Hornetsecurity – Next-Gen Microsoft 365 Security

The onboarding process for MSP begins once the managed services agreement is signed and concludes when the client is ready to go live. Although this seems straightforward on paper, in reality, it often relies on memory, disorganized notes, and a technician who "just knows" how things should function. Such a process might work for a few projects, but it cannot scale effectively.

Microsoft has announced that Exchange Web Services, commonly known as EWS, will start being retired in October 2026, with a complete shutdown of service by April 2027. This is an industry-wide change that affects applications and services connecting to Exchange Online across the Microsoft 365 ecosystem. More information can be found here.

Hornetsecurity by Proofpoint has launched a new playbook that MSPs with clear, actionable strategies to scale their organizations while helping SMBs navigate new and emerging challenges from AI adoption.

Attackers aren’t standing still either. They are already using artificial intelligence to polish phishing emails, translate lures into multiple languages, and automate recon and exploitation, which raises the bar for everyone in defense. As MSPs, we’re protecting more identities, more email traffic, more collaboration channels—and we’re doing it under pressure from alert fatigue...

Email is like plumbing – when it’s working you never give it a second thought, but when it’s not, you notice very quickly. The NIS2 regulation raises the bar for cyber resilience and business continuity and as we’ve shown here and here – having your data safely backed up is not the same as operational continuity.