Microsoft 365, run properly. Licences, security and the everyday changes handled.
The administration behind a well-run Microsoft 365, licences, identities and access, email, Teams, SharePoint and OneDrive, a security baseline, and the day-to-day adds, moves and changes, so it stays current rather than drifting.
Microsoft 365 administration is the work of running an Australian SME’s Microsoft 365 properly, its licences, user identities and access, Exchange and Outlook email, Teams, SharePoint and OneDrive, a security baseline such as MFA and conditional access, and the day-to-day adds, moves and changes. At Valont it sits inside your operations service, one part of a wider connected back office, and it works alongside the broader Cloud & Systems service by focusing specifically on Microsoft 365. It’s modular, take it on its own or alongside the rest of the hub, and it’s set to how your business actually works rather than to a fixed template.
Microsoft 365 runs your business, until the bits nobody owns start to drift.
For a lot of Australian SMEs, Microsoft 365 is where the work actually happens, email, Teams, the files in SharePoint and OneDrive, the logins everyone uses. It gets set up once, often in a hurry, and then it just runs. Which is fine, right up until the small things nobody owns start to add up: licences still assigned to people who left, access that was never tidied, security left on defaults.
None of it is urgent on any given day, so it waits. New starters get bolted on however’s quickest, leavers keep their access longer than they should, and the security baseline stays whatever it was on day one. It’s the kind of administration that’s easy to let slip when you’re busy, and easy to regret when something goes wrong with the one system the whole business relies on.
Where Microsoft 365 quietly drifts:
- Licences still assigned to people who have left
- Plan tiers that no longer match how people work
- New starters set up however was quickest at the time
- Leavers keeping access longer than they should
- Security left on default settings since day one
- SharePoint and OneDrive permissions sprawling over time
Licences, access, email and security, the Microsoft 365 admin, handled.
Licence management
The right plans for the people who actually need them. We keep your Microsoft 365 licences tidy, matching tiers to real use, removing what's assigned to…
Identity & access (MFA)
User identities set up and maintained, with multi-factor authentication and access that reflects each person's role.
Email & Teams administration
The day-to-day running of Exchange and Outlook email and Microsoft Teams, mailboxes, distribution and shared addresses, Teams structure and the settings…
SharePoint & OneDrive
Document storage and sharing set up so people can find what they need and the right people have access.
Security baseline
A sensible security baseline across the tenant, MFA, conditional access, and defaults that suit how your business works.
User onboarding & offboarding
The adds, moves and changes handled. New starters set up with the access they need, role changes reflected as they happen, and leavers offboarded properly…
From “who looks after this?” to a tenant that stays in order.
Review your tenant
We start with what you've got, your licences, users, mailboxes, Teams, SharePoint and the security settings currently in place.
Tidy and secure
We work through the gaps with you, right-sizing licences, sorting identities and access, putting a security baseline in place, and organising email, Teams…
Run the day-to-day
Once it's in order, we keep it that way. Adds, moves and changes, new starters and leavers, and the everyday administration are handled as they come up, s…
Maintain and adjust
As your business and Microsoft's platform change, we keep the security baseline, licences and configuration in step, reviewing periodically and adjusting…
Microsoft 365 is part of a bigger picture.
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Frequently asked questions
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Cloud & Systems covers cloud platforms generally, infrastructure, hybrid environments, backups and integrations across whichever platforms you run. This service is specifically Microsoft 365: the licences, identities and access, Exchange and Outlook email, Teams, SharePoint and OneDrive, the security baseline, and the everyday adds, moves and changes. If Microsoft 365 is the core of how your business runs, this is the focused version of that work. The two complement each other, and you can take either on its own or alongside the rest of the hub.
Get your Microsoft 365 running properly.
Talk to an Operations Advisor and we'll look at how your Microsoft 365 is set up today, licences, access, email, security and the rest, then tidy it and keep it running if it makes sense to.