Bastion Briefings.

The line between the work laptop and the home one gets blurry, especially when the work laptop lives in your house. Five habits worth breaking, and the reason each one matters.

The second of four habits for October. A sign-in prompt you didn't start isn't a glitch to make go away. Press Deny and tell IT.

Most IT problems get fixed without anyone driving anywhere, and that is a good thing. Here is what still needs a person on site, how often that really happens, and what to ask before you sign.

The famous 42% productivity figure is real, but it does not say what almost everyone quoting it thinks it says. Here is what it measured, and when a second screen genuinely earns its desk space.

October is Cyber Security Action Month. Here are four habits, one a week, each based on something our service desk dealt with this year and short enough to post in a team chat.

Skype for Business Online was retired in 2021 and the on-premises server left support in 2025. Here is what genuinely differs between the two, and what a move to Teams does and does not sort out.

Most Teams tip lists are years out of date and half the menu paths have moved. These ones are checked against Microsoft's current documentation.

Year one of paid Windows 10 security updates ends on 13 October US time. Here's Microsoft's price structure and a simple way to decide, machine by machine, whether to renew or replace.

The first of four habits for October. If an email feels off, report it, and if you've already clicked, say so.