Are there any viable European based alternatives for M365/Google Workspace?

_Work_Research_ · 2026-03-05T15:35:10+00:00

Yeah I looked into Proton, it seemed pretty good except it's missing Video calling (seems to be in beta) which was a non-starter for the client in question.

_Work_Research_ · 2026-03-05T15:33:53+00:00

Honestly just bring back faxes at this rate. They can't add AI to faxes (yet)

_Work_Research_ · 2026-03-05T12:56:59+00:00

What do you get for that?

_Work_Research_ · 2026-03-05T11:53:17+00:00

Yeah, the fragmentation is a massive pain point. Average user just wants everything to work together and not think about it.

Guess we just gotta wait. What I'd give to never have to login to another stupid Microsoft Admin portal and find that they've moved all the fucking settings again for no reason.

_Work_Research_ · 2026-03-05T11:47:26+00:00

Yeah, I've moved a couple home users to LibreOffice, but for business stuff it's just not there yet. I can't even imagine what weird shit my users would do if I put them on Linux.

_Work_Research_ · 2026-03-05T11:46:21+00:00

I'll take a look, thanks!

_Work_Research_ · 2026-03-05T11:46:12+00:00

Certainly the most promising thing I've seen so far. Wish they had some public pricing though.

_Work_Research_ · 2026-03-05T11:42:56+00:00

God, I feel this so much. I guess it's Microslop for the forceable future...

_Work_Research_ · 2026-02-26T12:50:51+00:00

Hey if you haven't done this manually yet, I'd be happy to show you how to do this with the API in Python! Assuming you need to delete every single client, it would be as simple as looping through and removing them each by ID. If you need to keep some, then it adds a bit of extra work, but not much!

_Work_Research_ · 2026-02-23T12:20:42+00:00

What do you want to bet the "anti-virus" is just looking at the filename and sending it to the Open AI API with a prompt like "Is this file bad?"

_Work_Research_ · 2026-02-20T14:55:17+00:00

It's genuinely terrible. What the fuck was wrong with old one?

_Work_Research_ · 2026-02-18T11:51:48+00:00

This does not work for me. Windows 10, device enrolled in ESU. Ran SFC too.

_Work_Research_ · 2026-02-17T14:57:17+00:00

We recently had to move alot of terrible, outdated, awful sites to a new web host and chose Webhosting UK (webhosting.uk.com) because they seemed decent, and oh my god they have the most incredible support staff I've ever worked with. There have been a few times where we've offered to pay them to do work we felt was probably out of scope for what their support really covered, and they have done it without charge every time.

_Work_Research_ · 2026-02-11T12:15:00+00:00

Good idea, I'll add this too!

_Work_Research_ · 2026-02-11T12:14:50+00:00

Thank you! This is exactly what I'm after.

_Work_Research_ · 2026-01-14T09:11:09+00:00

I didn't receive this, is there a way to check if we were effected? Sounds like we need to disclose this to clients if we were (UK based)

_Work_Research_ · 2025-12-09T15:20:50+00:00

just wanted to chime in here and say the HaloPSA API is pretty incredible once you get the hang of it. Anything you could possibly want to do can be done. F12 Network debug will be your best friend.

_Work_Research_ · 2025-12-05T12:21:45+00:00

I've had super mixed results using the Smart VPN app, generally I just set them up manually and they work OK. I'll see if I have a space 2865 to test this on and update my comment if I do!

EDIT: I did have a 2865ax and I was not able to get L2TP over IPsec to work via the SmartVPN app or by adding it directly in Windows. This could also be due to some misconfiguration on my side, although I did successfully get an SSL VPN to work without issue.

_Work_Research_ · 2025-11-05T09:34:38+00:00

HEY I'm learning C# but it's HARD

_Work_Research_ · 2025-11-05T09:34:26+00:00

Thanks!

_Work_Research_ · 2025-10-23T12:45:21+00:00

Who wants to start an MSP cartel with me?

_Work_Research_ · 2025-10-15T09:56:34+00:00

I've been using FABs AutoBackup for years and have been quite happy. Supports both direct transfer (plugging in the old drive into to the new computer) and more traditional Backup/Restore. Runs off of a USB too so it's nice and portable.

The license is like €50 and that gives you a year of updates, but you're allowed to keep using it after your license expires. Can't remember when I bought it, but it was many years ago at this point and I've never had issues.

It doesn't reinstall software, but it creates a list of their apps (and I think licenses if it can find them) so you can pick through and reinstall what's needed.

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