Let’s make setting up your business’s IT infrastructure a breeze! Here’s a simple and fun guide to get you started: 

Assess Your Needs: Think of it as figuring out what tools you need for your business. Consider how many people you have and what you’ll be doing. This helps you pick the right stuff. Knowing where you plan to be in a couple of years, helps to pick the right equipment and gives you some solid numbers, for future budgets. 

Hardware Setup: Time to pick out your gear! Get computers and gadgets that work well for your team. Don’t forget things like printers and extra storage—they make everything run so much more smoothly and professionally. 

Software and Applications: Choose the ones that make work easier, like programs for making documents or tracking sales. Just make sure that they can keep your data secure. 

Network and Internet: Its important to get something that will do what your business needs and doesn’t just have a big number. Do you need a symmetric connection, do you need a top level firewall? All things that are best decided at early on, so you can avoid cost blowouts. 

Data Management and Security: Your business is your Intellectual Property! Keep your important stuff safe with backups and Multifactor Authentication for your data. 

Communication Channels: Let’s get talking! Set up email, phone systems and video conferencing, that make it easy for your team to chat and work together. 

IT Policies and Training: Make some rules and teach your team! Show them how to keep things safe online, like not clicking on weird links. 

Ongoing Maintenance and Support: Think of it like giving your tech a regular check-up! Keep everything running smoothly by updating your software and getting help when you need it. 

In the end, setting up your business’s IT stuff is like putting together a Lego creation. Take it one piece at a time, and before you know it, you’ll have a tech setup that works like a charm! At Adaptable IT, we’ve got over 30 years of experience doing for this for businesses from 1 to 10,000 and we’re happy to help for whatever number you are looking for.