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Microsoft 365 security for Palmetto small businesses

Squared Away Tech helps Palmetto-area offices of 5 to 100 people in Manatee County 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.

Palmetto sits on the north bank of the Manatee River, just across the bridges from downtown Bradenton, with US-41 and US-301 running through town and Port Manatee a short drive north. Its small businesses reflect that mix: contractors and home-service companies, marine and boating businesses along the river, agricultural and nursery operations, logistics and distribution companies, plus the insurance agencies, medical and dental offices, and professional offices that serve a growing community.

What Palmetto offices tend to run into

• Trades, marine and field businesses often have staff signing in from phones and shared tablets on job sites and docks, usually with no controls on those devices.
• Logistics, distribution and agricultural companies deal with frequent vendor invoices and payments, which makes them a target for fake invoice and bank-change emails.
• Family-run businesses commonly share one owner login across the office, so nobody is sure who can get into what when someone leaves.
• Small medical, dental and insurance offices handle sensitive information without anyone whose job it is to check sign-in protection or email forwarding.

Squared Away Tech is based in nearby Lakewood Ranch, so meeting in person to go over findings is easy, while the technical work itself is done remotely and securely.

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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