If you are considering choosing Microsoft 365 for your business, we would highly recommend that your first 300 users should be licensed under the Microsoft Business Premium plan. Not just for its top-of-the-range cybersecurity features, the Microsoft 365 license also provides hefty cost savings too....

When it comes to accounting software, the two popular choices that come to mind are usually Sage accounts online and Quickbooks. Deciding which software is best for your business can be tricky, so we have put together this helpful guide to make things easier for...

Here at Reality Solutions we are Gold Microsoft Partners, so we do tend to sway towards Outlook as a better provider than Gmail. However, for the purpose of this blog, we will try to be as transparent as possible and give you all the information...

If you are a regular user of Sage, you may have noticed some changes appearing across the software interface recently. So why the new look? As Sage Partners, we received the full lowdown from Sage themselves - the inside scoop if you like! This refreshed...

Backing up data should be an essential part of any business continuity plan, and it is also important to remember that as changes are made to the data, backups should change too. In an ideal world, businesses should have a full backup of their data...

Despite Sage 50 Manufacturing reaching its end of life back in 2021, we often receive questions regarding this software. We thought it would be a great opportunity to have a bit of a refresher on why Sage 50 Manufacturing is no longer available, and some...

Usually when companies choose a managed service agreement with Reality Solutions, it is triggered by a realisation that they are wasting precious time in the business struggling with IT problems. What many people don’t realise is that as well as helping to save businesses time,...

If you are considering switching to a new IT security provider, then there are a few things that you should think about in advance. As a business owner, cybersecurity should be in the forefront of your mind and every step possible should be taken to...

progresses. With business owners realising the importance of automation, it is really starting to change the world in which we do business. Even the finance sector is starting to succumb to this new technology… first cloud accounting, and now artificial intelligence. If we don’t move...

You may have heard us mention quite a while back in 2018 that server 2012 R2’s end-of-life road map was beginning and Microsoft were removing their mainstream support for this server. So why are we reminding you of this now, you may ask?! That is...

January is one of the busiest periods for most accountants as payroll year-end is just around the corner. In theory, it should just be a simple month-12 or week-52 payroll but these things often end up being a little more complex than first imagined! We...

In this digital age, every business needs computer systems in order to function, but do you have an IT company to provide ongoing support? There is nothing worse than losing both time and money when your IT systems go down, so having experts on hand...