1800GEEK is a managed IT company for small and mid-sized businesses. Our own in-house certified team moves your email, files, identities and devices, secures everything during the move and manages it afterwards — under a written plan and quote you approve first.
Moving email and files to the cloud looks simple from the outside. Most of the problems come from what is already in place — and from what gets copied across without anyone checking it.
Scattered starting points
Email spread across a hosting provider, Google Workspace or an old office server
Files on shared drives, external disks and personal cloud accounts
A different sign-in for every system
No clear record of who has access to what
Security gaps carried across
Over-shared folders and old permissions copied straight into the cloud
Multi-factor authentication left optional
Legacy sign-in methods still switched on
Missing SPF, DKIM and DMARC records, so mail is easier to spoof
Disruption on cutover day
Email delayed or bounced while records change
Phones and Outlook profiles that stop syncing
Shared calendars and scan-to-email breaking
Staff unsure where their files went
Paying for the wrong things
A licence tier that does not match how people actually work
Seats still billed for people who have left
Separate tools for things your plan already includes
No backup beyond the built-in retention
Migration services
A migration path for every starting point
Whatever you are moving from, the approach is the same: inventory first, a written plan you approve, a pilot, then a scheduled cutover outside working hours.
Google Workspace to Microsoft 365
Gmail, Calendar, Contacts and Drive moved across, with folder structure and sharing carried over.
Hosted email to Exchange Online
POP and IMAP mailboxes from web hosts, cPanel or internet providers, consolidated with their history intact.
On-premises Exchange to Exchange Online
Cutover or staged migration from a server in your office, including shared mailboxes and public folders.
Tenant-to-tenant migration
Mergers, acquisitions, rebrands and splits — mailboxes, files, domains and identities moved between tenants.
File servers to SharePoint & OneDrive
Shared drives restructured into SharePoint sites and libraries, with a permissions model that makes sense.
Cloud storage to OneDrive & SharePoint
Content from Dropbox, Box or Google Drive brought across so all your files live in one place.
PST files & email archives
Old archives and departed staff mailboxes imported into the cloud, where they are searchable and governed.
New tenant setup
Starting fresh? A new tenant built properly from day one: domains, users, security baseline, devices and apps.
After the move
Secure and manage the whole tenant
Most cloud security incidents come down to a setting that was never switched on. We close the common gaps during the migration and keep them closed afterwards.
Identity & access
Entra ID users and groups, multi-factor authentication, conditional access, single sign-on and a clean joiner, mover and leaver process.
Email security & deliverability
Anti-phishing and anti-spoofing policies, safe links and attachments, mail flow rules, and SPF, DKIM and DMARC so your mail is trusted.
Devices with Intune
Laptops and phones enrolled with security baselines, apps deployed centrally, Windows Autopilot for new starters, and remote wipe for lost devices.
Backup & recovery
Independent backup for mail, SharePoint and OneDrive, with tested restores — because built-in retention protects the service, not every deleted folder.
Teams & SharePoint governance
Team and site structure, guest access rules, retention and version policies, so collaboration stays organised as you grow.
Copilot readiness
Copilot reads whatever your staff can already open. We tighten over-shared files, retire stale content and help you license the people who will actually use it.
Our process
How a migration works with 1800GEEK
A structured, security-first approach — planned around your working hours, with nothing changed until you have approved the plan and the cost.
01
Discovery & assessment
We inventory mailboxes, files, domains, devices and licences, and flag risks before anything moves.
02
Plan & design
Target tenant design, identity model, security baseline and cutover schedule — in a written plan and quote you approve.
03
Pilot
A small group moves first, so we can confirm data, devices and sign-in work exactly as expected.
04
Migration
The rest of the organisation moves in scheduled waves outside working hours, with mail flowing throughout.
05
Validation
We check mail, files, permissions, phones, shared calendars and printers, and fix anything that was missed.
06
Adoption & ongoing management
Help for your team on day one, then optional managed IT to keep the tenant secure, licensed correctly and up to date.
Why 1800GEEK
One managed IT partner, before and after go-live
We are a managed IT provider, so we design every migration to be run afterwards — by us or by your own team.
A managed IT company you can check
1800GEEK®, a registered trademark of Geek Of States LLC
As a Microsoft Partner we can supply your subscriptions alongside the migration and management, so your licences and your IT come from one place. We help you choose the right plan for each person.
Microsoft 365 Business Basic
Web and mobile apps, business email and Teams for teams that work mostly online.
Device security and management for company laptops and phones
Protection against phishing, malware and other cyber threats
Discovery, classification and protection of sensitive data
Policy-based identity and access controls
Published US list prices for plans with Teams, in USD per user per month on an annual subscription that renews automatically, as of October 2026. Taxes are extra. List prices are set by Microsoft and may change; your written quote confirms the price before you buy. Other billing options and plans without Teams are available on request. Our migration and management services are quoted separately.
Straightforward pricing
You approve the cost before we start
Assessment, project or managed monthly — scoped for your business, agreed in writing, no lock-in. Licences are quoted separately from our service fees.
Assessment — quoted
A scoped review of your current setup, security posture and licensing, with written findings and a recommended migration plan.
Migration project — quoted
Migrations, tenant setup and security projects, priced on scope and confirmed in writing before any work begins.
Managed IT — monthly
A per-user monthly fee covering your tenant, users and devices, so running costs stay predictable. See Managed IT Plans.
1800GEEK® is a managed IT company and a brand of Geek Of States LLC, working with businesses across the USA and Canada. We are a Microsoft Partner (Partner ID 6545613), not Microsoft itself; Microsoft 365, Outlook, Teams and SharePoint are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.
It depends on the number of users, how much mail and data there is, and where it is coming from. After the discovery stage we give you a written schedule, including the pilot and the cutover date, before any work begins.
That is what we plan around. Mail keeps flowing during the move, and we schedule the cutover for evenings or weekends so your team starts the next working day on the new system.
Yes. Existing mail, folder structure, contacts, calendars and files come across as part of the migration. We confirm what is transferring before starting and check it with you afterwards.
Yes. As a Microsoft Partner, we can supply your subscriptions, so your licences and your IT management come from one place. We recommend the plan that fits each user, so you are not paying for features nobody uses. If you already buy directly from Microsoft, you can keep doing so and we will work in your existing tenant.
An administrator account that you create and control, and that you can revoke at any time. We never ask individual users for their passwords. See our Trust & Security page for how we work.
Yes. Before licensing Copilot we check the things that decide whether it works well: file sharing permissions, stale content, and who genuinely needs it. Starting with a small group and reviewing real usage is usually cheaper than licensing everyone on day one.
Yes. We configure and manage mail, Teams and file access on Windows, Mac, iOS and Android devices.
Get started
Request a migration consultation
Tell us about your current setup. A member of our team will reply by email to arrange a consultation and outline the next steps.
In the consultation we cover
Where your email, files and sign-ins live today
The right migration path and plan for your team
Security gaps worth closing during the move
A realistic schedule, and a written quote before any work begins