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Email & Cloud
Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, deliverability, and when the server in the closet can finally retire. 6 questions, answered in plain English.
- How do we stop the flood of spam and phishing emails?Layered email security cuts phishing dramatically: modern filtering, correctly configured domain records (SPF/DKIM/DMARC), MFA, and trained staff. No filter catches everything, which is why the layers matter.
- My emails keep bouncing back or landing in customers' spam folders. What's wrong?Bounced and spam-foldered email almost always traces to missing authentication records (SPF, DKIM, DMARC), a blacklisted sending source, or a misconfigured mail setup. It's diagnosable in minutes and usually fixable in a day, and it's costing you business right now.
- Do I need email addresses on my own domain, or can I keep using @gmail.com?For a real business: yes, use your own domain. It's not about snobbery: free personal addresses hurt deliverability and credibility, can't be centrally secured or recovered, and walk out the door with whoever holds the password. Migration is a routine, low-drama project.
- Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace: which should our business be on?Both are excellent; the decision is mostly about what your business already lives in. Deep Excel/Outlook/Windows workflows and industry software point to Microsoft 365; browser-first teams that live in shared docs point to Google. Switching costs are real, so the default answer is: stay where you are, but configure it properly.
- We have an aging server in the closet. Do we still need it, or can everything move to the cloud?It depends on what the server actually does. File storage and email have excellent cloud homes; some line-of-business and practice software still wants a local server. The right move is an inventory of the server's jobs, then migrating what fits and right-sizing what remains, decided before the old box forces the issue by dying.
- Is GoDaddy Office 365 enough for my business?No. GoDaddy's version of Microsoft 365 is fine as a starting point, but it is a simplified reseller wrapper: you do not get the full security controls, admin access, or backup options a business needs. Moving the same accounts to Microsoft direct or an IT partner is a routine migration, and it should happen before you depend on email.
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