IT services provider 8 min read
Choosing an IT services provider in Paris in 2026
The 8 criteria that separate a real IT services provider from a reseller: scope, SLAs, security, AI, multi-OS. A guide for demanding Paris SMEs.
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Technical notes and field reports.
Short, dense articles on modern SMB IT: Apple and Microsoft fleet management, cybersecurity, cloud, retail, events, AI. Written by Macinwork teams from real engagements — anonymized.
Apple Business Manager 7 min read
Apple Business Manager and MDM: what changes in 2026
Declarative management, Managed Apple Accounts, Platform SSO, Apple Intelligence in business: the state of the art of Apple MDM and ABM for Mac fleets in 2026.
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Dante 7 min read
Dante: audio over IP for meeting rooms and auditoriums
How Dante replaces analogue audio cabling with IP networking: principles, hardware, AES67, Dante Director and business and event use cases.
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LED walls in business: how to choose and integrate well
Pixel pitch, COB vs SMD, Novastar/Brompton processors, calibration, content delivery: the guide to a successful LED wall in lobby, retail, studio or control room.
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Business Central 7 min read
Business Central 2026: AI agents and e-invoicing
What's new in Dynamics 365 Business Central in 2026: autonomous Copilot agents, French e-invoicing mandate, and what they change for SMEs.
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Wi-Fi 7 6 min read
Wi-Fi 7 in business: should you migrate in 2026?
MLO, 6 GHz, 320 MHz channels, 4K-QAM: what Wi-Fi 7 really brings to SMEs, offices and retail, and how to deploy it without wasting your budget.
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AI agents 7 min read
Enterprise AI agents: deploying without getting burned in 2026
Beyond the chatbot: what AI agents really are, how to govern them (data, MCP, access) and deploy them usefully in an SME in 2026.
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Cybersecurity 7 min read
SME cybersecurity: the priorities to hold in 2026
NIS2, AI-powered phishing, 3-2-1 backups, MFA and passkeys: the cybersecurity priorities a Paris SME can no longer postpone in 2026.
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Macinwork Cockpit: piloting your SMB's IT in one click
Cockpit, the Macinwork portal to steer fleet, users, orders and zero-touch onboarding — built for office managers, CFOs and leadership.
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Modernizing a corporate Mac fleet with Kandji and Apple Business Manager
Field report: moving from manual Mac management to a fully MDM-driven fleet. Zero-touch onboarding, hardened security, measurable time savings.
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Why replace your corporate VPN with Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA)
The classic corporate VPN is a 25-year-old design that no longer fits. ZTNA (Cloudflare Access, Tailscale, Zscaler) offers a finer, safer, better-UX model.
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Retail 6 min read
Opening a retail store: the IT checklist in two weeks
Network, segmented Wi-Fi, Shopify POS, payment, video surveillance, backups: what to plan so a new store is operational on day one.
Read the post Migration 8 min read
Migrating from Google Workspace to Microsoft 365 without breaking productivity
Field-tested migration plan for a 50-user SMB: prep, wave-based cut-over, post-migration. Realistic timeline, common traps, tooling.
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EDR on Mac: why traditional antivirus no longer cuts it
Microsoft Defender, CrowdStrike Falcon, SentinelOne: what a modern EDR brings to a corporate Mac fleet. Short comparison, deployment, cost.
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High-density Wi-Fi for events: an architecture that holds the load
How to size a Wi-Fi able to absorb 500 to 5,000 simultaneous users on an event site. Hardware, segmentation, supervision.
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Microsoft 365 Copilot or Claude for Work: choosing your business AI as an SMB
Factual comparison of the two enterprise AI solutions most deployed in 2026. Use cases, cost, integrations, data governance.
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SMB IT audit: the 10 points we look at first
The IT audit grid Macinwork runs through during the 1-3 half-day initial assessment. Identity, endpoints, backup, security, governance.
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Securing a creative team with Conditional Access without killing productivity
How to harden access to sensitive tools (Adobe, finance, HR) while keeping the fluidity a creative team needs. Entra ID policy in practice.
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Shopify POS for a fashion brand: ERP integration and retail flows
How to wire Shopify POS to a fashion ERP (Business Central K3 Fashion) for real-time multi-store stock, sales and customer sync.
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On-site IT: what a dedicated technician inside your offices actually does
The outsourced on-site IT model for SMBs and subsidiaries: a counterpart on premises, embedded with your teams, operated by Macinwork. When it's relevant.
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Fractional CIO: what an outsourced CIO actually does for an SMB
The role, value and limits of a fractional CIO in an SMB. How Macinwork structures this engagement.
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