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Microsoft 365 & Google Workspace

Your email and files, run properly, on the platform that fits.

We set up and look after Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace for businesses and nonprofits: accounts, email, file sharing and the security settings behind them. We move organizations between the two in both directions, and we don't have one to sell.

What we do

The everyday administration nobody on staff has time for.

People in, people out

New staff set up with the right accounts and access. People who leave are removed cleanly, with their email and files kept where you can still reach them.

Email that arrives

Mail that won't send, doesn't arrive or keeps landing in spam, tracked down and fixed.

Security settings done properly

Two-step sign-in and sensible sharing settings, so one stolen password doesn't open the whole account.

File sharing that makes sense

Shared folders and permissions organized so the right people see the right files, and nobody else does.

Licenses checked

Your subscriptions reviewed before renewal, so you're not paying for accounts nobody uses.

Moves and migrations

From web-host email to a real organization, from Google to Microsoft, or the other way.

Microsoft or Google?

We'll tell you which fits, including "stay where you are."

Some firms are better on Microsoft, some on Google, and plenty are fine where they are. The recommendation comes from how your team works and what your business depends on, not from a platform we prefer.

What we ask before recommending a move

  • What software do you depend on, and does it expect one platform?
  • Do your clients send you Word and Excel files, or share links?
  • Does your team work in the web browser or in desktop programs?
  • What would a move cost you in disruption, and when could you absorb it?
How migrations run

In phases, on your calendar.

Not over a weekend and hope for the best.

Documented first

We map what you have before anything moves: accounts, mailboxes, shared files, and who has access to what.

Scoped and phased

An agreed scope and estimate, then the move in stages. If it's heading past the hours we agreed, we stop and ask before going over.

Scheduled around your busy season

Disrupting an accounting firm in tax season isn't a technical decision. The move goes on the calendar when your business can take it.

From our work
Recent migrations

Email and workspace moves, in both directions

  • Small firms in legal, accounting, real estate, nonprofit and design
  • Project work, scoped before it starts

What we've moved

  • A solo law firm, from Google Workspace to Microsoft 365.
  • A nonprofit recovery house, the other way: from Outlook to Google Workspace.
  • Several small businesses, off the email that came with their domain or web host and onto real Microsoft or Google organizations, which is what makes it possible to secure them at all.
  • A professional services firm, off consumer file sharing and onto its company cloud storage, with permissions rebuilt properly rather than copied over.
  • An accounting firm, with its work scheduled outside January through April.

Firms moved to Microsoft, to Google, or were told to stay where they were, based on what each business needed.

Worth pairing

Your cloud email has no separate backup unless you add one.

Microsoft and Google keep their service running. Data that's deleted, hacked or left behind by a departing employee can still be gone for good. Cloud app backup keeps a separate copy.

What it costs

Setup, administration and migrations are hands-on work, billed hourly at a published rate. Plan clients pay a lower rate, in 15-minute steps for remote work.

Migrations are scoped and estimated before we start, and we stop and ask before going over.

How pricing works
Questions

Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace, answered.

Should we be on Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace?
It depends on your business. If your staff live in Word and Excel and swap files with clients who do too, Microsoft usually fits. If your team works mostly in the browser and shares links more than attachments, Google often does. If you're on one already and it works, staying put is often the right answer.
Our email came with our website host. Is that a problem?
Often, yes. Email bundled with a domain or hosting account usually can't be secured the way a real Microsoft or Google organization can, and it's harder to manage as people join and leave. Moving it is routine project work.
Will we lose email during a migration?
The plan covers how your existing mail comes across and how new mail keeps arriving during the move. No migration is free of risk, so we tell you up front what could go wrong and what we'll do if it does.
When would the move happen?
When your business can take it. We schedule around your busy season and run larger moves in phases rather than all at once.
Do you handle adding and removing staff?
Yes. New people get the right accounts and access. People who leave are removed cleanly, and their email and files are kept where you can still reach them.
Next step

Tell us what's not working.

Tell us how many computers and people you have, and we'll send a real number, not a range. If we're not the right fit, we'll say so.

  • A person responds within 2 business hoursMonday–Friday, 9–5 Eastern. Calls after hours are returned the next business day.
  • We come to youOnsite in Greater Portland, remote anywhere.