CO-MANAGED IT

Co-Managed IT — Support That Works Alongside Your IT Team

Your internal IT person knows your business better than any outsider ever will. What they don't have is a second pair of hands, enterprise-grade tooling at a price that survives a small business budget, or anyone to cover the phone when they take annual leave. That's where we come in — not to replace your team, but to back them up.

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20+ Years
Experience
UFSP Certified
UniFi Full Stack
CyberCert Silver
Cyber Security
Toowoomba Based
Local Team

WHO IT SUITS

Sound Familiar?

The One-Person IT Department

Your IT manager is capable and trusted, but they're a single point of failure. When they're sick, on leave, or buried in a project, everything else stops.

The Team That's Outgrown Its Tooling

You need proper RMM, endpoint detection and backup, but the vendor minimums, licence commitments and admin overhead don't stack up for a team your size.

The Generalist Facing a Specialist Job

Your IT person can run the business day to day, but a UniFi full stack rebuild, a 3CX migration or an Intune rollout is a different discipline and a steep learning curve on a live network.

ENTERPRISE TOOLING

The Stack, Without the Overhead.

Enterprise security and management tools are priced and licensed for organisations with a hundred seats and a procurement department. We hold the vendor relationships, the licences and the platform administration, and extend the stack to your team at small business scale. Your IT person gets the console and does the work. We keep the platform running behind it.

Syncro RMM

Remote monitoring and management, patch policy, scripting and remote access — with your team holding technician access to your own device estate.

Huntress EDR

Managed endpoint detection and response with a 24/7 human SOC behind the alerts, so your IT person isn't triaging a suspected compromise alone at 9pm.

Huntress ITDR

Identity threat detection across your Microsoft 365 tenant, catching the account compromises that endpoint tools miss.

Microsoft 365 Backup

Independent backup of Exchange, SharePoint, OneDrive and Teams — because native retention is not a backup.

usecure Security Awareness Training

Automated phishing simulation and staff training with reporting, so your IT person isn't chasing staff to complete modules.

1Password

Business password and secrets management, properly deployed and administered.

You Keep Control

Your Microsoft 365 tenant stays yours. Your team keeps global admin. We work inside your environment with the access level you set, and nothing about this arrangement makes it hard to walk away.

COVERAGE AND OVERFLOW

Your IT Person Can Finally Take a Holiday.

The hardest part of running a one-person IT department is that there is no one to hand over to. We provide defined, scheduled cover so your team can take leave, get through a project, or clear a backlog without the business grinding to a halt.

Scheduled Absence Cover

Annual leave, conference, long weekend or planned surgery. Booked in advance, agreed scope, day rate. We pick up the phone, work your tickets, and hand back a written summary of everything actioned so your IT person doesn't return to a mystery.

Ticket Overflow

Prepaid blocks of hours drawn down as needed, worked during business hours. For when a migration lands on top of a hardware refresh on top of the day job. Unused hours carry forward.

Extended Hours Coverage

Support cover outside your internal team's hours, within an agreed window, so after-hours issues have somewhere to go without your IT person being permanently on call.

A note on availability: We agree the coverage window with you up front and we staff what we agree to — we won't promise round-the-clock cover we can't honour. Extended hours coverage is defined per client and operates within an agreed window, not as unconditional on-call.

CLEAR BOUNDARIES

Who Does What

The split is explicit and in writing. Your column is substantial because your team stays in control.

FunctionYour TeamDowns ICT
Day-to-day user supportOwns itOverflow and cover only
Business systems and line-of-business appsOwns itNot involved unless asked
Vendor and supplier relationshipsOwns itWe support, you decide
IT budget and purchasing decisionsOwns itWe advise and quote
Microsoft 365 tenant ownershipOwns it — retains global adminDelegated access at the level you set
RMM and security platform administrationTechnician access to your estateWe own and maintain the platform
Endpoint detection and response triageVisibility and involvementWe triage, with SOC escalation
Patch policyYou set the policyWe build and run it to your policy
Backup monitoring and restore testingOversightWe run and report
Specialist project deliveryYou scope and approveWe deliver (UniFi, 3CX, Entra, Intune, migrations)
Level 3 escalation and architectureYou escalate to usWe advise and resolve
Scheduled absence coverYou book it in advanceWe cover the agreed scope

What Co-Managed IT Is Not

We are not here to replace your IT person. If that's what you're after, look at our managed services instead — different arrangement, different page.

We don't take ownership of your tenant, your data or your vendor accounts.

There is no lock-in. Month to month, and we'll help you transition out if it stops working for you.

PRICING

Indicative Co-Managed Pricing

Per User

Co-Managed User Pack

$39.00per user / month
Huntress ITDR (Identity Threat Detection)
Microsoft 365 Backup
usecure Security Awareness Training
1Password Business
Platform administration included

Your team does the user support.

Per Device

Co-Managed Device Pack

$40.00per device / month
Syncro RMM with technician access for your team
Huntress EDR with 24/7 SOC
Patch policy build and maintenance
Remote access

Your team does the remediation.

Full Stack

Full Stack Bundle

$79.00per user + device / month
Everything in User Pack
Everything in Device Pack
Complete stack across users and endpoints

Best value for teams that want the complete stack.

Custom

Custom Services

POAtailored to your requirements
Bespoke scope of works
Project-based or retainer engagements
Multi-site and complex environments
Specialist skills on demand (Azure, Intune, security)

Contact us to discuss your requirements.

All prices are per month and exclude GST. Minimum 10 users. Contact us for volume pricing and custom bundles.

Coverage Rates

Coverage TypeRateNotes
Scheduled absence coverPOABooked minimum two weeks in advance. Agreed scope. Written handover report included.
Ticket overflow — 10 hour block$1,450 (excl. GST)Business hours. Unused hours carry forward 12 months.
Ticket overflow — 20 hour block$2,700 (excl. GST)Business hours. Unused hours carry forward 12 months.
Extended hours coverageFrom $450 per month (excl. GST)Agreed window, defined per client. Call-out charges apply outside the window.
Project workPOAFixed price wherever the scope allows.

Not Sure How This Would Work for Your Team?

Most co-managed arrangements start with a conversation about where the pressure actually is. There's no obligation, and we'll tell you honestly if it isn't the right fit.

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GETTING STARTED

How We Start

01

Discovery Call

A conversation with your IT person present, not just management. We work out where the pressure actually is and whether co-managed is even the right answer.

02

Environment Review

We document what you're running, what tooling you already hold, and what the gaps are. No obligation, and you keep the documentation either way.

03

Agreement and Access

We agree the responsibility split in writing, you grant the access level you're comfortable with, and we deploy the tooling.

04

Working Together

Your team stays in the driver's seat. We're on the other end of the phone, in the console when needed, and covering when you need a break.

COMMON QUESTIONS

Frequently Asked Questions

Back Up Your IT Team

Book a no-obligation conversation with your IT person in the room. We'll tell you honestly whether co-managed is the right fit — including if it isn't.

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