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05/29/2026

Tip #25 of 25: Most business owners don't decide to get better IT support. They wait until a breakdown forces the conversation.

What to do: Answer five honest questions about your current situation. The answers will tell you whether your IT support model fits where your business is today, or whether you've been quietly absorbing risk you don't need to carry.

Why it matters: The right IT setup saves money, reduces risk, and gives you time back. The wrong one, including doing nothing, costs more than most owners realize.

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05/28/2026

We hope everyone has a great weekend & we'll see you on Monday!

05/28/2026

Tip #24 of 25: When work and personal activity share a device, every risk from your personal life becomes a risk to your business and vice versa.

What to do: Keep business data on business devices and personal browsing, apps, and accounts on personal devices. If your team works remotely, this line is worth making explicit.

Why it matters: Personal devices are less likely to be patched, monitored, or protected to business standards. Personal browsing habits are a common source of malware that then spreads to business systems.

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05/26/2026

Tip #22 of 25: There's a setting in Microsoft 365 that, if left open, allows anyone, including a hacker who has compromised one account, to silently forward copies of all your business emails to an outside address indefinitely.

What to do: Ask your IT provider today whether external email auto-forwarding is blocked in your environment. It takes minutes to fix.

Why it matters: This is one of the most common techniques in business email compromises and one of the easiest to close.

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05/25/2026

Tip #21 of 25: Your employees are already using AI tools at work. The question isn't whether they are or aren’t, it's whether they know what they're allowed to put into them.

Do this: Create a simple one-page policy that tells employees which AI tools are approved, what information can and cannot go into them, and who to ask when they're not sure.

Why it matters: AI tools are powerful and they can inadvertently expose client data, financial records, or confidential business information if no guardrails exist.

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05/25/2026

With gratitude and respect, we remember the heroes who gave everything in service to our nation. May their sacrifice never be forgotten.

05/22/2026

Tip #20 of 25: How many times this week did you switch between Teams, Word, Excel, Whiteboard, and three other apps just to get work done? Exhausting, right?

What to do: Add Teams apps and extensions directly to your channels and chats. Whiteboard for brainstorming, Word for documents, Planner for tasks, Forms for surveys. Work happens in Teams without tab switching.

Why it matters: When your tools live inside Teams, your team stays focused. No more context switching. No more hunting for files in different places. Conversations, decisions, and collaboration all happen in one place. Teams becomes your actual workspace, not just your messaging app.

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05/21/2026

TOMORROW MORNING - Rachelle will share some very important information with you-tips on staying safe, how to recognize a scam. If you have questions, she’ll have time at the end to answer those. Also at that time we’ll draw for the $100 Amazon gift card winner! See you there!

Please join Fox Ridge's own Rachelle Moore for a cybersecurity seminar a week from today at the Calloway County Public Library! Admission is FREE and you'll have a chance at winning a $100 Amazon Gift Card!

05/21/2026

Tip #19 of 25: If someone misses a meeting, your current answer is either "check your email" or "ask someone who was there." There is a better way.

What to do: Turn on meeting recording in Teams and enable transcription. Every meeting produces a searchable record. This includes who said what, what was decided, what the next steps are, and this happens without anyone having to take notes.

Why it matters: Recorded and transcribed meetings eliminate "I didn't know that was decided" from your vocabulary. The conversation becomes a reference, not a memory.

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05/20/2026

Tip #18 of 25: How many times this week did you search Teams to find the right channel to post in? Or worse, post in the wrong channel and have your message buried in noise?

What to do: Create dedicated channels for how your business works. One channel for leadership discussions, one for IT support requests, one for department updates, one for project collaboration. Structure before adoption.

Why it matters: A few well-organized channels with clear purposes eliminates confusion, keeps conversations focused, and makes sure messages get to the right people. When everyone knows where to post and where to look, nothing gets lost, nothing gets mixed up, and your team uses Teams instead of reverting back to email.

Full write-up + the series: link in comments.