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DISCIPLINE 03.2

Cloud and Software

Microsoft estate configured properly and actively managed, not simply resold. Licences in your own name, tenants set up to a policy, and backups that have actually been restored from.

Cloud and Software: racked servers and storage
What it covers

Six capabilities, configured rather than merely provisioned.

01

Microsoft 365

Tenants set up properly: mail flow, sharing rules, retention policy and conditional access, rather than default settings and hope. Migrations run over a weekend with mail continuity maintained.

LicencesIn your name, not ours
ConfiguredMail flow, sharing, retention, MFA
MigrationWeekend cutover, continuity kept
02

Microsoft Azure

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

SizingReviewed monthly against use
CoversCompute, storage, identity
ReportingSpend and utilisation
03

Microsoft Intune and Device Management

Company devices enrolled, policy applied and lost hardware wiped remotely, without touching each machine by hand. New starters receive a configured laptop rather than a project.

EnrolmentZero touch where supported
PolicyApplied centrally
Lost deviceRemote wipe, same day
04

Data Backup and Disaster Recovery

Veeam backed up, tested and restorable, with a stated recovery time rather than an assumption. We restore from the backup periodically, because an untested backup is a hope.

SoftwareVeeam
Restore testingMonthly, results reported
Recovery timeStated and agreed
05

Private and Hybrid Cloud Storage

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

ModelLocal, cloud or hybrid
Chosen onSpeed, cost, regulation
IncludedSync and access policy
06

Software Licensing and Procurement

Licences bought correctly the first time, registered in your name, with renewals tracked on your behalf. You keep the licences if you ever leave us.

OwnershipYours, always
RenewalsTracked, flagged early
ReconciledAgainst assigned users
01

Assess

We establish what you own, what you are paying for and what is actually used.

02

Design

Tenant policy, backup schedule and recovery times agreed in writing.

03

Migrate

Cutover out of hours, with continuity maintained and a rollback ready.

04

Manage

Monitored, licences reconciled, restores tested and reported monthly.

Specified alongside

03.1

Managed IT Services

The helpdesk and estate this sits underneath.

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02.2

Cybersecurity

Conditional access, MFA and mail authentication.

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03.3

AI and Automation

What becomes possible once the data is in one place.

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Get the Microsoft estate in order.

A migration, a licence position nobody has audited in years, or a backup you have never actually restored from.

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