How to evaluate Microsoft 365 backup: seven criteria

Most Microsoft 365 backup conversations start in the wrong place — comparing vendors before agreeing what the product has to do. These are the criteria that separate a real backup from a retention policy. First: Microsoft does not back up your tenant This is the single most common misconception, and Microsoft is explicit about it. […]

Thin client vs zero client vs repurposed PC

Three ways to put a VDI endpoint on a desk. The differences that matter are lifecycle and protocol flexibility — not, despite the sales decks, security. What each one actually is Thin client. A small device running a real but minimal operating system, usually Linux-based. It has enough local capability to run a client for […]

Azure Virtual Desktop vs Windows 365: which one, and when

Both are Microsoft. Both deliver a Windows desktop from Azure. The difference is not really technical — it is about who absorbs the variability, you or the invoice. The short version Windows 365 gives each user a dedicated Cloud PC at a fixed monthly price. Sizing is a purchasing decision, not an engineering one. Azure […]

Thin client refresh: lease, buy, or repurpose?

The end of Windows 10 support in October 2025 produced a question that most GCC IT managers were hoping to defer: what do we do with the endpoint estate? The hardware is not necessarily worn out. A significant share of the corporate PC fleet in the GCC is three to five years old, physically functional, […]