{"id":33677,"date":"2020-09-21T14:57:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-21T18:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serviceexpress.com\/uk\/resources\/what-is-third-party-maintenance-tpm\/"},"modified":"2025-12-29T13:02:25","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T13:02:25","slug":"what-is-third-party-maintenance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serviceexpress.com\/uk\/resources\/what-is-third-party-maintenance\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Third-Party Maintenance (TPM)?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"What is Third-Party Maintenance (TPM)? | In a Flash Series | Service Express\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/m7Flrb21714?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-margin-bottom-small\" id=\"episode-one\"><strong>EPISODE TWO<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-margin-bottom-small\">Our&nbsp;<em>In a Flash<\/em>&nbsp;video series aims to educate IT professionals on popular topics and solutions for data centres in a concise and straightforward way.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-margin-bottom-small\">In this episode,&nbsp;Service Express&nbsp;IT&nbsp;aficionado, Chad,&nbsp;covers&nbsp;the basics of third-party maintenance and how it fits into your overall data centre maintenance strategy.&nbsp;<strong>How is third-party data centre maintenance different from OEM support? 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