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IT & Microsoft cloud for professional services
Secure hybrid work, Microsoft 365, AI productivity and cost control for professional services firms.
Professional Services
For consultancies, agencies and advisory firms, your people and their expertise are the product, so the technology has one job: let billable work happen securely from anywhere, without getting in the way or leaking a client's confidential information.
Professional services firms carry a particular kind of risk. You hold commercially sensitive client data, board papers, deal information, strategy documents, personal data, often under NDAs and increasingly under client security schedules that dictate exactly how their information must be handled. Your people work in a genuinely hybrid pattern, at client sites, at home and in the office, frequently on the move, which makes identity and device the real security perimeter rather than any office wall. On top of that, more and more work now hinges on passing a security questionnaire or holding Cyber Essentials before a framework, public-sector or enterprise client will even shortlist you, so security has become a commercial enabler, not just an overhead. And everyone wants the productivity upside of AI tools like Copilot without accidentally surfacing the wrong client's file to the wrong consultant. The firms that get this right treat governance as the thing that lets them move faster, and want IT cost they can forecast per fee-earner.
What we do for professional services
Questions we hear a lot
Is Microsoft 365 Copilot safe for a firm handling sensitive client data?
It is, once the groundwork is done. Copilot only surfaces what a user can already access, so we audit SharePoint and OneDrive permissions and apply sensitivity labelling before rollout, so it boosts productivity without exposing client information.
Can you support a fully hybrid or remote firm?
Yes. We secure and manage identity, devices and access wherever your people work, using Conditional Access, Intune and Windows 365 so home, office and client-site working are equally controlled.
Will Cyber Essentials help us win work?
Often it's now the price of entry. A growing number of client, framework and public-sector tenders require Cyber Essentials or Cyber Essentials Plus before you can bid, and many enterprise clients send a security questionnaire as part of onboarding. We get you certified, keep you certified as it comes up for annual renewal, and help you answer the security schedules and due-diligence questionnaires that come with larger engagements.
How do you stop one client's confidential information reaching the wrong team internally?
By structuring access around the matter or engagement, not blanket access to everything. We use least-privilege permissions in SharePoint, sensitivity labelling and data loss prevention so consultants only see the clients they're working on, and confidential information can't easily be forwarded, copied or shared outside where it shouldn't go. This is also the groundwork that makes Copilot safe to switch on.
Ready to talk about your professional services IT?
Every engagement starts with a free assessment. No pressure, no cost, just a clear view of what's possible.