Microsoft 365 management services for Edmonton Businesses
Get more from Microsoft 365 with expert setup, administration, security, and support. Northern Computer helps your team stay productive while we manage the technology behind the scenes.
Microsoft 365 management services for Edmonton Businesses
Microsoft 365,
Managed for You
Most Edmonton businesses are already paying for Microsoft 365. The question is whether they are actually getting value from it. Licenses get assigned and forgotten. SharePoint sites go unused. Teams channels multiply until nobody knows where anything lives. Security defaults stay in place long after the business has outgrown them.
Northern Computer manages Microsoft 365 for Edmonton businesses from the ground up, whether that means a clean initial setup, migrating from another platform, or taking over an existing environment that has drifted out of control. We handle the administration so your team can use the tools without thinking about what is running underneath.
Licensing & subscription management
We handle procurement, tier selection, and renewals — so you’re not paying for licenses you don’t need or missing features you should have.
Initial setup & configuration
Domain verification, DNS configuration, security baselines, email routing. We stand up the environment properly, so you’re not fixing configuration problems six months later.
Email & Exchange Online management
User mailboxes, distribution groups, shared mailboxes, spam filtering, and email archiving. The basics that have to work every day without fail.
Microsoft Teams administration
Channel structure, guest access policies, meeting settings, and integrations with other business tools. We set it up in a way that actually matches how your team works.
Security & compliance configuration
Multi-factor authentication, conditional access policies, data loss prevention, and Microsoft Defender for Business. The security layer that most businesses leave misconfigured.
Ongoing support & troubleshooting
When something in Microsoft 365 stops working, your team calls us. We don’t hand them a Microsoft support ticket number and wish them luck.
Why Microsoft 365 Management Matters
The default settings are not good enough
Microsoft 365 ships with security defaults that are better than nothing but nowhere near sufficient for a business handling client data, financial records, or health information. Multi-factor authentication, conditional access, and data loss prevention policies need to be configured deliberately. We see a lot of Edmonton businesses that have been running M365 for years with gaps they do not know about.
Most businesses are paying for features they never use
Microsoft 365 licensing tiers include a significant range of tools beyond email and Office apps. Intune for device management, Defender for endpoint security, Purview for compliance. Depending on your license, you may already be paying for tools that could replace third-party products you are buying separately. We audit what you have and make sure you are using it.
Migrations are harder than they look
Moving from Google Workspace, an old Exchange server, or a legacy on-premise setup to Microsoft 365 involves DNS changes, email migration, data transfer, and a cutover window that has to go right. We have done this enough times to know where the problems hide and how to avoid them.
Administration overhead is real
Someone has to manage user accounts, respond to password resets, configure new mailboxes, and deal with Microsoft policy changes when they roll out. For a 30-person Edmonton business, that is not a full-time job but it is a consistent drain on whoever ends up owning it. Offloading that to Northern Computer frees up your internal resources for work that actually moves the business forward.
Microsoft 365 and Copilot Integration
For Edmonton businesses looking to get more from Microsoft 365, we also help with Microsoft Copilot integration. Copilot sits across Teams, Outlook, Word, and Excel and uses AI to summarize meetings, draft communications, and surface information from across your Microsoft environment. Getting value from Copilot requires a clean M365 foundation, properly configured SharePoint, good data governance, and the right licensing. We handle the groundwork so the AI layer actually delivers.
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Frequently Asked Questions
We already have Microsoft 365 set up. Do we still need help?
Possibly. A lot of Edmonton businesses have M365 running but not running well. Security settings left at default, SharePoint nobody uses, duplicate licenses, no offboarding process. We do a configuration review and tell you honestly what is fine and what needs attention. Sometimes there is not much to fix. Often there is more than expected.
Can you migrate us from Google Workspace to Microsoft 365?
Yes. We handle Google Workspace to Microsoft 365 migrations regularly, including email, calendar, contacts, and file migration from Google Drive to SharePoint or OneDrive. We plan the cutover carefully to avoid disruption and train your team on the differences so the transition sticks.
Which Microsoft 365 license does our business need?
It depends on your size, security requirements, and which features you actually need. Business Basic, Business Standard, Business Premium, and the various E-series licenses all serve different needs at different price points. We walk through this with you during the assessment and give you a recommendation based on your actual situation, not the most expensive option.
What is included in ongoing Microsoft 365 support?
User account management, license changes, troubleshooting, security policy updates, and responding to Microsoft platform changes that affect your environment. You do not need to follow Microsoft release notes or figure out how a new policy change affects your setup. That is our job.
Get Your Microsoft 365 Environment Working the Way It Should
Whether you are starting fresh, switching from another platform, or inheriting a setup that needs work, Northern Computer can get your Microsoft 365 environment in order. Book a free assessment and we will take a look at what you have and tell you exactly what we would do differently.
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Northern Computer Edmonton Office
Address
9452 51 Avenue NW, Suite 301,
Edmonton, Alberta, T6E 5A6, Canada
Phone
1-877-257-2896
Hours
Monday – Friday, 8:00 AM to 4: 30 PM
Saturday & Sunday – Closed