Corporate IT experience, brought down to earth
On Course IT is built around a simple idea: the knowledge and good practice used in professional IT environments should be available to everyone.
Extensive experience across modern IT infrastructure
I have spent a substantial part of my career working with business-critical IT systems and enterprise environments. That experience covers areas such as Microsoft 365, Azure, Windows infrastructure, identity and access, networking, virtualisation, storage, backup, disaster recovery and cloud services.
In corporate IT, the expectation is not simply to make something work. Systems need to be reliable, secure, recoverable, supportable and properly thought through. I bring that same mindset to On Course IT.
Enterprise knowledge that translates into everyday benefits
- ✓Better troubleshooting
Looking for the root cause rather than repeatedly treating the symptom. - ✓Security awareness
Thinking about accounts, backups, updates and risk as part of the solution. - ✓Business continuity
Considering what happens if a device, service or system fails. - ✓Scalable advice
Helping small businesses make decisions that will still make sense as they grow.
From the desktop to the data centre and cloud
My career has involved planning, supporting, reviewing and improving technology across a broad range of environments.
Microsoft
Microsoft 365, Azure, Windows, Active Directory, identity, endpoint and cloud services.
Infrastructure
Virtualisation, networking, servers, storage and resilient platform design.
Data Protection
Backup, restore, disaster recovery, retention, resilience and recovery planning.
Technical Planning
Discovery, design, migration planning, upgrades, risk management and technical documentation.
You get more than a quick fix
For a home user, that might mean setting up a new laptop properly, checking that files are backed up and making sure accounts are secure. For a small business, it could mean improving Microsoft 365, reducing risk and putting a sensible support plan in place.
Same principles, different scale
What is happening, what matters and what the real impact is.
Use proven methods rather than guesswork.
Where possible, improve the setup so the same problem is less likely to return.
You should understand what changed without needing to learn IT jargon.