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Microsoft 365 migration guide
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Migrating to Microsoft 365: A step-by-step guide for SMEs

Everything your team needs to plan, execute, and settle into a Microsoft 365 migration — from licence planning to post-go-live support.

12 min read Updated Jan 2025
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Cyber Essentials certification guide
Guide

Cyber Essentials: What it is, why you need it, and how to pass

The definitive UK SME guide to Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus — including common failure points and what assessors actually look for.

15 min read Updated Mar 2025
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Choosing a managed IT provider guide
Guide

Choosing a managed IT provider: 12 questions to ask before you sign

A buyer's guide for IT decision-makers — including contract traps, SLA benchmarks, and the red flags that separate reactive break-fix shops from strategic partners.

9 min read Updated Feb 2025
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Practical checklists

Ready-to-use templates your team can apply immediately — no prior IT expertise required.

New employee IT onboarding checklist
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New employee IT onboarding checklist

A 35-step checklist to ensure every new starter is set up securely and productively — from hardware provisioning to access rights and security training.

35 items PDF + Excel
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Annual IT security audit checklist
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Annual IT security audit checklist

Walk your IT team through a structured internal audit covering patch levels, access control, backup integrity, endpoint protection, and incident readiness.

48 items PDF + Excel
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Cloud migration readiness checklist
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Cloud migration readiness checklist

Assess your organisation's readiness before moving workloads to the cloud — covering network capacity, data governance, licensing, and change management.

28 items PDF
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Latest insights

Perspectives from our team on the technology trends shaping UK businesses in 2025 and beyond.

Insight April 2025

Why UK SMEs are still underinsured for cyber risk — and what to do about it

Our analysis of the 2025 NCSC Cyber Breaches Survey reveals a persistent gap between SME confidence and actual cyber resilience. We break down the data and outline the four controls that would have prevented 80% of incidents.

Nexa Point Group
Security Team · 8 min read
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Insight March 2025

Copilot for Microsoft 365: six months in, what's actually useful?

After rolling out Microsoft 365 Copilot across three client environments, we tracked actual productivity impact by role. The results are nuanced — here's what we learned about where AI genuinely saves time and where it doesn't.

Nexa Point Group
Cloud Team · 10 min read
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Insight February 2025

The real cost of IT downtime for a 50-person professional services firm

We modelled the full economic impact of a 4-hour outage — direct revenue loss, staff idle time, recovery effort, and reputational cost — to illustrate why proactive IT investment pays for itself.

Nexa Point Group
Strategy Team · 7 min read
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Insight January 2025

PSTN switch-off: what UK businesses need to do before January 2027

Openreach's analogue phone network retirement affects every business still using ISDN, ADSL, or legacy PBX. We break down the timeline, the options available, and how to avoid a last-minute scramble.

Nexa Point Group
Telecoms Team · 6 min read
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