Now
What already creates risk or a stop: an unstable server, a backup that does not restore, access that still hangs.
IT consulting
and infrastructure review
If you are unsure where your biggest IT risk is or what to invest in first, we will review your current setup and give you a clear list of priorities. You get practical technical advice that is clear and usable.
The review can be on site, remote, or a mix, depending on the scope.
A second opinion
before you spend
- Review
- Priorities
- Servers
- Network
- Microsoft 365
- Backup
This is a practical IT infrastructure review: we look at how the systems work and what should actually be improved. It is not a financial audit, not a compliance audit and not a certified regulatory inspection.
Consulting can be a one-off piece of work. After the recommendation you do not have to take a maintenance contract or buy equipment from us.
When it makes sense to bring us in
- Buying a new server, or replacing what you already have.
- Systems are slow or keep interrupting, and it is not clear why.
- A new office, or a network and Wi-Fi that have become a bottleneck because of the number of people and devices.
- Moving mail and files into Microsoft 365.
- A backup exists, but nobody has checked whether data and systems can actually be restored from it.
- A large supplier quote that management cannot judge technically.
- The infrastructure still runs, but there is no documentation and the knowledge sits with one person or supplier.
What you get
Written priorities and a reason for each. The recommendation can also be to change nothing.
What we review
An infrastructure review covers the network, servers, Microsoft 365, backups and basic security — as far as we agree, not a wider catalogue.
- Servers and virtualisation: capacity, age, dependencies, what happens when one stops.
- Network, Wi-Fi, firewall and VPN: who connects how, and where the bottleneck is.
- Computers and workstations, not only the cupboard in the corridor.
- Microsoft 365 and identities: who has access, what is shared, what was left after people left.
- Backup and recovery: whether copies exist, whether they sit in more than one place, and whether a restore has ever actually been tested.
- Licences and access: what is paid for, who uses it, what hangs without an owner.
- Basic security risks that can be seen without pretending this is a penetration test.
- Hosting and domains, if they are part of the picture.
- Documentation and equipment lifespan: what is near the end of support, and what still runs quietly.
If you need a wider look at one area, there are also the services for servers, networks and Wi-Fi infrastructure, Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace and backup and data recovery.
We do not review everything every time. We agree the scope: the whole environment, or one problem.
What you get
The recommendation comes in writing, split into three clear priority levels so you know immediately what to deal with first.
- The current state, written so someone who did not set the system up can still read it.
- The problems and risks we found, without dramatic language.
- Priorities and recommended options, including the option to leave something alone.
- An order of spend: what makes sense now, what next, what later.
Next
Work worth planning, but not under panic: an upgrade, tidying the network, tidying licences.
Not now
Things that work and are not near the end of life. They stay. Change for its own sake is not a recommendation.
We do not recommend change for its own sake
If the current state carries the work and is not at the end of support, the recommendation can be to change nothing. That is a common outcome, not an exception we hide.
Sometimes the best recommendation is to buy nothing new. If what you already have works reliably and is not near the end of support, we will write that down clearly.
How the engagement runs
Consulting is a separate job. We do not assume a maintenance contract follows it.
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Conversation
What is forcing a decision, what you already have, and what must not stop. Without that, the review easily takes the wrong width.
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Review of the current state
We look at the environment in the agreed scope: on site, remotely, or from documentation and access you provide.
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Analysis
We separate the symptom from the cause. Slow work is not always a reason for a new server.
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Written recommendation and priorities
State, risks, options and order. You can carry out the recommendation with us, with another contractor, or keep it as the basis for a later decision.
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Help with implementation, if you ask
If you ask, implementation is separate work. It is not a condition of the consulting, and it is not a maintenance contract.
Decisions we help with
We do not push a brand or a model. We look at what the work needs, and only then at what to buy.
- A physical server or virtualisation — what you actually need, and what is habit.
- Upgrade what you have, or replace it.
- Microsoft 365, or keep the current way of running mail and files.
- How to arrange backup so it can be restored, not only so a folder exists.
- Network equipment: whether the bottleneck is the access point, the cabling or the internet itself.
- Supplier quote A against quote B, in the same language of scope.
- How much resource an application or a server actually needs, versus what the quote says.
What to check in IT infrastructure before you invest
When to modernise IT infrastructure, and when it still does not make sense
Related
Questions people ask
Do we have to buy equipment from you after the consulting?
No. The recommendation can be to buy elsewhere, or to buy nothing for now. Consulting is a review and a plan, not a hardware sale.
Can you review another supplier's proposal?
Yes. That is a common reason for the call: a large quote arrives, and management has no one to ask whether the scope is real and whether everything on it is needed.
Can the review cover just one problem?
Yes. We can narrow it to one server, the network, backup or the Microsoft 365 environment. We agree the scope before we start.
Do you review infrastructure set up by somebody else?
Yes. It does not matter who built the system. We look at how it works now, what is risky, and what should actually be improved.
Do we get a written recommendation?
Yes. You get written priorities: what needs doing now, what comes next, and what there is no sense in changing yet, with a short explanation.
Can you also help carry out the recommendation?
Yes, if you ask. Implementation is separate work, not a condition of the consulting. You can take the recommendation to another contractor.
Request an infrastructure review
Describe what is forcing the decision, or send a quote you want checked. We will tell you what review scope makes sense before we start.