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Whitepapers
Reference guides to Microsoft 365 licensing, email security, cloud migration, custom software and website care.
- 05Papers on licensing, email security, cloud migration, custom software and website care.
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- Shorter, practical guides are on the blog.
The papers
Microsoft 365 NCE for South African SMBs: Licensing, True Costs, and Pitfalls
A practitioner’s reference for South African small and medium businesses buying, renewing, or cleaning up Microsoft 365 under the New Commerce Experience.
- The New Commerce Experience, mechanics first
- Choosing a plan
- Where your data lives, and POPIA
DNS & Email Security Hardening (SPF, DKIM, DMARC, DNSSEC): A Practical SA Playbook
A practical SA playbook for DNS and email hardening: the 2024 Google/Yahoo sender requirements, how SPF/DKIM/DMARC work, a safe DMARC rollout, DNSSEC and supporting records, and the POPIA angle.
- What Google and Yahoo now require
- Rolling out DMARC without breaking your mail
- Beyond email: DNSSEC and the supporting records
Enterprise Azure Migration & Multi-Vendor Governance for South African Businesses
A practitioner’s guide for South African businesses moving real workloads to Microsoft Azure — and governing them across vendors once they are there.
- Where your data lives: the South African regions
- Governance: the part that actually pays off
- Controlling cost: FinOps from day one
Custom Laravel & Multi-Tenant SaaS: When a Business Has Outgrown Off-the-Shelf
When off-the-shelf tools stop fitting: the build-vs-buy decision, the multi-tenancy architecture that defines a SaaS product, the maintenance reality of a living framework, and where it should run for SA businesses.
- Build versus buy, decided honestly
- The decision that defines a SaaS: multi-tenancy
- Custom software is a living system
WordPress Care & SLAs: What “Managed” Should Actually Mean
A practitioner’s guide to what “managed WordPress” should actually mean — uptime, backups, security, performance, and reporting — and what to look for in a care plan, its service levels and its monthly report.
- Why a static site is not a safe site
- What a real care plan includes
- The SLA: where promises become commitments
Which paper answers your question?
Start from the decision in front of you.
- Which Microsoft 365 plan should you buy, and on which term?Microsoft 365 NCE for South African SMBs
- Can criminals send email that looks like it came from your business?DNS & Email Security Hardening (SPF, DKIM, DMARC, DNSSEC)
- We are moving servers to Azure. How do we keep cost and risk in check?Enterprise Azure Migration & Multi-Vendor Governance for South African Businesses
- Has your business outgrown off-the-shelf software?Custom Laravel & Multi-Tenant SaaS
- What should a website care plan actually include?WordPress Care & SLAs
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