Cloud services for business

Cloud services mean that company servers, data and applications do not run in your office but in a professional data centre you can reach over the internet from anywhere. Instead of a one-off investment in hardware you pay for what you use, and capacity can be added or reduced as the company grows.

A data centre has better physical protection, backed-up power and connectivity than a typical company server room. Location alone is not enough, though. Security comes down mainly to who has which access, whether two-factor authentication (2FA) is on and whether a separate backup exists. That is the part you are responsible for, and the part we take over when we manage it.

The cloud can be signed into from anywhere, so a password alone is not enough. Two-factor authentication (2FA) adds a second confirmation via your phone and stops an attacker even if a password leaks. We set it up as standard with every Microsoft 365 deployment.

The data is yours, not ours. Accounts are registered to your company, so even if you decide to continue with someone else, everything stays with you along with the documentation of how the environment is built. When a contract ends we hand over access and documentation so the takeover is straightforward. If some data has to stay on your premises for contractual or internal reasons, we propose a hybrid solution.

Not in the way most companies assume. Microsoft guarantees that the service runs and that you will not lose data through its own fault, but it does not cover what your own people do with that data. If someone deletes a folder, a departing colleague wipes their mailbox, or files encrypted by ransomware sync into OneDrive, you have only a limited window to restore and after that the data is gone for good. That is why we deploy separate Microsoft 365 data backup as an add-on service. If you do not have it, ask us about it.

Moving to the cloud does not transfer responsibility to the provider, it splits it. The provider covers that the service runs, the power and availability of the data centre and encryption in transit. Who holds which access rights, whether two-factor authentication (2FA) is on and whether a separate backup of your data exists is on you. That is exactly the part we take over when we manage your cloud. We work under ISO 27001, so access is named and every action is traceable.

The price depends on the number of users, the volume of data, which systems are being moved and how much ongoing management you want. That is why we cannot quote it before looking at your environment. After the consultation and site visit you get a tailored quote with no obligation, itemising exactly what you are paying for.

You can go step by step and we recommend it to most companies. The usual order is email and documents first, then cloud backup, and server systems last. Part of the infrastructure can stay with you permanently, which is called a hybrid cloud and is the most common setup today.

Without a connection you cannot reach systems in the cloud. That is its main limitation and we say so openly. We handle it two ways: either we add a backup connection, for example mobile, or we keep the most critical systems locally as well in a hybrid setup. That is why we always check what connectivity you actually have at the site.

Cloud on its own does not deliver compliance, but set up properly it helps a great deal, because it gives you visibility of access, traceable actions and working backups. If your company falls under the NIS2 Directive, we recommend starting with a NIS2 gap analysis, which shows what is missing. An overview of the obligations is on the NIS2.

Yes, it is one of the jobs we do most often. Moving email, calendars and documents has its own page Microsoft 365 Migration, where the whole process is described in detail.

Yes. We visit clients in person inour region and the surrounding area. Managing and monitoring the cloud itself is done remotely, so we do it just as well for companies elsewhere. Site visits and training for your people are arranged individually.