We work with professional services
Consultancies, architects, surveyors, and professional services firms run on knowledge, reputation, and the ability to work efficiently from anywhere. Your technology should be invisible - enabling your team to focus on client work, not fighting IT problems. Every hour your senior consultant spends troubleshooting a printer or waiting for a file to sync is an hour they're not billing. Fresh Tech supports professional services firms with 5-50 staff who want enterprise-grade IT without the enterprise-grade headcount.
What professional services deal with
These aren't hypothetical; they're the issues we fix every week.
Partners and consultants work from home, from client sites, from coffee shops, and from the office - often all in the same week. They need easy access to files, email, and applications from every location without VPN hassle, sync conflicts, or the dreaded 'this file is locked by another user' message. Poor remote IT doesn't just frustrate people; it directly reduces the hours they can bill.
Architectural drawings, survey datasets, planning documents, high-resolution photography, project files - professional services firms routinely deal with files that are hundreds of megabytes or larger. These need to be accessible, syncable, and shareable with clients without choking your internet connection or causing SharePoint sync errors that lose work.
Client data, project information, commercial strategies, planning applications - your work product is confidential and often commercially sensitive. A lost laptop without encryption, a misdirected email, or a shared link with the wrong permissions can expose client information and damage the reputation you've spent years building.
Video calls with clients, screen sharing during presentations, document collaboration in real time - your technology is visible to clients and directly reflects your professionalism. Freezing video calls, documents that won't open, and 'sorry, my internet is playing up' damage the premium positioning that professional services firms depend on.
What we do for you
SharePoint for proper document management with version control and permissions, Teams for smooth client and internal collaboration, OneDrive for reliable file sync across devices. We configure these properly - not just 'turn it on and hope'. That means sensible folder structures, appropriate sharing policies, and sync configurations that handle your large files without corrupting them.
SharePoint configured with appropriate file size limits and sync exclusions, client portals for secure external sharing with expiry dates and access logging, and OneDrive configured to handle architect-scale files without the sync failures that plague default setups. We also ensure your internet connection has sufficient upload bandwidth for the files you're working with.
Conditional Access, multi-factor authentication, and device encryption that protects client data without slowing your team down. We configure security to be invisible - your consultants shouldn't notice it's there until the day it stops a real threat. We use Microsoft 365 Business Premium to deliver enterprise-grade security at an SMB price point.
Architects and surveyors need machines that handle AutoCAD, Revit, and 3D rendering without lag. We spec Dell Pro Max workstations with ISV-certified GPUs, matched to your actual software requirements. For consultants who travel, we recommend Dell Pro Plus laptops with long battery life, excellent webcams, and USB-C docking for a single-cable desk setup.
Questions from professional services
