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Microsoft 365 security for Lakewood Ranch small businesses

Squared Away Tech helps Lakewood Ranch-area offices of 5 to 100 people in Manatee and Sarasota counties lock down sign-ins, email and laptops, with fixed prices and everything documented. Based in Lakewood Ranch, serving small offices across Florida, and remotely anywhere in the U.S. Offices anywhere in Florida get the same service.

Lakewood Ranch straddles Manatee and Sarasota counties and has grown quickly, bringing a wave of professional offices with it: medical and specialty practices, financial advisors, CPA and law firms, real estate and title companies, builders and their sales teams, and plenty of business owners who work from home offices in the community.

What Lakewood Ranch offices tend to run into

• New offices often had Microsoft 365 set up quickly at opening, with default settings that were never revisited.
• Builders, real estate and title teams deal with large payments, which makes them prime targets for fake invoice and wire-instruction emails.
• Medical and financial practices are asked by insurers and partners to prove multi-factor sign-in is really on for everyone, including admins.
• Home-based owners mix personal and business devices, so a lost or shared laptop can expose company email and files.

Lakewood Ranch is home base for Squared Away Tech, so meeting in person to review a report is easy, while the technical work itself is done remotely.

Services and fixed prices

• Microsoft 365 Security Checkup: a read-only review of sign-in, email, admin and device settings with a plain-English report. $495 up to 10 people, $750 for 11–25, $1,250 for 26–50, $1,750 for 51–100. The first 3 founding clients get it at half price ($250 / $375 / $625 / $875).
• Tenant Lockdown: staged multi-factor and conditional access rollout, tightened email protection, change log and cyber-insurance summary. $1,450 up to 10 people ($1,150 without Entra ID P1), $2,450 for 11–25 ($1,950 without P1), $3,450 for 26–50, $4,450 for 51–100.
• Intune Device Rollout: laptops enrolled, encrypted and managed. $1,150 for up to 8 devices, $1,800 for 9–20, $2,900 for 21–40, from $4,500 for 41–100.
• Compromised Account Cleanup: a phished mailbox contained and cleaned, the tenant checked, and a written summary. $1,500 ($1,200 for active Monthly clients), plus $350 per additional mailbox.
• Monthly M365 Admin & Watch: Security Watch at $195/month for up to 10 users (+$15/user/month above 10), or Full Monthly Admin at $350/month for up to 10 users (+$25/user/month above 10; 3-month minimum, then month-to-month).
• Move to Microsoft 365: fixed-price move from Google Workspace or an old Exchange server to Microsoft 365 (mail, calendars, contacts and files, with MFA and SPF/DKIM/DMARC on from day one). $950 up to 5 users, $1,750 for 6–15, $2,950 for 16–30, from $4,950 for 31–100.
• Add-ons: DMARC/SPF/DKIM setup for Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace ($250 setup + $15/domain/month; setup waived with Lockdown or Move), Cyber Insurance Questionnaire Pack (from $395 up to 10 people, or $195 with a Checkup), Bitwarden password manager rollout ($6/user/month, 5-user minimum, + $295 setup up to 10 users / $450 for 11–25), Microsoft 365 backup ($6/user/month, 5-user minimum, + $150 setup waived with Lockdown/Move/Monthly Admin; 50GB/user pooled, extra $8/100GB/month), staff phishing training ($5/user/month, 5-user minimum, + $150 setup waived with Lockdown/Monthly Admin), Annual Conditional Access Review ($450/year up to 25 users, $650 for 26–100) and Backup Restore Test ($195/test or $595/year quarterly).

Other work is $140/hour, quoted in writing first (prepaid 10-hour block $1,250; urgent same-evening work $175/hour, 1-hour minimum). Fixed prices, typically well below what MSPs charge for similar projects. See full service details.

Hours and how to reach Greg

Mon–Fri 5–9 PM and Sat 9 AM–5 PM (Eastern Time). Daytime and Sunday appointments are available on request, and daytime calls get a same-evening callback. Squared Away Tech serves small offices across Florida, and remotely anywhere in the U.S. (how remote service works).

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