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Microsoft 365 Setup & Administration in Fort Frances

Email, SharePoint, Teams, OneDrive, and the full Office suite — set up properly, migrated cleanly, and managed for you. One bill, one team, one number to call.

Everything Microsoft 365 can do, set up right.

Email Setup & Migration

Move from Gmail, GoDaddy, cPanel, or legacy Exchange to Microsoft 365 — mailboxes, calendars, contacts, distribution lists. Done overnight, no business interruption.

Licensing & Plan Selection

Business Basic, Standard, Premium, or enterprise — we help you pick the plan that fits, and you can buy your licenses through us if you want a single bill.

SharePoint & OneDrive

Replace your aging file server with SharePoint sites and OneDrive — structured properly, with permissions that match how your team actually works.

Teams Setup

Channels for departments and projects, meeting rooms, Teams Phone, and integrations with your other apps — set up so people actually use it.

Power Apps & Power Automate

Internal apps and workflows built on the Microsoft platform you already pay for — approvals, forms, notifications, dashboards.

Ongoing Administration

User onboarding and offboarding, license management, security policy enforcement, MFA, and helpdesk support for your team — as part of our managed IT plans.

Most M365 tenants are set up wrong from day one.

Microsoft 365 is powerful — but it’s also enormous, and most small businesses get the tenant set up once by whoever sold them the licenses and then never touch it again. Default security settings are weak. SharePoint sites are misconfigured. Permissions are wide open. Old user accounts stay active for years after people leave. Nobody set up MFA. Backups don’t exist because Microsoft doesn’t do them.

We set up Microsoft 365 the way it should be set up: proper security baselines, MFA enforced on every account, SharePoint structured to match your actual departments, OneDrive replacing personal file shares, conditional access policies that block sign-ins from countries you don’t operate in, and a third-party backup of your tenant data so you can actually recover from accidental deletion or a compromise.

If you already have Microsoft 365 and you’re not sure if it was set up right, we’ll do a tenant health check and give you a clear list of what’s wrong and how much it costs to fix.

Licensing, setup, and ongoing support.

Microsoft 365 licenses typically run $7.50–$28 CAD per user per month depending on the plan. We can sell licenses to you directly so you get a single Canadian invoice instead of dealing with Microsoft billing.

Tenant setup or migration from another provider typically costs $500–$3,000 depending on the size of your team and how complex your existing setup is. We quote flat rate after a short scoping call.

Ongoing administration is included in our managed IT plans, or available standalone for organizations that handle their own IT but want a Microsoft 365 expert on call.

Microsoft 365 for every kind of organization in the region.

  • First Nations Organizations
  • Nonprofits & Charities
  • Healthcare & Mental Health
  • Construction & Trades
  • Restaurants & Hospitality
  • Retail & Small Business
  • Lodges & Tourism
  • Regional & National Businesses
  • Fort Frances
  • Emo
  • Rainy River
  • Atikokan
  • Nestor Falls
  • Rainy River District
  • Northwestern Ontario
  • All of Canada (remote)

Microsoft 365 FAQ

How much does Microsoft 365 cost per user?

Microsoft 365 Business Basic is about $7.50 CAD per user per month; Business Standard (with full desktop Office apps) is about $16.50; Business Premium (with security tools) is about $28. We help you pick the right plan based on what your team actually needs — and we handle the licensing through us if you want a single bill.

Can you migrate our email from Gmail or our current provider to Microsoft 365?

Yes. We do email migrations from Gmail, GoDaddy, cPanel, legacy Exchange, and almost any other provider. Mailboxes, calendars, contacts, shared mailboxes, distribution lists — all transferred without losing data. Typical migration is done overnight so there’s no business interruption.

What’s the difference between Microsoft 365 Business Basic, Standard, and Premium?

Basic is email plus web-only Office apps. Standard adds the full desktop Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint. Premium adds security tools like Intune for device management, advanced threat protection, and conditional access. We recommend Premium for any business handling sensitive data — it’s worth the extra cost.

Can you set up SharePoint and Teams for our team?

Yes. We set up SharePoint sites with proper file structure and permissions, configure Teams channels for departments and projects, and migrate your file shares into OneDrive and SharePoint so everything is searchable and accessible from anywhere.

Do you build Power Apps and Power Automate workflows?

Yes. If you already have Microsoft 365, Power Apps and Power Automate let us build internal apps and automate workflows without leaving the Microsoft ecosystem. Approval flows, intake forms, notifications, dashboards — all built on the platform you’re already paying for.

Do you offer ongoing Microsoft 365 administration?

Yes. We manage Microsoft 365 tenants as part of our managed IT plans — user onboarding and offboarding, license management, security policy updates, MFA enforcement, and support for staff who need help with the apps.

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