Nick is not just a CEO, he's a respected thought leader and influencer in the MSP space. Tens of thousands of MSPs learn through his YouTube channel, T-Minus365. Nick has been honored as a three-time Microsoft MVP for his educational content; his expertise and influence are the backbone of our mission, ensuring that you are in the best hands when it comes to security.
Nick joined Pax8 in 2017, where he would ultimately oversee product management for PSA and Microsoft integrations. Following his tenure at Pax8, Nick has continued to demonstrate his leadership prowess as an executive at various MSPs, culminating in his most recent role at Sourcepass.
Nick holds a Bachelor's Degree in Business Management from Florida State University, as well as a Minor Degree in Entrepreneurship. In his free time, Nick is an avid hiker, reader, and fitness-junkie.
Copilot Studio agents and Team Copilot headline May 2024, alongside mandatory MFA for Azure, external authentication methods in Entra, macOS Platform SSO, and a twelve-feature Teams batch.
SMS codes, push notifications, and passkeys all count as MFA, but they do not stop the same attacks. Here is the strength hierarchy, what defeats each tier, and the upgrade path to phishing-resistant.
Personal-device access does not have to be negotiated client by client. Define three BYOD support tiers once, then deploy the matching Conditional Access, MAM, and DLP stack everywhere.
A Microsoft 365 baseline without a framework is just settings. Anchoring it to the CIS Controls adds implementation groups, a self-scoring assessment, and a defensible why for every policy.
Teams unbundles from Microsoft 365 worldwide, Exchange Online announces a 2,000 external recipient limit and the end of Basic auth SMTP, and Copilot reaches more SKUs. April 2024, by product.
Microsoft unbundled Teams from Microsoft 365 worldwide in April 2024. Existing subscriptions keep Teams; net-new quotes need a decision. Here is the SKU map, the pricing math, and the catch.
The exclusion added during a migration, the policy stuck in report-only, the tenant that never got the baseline. Here are the gaps attackers find first, and the 16-policy baseline that closes them.
Most MSPs run a security checklist without a framework behind it. These five maturity questions show the gap, and a NIST CSF 2.0 self-assessment mapped to Microsoft 365 controls closes it.
Copilot for Security goes GA April 1 with pay-as-you-go pricing, NCE subscriptions become transferable mid-term, Restricted SharePoint Search arrives, and Teams ships voice isolation.
A working checklist for the new Outlook: signatures and Bookings, schedule sends and recalls, sweep rules, the security toggles users should know, and the Microsoft 365 integrations built in.
The unified Planner app replaces Tasks in Teams, Azure Information Protection Plan 1 ends sale, Intune adds macOS setup and Autopilot controls, and Copilot reaches SharePoint, OneDrive, and mobile.
Lighthouse now flags which customers are ready to buy Microsoft 365 Copilot. Here is how to size the revenue, time the pitch to NCE renewals, and open with an AI readiness assessment.
