Three new plans unveiled today replace five earlier options, and add new capabilities like DNS filtering and automated incident response.

A new “Inspector” aims to help MSPs simplify management, accounting, and reporting by automatically collecting detailed security, licensing, and billing information from Vade for M365 and then feeding it to the Liongard system’s consolidated interface.

The Cloud Security Alliance and PCI SSC encourage businesses to identify all people, processes, and technologies that could impact payment security.

Called EdgeConnect Microbranch, the new offering aims to help businesses extend the SD-WAN and SASE services at their main office to remote sites without deploying bulky gateway hardware or software agents.

Announcements a-plenty from AWS re:Invent, two new solutions from NinjaOne, a new head of partner communities for TD SYNNEX, and surprising proof that karaoke can be dangerous to your health are all among the stories we’re just now telling you about.

Bring your own…pitchfork? Poodle? Pompadour? You’ll just have to listen to this week’s show to find out. Luckily for you, you’ll also hear Matt, Rich, and returning guest host Rory Sanchez, of True Digital Security, discuss the new stand-alone small business edition of Microsoft Teams, Poly’s desk phone trade-in program, research from Auvik revealing the future of SMB networking, and evidence from Sophos and Trend Micro that security vendors are all-in on cloud.

This week, Erick and Rich discuss the SMB network of tomorrow, per research from Auvik, doing a little pre-holiday tax planning with your financial advisor, and an internet gaming platform that briefly accepted bets on a soccer match completed the day before.

Speaking with ChannelPro during the Amazon Web Services re:Invent conference this week, both vendors said that while IT providers are gradually learning to protect cloud workloads, there’s further progress to be made.

Called Microsoft Teams Essentials, the service provides group video calls for up to 30 hours and 300 people, up to 10 GB of file storage, group chat, calendaring, and more without a Microsoft 365 subscription for $4 per user per month.

As the shift toward hybrid work arrangements continues, the network management vendor reports in newly published research, businesses are embracing simpler, speedier network architectures that rely more on Wi-Fi access points than switches and firewalls.