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.
NCE's 72-hour cancellation window, term commitments, and price rules belong in a Microsoft addendum to your MSA. Here is every clause to include, as of January 2022.
NCE multiplies renewal dates, splits one Microsoft SKU into multiple rate plans, and bans mid-term decrements. Here is how to structure PSA products, agreements, and alerts, as of January 2022.
A two-line formula tells you whether a customer belongs on monthly or annual NCE terms. For seat counts that swing, monthly can beat annual even at the 20% premium. As of January 2022.
Microsoft released GDAP for M365 workloads in January 2022. This walkthrough covers requesting the relationship, customer approval, and the security group step most MSPs miss.
Partner Center's Security Center now reports on every DAP relationship, including sign-in activity and stale connections. Here is where to find it and what to cut, as of January 2022.
December 2021 for MSPs: DAP monitoring and self-service removal go live, GDAP hits technical preview for January 2022, SMTP DANE comes to Exchange Online, and Teams quiets its activity feed.
November 2021 for MSPs: Defender for Business lands in Business Premium at no extra cost, NCE promos slip to January 2022, GDAP is announced, and CSP partners get Azure AD P2 free.
GDAP replaces permanent Global Admin access to every customer tenant with granular, time-bound roles. Here is what changes for MSPs, announced November 2021.
As of November 2021, Microsoft Defender for Business adds near-Plan-2 EDR to Microsoft 365 Business Premium at no extra cost. Here is what MSPs get, what it costs standalone, and the catch.
October 2021 for MSPs: tenants get 30-day notices before basic auth and SMTP AUTH shut off, Message Trace leaves the SCC, DKIM setup gets simpler, and Authenticator adds number matching.
Microsoft starts permanently disabling basic auth on October 1, 2022, with surprise 12-to-48-hour shutoffs in early 2022. Three multi-tenant PowerShell scripts show you what will break.
September 2021 for MSPs: NCE brings a 20% monthly premium to seat-based CSP, basic auth gets an October 2022 kill date with surprise shutoffs sooner, and the classic EAC starts winding down.
