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Managed IT & Support

Helpdesk, remote and onsite support, device management and preventive maintenance, with one team that knows your environment.

The problem

When IT support is everyone’s side job, problems wait. Laptops miss updates, the same faults come back, and nobody can say which devices you own or who can access what.

Signs you need this

  • Staff lose time to the same IT problems every week
  • Nobody has a current list of users, devices and licences
  • Updates and backups happen when someone remembers
  • Your IT knowledge sits with one person, or with a contact who has moved on

What changes

Fewer interruptions, and one place to go when something breaks.

  • One place to raise IT requests
  • Fewer repeat faults, because every fix is written down
  • A current register of users and devices
  • A monthly summary of the work done

How support runs

Requests, fixes, records and prevention, joined up so nothing depends on memory. Choose a part, or follow a request from the first email to the monthly summary.

Illustrative example. Priorities, steps and records show how support runs; they are not a service level.

Helpdesk

Logs every request, sets its priority by how many people it stops, and owns it until it’s fixed.

Connects to
Remote fixes, onsite visits, your other suppliers and the records.
Why it matters
One team owns the problem, so nobody in your business has to chase it.

What you receive

Written records you keep, whoever looks after your IT in future.

  • User and device register
  • Agreed support channel and response expectations in writing
  • Record of every fix
  • Monthly service summary

Monthly service summary

Support log

Specimen

  • SR-0141

    Raised by
    Finance lead
    Request
    Shared mailbox not updating
    What we did
    Mailbox permissions corrected
    Status
    Closed
  • SR-0142

    Raised by
    New joiner
    Request
    Laptop and accounts for start date
    What we did
    Laptop set up, accounts created
    Status
    Closed
  • SR-0143

    Raised by
    Reception
    Request
    Printer offline after a power cut
    What we did
    Printer address fixed and recorded
    Status
    Closed
Support log. Specimen: illustrative content, not a client record.
RefRaised byRequestWhat we didStatus
SR-0141Finance leadShared mailbox not updatingMailbox permissions correctedClosed
SR-0142New joinerLaptop and accounts for start dateLaptop set up, accounts createdClosed
SR-0143ReceptionPrinter offline after a power cutPrinter address fixed and recordedClosed
SR-0144Operations coordinatorLeaver: remove accessAccounts disabled, laptop returnedClosed
SR-0145Project managerVPN drops when travellingClient updated; monitoringOpen
Specimen: illustrative content, not a client record.

How we deliver

  1. Review

    We review your current setup, users and devices.

  2. Agree

    We agree the support channel and response expectations with you, in writing.

  3. Onboard

    We bring devices and accounts under management and record them.

  4. Support

    We run day-to-day support, record every fix and report monthly.

Explore it yourself: the IT operations control room

Work five fictional incidents from report to record. Why priority isn’t complexity, a symptom isn’t a cause, and a closed ticket isn’t the same as a solved problem.

Try the simulation

About 5 minutes an incident. Fictional data, in your browser, with nothing to sign up for.

Questions

Something else on your mind?

Let’s talk

Yes. Remote support works wherever you are; onsite visits are arranged according to your location.

Yes. For enterprises we add extra hands and specialist skills alongside an in-house team. For growing businesses we can act as the whole IT department.

Through the support channel we agree at the start. It is written down, together with the response expectations.

It depends on the number of users and devices and the support you need. We quote in plain language after a free consultation.

Tell us what keeps getting in your people’s way.

Tell us where your technology stands and where you want it to go. We reply to every enquiry within one business day.