MSP Bento: Week of 3/9/20 – Coronavirus Scams, Remote Work Tools, and More
Q: What’s MSP Bento?
A: A collection of practical, bite-sized tips, tools, and tutorials we share every week. Sign up here.
With COVID-19 obviously top-of-mind for everyone, are you seeing any effects on your business? Trade shows or other events canceled? Clients having more employees work from home?
Whatever the case, here’s to being a steady hand at the wheel for everyone you support, and here are this week’s five things that can make that job easier.
This week, I want to:
See a short list of remote work tools that major vendors are making free in response to Coronavirus [blog post]
Several big names have announced free limited-time licenses for their meeting and collaboration tools, including Microsoft (Office 365 E1), Google (Hangouts Meet), LogMeIn (GoToMeeting), and Cisco (Webex). Source: Bleeping Computer
Category: Tools 🛠
Warn my clients about Coronavirus-related scams and phishing emails [alert]
Show clients you’ve got their back by sharing this advisory and list of precautions from the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). Source: CISA
Category: Security 🔒
Learn how to deploy GPOs with PowerShell and your RMM [blog post]
Moving more clients to cloud-only environments, but running into trouble deploying Group Policies? Scripting guru Kelvin Tegelaar has you covered. Source: CyberDrain
Category: Automation ⚙
Check to make sure Microsoft Exchange server hasn’t been compromised [blog post]
Attackers are actively exploiting CVE-2020-0688, a vulnerability that allows them to remotely execute code as SYSTEM. Microsoft issued a patch last month, but if you’re concerned the folks at TrustedSec have provided a list of IoCs. Source: TrustedSec
Category: Security 🔒
Design a better marketing brochure [guide]
We’ve put together everything you need to create your own brochures without getting a design degree or combing through a mountain of profiles on Fiverr. Source: Us
Category: Marketing 📣
Have a great week. Be safe and stay hungry.
Want a roundup of free resources like this in your inbox every Monday?
Join 500 growth-minded MSPs and sign up here.
