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February 12, 2026
Securing your data for the age of AI: Lessons from our Microsoft Purview journey
In the latest episode of our podcast The Innovation Circuit, we unpacked what we learned from implementing Microsoft Purview sensitivity labelling and data protection, both internally and with our customers. The journey wasn’t always smooth, but the lessons were invaluable. Here’s what we learned.
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January 29, 2026
Five Power BI updates that deliver real business value
Every month, Microsoft releases Power BI updates and announcements. Some introduce new capabilities, some improve existing ones, and some are simply informative. For business users and business analysts, keeping up with all of them, and knowing which ones truly matter, is both time-consuming and unrealistic. This blog highlights my top five Power BI updates from June 2025 to January 2026 that deliver the greatest business value.
January 22, 2026
Watch Now — The Innovation Circuit EP 9: A guide to data protection with Microsoft Purview during the AI revolution
In this episode, we’ll be discussing how to ensure your organisation’s sensitive data remains secure and confidential with Microsoft Purview.
November 12, 2025
What's New in Dynamics 365 Business Central 2025: wave 2
Watch the Dynamics 365 Business Central update with Head of Dynamics 365, Joerg Rau.
October 2, 2025
Azure North Migration: FAQs answered by Theta specialists
Since December 2024, New Zealand organisations have been able to start migrating to Microsoft's Azure North Data Centre. But what questions are organisations asking first? Here are our top FAQs.
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December 17, 2020
SolarWinds Orion security issue
Read on for up-to-date information from our cyber security team about the SolarWinds Orion Security Issue.
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December 16, 2020
Data and Artificial Intelligence in New Zealand's journey from crises to recovery
At our annual Theta Executive Luncheon, Louise Francis, Country Manager and Research Director at IDC New Zealand, presented NZ's digital journey to the next normal. With such rapid technological, behavioural and societal shifts in 2020, the COVID-19 crisis has undoubtedly caused accelerated change. And it's not the only crisis to have done this; nor will it be the last. Using the term 'crises' encapsulates the bigger picture of events that can cause global disruption, including what we've experienced with COVID-19.
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December 4, 2020
Snakes & Ladders: the offensive use of Python on Windows
As Microsoft further integrates Python into its ecosystem, there are concerns around the offensive use of it. Can these offensive attacks be mitigated and are the current control mechanisms enough to stop this happening?
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December 4, 2020
New Zealand Privacy Act 2020: standout features, fines and global comparisons
New Zealand's updated Privacy Act came into force on 1 December 2020.
December 4, 2020
EVA Check-in commendation at Microsoft NZ Partner Awards 2020
EVA Check-in, our finalist entry for the ISV Partner category, has been Highly Commended at the Microsoft Partner Awards 2020.
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November 30, 2020
ATT&CK'ing it wrong - how to use ATT&CK effectively at an NZ scale
Hamish Krebs, Cyber Security Lead Consultant, recently spoke at CHCon - an event held in Christchurch for cyber security professionals and hackers. Born out of frustrations and learnings behind the MITRE ATT&CK framework, his presentation explored how to go from 'ATT&CK’ing it wrong' to 'ATT&CK’ing it effectively'.
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November 17, 2020
Bulk renaming columns in a table using a Power Query Custom Function
If you've ever exported data from your ERP system and imported into Power BI, you'll be familiar with the rigmarole of renaming hundreds of columns to a more descriptive name. It's both time-consuming and prone to human error.
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November 4, 2020
Finalists in Microsoft NZ Partner Awards 2020
Theta is a finalist in the 2020 Microsoft New Zealand Partner Awards, with finalist projects in five categories: Business Applications, Transforming Products, ISV Partner, Optimising Operations and Empowering Employees.
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October 12, 2020
Time is ticking: Make a stress-free transition from SharePoint 2010 workflows to Power Automate
From the 1 November 2020, SharePoint 2010 workflows for SharePoint Online customers will be retired for existing tenants (they were previously retired for new tenants from 1 August 2020) – here’s the official Microsoft announcement.
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October 7, 2020
Cyber security advice for NZ's small and medium enterprises
Jeremy Jones, Head of Cyber Security at Theta, recently spoke to stuff.co.nz about the increasing numbers of cyber attacks being reported across New Zealand.