Services / Servers & networks
Servers and networks built to be understood by the next person.
From a single office file server to a rack with virtualization, firewalls and site-to-site VPN. We design it, build it, write it down, and keep it running.
Who this is for
Organizations of 5 to 150 people that have outgrown the computer under the desk, offices consolidating or moving, and anyone inheriting a network that grew one consumer router at a time.
Typical projects: replacing an aging Windows server with a Proxmox or Hyper-V host, segmenting a flat network, adding resilient storage and off-site backups, standing up a second site with VPN, or documenting and stabilizing what a previous provider left behind.
What's included
- Needs assessment and a written design with bill of materials
- Hypervisor builds: Proxmox VE, Hyper-V, VMware migrations off
- Linux (Debian, Ubuntu, Rocky) and Windows Server, hardened to a baseline
- Active Directory and Entra ID hybrid identity
- File servers, NAS, ZFS or RAID storage with capacity planning
- Firewalls: pfSense, OPNsense, Palo Alto, Fortinet — policy you can read
- VLANs, switching, business Wi-Fi with proper channel planning and guest isolation
- Site-to-site and remote-access VPN (WireGuard, IPsec, SSL VPN)
- Monitoring and alerting integrated with the help desk
- Configuration backups and change logging for all network gear
- Network diagrams, credential vault, runbooks handed over
- Maintenance windows for firmware and patching
How an engagement runs
- Assessment
A walk-through of what you have, what hurts, and what it must do for the next five years.
- Design and quote
A one- or two-page design with hardware, software, licensing and labor itemized. You approve before anything is ordered.
- Build
Staged so the business keeps running: new alongside old, cut over at a quiet time, fallback kept until you're sure.
- Hand-off and upkeep
Documentation delivered, backups tested in front of you, maintenance plan if you want one.
Common questions
Will you work with hardware we already own?
Yes, if it's supportable and fit for the job. We'll say plainly when it isn't.
Self-hosted or cloud?
Whichever costs you less over five years with acceptable risk. We run self-hosted systems ourselves and like them; plenty of clients end up hybrid.
What happens after the project?
Documentation lets any competent tech pick it up; most clients keep us on a managed plan for patching and backups.
Can you do this remotely?
Design, configuration and most troubleshooting, yes. Physical installs are on-site in the Phoenix metro or with your hands and our remote session elsewhere.
Tell us what's broken, or what you want built.
Describe it in a sentence or two. You'll get a straight answer about whether we can help, usually the same business day.