Retire the ageing server without losing a Monday to the move.
Your files, email and business applications keep working while the old server is replaced or retired. We plan the move, test the fallback and support your team through the change, so the visible disruption is kept to a planned window.
Most small businesses still run a server they shouldn’t.
The six-year-old file server, the out-of-support Exchange box, the app server nobody wants to think about until it breaks. We retire them properly, with your team working through the cutover.
Keep the folder structure staff know
Shared files move to SharePoint and OneDrive without turning Monday into a search for missing documents.
Move email without losing history
Mailboxes, calendars and shared mail move to Microsoft 365 with the old and new systems overlapping during the cutover.
Keep specialist applications running
Business applications that still need Windows Server move to a properly sized and secured Azure virtual machine.
Let staff sign in without the old server
Microsoft Entra ID and Intune manage sign-in and devices for cloud-first teams, with a hybrid option when an application still needs the old setup.
Remove the printing dependency
Direct printing or Microsoft Universal Print can replace a server that exists mainly to keep printers connected.
Make the backup fit the new setup
We redesign backup and recovery around the destination instead of carrying an outdated plan into the cloud.
One fixed fee, one point of contact, minimal disruption.
Most migrations go wrong in the planning, not the cutover. We do the planning properly so the cutover is boring, which is the goal.
Discovery
We audit what’s actually on the server (usually not what people think), the dependencies and the data volumes.
Migration plan
A fixed-fee proposal covering destination architecture, cutover schedule, rollback plan and exactly how much disruption to expect.
Cutover
Usually a long weekend. Email runs alongside so nothing is lost, files move with structure and permissions intact.
Rundown
Monday-morning support, then a clean shutdown of the old environment. No servers left running ‘just in case’ for two years.
Onsite across the Northern Beaches & Lower North Shore.
Based in Warriewood. Onsite across the Northern Beaches and Lower North Shore, with remote support when onsite isn’t needed. We focus on doing this corner of Sydney really well.
Local, hands-on, and straight with you.
Local team
Based in Warriewood, with regular onsite visits across the Northern Beaches and Lower North Shore.
5 to 30 staff is our sweet spot
We know the constraints, the budgets and the realities of a business your size.
Plain English, not ticket-shuffling
First call, a real person, no offshore helpdesk reading a script.
Scope agreed first
Fixed-fee where we can, with clear scope and pricing before work begins.
Server migrations, answered.
How long does a typical small-business server migration take?
Six to ten weeks for a 5–30-staff business, but the visible disruption is a long weekend at most. The bulk of the time is planning, data tidy-up, permissions mapping, and cutover testing. The actual go-live for users is usually one weekend, with a quiet first week of catching anything that didn’t migrate cleanly.
How much does it cost to migrate from a file server to SharePoint?
Most small-business file-server migrations land in the $5,000–$15,000 range as a fixed-fee project, depending on data volume, permissions complexity, and how much data tidy-up is needed. Microsoft 365 licensing is separate (typically already in place). Most clients save the migration cost within 18 months on retired server hardware, support, and electricity.
Will we lose any files or email during the migration?
No, that’s the point of a properly planned migration. Email is run alongside (both old and new mailboxes active during cutover) so nothing is lost in transit. File migrations preserve folder structure, permissions, and version history. We test all of it before the user-facing cutover.
Can our line-of-business application move to the cloud?
Depends on the vendor. Most modern accounting, practice-management, ERP, and CRM software has either a SaaS version or supports cloud hosting (Azure VM). Older or specialised line-of-business apps sometimes don’t, we’ll tell you honestly which category yours falls into. Where the app can’t move, we run it in a properly designed Azure VM rather than aging on-prem hardware.
Do we need to keep our domain controller (Active Directory)?
For most 5–30-staff businesses moving to cloud, no, Entra ID + Intune replaces the AD function cleanly. For hybrid environments where some apps still need on-prem AD, we keep AD running with AD Connect synchronising to Entra ID. We assess this in the discovery phase, not as an afterthought.
What happens to our backups during the migration?
We design the new backup as part of the migration project, not after it. The destination environment has properly designed backup from day one (Microsoft 365 third-party backup, Azure backup for VMs, immutable offsite copies). The old backup stays in place until we’re confident the new one is working and tested.
Can you do this without disrupting our business?
Most disruption sits in two short windows, a planning workshop early on (a couple of hours), and the cutover weekend itself. Outside those, the work is invisible to your team. We schedule the cutover for a quiet weekend, communicate clearly, and have someone available Monday morning when staff are first using the new environment.
Plain language. Straight answers.
Book a 15-minute IT chat.
We’ll talk through what you’ve got, what makes sense to move where, and what a proper migration would cost, fixed-fee, no surprises.