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Deployment and migration are different engagements. Deployment is for organizations with minimal to no data to move: new companies, new entities, or organizations that have licenses but have never properly set up the environment. If data migration is the primary need, that’s a different conversation.

New Company or Startup

TechWise selects the right Microsoft subscription for the business, avoiding under-buying and over-buying, then deploys and configures every service so the environment is secure and governed from the first user onboarded.

Post-Acquisition Entity

New entities from an acquisition frequently get stood up quickly and governed never. TechWise sets them up under the acquirer’s standards from day one: right subscription, right configuration, right governance before anyone develops bad habits.

Licenses Without Deployment

A surprising number of mid-market companies have Microsoft 365 licenses but are only using email. Teams was turned on but never governed. SharePoint exists but nobody uses it because it was never set up. TechWise completes the deployment that should have happened at purchase.

Moving Off a Non-Microsoft System

Organizations replacing a basic email system or moving from a platform with minimal data don’t need a full migration engagement. They need a clean deployment with the right configuration. TechWise scopes which approach fits before any work begins.

Every Microsoft 365 deployment runs the same four phases: discovery to understand the business, configuration to build the environment, training so employees are confident before they log in, and go-live support so issues get resolved on the day they happen.

TechWise maps the business requirements before recommending a subscription tier or configuration approach. The deployment plan is produced with a timeline, milestones, and a clear scope before any work begins.

→ Business requirements gathering: how the organization communicates and collaborates
→ Tenant architecture design
→ Microsoft subscription recommendation: right tier for the actual requirements
→ Deployment plan with timeline and milestones

Tenant provisioning, service deployment, and governance configuration happen in the same phase, because retrofitting security after deployment creates the problems TechWise gets called to fix years later.

→ Tenant provisioning and domain configuration
→ Teams: structure, naming conventions, lifecycle policies
→ SharePoint Online: site architecture, navigation, permissions model
→ OneDrive: storage policies, sharing settings
→ Exchange Online: mail flow, distribution groups, shared mailboxes
→ Security and governance policies configured from Day 1

Generic end-user training doesn’t work. TechWise delivers role-specific training. What an executive needs to know is different from what a salesperson needs to know, which is different from what an administrator needs to know.

→ Role-specific sessions. Not one-size-fits-all
→ Teams: calls, meetings, channels, file collaboration
→ SharePoint and OneDrive: where things live and how to find them
→ Administrator training: governance, user management, policy enforcement

TechWise is present at go-live, resolving issues in real time, validating that all services are operational, and confirming the environment is performing as configured before stepping back.

→ Go-live support. on-site or remote depending on scope
→ Real-time issue resolution
→ Validation that all services are operational
→ Handoff documentation: what was built and how it’s governed

Deployment is the right engagement when data migration isn’t the primary need. If you’re moving from Google Workspace, consolidating tenants after an acquisition, or migrating a large SharePoint environment, the scope and timeline are different.

Most organizations activate Microsoft 365 licenses and assume the platform is set up. Activating licenses is not a deployment. A proper deployment configures the security policies, governance frameworks, and administrative controls that make the platform work correctly, and prevent the sprawl, drift, and compliance gaps that develop when none of those decisions are made at the start.

Security Configuration

Conditional access policies, MFA enforcement, device compliance requirements, sensitivity labels, and DLP policies are configured before the first user logs in. These are not post-deployment additions. They are the foundation that determines what the environment can and cannot do.

Governance Framework

Teams channel naming conventions, guest access policies, SharePoint site provisioning controls, and OneDrive sharing restrictions are established at deployment. Without governance configured at the start, Teams channels multiply without owners, SharePoint sites accumulate without structure, and guest access becomes impossible to audit.

Identity and Access

Azure Active Directory (Entra ID) group structure, role-based access controls, admin account separation, and privileged identity management are established during deployment. Identity decisions made correctly at the start are the foundation for every security control that follows.