Sold and delivered exclusively by HP itself at present, rather than partners, HP DaaS+ Hybrid combines direct delivery of PCs to homes and offices with ongoing remote performance management and security configuration.

Experts still see a robust future ahead for hybrid clouds that combine public software- and infrastructure-as-a-service resources with private clouds.

Erick and Rich discuss N-able’s “manage everything” approach to the rise of cloud computing, the increasingly expansive security stack at Microsoft, and a shameful example of exaggerating how much fish you caught.

Don’t know what this episode title refers to? Look it up in the FM. And for your listening pleasure while you do so, tune in to this week’s show, in which Matt, Rich, and guest host Lori Hardtke, of ByteWize, discuss all the news from N-able’s Empower partner conference, Kaseya buying ConnectBooster, and ChannelPro’s All-Star award list for 2022.

The new edition of the cloud management vendor’s security solution for Microsoft 365 adds advanced policy setting, configuration, permissions, threat alerting, and remediation features.

And they do mean everything. John Pagliuca and Mike Cullen (pictured left and right, respectively) are two of many at at N-able who believe that managing the cloud and managing hardware aren’t either/or propositions for MSPs.

Due early next year, Cloud Asset Manager will be initially designed to help technicians administer Microsoft Azure resources, track Azure-related spending, and eliminate “orphaned” Azure assets that their clients are paying for but no longer need.

The new service adds further perimeter security to a fully-managed offering designed to help organizations deliver wide-area networking services to offices, branch sites, and remote work locations without leaving data, devices, and applications exposed.

Microsoft has provided a lengthy on-ramp to the major changes ahead, but partners should start reviewing the requirements now so they can make good business decisions.

New apps from Salesforce, Slack, and NetSuite, an EDR update from Kaspersky, a new title for N-able’s Mike Cullen, and a Happy Meal for grown-ups (toy and all) are among the stories we waited and waited and waited to tell you about until just now.