{"id":173,"date":"2012-07-01T16:23:00","date_gmt":"2012-07-01T23:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebeagle.itgroove.net\/?p=173"},"modified":"2023-02-24T21:47:02","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T21:47:02","slug":"sbs-essentials-and-office-365-good-enough-for-the-masses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/archive\/2012\/07\/01\/sbs-essentials-and-office-365-good-enough-for-the-masses\/","title":{"rendered":"SBS Essentials and Office 365.  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