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Higher education · IT modernisation

University of Manchester

Modernised the technology behind a whole university: 40,000 devices upgraded and 25,000 staff moved to the cloud, without disrupting teaching or research.

The problem

The University of Manchester needed to modernise the technology used by 25,000 staff and 40,000 devices quickly, without disrupting teaching or research for a moment.

Several big changes had to happen at once: upgrading every device, moving data to the cloud, and tightening security, while a new outsource partner was being brought in. All this was at a scale the university hadn't seen before.

What we built

We brought the university and its new partner together as one team and delivered the whole programme: 40,000 devices upgraded, 25,000 staff had their data moved to the cloud, over 200 essential applications were made available securely from anywhere, and the university's IT security was materially strengthened, all without interrupting day-to-day teaching and research.

  • 40k devices on Windows 10
  • 25k staff on Office 365
  • VDI live for 200+ applications
  • Azure tenant hardened to industry standards

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Thirty minutes. We'll talk through how your business actually works, where the biggest bottlenecks are, and whether we're the right team to fix them. No pitch deck. No obligation.

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Weeks, not months

Modern stack, real infrastructure, production-grade fast.

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Doesn't break the moment your business grows.