Service overview

Core IT services designed for smaller businesses that need clarity, not complexity.

Harkstone Tech focuses on a small set of well-bounded services: managed support, Microsoft 365 administration, security essentials, backup, and practical project delivery.

  • Structured support for 5-75 user organisations
  • Clear inclusions and exclusions
  • Built around Microsoft 365-heavy environments

A small service catalogue on purpose

The offer is easier to understand, quote, and deliver when the service lines stay disciplined. That is good for clarity and good for support quality.

Managed IT Support

Day-to-day support plus proactive maintenance to keep your team productive and reduce disruption.

Best for teams that need dependable ongoing support without hiring internally.

  • Friendly helpdesk with direct access to senior engineers
  • Proactive maintenance, standards, and lightweight reporting
  • Ownership of users, devices, and core business tools

Microsoft 365

Email, Teams, files, users, and security set up properly and looked after day to day.

Best for Microsoft 365-heavy businesses that want less admin drag and fewer avoidable mistakes.

  • Licensing, mailbox, and user admin in plain English
  • Joiners, leavers, groups, and permissions kept tidy
  • Teams, SharePoint, and OneDrive structured with sensible guardrails

Security Essentials

Practical baseline security for SMEs without pretending you need enterprise-grade complexity.

Best for businesses that want to reduce common risks and answer client or insurer questions confidently.

  • MFA, secure configuration, and supported-device standards
  • Patching oversight and endpoint protection baseline
  • Plain-English guidance for staff and leadership

Backup & Recovery

Backups you can restore, with testing, monitoring, and recovery priorities agreed sensibly.

Best for firms that want fewer single points of failure and a clearer recovery plan.

  • Backup monitoring, restore testing, and documented checks
  • Shared responsibility explained for Microsoft 365 data
  • Reasonable recovery priorities instead of vague promises

Projects & Onboarding

Joiners, leavers, laptop deployments, office tidy-ups, and defined one-off IT projects.

Best for teams with growth, change, or a practical project that needs clear scope and delivery.

  • New starters ready on day one
  • Leavers handled cleanly, securely, and consistently
  • Defined project work with documented handover

How service engagement usually starts

Most conversations move through a short fit check, a practical assessment, and an onboarding phase before support settles into a more predictable rhythm.

Step 01

Discovery and fit check

We start with a short conversation to understand your estate, priorities, and whether the support model is the right fit.

Step 02

Assessment and priorities

We review the current setup, flag the biggest risks or friction points, and agree what needs to happen first.

Step 03

Onboarding and tidy-up

Access, documentation, Microsoft 365 admin, and support processes are put into a more stable shape.

Step 04

Ongoing support and review

Day-to-day support continues with agreed standards, a sensible security baseline, and periodic review points.

Service overview FAQs

A few quick answers about fit, scope, and how the services can be combined.

No. Fully managed support is the best fit for many SMEs, but we also handle defined project work, onboarding, and selective support where the scope is clear.

Yes. Many businesses start with Microsoft 365 administration, a security tidy-up, or backup improvements before moving into a broader managed support arrangement.

Yes. We regularly work alongside broadband, line-of-business, software, and telecoms providers. We will be clear about where our remit starts and ends.

Yes, where it adds value. Most day-to-day work is handled remotely for speed, but onsite visits can be planned for onboarding, troubleshooting, or project work.

Need help choosing the right starting point?

If you are unsure whether to begin with managed support, Microsoft 365 admin, a backup review, or a defined project, a short discovery call is the fastest way to sense-check it.