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Operate: server room, helpdesk, workstation floor
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PILLAR 03

Operate

The daily running of it, quietly. Helpdesk, servers, licences, backup and cloud on one monthly account, with automation taking the repetitive work off your team.

Disciplines
Three
Typical survey
2 days
Handover pack
As built
Support
One number
03.1

Managed IT Services

Your IT department, or an extension of the one you have.

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A

Helpdesk and Remote Support

A number your staff can call and a queue that is actually worked, with most issues resolved remotely before anyone needs to drive anywhere.

B

On-Site IT Support

Scheduled visits and callouts for the work that cannot be done down a wire, by engineers who already know your environment.

C

Server Administration

Physical and virtual servers patched, monitored, backed up and capacity planned, rather than watched only when something fails.

D

IT Infrastructure Audits

An honest account of what you are running, what is out of support and what should be replaced first.

E

Asset and Licence Management

Every machine, warranty and licence on one register, so renewals arrive as a decision rather than a surprise.

F

Printer Fleet and Multifunction Support

Devices, drivers, consumables and the queue that always jams, handled under the same account.

03.2

Cloud and Software

Microsoft estate configured properly and actively managed, not simply resold.

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A

Microsoft 365

Tenants set up properly: mail flow, sharing rules, retention and conditional access, rather than default settings and hope.

B

Microsoft Azure

Virtual machines, storage and identity in Azure, sized to what you use and reviewed so the bill does not drift.

C

Intune and Device Management

Company devices enrolled, policy applied and lost hardware wiped remotely, without touching each machine by hand.

D

Backup and Disaster Recovery

Veeam backed up, tested and restorable, with a stated recovery time rather than an assumption.

E

Private and Hybrid Cloud Storage

Storage that suits the data, kept local where it must be and in the cloud where that is cheaper and safer.

F

Software Licensing and Procurement

Licences bought correctly the first time, in your name, with renewals tracked on your behalf.

Every month

One report, whether or not anything went wrong.

Service report
Illustrative, one site
41
Tickets closed
22min
Median response
99.9%
Link uptime
31/31
Backups verified
Attention needed
Two workstations out of warranty in MarchQuote sent
Server C: disk at 82 percentScheduled
Three licences unassignedCredit applied
Done without being asked
Patches applied across 34 devicesAutomatic
Firewall firmware updatedOut of hours
Restore test from 14 March backupPassed
Figures shown are illustrative. The format is what you receive. Nothing in the right column needed a phone call from you.

What you receive at handover

01

A drawing set

An asset register, licence schedule and server documentation, kept current for as long as we hold the account.

02

One point of contact

A helpdesk number your staff can call, answered by people who already know your environment.

03

Monitoring and reporting

Patch status, backup verification and ticket volumes reported monthly, whether or not anything went wrong.

The other three pillars are specified the same way.

01

Connect

Connectivity and Network Infrastructure, from the street outside to the desk upstairs.

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02

Protect

Physical Security and Cybersecurity, held to one standard from the gate to the inbox.

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04

Sustain

Solar and Power, Hardware Supply, Web and Hosting, Custom Applications.

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Begin

Hand the running of it over.

A full managed service, cover for a team that is stretched, or a second opinion on what you are paying for now.

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