eGroup Named to CRN’s 2018 Solution Provider 500 List

Mount Pleasant, SC, June 4, 2018 – eGroup, Together, we make IT happen, announced today that CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, has named eGroup to its 2018 Solution Provider 500 list. The Solution Provider 500 is CRN’s annual ranking of the largest technology integrators, solution providers and IT consultants in North America by […]

Azure Site Recovery Capacity and Planning

Azure Site Recovery Capacity and Planning Before any project begins it is essential to perform proper planning to ensure a successful project, measure twice, cut once mentality.  Azure Site Recovery (ASR) provides a pure cloud-based alternative to expensive secondary datacenters.  ASR can be used purely for disaster recovery scenarios, but also can be used for […]

Azure Site Recovery Overview and Pricing

Azure Site Recovery Overview and Pricing Do you have a Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BCDR) plan? Many organizations don’t. As a matter of fact, BCDR planning usually isn’t even considered or acted on until after something significant happens. A BCDR plan is a lot like insurance. You pay a premium and hope nothing happens, […]

Azure Backup Server Configuration and Recovery

Azure Backup Server Configuration and Recovery With Microsoft Azure Backup Server (MABS) installation complete, we can begin setting up backup configurations.  Remember, the initial backup copy writes to local storage.  Therefore, before setting up items for backup, we need to configure local storage for the server.  This storage needs to be at least the total […]

Azure Site Recovery Features

Azure Site Recovery Features Azure Site Recovery (ASR) can provide quick, simple, and cost-effective means to design and deploy a functional disaster recovery plan.  ASR can work with many on-premises technologies as well as within Azure.  Microsoft has tested out many crucial business applications to ensure ASR can provide failover capabilities.  In addition, you will […]

How to Save Cost with Infrastructure-As-A-Service

How to Save Cost with Infrastructure-As-A-Service (IaaS) Cost Savings Scale IT Pros say this a lot about Azure and AWS.  It’s true that Infrastructure-As-A-Service (IaaS) is the most expensive way to use cloud services. Conversely, Software-As-A-Service (SaaS) and Platform-As-A-Service (PaaS) keep costs lower due to economies of scale. Simply lifting and shifting infrastructure and VMs […]

Should You Back Up Your Data in Microsoft Office 365?

Should You Back Up Your Data in Microsoft Office 365? In one word? “Maybe” It is a business decision that may depend on a diverse set of factors including: What are your business objectives, requirements, policies, etc? How do your retention policies align with your objectives? Do you have to backup for auditing purposes? If […]

eGroup Named One of 2018 Tech Elite Solution Providers by CRN

Mount Pleasant, SC, March 26, 2018 – eGroup announced today that CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, has named eGroup to its 2018 Tech Elite 250 list. This annual list honors an exclusive group of North American IT solution providers that have earned the highest number of advanced technical certifications from leading technology suppliers, […]

Azure Backup Server Installation

Azure Backup Server Installation The final two deployment options for Azure Backup are System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) and Microsoft Azure Backup Server (MABS).  Since both are very similar this article will review how to deploy MABS.  Except for the small monthly Azure costs, MABS is completely free.  Customers do not need any System Center or SQL […]

eGroup named to Elite 150 of MSPs by CRN

eGroup, Together, we make IT happen, announced today that CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, has named eGroup to its 2018 Managed Service Provider (MSP) 500 list in the Elite 150 category. This annual list recognizes North American solution providers with cutting-edge approaches to delivering managed services. Their offerings help companies navigate the complex […]