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How to Copilot

A list of our blog posts on Copilot. Start with Outlook and move through the entire suite at your pace.

How to Defender

This is a collection of posts about Microsoft Defender. How to set, configure, troubleshoot and implement.

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Mentor Led Mastermind in person event

It’s been a long time since Third Tier did an in-person event. We did Brain Explosions years ago. Now we’re bringing together the Masterminds. For the last two years, we’ve been holding Mentor-led Mastermind groups for solopreneurs, small firms and large firms each grouped by size to focus the content […]

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Attack Surface Reduction = Zero Day Protection

Attack Surface Reduction (ASR) rules have expanded to include a full range of zero-day protections. If you aren’t using them today or haven’t tried to use them recently, then it’s time to look again. If you aren’t locking down Windows natively then you’re missing out on critical security features.

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Don’t change the threat actions in anti-virus policy

Students in the Defender XDR course were advised not to alter threat actions in their anti-virus policy, leaving them as Not configured. This allows Defender to use its default behaviors, local device settings, signature-defined actions, and automatic remediation. Relying on Microsoft’s security expertise ensures optimal threat management.

My Prime Day favorite things (not Oprah)

Prime Day is coming soon. I hesitated to do this because I’m not a product hawker and I’m really not a gadget person. I know that’s weird for an IT pro. But in the end, I decided to share a few things that might go on sale. And something fun […]