Cloud
Move to the cloud without losing a working day.
Migrations go wrong when they are treated as a single weekend. We run them in stages with a tested rollback at every step, so the worst case is a delay rather than a disaster.
What is included
Microsoft 365 and Azure set up properly
Tenant structure, identity, licensing and security baseline designed deliberately rather than accumulated over years of expedient decisions.
File server to SharePoint
Permissions mapped before anything moves, so the new structure reflects how your team actually works instead of importing two decades of nested folders.
Licensing review
Most environments we inherit are paying for seats nobody uses and the wrong tier for the ones they do. The review often offsets a meaningful share of the project cost.
Backup and recovery, tested
Cloud does not mean backed up. We configure backup for cloud data and prove recovery works by actually restoring.
Email continuity through cutover
DNS and mail flow sequenced so nothing bounces during the move — the part clients notice immediately when it goes wrong.
Documentation and handover
How it is built, why it was built that way, and what to do when it needs changing. Yours to keep regardless of who supports you afterwards.
How it runs
01
Discovery
We audit what you are running, what it costs and what depends on it. You get the findings whether or not you engage us for the move.
02
Design
Tenant structure, licensing, security baseline and data layout, agreed in writing before anything moves.
03
Pilot
A small group moves first. We fix what the plan missed while the stakes are still low.
04
Migration
The bulk move runs outside your trading hours, in stages, with a tested rollback at every step.
05
Aftercare
Two weeks of heightened support, then into the standard agreement. Documentation handed over either way.
What you should expect
- No working day lost to the migration itself
- Licensing reviewed, usually downwards
- Backups tested by restore rather than assumed
- A security baseline applied as part of the move, not after it
Common questions
- How long does a migration take?
- Discovery and design usually take a couple of weeks; the move itself depends on data volume and how many systems depend on the old environment. We give you a staged plan with dates rather than a single cutover weekend.
- Will anyone be unable to work during the move?
- That is the constraint we design around. Bulk moves run outside trading hours in stages, and every stage has a rollback that has been tested rather than assumed.
- Is our data safe in the cloud?
- The platform is almost certainly more resilient than an ageing server in a cupboard. The real risks move to identity and configuration — which is why MFA and a security baseline are part of the migration rather than a later project.
- Do we still need backups if we are on Microsoft 365?
- Yes. Microsoft protects its infrastructure, not you from deletion, ransomware or a departing employee clearing a mailbox. Retention defaults are shorter than most businesses assume.
- Can we move in stages rather than all at once?
- That is our default. Hybrid states are normal for a period, and a staged plan is far easier to recover from than a single all-or-nothing cutover.