Most IT decisions get made with incomplete information. A board asks whether the organisation is exposed and nobody can answer with evidence. An insurer sends a renewal questionnaire naming controls that were never configured. A migration gets quoted without anyone mapping the permissions that will break on cutover. The material on this page exists so those conversations start from facts rather than guesswork.
The guides and checklists explain the Microsoft controls that matter most — Essential Eight mitigation strategies, retention and information barriers, mailbox and file migration risk — in plain language, with the configuration detail an engineer can act on. The free assessments are short, structured reviews of your tenant, your security baseline and your readiness for Copilot; each one ends with a written finding you keep, whether or not you engage us afterwards.
The migration project pages set out how we actually run platform moves: the risk register we build up front, how the cutover is sequenced out of hours, and the outcome we measured afterwards. The industry briefings cover the regulators, auditors and field conditions specific to healthcare, legal and finance, mining, logistics, not-for-profit, hospitality and defence supply chains — because the same Microsoft foundation gets configured very differently across them.
If you would rather talk it through than read it, a discovery call is usually faster than working out which document applies to your situation.
Guides and checklists
Written for business owners and operations leads rather than engineers — what the control does, what it costs you to skip it, and how to get it in place.
All guides and checklists
The full library of practical Microsoft 365, Azure and security guides.
Read moreEssential Eight preparation guide
What each mitigation strategy means in a Microsoft 365 tenant, and the order to tackle them in.
Read moreMicrosoft 365 compliance for law firms
Retention, information barriers and matter confidentiality configured to survive a client security review.
Read moreEmail migration risk assessment
The failure modes that cause mailbox downtime, and how to design the cutover around them.
Read moreGoogle Drive to Microsoft 365 migration guide
Permissions mapping, shared drive structure and the sequencing that keeps staff working.
Read moreFree assessments
Short, no-obligation reviews that benchmark where you are today and hand back a written finding, not a sales deck.
All free assessments
Every assessment we run, what it covers and how long it takes.
Read moreAI readiness assessment
Whether your data, licensing and governance are ready for Copilot and agentic AI.
Read moreModern workplace audit
Licensing waste, device compliance and collaboration gaps across your tenant.
Read moreEssential baseline audit
Your security posture measured against the baseline auditors and insurers ask about.
Read moreCyber insurance controls review
Evidence for the controls named on your renewal questionnaire, gathered before you sign it.
Read moreMigration projects
How we plan and execute platform migrations — the risk register, the cutover approach and the measured outcome for each.
Citrix to Azure Virtual Desktop
Retiring Citrix licensing and moving published desktops onto Azure Virtual Desktop.
Read moreGoogle Workspace to Microsoft 365
Mail, files and identity moved across with no mailbox downtime.
Read moreMimecast to Microsoft Defender
Consolidating third-party mail security into Defender for Office 365.
Read moreIndustry briefings
The regulators, auditors and field conditions each sector deals with, and how that shapes the managed service.
Healthcare
Patient data, clinical systems and privacy obligations.
Read moreLegal and finance
Client confidentiality, retention and regulator-ready controls.
Read moreMining and resources
Remote sites, contractor identity and OT/IT convergence.
Read moreLogistics and construction
Mobile workforces, site connectivity and project systems.
Read moreNot-for-profit
Non-profit licensing, volunteer identity and grant-funded IT.
Read moreHospitality
Multi-site venues, seasonal turnover and POS integrations.
Read moreDefence contractors
DISP-aligned uplift and evidence packs for primes.
Read moreTechnology notes
Platform-specific detail on the tools we manage day to day.
Insights
Ongoing commentary and proof of delivery.
