Visionary IT plans, migrates and manages cloud services for small and mid-sized businesses across Scottsdale and Phoenix. Most of that work is Microsoft 365: moving companies onto it from Google Workspace, GoDaddy, old Exchange servers or another tenant, then securing and running it day to day. We also handle cloud backup and the question every growing company eventually asks: which of our servers still belong in the office, and which should not?
Managed Cloud IT Services
Microsoft 365 Migration & Management
Visionary IT is a Microsoft Partner. We migrate email, files and Teams into Microsoft 365, including Google Workspace to Microsoft 365 moves, GoDaddy de-federation, on-premises Exchange retirements and tenant-to-tenant migrations after a merger or split. After cutover we manage licensing, set the security baseline (multi-factor authentication, conditional access, email filtering), back up the tenant and support your users. See our managed Microsoft 365 service for the ongoing side.
Cloud File Storage & Backup
Retiring an aging file server usually means SharePoint and OneDrive, set up with a sensible folder structure and permissions instead of a dump of everything into one library. Microsoft does not back up your 365 data for you beyond short retention windows, so we add independent backup for mailboxes, OneDrive, SharePoint and Teams, plus encrypted cloud backup for any servers that stay on site. For medical and dental practices we configure all of this to meet the technical safeguards in your HIPAA program.
Cloud Servers & Hybrid Infrastructure
Some workloads belong in Azure or a hosted environment; some line-of-business applications still run best on a server in your office. We tell you which is which, with real numbers, before anything moves. When a server does go to the cloud we handle sizing, networking, identity, backup and the cutover. When it stays, we virtualize, monitor and back it up as part of your managed IT plan.
Not sure what should move to the cloud?
Ask for a free cloud readiness review. You get a written recommendation, with costs, whether or not you hire us for the work.
MOVING TO THE CLOUD IS A BUSINESS DECISION, NOT A TECHNOLOGY TREND.
Done well, it means your team works from anywhere, your data is backed up and protected without a closet full of hardware to replace every five years, and your costs become predictable monthly licensing instead of surprise capital purchases.
Done badly, it means a rushed cutover, lost email, broken permissions and a security posture that is worse than the server it replaced. Most of the cloud cleanup work we do is for companies whose first migration was done by someone who clicked through a wizard.
Here is how we think about it, and how a migration with us actually runs.
WHAT YOU ACTUALLY GAIN
Access from anywhere without a VPN, for staff in the office, at home or on a job site. Email, files and Teams that keep working when the office internet or power does not.
Less hardware to buy, power, cool and replace. A single identity for every user, with multi-factor authentication and conditional access enforced from day one.
Phones and laptops managed centrally, so a lost device is a wipe, not a breach.
And a clean exit from legacy platforms: old Exchange servers, GoDaddy-hosted 365, aging Google Workspace tenants and file servers that nobody wants to patch any more.
602-754-0101 Schedule a free cloud readiness review with one of our engineers
Discover the answer
HOW A MIGRATION WITH US WORKS
Assess. We inventory mailboxes, files, applications, DNS and the devices people actually use, and flag anything that will not move cleanly.
Plan. You get a written plan: what moves, in what order, what it costs, and a cutover date scheduled for an evening or weekend so the business does not stop.
Migrate. Mail, calendars, contacts and files are staged ahead of time, so the cutover itself is short. We handle DNS, device reconfiguration and the first-morning questions.
Secure and stabilize. MFA, conditional access, email filtering, backup and retention are set before we call it done, not added later.
Manage. Ongoing licensing, user changes, security monitoring and support, either on a managed plan or by the hour if you have in-house IT.
WHO THIS IS FOR
Companies of roughly 10 to 250 people in Scottsdale and Phoenix that have outgrown a consumer email setup, inherited a messy 365 tenant, or are staring at a server that is out of warranty and wondering what comes next.
Medical and dental practices that need their cloud services configured to HIPAA technical safeguards. Firms with in-house IT who want a specialist to run the migration and hand it back.
If your situation is unusual, say so. Technical consultants and in-house IT leads bring us the complicated ones, and those are the projects we like most.
START WITH A CLOUD READINESS REVIEW
We look at your current email, files, servers and security, then give you a short written recommendation: what to move, what to leave, what it will cost and what order to do it in. No obligation, and you keep the document either way.
Call 602-754-0101 or use the form to schedule it. We are at 9375 E Shea Blvd in Scottsdale and work on site across Scottsdale and Phoenix.
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Tell us where you are today and we will tell you what the move looks like.
