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Cloud & Microsoft 365
Email, files and Teams that just work. Set up, migrated and looked after.
Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace for small businesses: licensing at cost, a weekend migration with nobody locked out on Monday, and someone to call when Outlook does something strange.
At a glance
- Migration over a weekend, staff working Monday morning
- Licensing passed through at Microsoft’s price
- MFA, backup and security settings done on day one
- User setup and offboarding handled for you
- Microsoft Cloud Solution Provider partner
The server in the closet is costing you more than a subscription would.
Most small businesses still run email and files from a server bought years ago. It needs power, backups, patching and a replacement every five years, and when it goes down everyone stops. Microsoft 365 moves all of that to Microsoft’s data centers for a per-user monthly fee.
We do the move, keep the licensing straight, and run it afterwards. You get the same email addresses, the same files, and a lot fewer surprises.
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What changes when you move.
| Server in the office | Microsoft 365 with Circuit VA | |
|---|---|---|
| Exchange on a box you own and patch | Exchange Online, 50 GB mailboxes, works on any device | |
| Files | Shared drive, VPN from home | SharePoint and OneDrive, open from anywhere, version history |
| Meetings & chat | Separate apps, separate bills | Teams included |
| Backup | You remember to swap the drive | Off-site backup of mail and files, tested restores |
| Security | Antivirus and hope | MFA, conditional access, EDR configured from day one |
| Cost | Hardware every 5 years, plus support hours | Per user, per month, licensing at cost |
| When it breaks | Everyone waits for the fix | Microsoft’s 99.9% uptime, and our help desk for the rest |
Migration weekend
How a move actually runs.
Week 1
Inventory
Mailboxes, shared folders, distribution lists and the apps that send email. Nothing gets missed because we wrote it down.
Week 2
Set up the tenant
Licenses, security settings, MFA and backup configured before any data moves. Staff get a 10-minute heads-up session.
Weekend
Cutover
Mail and files copied, DNS switched Friday evening, devices signed in. We stay online through the weekend.
Monday
On-site support
Someone at your office Monday morning for the questions, then ongoing support from the help desk.
What’s included
Everything you need from Microsoft 365, kept tidy.
Exchange Online email
Business email with shared mailboxes, calendars and room booking, on phones, laptops and the web.
SharePoint & OneDrive
A sensible folder structure so shared files stay shared and personal files stay personal, with version history.
Teams
Chat, meetings and calling, set up with the right channels so it replaces the group text and the three other apps.
Security baseline
MFA, conditional access, anti-phishing policies and audit logging turned on, not left at Microsoft’s defaults.
Backup
Microsoft keeps your data running; it doesn’t back it up for you. We do, with 30-day point-in-time restores.
Licensing & users
New starters set up before their first day, leavers offboarded the same hour, and licenses right-sized every quarter.
Do we lose our email addresses?
No. Your domain and every address stay exactly as they are. The only thing that changes is where the mailbox lives.
How long will email be down during the move?
Usually minutes, late on a Friday. Old mail keeps arriving at the old server until the switch, and we copy anything that lands in between.
Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace?
Both are fine. If your staff live in Outlook and Excel, Microsoft 365. If they live in Gmail and Google Docs, Workspace. We support both and will tell you honestly which suits you.
Isn’t Microsoft 365 already backed up?
Microsoft keeps the service running, but deleted items are gone after a retention window and ransomware can encrypt OneDrive files. A separate backup is cheap and insurers expect it.
Can you take over an existing Microsoft 365 tenant?
Yes. We review the security settings, clean up licensing and take over support without changing anything your staff see.
Ready to move off the server in the closet?
Book a free migration planning call. You’ll get a written plan and a fixed quote.