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Microsoft Price Increase
Microsoft 365 Price IncreaseStarting 1st April, 2025, Microsoft is increasing its pricing on select subscriptions. If you have an annual commitment but pay monthly, Microsoft will apply a 5% price...
Offboarding: When Staff Members Leave
Offboarding: When Staff Members Leave The Importance of Proper OffboardingWhen an employee leaves, returning office keys is a given – but what about their digital keys? Many companies forget about...
What’s in store for 2025?
Happy New Year! We hope you had a wonderful holiday season and a well-deserved break over Christmas. As we step into 2025, we're excited to bring you fresh insights, updates, and trends shaping the...
Newsletter November 2024
ADOBE CRASH Still not working? Give us a call and we can help you out. Is your Adobe Acrobat Reader not responding? We’ve noticed an issue with a recent Adobe Acrobat Reader update that may cause...
Newsletter October 2024
CLEAN UP YOUR INBOX Email Display Names Purpose Is your inbox cluttered with generic mailboxes like "Reception" or "Accounts"? Many companies miss the opportunity to improve clarity and branding in...
Newsletter September 2024
TECH TOOL TIP Microsoft 365 Sharepoint Policy Purpose Microsoft 365’s SharePoint is an essential tool for collaboration and efficient communication within an organization. Whether you’re working on...
Purchasing the right laptop for your business
At VisionLab, we want the technology you use, to be fit for purpose, provide the longest lifespan possible, and be the best value for money. As with any item of value you purchase, the price of a...
Beginners guide to cryptocurrency and scams
For your safety online, learn how cryptocurrency can affect you, how it functions and what some of the cryptocurrency-related crimes are. At its most basic level, a scammer’s job is to find ways to...
What is a Ransom attack?
Ransom Attacks are not built just to target large businesses – if you work online, you are at risk. By having a clear understanding of what a ransome attack is, you can be proactive with the...
Microsoft are releasing Windows 11
Latest News: Microsoft have announced they are rolling out Windows 11, a place to Create, Connect and Play, by the end of 2021 Microsoft introduced the 'Windows' operating system in 1985 Throughout...
Understanding Microsoft 365 SharePoint and OneDrive, a cloud based storage platform
Microsoft 365 offers a cloud based storage platform. Instead of your documents, spreadsheets and pictures saving to the hard drive in your computer, information is also uploaded to the cloud. When...
Should I save my passwords in browsers that have an in-built password manager
People often use their browsers to manage passwords for their online accounts as this offers an easy option, rather than remembering a different password for each online account. While it...
Keep your passwords safe and accessible
For every online account you use, you need to create a long, strong, unique password and use this alongside Multifactor Authentication. Remembering all of your long and complex passwords can be...
Why use strong passwords
By choosing to use a long, strong, unique password for an online account, you are making it more difficult for the password to be hacked, by a computer program or person. That is because a weak...
What is the Multifactor Authenication Security Process
Multifactor Authentication which encompasses Two Factor Authentication is a security process which has been created to add an extra layer of security protection when you sign into an account. The...
Keep your website safe from a possible cyber security attack
A strong online presence is important for most businesses. So, whether it’s a sleek new website you have or a website which has been your online presence for years, security maintenance must be...
Data Recovery
Data comes in different forms, and can be text documents, music, videos and photos that you save onto your preferred method of storage, such as: USB sticks. Memory Cards. External Hard Drives....
SIP/VoIP PBX Phone Systems
With a SIP/VoIP PBX phone system you no longer need to have a physical PBX (a private telephone network used within a company or organization) to plug into, this means: You have the convenience of...
Microsoft Support changes on 13th Oct 2020
If you are using: Office 2016 for Mac or Office 2010. After October 13th, 2020 Microsoft have advised you will no longer receive technical support, security fixes, or bug fixes from Microsoft. If...
Keep your kids safe Online
You don’t need to be a tech expert to keep your children netsafe – we are here to help you navigate what your children have access to when they are online. How it works: For a one-off set up cost,...
Rural Broadband Dedicated to Rural Communities
VisionLab is now working as an agent with a broadband provider dedicated to servicing rural communities across the Waikato and Bay of Plenty. So, after determining the broadband service is available...
Microsoft 365 Back up Solution
Microsoft provides a wide variety of applications within Microsoft 365, however providing a full backup of your Microsoft 365 data is not part of this service.
COVID-19 Scams
The latest update on scam attackers, who are now using COVID-19 themed scams. CERT NZ has received reports of online criminals using the COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) pandemic as an opportunity to...
Microsoft are rebranding
From 21st of April 2020, Microsoft is rebranding Office 365 so expect to see this change in your monthly subscription invoices after this date.What does this mean for you? While the names are...
Saying goodbye to Windows 7
After 11 years we say goodbye to Microsoft Windows 7 What does this mean for you? If you are using Microsoft Windows 7 for your operating system on any of your devices, Microsoft advised that from...
The ‘SPARK’ Scam
Time for a reminder about one of the scams going around. Click on the link below to see the video of how this man got scammed. Its a good reminder of how convincing this scam can be...