Deleted, overwritten or encrypted? Four ways to get your files back in Microsoft 365

by Andrew Hunt | Oct 12, 2026 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates, TIPS TRICKS AND HINTS

We all know that sinking feeling. You save over the spreadsheet you were using as a template. A folder gets dragged into the bin by accident (we helped a client with exactly that just recently). Or someone “tidies up” a Teams channel and half the project files go with...

Easy, Everyday AI Productivity Tips

by Andrew Hunt | Oct 2, 2026 | AI, IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates, TIPS TRICKS AND HINTS

We’ve been using Microsoft Copilot across the business for a couple of years now. Sales, marketing, operations, cybersecurity, management reports, tech support, client emails, you name it. After hundreds of conversations with it, two things stand out for me:...

Webinar Replay: Your Staff Are Already Using AI. Now What?

by Andrew Hunt | Sep 16, 2026 | AI, IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates, Security, TIPS TRICKS AND HINTS, Webinar Recording

Like it or not, AI has already arrived in most businesses. Your team is probably trying out AI tools right now, and while there are real productivity gains, there are also new risks around data, governance and compliance. In this 30-minute webinar, our sister company...

Classic SharePoint pages are being retired. Here’s what to do about it

by Andrew Hunt | Sep 10, 2026 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates, TIPS TRICKS AND HINTS

Most of the SharePoint environments we look after have a few skeletons in the cupboard. An intranet home page someone built back in 2014. A wiki that one team used for six months and then forgot about. A page with a bit of custom script on it that a contractor added...

Webinar Replay: Passkeys Explained, the Simpler, Safer Way to Sign In

by Andrew Hunt | Aug 19, 2026 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates, Security, TIPS TRICKS AND HINTS, Webinar Recording

Passwords are a pain. They’re easy to forget, people reuse them, and they’re more and more exposed to attack. Passkeys fix most of that. In this webinar, Kinetics Group CTO Bill Lunam and NOC Lead Garreth Keet explain what passkeys are, how they work, and...

Webinar Replay: Microsoft Copilot Updates, Agent Mode, Claude and Tasks

by Andrew Hunt | May 20, 2026 | AI, IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates, TIPS TRICKS AND HINTS

Copilot is moving fast, and a few of the newest features really are game-changers for busy teams. In this practical 30-minute session, Rhys Kerrigan and Ben Fish from the Kambium productivity team (part of Kinetics Group) run through some of their favourite new...