Education and training organisations run Microsoft 365 at a scale most businesses never see: hundreds of learner accounts alongside staff, shared and guest accounts, with new cohorts arriving and leaving every term.
We bring specialist Microsoft 365, identity and security expertise, working alongside your own team or IT provider rather than replacing your day-to-day classroom support.
And you are still paying for their licences, with access nobody is watching.
It asks for an urgent payment or gift cards, and it looks exactly right.
A1, A3 or A5, and whether the security you think you have is actually switched on.
New learners and staff need access on day one, and leavers need removing just as quickly.
These are the Microsoft 365 and security problems colleges and training providers bring to us most often.
Inactive learner, staff and shared accounts pile up term after term, each one a licence you pay for and a door left open.
How we fix itEducation, faculty and business licences all include different features. It is easy to pay for the wrong ones, or assume protection you do not have.
Criminals spoof principals, directors and finance staff to request payments or data, and education email is a well-known target.
Cohorts start and finish all year round. Without a clear process, accounts are created late and removed never.
Personal and safeguarding information needs controlled access, clear separation between staff and learners, and a record of who can see what.
Staff are already using AI tools. Copilot can save admin teams hours, but only once permissions and data are in order.
In a recent review for a training provider, around a quarter of licensed accounts turned out to be no longer needed, mostly learners who had already left.
That is money spent on licences nobody uses, and accounts nobody is watching. An account and licence audit is usually the quickest win we can find.
We list every staff, learner, shared and guest account in your tenant, with its licence and when it was last used.
Inactive and leaver accounts are removed or downgraded safely, with any data you need to keep retained first.
We match staff, learners and shared accounts to the licence that fits, so you pay for the security features where they matter.
A clear joiner and leaver process for every intake keeps the numbers right after the clean-up.
Large numbers of accounts, shared devices and busy staff make education an easy place for attackers to start. Phishing is by far the most common attack, and with AI tools already in most colleges, getting permissions and data right matters more than ever.
of UK further education colleges have already adopted AI tools
of secondary schools that identified an attack reported phishing
of insider data breaches reported to the ICO by education were caused by students
The same services we provide to every client, set up around how colleges and training providers actually work.
Tenant administration, licence management and joiner and leaver processes for staff and learners.
MFA, Conditional Access and sign-in monitoring for staff accounts, with learners kept separate.
Anti-phishing and impersonation protection that stops criminals posing as your senior staff.
Simulated phishing and short awareness training, so staff spot the emails that get past the filters.
Managed protection and patching on staff laptops and desktops, wherever they work from.
Immutable backups of Microsoft 365, so coursework, records and email can always be restored.
Most education organisations already have someone looking after classrooms and devices. We add the specialist Microsoft 365 and security layer on top.
We agree a clear split with your IT manager or current provider, so there are no gaps and no overlap.
A full review of your tenant, licences, sign-in security and email protection, with findings in plain English.
MFA, Conditional Access and impersonation protection for staff, starting with the senior and finance accounts criminals target first.
A repeatable process for every intake, so learner and staff accounts are created on time and removed when they leave.
Regular reviews of accounts, licences and security keep everything in step with each new academic year.
We provide strategic Microsoft 365, identity and security support. We are not a replacement for day-to-day classroom IT.
Beyond day-to-day device support, most need a well-run Microsoft 365 tenant, the right licences for staff and learners, a reliable joiner and leaver process for every intake, and strong protection for staff accounts against phishing and impersonation. That specialist layer is what we provide.
We still visit sites for reviews, projects and hands-on work, but our focus is strategic Microsoft 365, identity and security support. We work best alongside someone on site, whether that is your own technician, an IT manager or a member of staff who looks after day-to-day classroom issues, so between us everything is covered.
Start with an account and licence audit. We find inactive learner, staff and shared accounts, remove or downgrade them safely and match each remaining user to the right licence, so you stop paying for accounts nobody uses.
It depends on the user. While education licences are designed for schools and colleges, security features vary between A1, A3 and A5. We help ensure the right people have the right level of protection, without paying for features that aren't needed.
We configure Microsoft 365 impersonation protection for your senior and finance staff, lock down their sign-ins with MFA and Conditional Access, and train staff to recognise the emails that still get through.
Yes. We set up a repeatable joiner and leaver process for each intake, so new learners get access on time and leavers are removed and unlicensed when they finish.
Yes, that is how we usually work in education. We agree a clear split of responsibilities with your IT manager or current provider and act as the specialist Microsoft 365 and security resource.
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Prices exclude VAT. Your final price depends on your number of users, devices and sites. Every business is different, so get in touch and we will put together a quote that fits.