What can Azure offer companies which develop software?

We find that these companies often are made up of technically competent employees and many developers. These guys can ...

Erlend Stefansson appointed as CEO of Ironstone as of 1st of June

We are delighted to announce that Erlend Stefansson has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer of Ironstone. ...

How to improve your security without investing in IT

When you want to improve your security, but have a tight budget, here are some underestimated methods to consider.

We are Microsoft's Security Partner Finalist 2021

We are proud to announce our recent achievement, aka not-so-humble humblebrag

Komplett enters the fast-growing IT service segment by acquiring 65 percent of Ironstone

Oslo, 2 July 2021: Ironstone has entered into an agreement where Komplett ASA acquire 65 percent of the shares in ...

Meet the team: Fredrik, Cloud Architect

Oslo, Norway: We are pleased to announce that Fredrik has joined the team as a Cloud Architect.

Meet the team: Sanel, Junior Cloud Business Advisor

Stockholm, Sweden: We are pleased to announce that Sanel has joined the team part-time as a Junior Cloud Business ...

Ironstone 2020 Roundup

We are soon leaving a special year behind us, and many would agree that it has been quite a rollercoaster. For sure, ...

Consent phishing – Why you need to act right now

Most organizations have already implemented technical and organizational measures to protect against common threats ...

Epicenter Stockholm, here we come!

Stockholm, Sweden: We are excited to announce that we have moved offices in Sweden to Epicenter Stockholm. Currently, ...

Upcoming changes to Office 365 ATP and Automatic Forwarding

Information protection is as crucial as ever. With all the power that the Cloud brings you and your end-users, new ...

How to: Migrate from G Suite to Office 365 (email)

Microsoft recently just made an internal mail migration tool generally available in the Exchange Online Admin Center ...

Windows Server DNS vulnerability “SIGRed”

A new severe vulnerability has been patched for Windows servers running the DNS Server role. CVE-2020-1350 dubbed ...

How to easily improve cloud security and compliance

We continuously strive to provide added value to our products and services. Now, we can also assist organizations with ...

Framework - Migration from On-prem to Azure

At Ironstone, we help customers migrate successfully to Azure without the common pitfalls. After working with ...

Office 365 is available from the new cloud data center regions in Norway

Microsoft has made Office 365 available from the new cloud data center regions in Norway, building on the previously ...

An easier way to push out Office templates and Teams custom backgrounds to all Windows 10 clients

Forget about multiple different designs, outdated templates, and non-branded content – we have developed new ...

Ironstone is a Microsoft Power Apps Partner

We are pleased to announce that we have become a certified Microsoft Power Apps partner. Whether you're evaluating ...

Meet the team: Stephen, Cloud Expert

We are pleased to announce that Stephen has joined the team as a Cloud Expert, and the Azure team is growing. It’s a ...

How to: Custom backgrounds in Microsoft Teams video calls

Microsoft Teams recently added a highly requested feature; the ability to add a custom background when using your web ...

Microsoft Edge (Chromium) – Top features

Many of you have probably seen Microsoft Edge on their computer or accidentally opened it when clicking a link, instead ...

Reporting Capabilities in Intune

Reporting has been quite limited in Intune as well as auditing, where you only can go back one month in time if you ...

Security concerns regarding the use of Zoom Video Communications

During these difficult times, when remote working has become a standard for most of us, a need for video meeting ...

How to choose the right hosting model for your SQL services

Migrating from on-premises or starting a new project? We have made it easier to choose the correct hosting model for ...

Microsoft Teams, Windows Virtual Desktop & Azure AD

Ironstone is experiencing increased demand from companies who want assistance in organizing home office work. ...

We will join forces with SHE and together be a part of the change

Ironstone focus on building a culture and continuously work to align its business with mindset and values. We believe ...

Critical Cryptographic Vulnerability patched in January Update

In the changelog of the newest Cumulative Update released for various Windows 10 versions, we can read about a major ...

Self-Service Purchase Capabilities for Microsoft Power Platform Products

At the end of last year, Microsoft announced that they would soon make it possible for self-service purchase, ...

Christmas Wishes & Opening Hours

We at Ironstone would like to say a big thank you to customers, partners, and contacts for a great 2019. It has been a ...

The Windows Virtual Desktop is here - so should we be excited?

Work today is a completely different ball game to even ten years ago. We can now log in to the programs we need from ...

Meet the Team: Shantanu, Cloud Expert

We are happy to announce that Shantanu has joined the team as a Cloud Expert, and the Modern Workplace team is growing.

Improve the Speed of your Web Application with Azure Front Door

Do you want your web application to respond twice as fast? All you need is one hour to set up Azure Front Door!

Heads up: Check your integrations in Workplace by Facebook

Lately, Workplace by Facebook has communicated that they are working towards safer integrations. They are reviewing the ...

Meet the Team: Ole Petter, Junior Cloud Operator

We are pleased to announce that Ole Petter has joined the team as a Cloud Junior Operator. After six weeks at Microsoft ...

Heads up: A new enhanced security feature is coming to Azure AD

A week from now, on the 25th of September, Microsoft will turn off the non-enhanced security information experience for ...

Meet the team: Jens, Team Lead Azure

We are happy to announce that Jens Andersson has joined the team as our Team Lead Azure.

Kubernetes Notification: Update cert-manager to prevent SSL invalidation

Let's Encrypt notifies customers that they will start blocking older cert-manager versions as of November 1.

Notification: More RDS vulnerabilities

RDP is vulnerable again, as Microsoft just patched multiple new vulnerabilities in the RDS component on most Windows ...

Travel Letter: Azure Architect Bootcamp

Morten, Head of Operations and Olav, Cloud Expert went to Azure Architect Bootcamp earlier this year. Here's a recap by ...

Travel Letter: Ignite The Tour

A part of the technical team went to Ignite earlier this year. The team chose different tracks to attend based on their ...

Travel Letter: KubeCon

I promised in an earlier blog to write a follow up after being at the Kubernetes conference, KubeCon. It was a ...

Vulnerability Notification: BlueKeep

As you may or may not know, Microsoft recently patched a vulnerability "CVE-2019-0708" named "BlueKeep" in the RDP ...

How JoyTech entered a new market after moving to the Azure platform

JoyTech have been looking at how cognitive services can help their product evolve and expand to further create business ...

Kubernetes guide: Why and how to use

Kubernetes can help solve previous challenges regarding container management. In this blog we explain the most ...

Welcome Mikael, Junior Cloud Operator

In March we welcomed Mikael to the team as a Junior Cloud Operator. We are very excited and pleased to have him onboard ...

Ironstone and Automation, Open Source, and PowerShell

Here at Ironstone automation plays a huge role in our work. Without automation there is no way we could be only 7 (!) ...

Modern Workplace: How to Secure the Users' Identity

The mindset of allowing your organization to embrace a modern way of working, for some sounds irresponsible and ...

How to use collaboration tools to empower your users

In a previous post we spoke about how you can empower users to be more productive by giving them a more flexible way of ...

3 easy steps to boosting your workplace productivity

Now more than ever, employees are asking – some might even say demanding – more flexibility from their organization.

We have moved to Epicenter!

2019 will be our third year in business. Ironstone now has 11 employees and growing rapidly. Business is going very ...

Quickstart guide – ISV going from OnPrem to Azure

Are you an Independent Software Developer (ISV) currently creating, updating, and maintaining web applications in an on ...

Welcome Marte, Cloud Business Advisor

We started the new year by welcoming a great addition to the team. We are happy to announce that Marte has joined the ...

Top 10 upcoming features from Microsoft

In the previous two blog posts we have discussed the Top 5 features from Azure and Microsoft 365 released in 2018. In ...

Top 5 new Microsoft 365 features from 2018

Welcome to Ironstone Advent blog series. We will discuss some of our favorite features that were released by Microsoft ...

Top 5 new Azure features in 2018

Welcome to Ironstone Advent blog series. We will discuss some of our favourite features from Microsoft that were ...

Welcome Jacqueline, Cloud Business Advisor

The team is growing! We are happy to announce that we have hired Jacqueline as our Cloud Business Advisor. She will ...

Top 5 Azure Tips: Reduced Cost

In this blog post we’ll walk you through 5 tips on how to significantly reduce cost in your Azure environment. We will ...

How to Stop Abuse of Your Brand's Website and Social media

What do you do when bandits create an exact copy of your online store or website? The only difference from an end ...

New Features - Supporting a Modern Workplace

Two great new features announced at Microsoft Ignite 2018, supporting a modern workplace; enabling easier deployment ...

Why Microsoft 365 is Key to Creating a Modern Workplace

The digital revolution and the application of cloud solutions are not only disrupting several industries, they’re also ...

Why Leading Companies are Moving to Exchange Online

We spend more time than ever working in the cloud. In fact, 96% of companies are already using cloud services in 2018 ...

How to Maximize the Potential of your Application with Azure

Azure presents an endless number of opportunities to boost the functionality, performance, security and ease ...

What Are The Real Benefits Of The Public Cloud?

Once just a buzzword, the public cloud is now a fully established $153.5B industry. After initial fears over IT ...

The Guide to Digital Success - The End-Game

When in the cloud, it’s important to not just sit back and think that you're done. It’s time to get on top of your ...

The Guide to Digital Success - Before Take-Off

The strategy often include the right words. But before you go ahead and put the plans into action, make sure you have ...

The Guide to Digital Success - Status Quo

Everyone has a digital strategy, but not everyone knows how they best can realize it, with as few hiccups and ...

What is Cloud Service Management and how can we use it?

«Service Management in the Cloud era» ITSM (Information Technology Service Management) must expand service management ...

Windows Autopilot - The latest features you don't want to miss!

Microsoft continuously update their products and services and we love it! But sometimes it’s not always easy to keep ...

Best Place to Work - an end-user's story

If we take the focus away from ‘product specifications’ or ‘how it’s supposed to work’ what more can be useful to know? ...

Cortana PowerShell Security Flaw & how it's mitigated

Cortana security flaw lets anyone run PowerShell from the lock screen – mitigated by design in our modern client ...

3 ways a modern cloud-based IT solution boosts efficiency

[VIDEO: Business Productivity] Does your business waste time and resources on tasks that can be done more effectively?

One dashboard for everything YOU need

Having to log in to several portals in one workday is a well-known problem. How about just having one where you have ...

The Power BI Project – The thoughts of a Cloud Offering Manager

The story behind the development and a deeper dive into The Power BI Project by our Cloud Offering Manager, Morten ...

The Power BI Project

We believe in great partnerships. Together with Printix we at Ironstone have created a free Power BI Dashboard ...

5 tips for making IT work in your business strategy

Companies are getting more and more aware of the digital transformation, and many are already making changes to their ...

Welcome Tomas, System Architect

Stockholm, Sweden: Ironstone is pleased to announce that Ironstone has hired Tomas as a System Architect.

GDPR - the changes summarised

The GDPR becomes effective on May 25th 2018. Not all companies are prepared for the new regulation or even fully aware ...

What is CSP & how does it affect you as a Microsoft customer?

The article explains the Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) model and how it works with Office 365 and Azure. It also ...

What is the best subscription for your Firstline Workers?

Firstline Workers represent the more than two billion people in roles that make them the first point of contact between ...

What to expect from the next major Windows 10 Update

With Windows 10, Microsoft introduced a new semi-annual update model. Twice a year they release these huge updates. ...

Windows Hello: Say goodbye to long complicated passwords

And hello to the replacement of long complicated passwords – a strong, two-factor authentication, Windows Hello for ...

SharePoint vs OneDrive for Business - How & when to use?

You've probably heard about either OneDrive or SharePoint, or perhaps both. These are two services provided by ...

Microsoft Teams - Supports the modern team

With the trend of having many devices and working from different locations, your team should have a platform to ...

Recent CPU vulnerabilities – How it affects you

The 3 most exciting IT trends of 2018?

To start the year, we want to highlight some exciting trends that are going to affect the industry in 2018.

Get ready for the new year with Azure AD

With the increasing trend of being connected through many devices, people have a lot of options to access accounts and ...

Top 11 benefits of Azure

The explosion of cloud computing in recent years has accelerated business transformation, allowing companies to become ...

Transforming your business - 5 tips for Software Vendors

The explosion of cloud computing usage in recent years has created a shift in how Software Vendors do business and what ...

Microsoft Azure – The only limit is your imagination!

You might have heard or read about Azure, maybe your business even uses Azure. But do you know how much Azure can do ...

What is the best way to purchase Azure?

Microsoft offers several different ways to buy Azure services. This can be confusing and unnecessary when you just want ...

Ironstone @ Radar Summit 2017

It was 07.00 Wednesday morning in Stockholm. The city had started to wake up - the noise of cars filling the streets ...

GDPR - Where to begin?

First of all, we recommend you to get started as soon as possible with getting compliant with the new regulations. As ...

Radar Summit 2017 - Ironstone is attending!

Stockholm, Sweden: We are pleased to announce that Ironstone is attending the Radar Summit event in Stockholm the 15th ...

GDPR - What does this mean to you and your business?

GDPR is short for General Data Protection Regulation, which is the new EU regulation on data- and privacy protection ...

Information protection | What haunts you at night?

You, who work with IT at your organization. What keeps you from sleeping? What makes you wake up in the middle of the ...

The evolution of deployment

After the launch of Windows 10 and the emerge of modern devices, the game of delivering devices to your users have ...

The challenges of legacy deployment

Since the beginning of modern IT with Windows XP and Active Directory, it's been a reflexive respond from any ...

Ironstone: Good as Gold!

Oslo, Norway: Ironstone is pleased to announce that it has become a Gold Partner for Microsoft's Azure Cloud Platform. ...

How to use the cloud in your business

Whether it’s enabling your employees to work from anywhere, gather insight from stored data or boosting your online ...

The Game Changer -  Ironstone

Information technology is becoming one of the most strategic decisions for your business. Every business is focused on ...

The Phantom is dead, long live The Phantom!

Cloud Revolution, or is it really? When people are saying IT is going through transformation, I say IT has always gone ...