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Cloud & Microsoft 365

Modern IT, built for how you actually work now.

Your platform should look like it was configured this decade. We run Microsoft 365 and Azure to a hardened baseline — conditional access, least privilege, and a migration plan that runs on your timeline, not the vendor's.

TENANCY · hardened by default
IDENTITY · conditional access
MIGRATIONS · zero-drama
PLATFORM · Microsoft 365 / Azure
The legacy signal

Your provider still talks about “the server room.”

A growing business notices fast when its IT partner is still thinking in on-premise terms. The platform, the language, and the pace all give it away.

  • A Microsoft 365 tenancy switched on once, years ago, and never hardened since.
  • Conditional access and multi-factor authentication left on default settings.
  • Admin roles that have accumulated for years, with no one accountable for reviewing them.
  • Migrations planned around the vendor's convenience, not the business's calendar.
Default settingsremain the single most common way an attacker reaches a Microsoft 365 tenancy
How GMAN runs it

Cloud-native, not cloud-adjacent.

Running Microsoft 365 is not the same as running it well. We treat the tenancy as infrastructure to be engineered, not a subscription to switch on and leave.

  1. 01

    We harden the tenancy before you notice it

    Legacy authentication disabled, mailbox rules audited, and the configuration benchmarked against Microsoft's current security standard.

  2. 02

    We enforce conditional access and least privilege

    Access is granted by role, device compliance and risk signal — not by default to everyone with a login.

  3. 03

    We migrate on your timeline, not the vendor's

    Cutovers are planned, tested and staged outside business hours, with a rollback plan for every step.

  4. 04

    We keep the platform current, always

    Microsoft 365 and Azure change constantly. We track the changes so your configuration never quietly drifts out of date.

Configuration register

The tenancy, proven hardened — not assumed.

Every claim below is checked against the live configuration. Activate a line to see the evidence.

Cloud Hardening Register
M365 & Azurethe only platforms we run — no legacy suite, no bolt-on rebrand

Every line above is checked on a schedule and logged — not asserted once at onboarding and forgotten.

What's included

A platform, not a patchwork.

Every line below is configured, monitored and kept current — the modern foundation the rest of your stack sits on.

Microsoft 365Azure

Cloud & Microsoft 365 — Inclusions Ledger

  1. Hardened Microsoft 365 tenancy configurationBenchmarked against Microsoft's current security baseline, not the out-of-box defaults.
  2. Conditional access and multi-factor authentication enforcedAccess governed by role, device and risk — not switched on once and forgotten.
  3. Managed Azure infrastructureWhere you run infrastructure in Azure, it is configured and monitored to the same standard as your tenancy.
  4. Planned, tested cloud migrationsCutovers staged and rehearsed, with a rollback plan for every step — not a weekend gamble.
  5. License and cost optimisation reviewRegular review of what you're licensed for against what you actually use.
  6. Continuous configuration drift checksThe tenancy is re-checked against baseline on an ongoing basis, not just at onboarding.
Operational excellence

The work, on the record. Anonymised, never embellished.

Case file · Scaling Professional Services Firm · Melbourne · redacted

A tenancy switched on in 2019, hardened in a fortnight.

  • Every mailbox still allowed legacy authentication that bypassed MFA entirely.
  • Admin roles had accumulated for five years; no one could say who actually needed them.
  • The firm's growth plans required a platform, not a patchwork of bolt-on add-ons.

The tenancy was hardened, access rationalised, and the platform now scales with the firm instead of against it.

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Before you ask

The questions every director asks first.

A platform that works at 20 staff, and still works at 50.

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