Today's note will be a little shorter than usual, but I think (hope) it's a good one.

Marques recently asked the SaaSOps Community if anyone has any best practices or things to avoid when rolling out Slack. It got my attention because Slack is so ubiquitous that it's easy for a layperson like me to forget just how tricky it can be for IT to implement—especially if you work for a large company.

A few folks offered up some good tips, including this blog post we wrote a while back. But I'm still curious to hear about some of the biggest pitfalls of rolling Slack out.

Let me know what you've run into by replying directly to this email—or for Marques' sake, let him know by chiming in on his question in the SaaSOps Community.
Engadget | One week after pushing macOS 11.2 to the public, Apple has released 11.2.1. Spotted by Apple Insider, the update includes a single change, but it's an important one if you own an older MacBook Pro. Some people with 2016 and 2017 models recently found that a bug prevented them from charging their computer's battery.
BetterCloud Monitor | While collaboration helps drive business productivity, it’s important to maintain granular control over access. Moreover, IT professionals pros have to do it in a way where neither productivity nor security is sacrificed. In this post, we’ll dive into the biggest SaaS security challenges, plus best practices to help protect your organization.
BleepingComputer | Microsoft has urged customers today to install security updates for three Windows TCP/IP vulnerabilities rated as critical and high severity as soon as possible. The three TCP/IP security vulnerabilities impact computers running Windows client and server versions starting with Windows 7 and higher.
ZDNet | Microsoft is working on adding a new security alert to the dashboard of Microsoft Defender for Office 365 (formerly Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection) that will notify companies when their employees are being targeted by nation-state threat actors. The feature was added on Saturday to the Microsoft 365 roadmap website.
Gizmodo | If you’re using a different password for all the sites and apps you’re signed up for (and you really should), there are only so many combinations of letters and numbers you can hold in your head at once. The good news is there are plenty of tools out there to remember your passwords and secure them for you, and we’ve picked out five of the best.
Fast Company | Starting last March, remote employees had to adjust to a different environment altogether. While stuck working at your kitchen table or home office, you may have asked yourself: Is there an optimal level of background noise to surround yourself with when you’re trying to get stuff done?
SaaSOps Community | Marques wanted to know how the community approaches a Slack rollout across an organization. He noted that while Slack provides some amount of guidance, there are probably some best practices that folks out there would swear by. Check 'em out by clicking the link above.
SAASupdate
Google Workspace Updates | Google is making security groups generally available. Security groups help you easily regulate, audit, and monitor groups used for permission and access control purposes by simply adding the security label. See our beta announcement for more details and use cases for security groups.
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