Switch IT companies without a five-figure setup project.

Many IT companies bill a large project to get you set up. With us, setup and migration are free on a 12-month agreement.

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How setup fees usually work

What many IT companies do: They quote a low monthly rate to win the deal. After you sign, they find problems with the old setup and quote a cleanup project before regular service starts.

For some IT companies, these projects and later "out of scope" work are where most of the profit is.

We clean up the environment we inherit as part of setup.

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The first 90 days

Everything below is part of setup

Free on a 12-month agreement. On month-to-month, setup is one month's fee and migrations are billed at the project price.

Week 1–2
Discovery & access
Week 2–4
Stabilization & hardening
Week 3–6
Migration & transition
Week 6–12
Optimization & handoff
Week 1–2

Discovery & access

Full IT audit and risk review
Admin access and passwords handed over from your previous provider
Interviews with your team about what works and what doesn't
Document what you have: computers, accounts, licenses, network layout and gaps
You get: a written assessment and a prioritized fix list
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Transition paths

Moves we handle during setup

Free on a 12-month agreement for up to 100 people or devices and 2TB of files.

[01]Google Workspace→Microsoft 365
2–6 weeks▾

Mail, files, calendars, contacts and sign-ins move over in stages, with both systems running until cutover. Includes user training.

[02]M365 Commercial→GCC
2–4 weeks▾

Move to Microsoft's Government Community Cloud if you handle CUI or work with government agencies.

[03]GCC→GCC High
4–8 weeks▾

Move ITAR and controlled defense information into GCC High, which is kept separate from Microsoft's commercial cloud.

[04]Previous IT company→CloudByte
2–4 weeks▾

We take over admin access, remove the old company's tools, audit the setup, fix gaps and document everything.

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After onboarding

Bigger projects later on

A GCC High migration or an office buildout gets a fixed quote, and the cost is spread across your monthly bill.

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Fixed price, always

We quote before we start. If we underestimated the work, the extra is on us.

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Spread across your bill

The project cost is split over 6 to 12 months on your regular bill.

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If the scope changes

If your requirements change mid-project, we pause and agree on a new fixed price before continuing.

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Documented handoff

Every project ends with documentation of what changed, why, how it's set up and what to watch. You own it.

Common projects: GCC High migrations, office buildouts, new firewalls, network segmentation, VPN replacement, server upgrades, fixes for new compliance requirements, and IT for mergers and acquisitions.

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The first six months

What often happens after you sign with a new IT company, and what happens with us.

Typical IT company
01Week 1: Onboarding kickoff call
02Week 2: "We've completed our assessment. Here are the gaps."
03Week 3: A $22,000 cleanup project quote arrives
04Week 4: You negotiate the scope.
05Week 5–8: Project begins. Timeline slips.
06Week 10: Project "complete" — with caveats
07Month 4: Day-to-day support finally gets attention.
08Month 6: Quarterly review is a slideshow. You're not sure what you're paying for.
CloudByte
01Week 1: Discovery, access handoff and IT audit. Your dashboard goes live.
02Week 2: Monitoring and security basics in place. Updates start.
03Week 3: Migration underway and users trained.
04Week 4: Security tightened and documentation started.
05Week 5–8: Fine-tuning, automation and fewer false alerts.
06Week 10: Setup complete and fully documented.
07Month 4: First quarterly review.
08Month 6: Quarterly review using the same data you see every day.
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Plan your switch

Tell us where you are and where you need to be. We'll map the 90-day transition plan, confirm what's included, and show you what Aurelius looks like when it goes live.