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Managed IT — Onboarding Process

From signed contract to fully managed in 15 days.

Most IT transitions are painful. Ours isn't. Here's exactly what happens from the moment you sign — phase by phase, with no surprises.

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15days
Average onboarding time
0hrs
Planned downtime during setup
24/7
Monitoring active from day 15
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Dedicated account manager

The Onboarding Phases

Six phases. Zero guesswork.

Every client goes through the same structured process. It's repeatable, transparent, and designed to get you to steady-state as fast as possible without cutting corners.

PHASE 01Days 1–3

Discovery & Assessment

We learn your environment before we touch anything.

Overview

Our engineers conduct a comprehensive audit of your existing infrastructure — hardware, software, network topology, security posture, and vendor relationships. Nothing is assumed. Everything is documented.

Deliverables

  • Full IT asset inventory
  • Network diagram and topology map
  • Security vulnerability baseline report
  • Software license audit
  • Vendor and contract review
  • Risk and compliance gap analysis

What to expect

"You'll have a kickoff call with your dedicated account manager and lead engineer. We'll need read-only access to your systems and 30–60 minutes with your internal point of contact. No disruption to your team."

PHASE 02Days 4–7

Roadmap & Planning

A clear plan built around your business — not a template.

Overview

Using the discovery findings, we build a tailored IT roadmap that prioritizes quick wins, addresses critical risks, and aligns technology decisions with your business goals and budget.

Deliverables

  • Prioritized remediation plan
  • Short-term and long-term IT roadmap
  • Budget forecast and cost breakdown
  • SLA definitions and escalation paths
  • Communication and reporting cadence
  • Onboarding timeline with milestones

What to expect

"We present the roadmap in a 60-minute working session with your leadership team. You approve, adjust, or push back — this is your plan. We don't proceed until you're aligned."

PHASE 03Days 8–14

Environment Setup & Tooling

We deploy our stack. Your team barely notices.

Overview

Our engineers deploy monitoring agents, endpoint protection, backup solutions, and remote management tooling across your environment. All changes are staged, tested, and rolled back if anything behaves unexpectedly.

Deliverables

  • RMM agent deployment across all endpoints
  • Endpoint detection and response (EDR) activation
  • Automated patch management configuration
  • Backup and disaster recovery setup
  • Help desk ticketing system integration
  • Alert thresholds and escalation rules configured

What to expect

"Most deployments happen silently in the background. For any changes requiring a reboot or brief downtime, we schedule them during off-hours and notify your team in advance."

PHASE 04Day 15

Monitoring Goes Live

24/7 eyes on your environment from day one.

Overview

Your environment enters active monitoring. Our NOC team begins watching every endpoint, server, and network device in real time. Alerts are triaged, tickets are opened, and issues are resolved — often before you know they exist.

Deliverables

  • Live monitoring dashboard access for your team
  • First weekly health summary report
  • Confirmed escalation contacts on both sides
  • On-call engineer assigned to your account
  • Baseline performance metrics established

What to expect

"You'll receive login credentials for your client portal where you can view open tickets, system health, and reports at any time. Your account manager will walk you through it on a 30-minute orientation call."

PHASE 05Days 15–20

Team Enablement

Your people know how to get help — fast.

Overview

We run a brief onboarding session for your staff covering how to submit tickets, what to expect from response times, and how to reach us in an emergency. No jargon. No hour-long training videos.

Deliverables

  • Staff onboarding session (in-person or virtual)
  • Quick-reference help desk guide
  • Emergency contact card for all employees
  • IT request submission walkthrough
  • User account and access review completed

What to expect

"Sessions are kept to 20–30 minutes per group. We tailor the content to your team's technical comfort level — whether that's a 5-person law firm or a 200-person manufacturing operation."

PHASE 06Day 21+

Steady State & Optimization

Fully managed. Continuously improving.

Overview

By week three, your environment is stable, monitored, and actively managed. From here, we shift into continuous improvement — patching, optimizing, planning ahead, and meeting monthly to review performance against your roadmap.

Deliverables

  • Monthly executive IT report
  • Quarterly roadmap review meeting
  • Ongoing patch and update management
  • Annual IT strategy planning session
  • Proactive hardware lifecycle alerts
  • Continuous security posture improvement

What to expect

"Your account manager reaches out proactively — you're not chasing us. If something needs your attention, we flag it before it becomes a problem. That's the whole point."

Ongoing After Onboarding

What steady-state management looks like

24/7 Monitoring

Every endpoint, server, and network device watched around the clock. Issues triaged before they escalate.

Proactive Security

Patches deployed, vulnerabilities scanned, and threats blocked — continuously, not on a quarterly schedule.

Monthly Reporting

A plain-English executive summary of your IT health, open items, and what's coming next on your roadmap.

Dedicated Manager

One person who knows your environment, your business, and your priorities. No ticket queues. No runaround.

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