SaaS application management tools available from ISVs simply don’t keep up. ISVs are accustomed to each organization managing its own SaaS deployment, so they developed their SaaS administration tools without cloud service

October 29, 2018