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08 / 10 · Modern Workplace

Deployment that runs quietly.

Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace tenants, mobile device management, SSO and identity, collaboration tooling. Deployed clean from the start, documented so your team can run it, administered so your users notice tools that work rather than tools that nag.

M365 & Google Workspace MDM Intune / Jamf SSO Entra / Okta Documented Handoff
Workplace Admin · Live
TENANT HEALTHY
License Utilization 87% assigned
M365 E3
184/200
M365 F3
38/50
Teams Phone
82/120
Intune P2
237/250
Active users
541/mo
MFA enrolled
99.6%
Pending onboard
3today
Secure Score
Baseline hardened, conditional access on
87%
541users Managed
99.6% MFA on
1SSO Identity source
0shared Admin creds
5sub-services
M365, Google Workspace, MDM, identity/SSO, collaboration tools. Pick one or stack them.
Service breadth
99%+
Target MFA enrollment across managed tenants. Measured, enforced, not just suggested.
Identity hygiene
1source
One source of truth for user identity. SSO everywhere feasible, no password spreadsheets.
Identity architecture
0shared
No shared admin accounts. Personal privileged identities, logged, audited, revocable.
Access hygiene
Scope · 5 sub-services

Microsoft, Google, mobile, identity, collaboration. Deployed clean, operated quietly.

Modern workplace work is only valuable when users notice tools that help, not tools that interrupt. Our deployments prioritize sane defaults, clear onboarding, and admin models your team can take over.

01 / 05

Microsoft 365 deployment & admin

Tenant setup from scratch or taking over an inherited mess. Exchange, SharePoint, Teams, OneDrive, Entra ID. Baseline security applied, licensing right-sized, admin roles delegated with the principle of least privilege.

M365 Business/Enterprise Entra ID Exchange Online
02 / 05

Google Workspace deployment & admin

Google Workspace from scratch, migration from legacy mail, or ongoing admin. Gmail, Drive, Meet, Calendar. Context-aware access, 2SV enforcement, OU structure that mirrors your actual org.

Google Workspace Google Admin Context-Aware Access
03 / 05

Mobile device management (MDM)

Zero-touch enrollment, device compliance baselines, selective wipe for BYOD, conditional access tied to device posture. Windows, Mac, iOS, Android. Users get a working device day one; a leaver loses access that same hour.

Microsoft Intune Jamf Google MDM
04 / 05

Identity & SSO integration

Single identity source feeding every app your team touches. SAML and OIDC integrations to SaaS, SCIM for automatic provisioning and deprovisioning, conditional access policies you can actually read.

Entra ID Okta JumpCloud
05 / 05

Collaboration tooling

Teams or Slack picked by fit, not fashion. Zoom, Google Meet, or Teams calling deployed with proper number provisioning. Channel architecture that scales past 50 people without becoming chaos.

Teams Slack Zoom
What we actually do

Three categories, one coherent setup.

Not a scatter of SaaS tools glued together with Zapier. Productivity suite, device fleet, and collaboration layer designed as one setup, documented together, administered by the same people.

Productivity
01 · Productivity Suites

Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace, deployed properly

Choice of suite driven by your context, not by what we are certified to resell. Microsoft 365 for orgs standardized on Windows + Office, Google Workspace for teams that live in docs and chat. Mixed deployments where that reflects the real work. Baseline security applied, licensing right-sized, admin roles delegated.

Platforms we deploy
M365 Business Standard M365 Business Premium M365 E3 / E5 Google Workspace Business Google Workspace Enterprise
Fleet
02 · Device Fleet & MDM

Enrollment, posture, selective wipe, zero-touch

New hire gets a working device day one. Zero-touch enrollment with your baseline applied before the box is opened. BYOD gets work-profile isolation on Android and APP policies on iOS, so personal privacy stays personal. Leavers lose access the hour they are off the payroll.

Platforms we deploy
Microsoft Intune Jamf Pro Google Endpoint Kandji Mosyle
Identity
03 · Identity, SSO & Collaboration

One identity, every app, conditional access

Single source of identity truth feeding every SaaS app your team touches. SAML/OIDC integrations where available, SCIM for automatic lifecycle, conditional access policies written for humans to understand. Teams or Slack picked by fit; neither is objectively better, both work when deployed properly.

Platforms we deploy
Entra ID Okta JumpCloud Microsoft Teams Slack Enterprise Zoom
Other platforms used on request: Zoho Workplace, Nextcloud, Rocket.Chat, Mattermost, Zoom Phone, 8x8, Dialpad, 1Password Business, Bitwarden, Keeper, and client-specific tooling. We adapt to your existing stack rather than forcing a rip-and-replace.
Why practitioner, not reseller

Three things that separate workplace work that scales from workplace work that becomes technical debt.

Most workplace setups fall apart quietly. Licenses stay assigned after people leave. Admin accounts proliferate. Nobody can explain how SSO is wired. Here is how we work differently.

01

Licensing audited quarterly.

Unused licenses get flagged for release. Over-provisioned tiers get right-sized. People who left six months ago stop costing you $38/month in E5 seats. Monthly reporting shows what is assigned, what is actually used, and what can be reclaimed.

We have seen clients recover 15-25% of M365 spend in the first quarterly audit alone.

02

Admin accounts, named and logged.

No shared admin credentials. Every privileged action attributable to a named human, logged in Entra ID or Google Admin audit, with role-based access control scoped to least privilege. Break-glass accounts documented and quarterly-tested.

If auditors ask "who made this change", the answer is a name and a timestamp, not a shrug.

03

Documented so your team can take over.

Every tenant comes with a living runbook: user lifecycle (joiner/mover/leaver), license assignment logic, SSO architecture, conditional access policies, break-glass procedures, admin escalation paths.

If you internalize the work tomorrow, the person taking over inherits a documented environment, not a mystery.

Buyer questions

The things ops leads and finance teams actually ask us.

M365 or Google Workspace: which should we pick?

Depends on your team and your work. Microsoft 365 fits better when: your team lives in Excel/Word/PowerPoint, you need deep Teams calling integration, you run Windows fleets, or you need granular Enterprise-grade compliance tooling (eDiscovery, retention, Purview).

Google Workspace fits better when: your team collaborates in docs rather than files, you have significant Mac or Chromebook fleet, you want simpler admin, or your workflows center on Gmail and Drive sharing.

There is no "best" answer. We assess your actual working patterns and pick what fits, not what we are certified to resell.

We have both M365 and Google Workspace running. Can you consolidate?

Yes, and it is a common engagement. The usual pattern: one suite emerged from an acquisition or a team preference, both grew organically, and now you are paying for duplicate email, duplicate storage, duplicate collaboration tools.

Consolidation runs 2-4 months typically: assess which suite covers more use cases, migrate email and documents, re-point SSO integrations, deprovision the retired tenant, measure license savings. First-pass savings of 30-50% on the retired suite's licensing are common.

Do we actually need Intune/Jamf or is built-in device sync enough?

Built-in device sync (iCloud, Google account sync) is not device management. It syncs personal data. It does not enforce passcode policy, apply security baselines, selectively wipe work data on departure, or report fleet compliance.

If you have more than ~20 managed devices or any data residency/compliance obligations, proper MDM pays for itself. Intune for Microsoft-heavy fleets, Jamf for Mac-forward orgs, Google Endpoint for ChromeOS. Mixed fleets get the right tool per platform.

How do you handle onboarding and offboarding?

Both run as documented workflows, triggered from your HR system where that integration exists. Onboarding: identity provisioned in SSO, license assigned by role template, device shipped with zero-touch enrollment, MFA enrollment on first login, access to role-appropriate apps granted via SCIM.

Offboarding: SSO suspended first (locks every integrated app in one step), M365/Workspace license held for 30 days (recoverable), active sessions revoked, device remotely wiped or locked, mail forwarding configured where handover is needed. Full offboarding completes in under 15 minutes from the HR system trigger.

Can we save money on licensing without losing features?

Often, yes. First-pass audit typically finds: assigned but unused licenses (people who left, people who switched roles and no longer need the tier), over-provisioned seats (E5 where E3 would do, Business Premium where Business Standard would do), and shelfware add-ons that were bundled but never deployed.

Realistic recovery for a mid-sized tenant on first audit: 15-25% of M365 spend. Ongoing quarterly audits keep that recovered rather than drifting back.

What happens to our setup if we stop working with you?

Standard contracts carry 30-day notice period, no exit fees. During notice we hand over: admin console access, documentation runbook, license inventory, SSO configuration export, MDM baselines, and your current secure score with remediation history.

The person taking over (your team or next provider) inherits a working, documented tenant. No tenant-lock, no "data hostage" situation. The point of good workplace deployment is that it survives us leaving.

Thirty minutes with the practitioner

Tell us what is annoying your users. We will say what to fix first.

Not a sales call. A practitioner conversation about which tools your team actually uses, which ones nobody can log into cleanly, which licenses are sitting idle, and what a sensible next quarter of workplace work would look like.

What you get on the call
Honest read on your current M365 or Workspace setup and the 2 or 3 biggest gaps
Rough estimate of licensing you could reclaim with a proper audit
Where SSO consolidation or MDM would materially improve security posture
If we are not the right fit, we say so and point you to who is