Managed IT Support
Your whole IT looked after for a fixed monthly price: support, security, licence management and backups.
Servers and hybrid IT
Servers and hybrid IT, looked after properly
Not everything belongs in the cloud. We look after the servers, storage and cabling in your building, and join them up with Microsoft 365.
What we do
Plenty of companies still need servers in their own building, alongside Microsoft 365. We look after on-site and hybrid IT: Hyper-V across multiple physical hosts, SANs and NAS storage, UPSs, on-site Active Directory and hybrid Active Directory with Entra Connect, remote desktop servers, and server rooms, racks and cabling.
Windows Server 2016. Microsoft’s final security update for it is due on 12 January 2027. If any of your servers still run it, our guide to Windows Server 2016 end of support explains what that means and what to do next.
Backups. A server is only as safe as its last backup that you’ve actually tested. See Backup & Disaster Recovery.
What’s included
What you get
Hyper-V across multiple hosts
Virtual servers spread across more than one physical host, set up, updated and looked after.
SANs and NAS storage
The shared storage your servers and files live on, looked after with the servers.
UPSs
Uninterruptible power supplies, so a power cut doesn’t take your servers down without warning.
Active Directory, on site and hybrid
On-site Active Directory, and hybrid Active Directory with Entra Connect, so people use the same account in the office and in Microsoft 365.
Remote desktop servers
Remote desktop servers for people who work on a shared server, in the office or from home.
Server rooms, racks and cabling
Server rooms and racks installed and kept in order, with the cabling that connects them.
How it works
How we take on your servers
See what you have
We document your servers, storage and network, and how they connect to Microsoft 365.
Agree a plan
What needs doing now, what can wait, and what’s coming up, such as Windows Server 2016 reaching the end of support.
Put it right
Updates, backups and security brought up to our standards.
Look after it
Monitoring, maintenance and regular reviews, from a support team working from the same documentation.
Every server set-up is different. When we look at yours, we’ll talk it through with you, including whether you still need the server at all, and agree what looking after it involves.Get an IT Assessment
Frequently asked questions
Do you still look after on-site servers?
Yes. We look after Hyper-V across multiple physical hosts, SANs and NAS storage, UPSs, on-site Active Directory, remote desktop servers, and server rooms, racks and cabling.
What is hybrid Active Directory?
Your on-site Active Directory kept in step with Microsoft Entra ID, the sign-in behind Microsoft 365, using Entra Connect. People use the same account in the office and in Microsoft 365. We set it up and look after it.
Our server runs Windows Server 2016. What should we do?
Plan now. Microsoft’s final security update for Windows Server 2016 is due on 12 January 2027. Our guide, Windows Server 2016 end of support, covers what that means and your options.
What about backups of our servers?
Servers need backups you’ve tested and a plan for a bad day. Backup & Disaster Recovery explains how we do it.
Related services
Backup & Disaster Recovery
Tested backups and a recovery plan, so one bad day doesn’t become a lost week.
Wi-Fi & Network Installation
Business Wi-Fi, network cabling and CCTV, installed and looked after.
Co-managed IT
Extra hands, specialist skills and better tools for companies with their own IT person.
Servers & Hybrid IT from our office in Hull: IT support in Hull & East Yorkshire, and for companies in York, Leeds and London, remotely and on site when it’s needed. Most of our clients are solicitors, accountants and manufacturers, and we look after regulated businesses of all kinds.
Find out where your IT stands
Our IT Assessment takes about two minutes. Tell us about your company and what’s prompting the change, and we’ll tell you what to do next.
Everything we can help with
Start from what you need to get done.
Check something
Fix or protect something
- Get a broken computer, server or email fixed
- Stop fake invoice and payment emails
- Answer our insurer’s security questionnaire
- Have all our IT looked after for a fixed monthly price
- Make sure we can recover from a bad day
- Work securely from home, court or a client’s office
- Replace our phone system
- Get Wi-Fi, network cabling or CCTV installed
- Give our IT person extra hands