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If you deleted a OneDrive file recently and went looking for it in your Recycle Bin… surprise, it's not there. Starting ...
25/07/2026

If you deleted a OneDrive file recently and went looking for it in your Recycle Bin… surprise, it's not there.

Starting in May 2026, files deleted from OneDrive or SharePoint in the cloud no longer appear in your local Recycle Bin or Trash.

They are removed directly from your device and can only be recovered from the OneDrive or SharePoint web‑based recycle bin.

1. Go to onedrive.com or your SharePoint site

2. Click "Recycle bin" in the left menu

3. Right-click the file and select "Restore"

You typically have 30 days before files move to the second‑stage recycle bin (which most people don’t know about), and up to 93 more days there, depending on your organization’s settings.

After about 123 days, they’re gone for good.

If you signed up for AI tools over the past 18 months and haven't reviewed them since, you're probably wasting money. A ...
20/07/2026

If you signed up for AI tools over the past 18 months and haven't reviewed them since, you're probably wasting money.

A March 2026 audit of 102 small businesses found that 87% had significant waste in their AI subscriptions, with a median of $18,000 wasted per year.

Most owners go through the same pattern. You signed up for ChatGPT, then Claude, then a transcription tool, then a meeting note-taker, then a writing assistant. Most of these tools now do what the others do.

Three signs your AI stack needs an audit:
▶️ You're paying for two tools that do the same thing
▶️ Your team stopped using a subscription you're still paying for
▶️ You can't quickly explain the ROI of each tool

While you're at it, check the security too:
✅ Make sure every tool is on a business plan with a "Do Not Train" clause. Consumer plans feed your data into the model.
✅ Remove access for ex-employees. AI tools get forgotten during offboarding.
✅ Check what's connected to your Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace. AI tools often have access to your email and files you never noticed.

If you've ever spent 5 minutes hunting through Teams trying to find a meeting recording, there's a feature you should be...
15/07/2026

If you've ever spent 5 minutes hunting through Teams trying to find a meeting recording, there's a feature you should be using.

It's called the Meet app, and it's already built into Teams. No Copilot license required.

The Meet app gives you a single dashboard for every meeting you've had or are about to have. Click on any meeting and you get the agenda, recording, transcript, chat, and shared files, all in one place.

To find it:

1. Open Teams

2. Click the three dots on the left navigation bar

3. Search for "Meet"

4. Right-click and pin it so it stays in your sidebar

Once pinned, you'll see two views: upcoming meetings and past meetings. Click any past meeting to see everything tied to it.

Finding what was discussed in last month's leadership review used to take 5 minutes of digging through your calendar, recordings, and SharePoint.

With Meet, it takes 30 seconds.

🚀 Is your business missing out because your website isn't up to scratch?At BM Technologies, we build, manage and maintai...
13/07/2026

🚀 Is your business missing out because your website isn't up to scratch?
At BM Technologies, we build, manage and maintain fully professional websites so you can focus on running your business.
✅ Professionally designed
✅ Fully managed and regularly updated
✅ No upfront investment needed
✅ From just £95/month
Your website is often the first impression a customer gets of your business. Make it count! 💻
Whether you're starting from scratch or your current site needs a serious refresh, we've got you covered. Sites include up to 5 pages, and if you need more, we'll tailor a quote to suit you.
📩 Ready to get started? Drop us a message or visit us at bm-technologies.co.uk
📞 Call us on 01706 391 047

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10/07/2026

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Your business email is worth more than your bank account. Stolen Microsoft 365 credentials remain the most common starti...
10/07/2026

Your business email is worth more than your bank account.

Stolen Microsoft 365 credentials remain the most common starting point for SMB breaches in 2026, and the reason isn't just that attackers can read your messages.

Once someone has access to your email, they can reset the password for every other account tied to that address.

Your bank, your accounting software, your CRM, your cloud storage.

Email is the master key to your entire digital business.

What attackers typically do once they get in:

▶️ Set up mailbox forwarding rules so they keep seeing your replies after you change the password

▶️ Send invoice fraud emails to your clients from your real account, often changing wire transfer details

▶️ Sit for weeks, learning your business, before making a move

Three things that meaningfully reduce this risk:

✅ Use phishing-resistant MFA where possible (FIDO2 hardware keys or Windows Hello for Business). Authenticator app prompts are better than nothing, but they can still be bypassed.

✅ Set up Conditional Access policies in Entra ID to block logins from countries you don't operate in.

✅ Review your mailbox forwarding rules monthly. In Outlook, go to Settings > Mail > Forwarding. If you see a rule you didn't create, that's a sign your account is compromised.

The monthly audit takes 5 minutes and it’s one of the highest-leverage security habits you can build.

How England can stop Haaland on Saturday?An IT company's guide: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇳🇴1️⃣ Have you tried turning him off and on again...
09/07/2026

How England can stop Haaland on Saturday?
An IT company's guide: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇳🇴

1️⃣ Have you tried turning him off and on again?
2️⃣ Kick him out of the Net-Work
3️⃣ Tell him he needs an anti-virus that takes 90 minutes to remove the virus
4️⃣ Put him in aeroplane mode
5️⃣ Lock him in a server room "for urgent maintenance" until full time 🔐

We've also offered to send him a Wi-Fi password so long it takes 90 minutes to type in.

Sadly, we don't think Tuchel will take our call.

But YOUR tech problems? Those we can fix. 💪

Come on England! 🦁

If an email asks you to download a tool to "view a document," stop and verify before clicking. A growing attack pattern ...
05/07/2026

If an email asks you to download a tool to "view a document," stop and verify before clicking.

A growing attack pattern is tricking employees into installing real IT software on their own machines.

The software is called RMM (Remote Monitoring and Management), and it lets IT companies remotely control computers for support purposes.

Tools like ConnectWise ScreenConnect, Datto RMM, SimpleHelp, N-able, and LogMeIn are all legitimate and digitally signed by reputable vendors.

That's exactly why attackers love them. Antivirus software doesn't flag them as malicious because they aren't malicious. They're just being installed by the wrong person.

In February 2026, Microsoft documented a campaign that hit 29,000 users across 10,000 organizations.

The lure was a fake "IRS Transcript Viewer" email. The download was actually a repackaged ScreenConnect installer.

Once an employee ran it, the attacker had full remote control of their machine.

The same trick is being used with fake Zoom invites, fake Teams calls, and fake DocuSign emails.

A few things you can do:

▶️ Ask your IT provider to maintain an allow-list of approved RMM tools. Anything outside that list gets blocked from installing automatically.

▶️ Train your team that "download this viewer to see your document" is almost always a phishing attempt. Real documents don't require a new program.

▶️ Audit your endpoints for RMM software your IT provider didn't install. If you see something unfamiliar, flag it.

If you're not sure what RMM tools are running on your team's computers right now, that's the first thing to check this week.

A little message from all of us at BM Technologies. 💚Some of you may have seen Amy's own post recently, but we realised ...
01/07/2026

A little message from all of us at BM Technologies. 💚

Some of you may have seen Amy's own post recently, but we realised we never shared it here on our page so here it is.

Last Thursday, Amy our Finance Director and 3rd partner of BM Technologies terrifyingly nearly lost her life due to an anaphylaxis shock after something so ordinary... cutting the grass.

It came out of nowhere, it moved fast and by the time the paramedics arrived she was in a very serious way. Thanks to their quick actions and the team at Fairfield she's still with us and we will never stop being grateful for that.

If things have felt a little quieter from us lately, now you know why. Amy is back and easing herself in gently. She tires easily at the moment, especially with the pollen so high and the other health challenges she manages, so she's taking things at a steadier pace than usual, and rightly so.

We just wanted to say a huge thank you to everyone who has checked in on her, and to ask you to bear with us a little while longer as she finds her feet again.

Please, if you take one thing from this, never ignore sudden breathing troubles. Anaphylaxis is serious and it moves quickly. Amy's story might just help someone else act faster than they otherwise would.

Love the BM Technologies Team 🙏

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