Certified Microsoft Solutions Partner
Microsoft Modern Workplace that cuts your software cost by up to 75%
Microsoft 365, Copilot and Azure, deployed and optimised by a certified Microsoft Solutions Partner in London, with right-sized licensing and secure-by-design rollout.
- Up to 75% licence cost saved · right-sized SKU mix
- 4 to 7 hours per user, per week reclaimed with Copilot
- Modern Work · Security · Azure - all three partner designations · zero-disruption migration
- Dedicated UK account manager
ISO 27001 · MS SOLUTIONS PARTNER · 800+ HOSTS MANAGED · ESTABLISHED UK MSP
ISO 27001
Certified delivery framework
250+
M365 & Azure deployments delivered
800+
Hosts managed under Microsoft stack
75%
Modelled licensing savings achieved
The reality
When the Microsoft stack should be helping, and isn't.
We see the same three stories at every Microsoft tenant audit: scattered tools, hybrid-work security gaps and licence spend leaking. All three are solvable, and none of them needs a 90-page transformation deck.
Microsoft tools sit in silos
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Six chat apps, three file-shares, two video tools, four notebooks. Users live in tabs. Knowledge gets lost. New starters take a quarter to find anything.
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Consolidate to the Microsoft stack. One login, one search, one app.
Default tenants leak data
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Personal devices, BYOD, cafe Wi-Fi, sideloaded SaaS. The perimeter is gone. Identity is the new boundary, and most tenants haven't caught up to that reality.
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Entra ID + Intune + Defender, configured to zero-trust baselines.
Licences run wider than needed
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E5 across the board 'just in case'. Add-ons that are already inside the SKU you're buying. Shadow-IT subscriptions finance can't account for.
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SKU right-sizing audit. Most clients save 20 to 75% with no loss of capability.
What we deliver
Three solutions. One Microsoft Solutions Partner.
M365, Copilot, Azure, engineered by a team that holds all three Microsoft Solutions Partner designations and has been delivering production Microsoft estates since the original Office 365 launch. Pick one solution or the full stack, either way the team is the same.
STAGED MIGRATIONS
Microsoft 365 Services
Tenant design, identity, mailbox and SharePoint migration, Intune endpoint rollout. Mid-market migrations live in 6 to 12 weeks. Right-sized SKU mix from day one, with meaningful day-one licensing savings typical.
HOURS SAVED / USER
Microsoft Copilot Consulting
Copilot-readiness audit, governance, data preparation and pilot rollout. We don't sell licences and walk away, we measure hours saved per user per week, and tune the deployment until the ROI is on your P&L.
MS SOLUTIONS PARTNER
Azure Cloud Services
Landing zones, migration, FinOps and DRaaS. As a Microsoft Solutions Partner for Azure Infrastructure, we design for cost and architecture, with monthly reviews that catch overspend before it lands on your invoice.
The stack we run
One partner for the full Microsoft stack.
Microsoft Solutions Partner · Modern Work · Security · Azure Infrastructure
Productivity, security, identity, endpoint, cloud and AI, under one accountable delivery director. No daisy-chain of resellers, no finger-pointing between vendors when something breaks. Microsoft has certified us across all three solution areas.
Microsoft Teams
Calling, meetings, chat, Teams Rooms. The hybrid-work hub for every UK mid-market we operate.
SharePoint
Intranet, document libraries, governance. Where knowledge stops getting lost in inboxes and scattered systems.
OneDrive
Personal file sync with policy controls. No more USB sticks, no more shadow Dropbox tenants lurking.
Intune
MDM & MAM for Windows, macOS, iOS, Android. Zero-touch provisioning. CIS-hardened baselines.
Defender
Endpoint, identity, email and cloud threat protection, fused into a single XDR view in our SOC.
Entra ID
Identity is the new perimeter. Conditional access, MFA, PIM and password-less wherever possible.
Microsoft Copilot
AI in Teams, Outlook, Word, Excel and across your tenant, deployed under your security boundary.
Azure
Landing zones, IaaS, PaaS, DRaaS. Cost-optimised with monthly FinOps reviews as standard.
How we work
Three phases from licence audit to long-term value.
Most Microsoft rollouts go live and then plateau. We design ours to deliver value continuously, the assessment finds the savings, the deployment lands them, the optimisation phase compounds them quarter on quarter.
01
Weeks 1 to 2
Assess
Modern workplace assessment. We audit tenant configuration, identity posture, SKU mix, shadow-IT and Copilot-readiness, and model an indicative costed roadmap with potential licence savings before any work begins.
- Tenant + identity audit
- SKU right-sizing model
- Copilot-readiness scorecard
02
Weeks 3 to 12
Deploy
Wave-based migration so users never lose access to email. Identity, mailboxes, files and endpoints moved on a published cutover plan. Hyper-care for two weeks after go-live, with our service desk on every shift.
- Wave-based · zero downtime
- Intune zero-touch rollout
- 2-week hyper-care
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Quarterly, ongoing
Optimise
Quarterly tenant review: licence true-up, security posture, Copilot adoption, Azure spend. We catch shelf-ware before renewal and re-baseline savings every quarter, your dedicated account manager sits in your QBR.
- Quarterly licence true-up
- Copilot adoption coaching
- Azure FinOps review
Why Transputec
Why UK organisations choose a Microsoft Solutions Partner.
Anyone can resell M365. Microsoft Solutions Partners have been independently audited against capability, security and customer success. Transputec carries the designation across Modern Work, Security and Azure Infrastructure, and has been delivering Microsoft solutions to the UK mid-market since the original Office 365 release.
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Microsoft Solutions Partner
Certified across all three solution areas.
Modern Work, Security and Azure Infrastructure are the three Microsoft Solutions Partner designations that matter for modern workplace delivery. Microsoft has audited our engineers, our outcomes and our customer success metrics. Not all partners hold all three.
- Modern Work · Security · Azure
- Engineers + outcomes audited by Microsoft
- Not all partners hold all three
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Security built in
ISO 27001 from tenant design to launch.
Identity, Conditional Access, Intune, and Defender are configured to zero-trust baselines before anyone gets a licence. Audit evidence is continuously collected and exported on demand for ISO, ICO and FCA reviews.
- Zero-trust baselines from day one
- Conditional Access + Intune + Defender
- Audit evidence exported on demand
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UK-based · 40 years
London team that's been with Microsoft since the start.
Senior consultants on UK PAYE in our London office. We've been deploying Microsoft solutions since the launch of Office 365: same engineers, same accountability, no offshore L1 queues or handoffs, no delays or confusion across teams.
- Senior UK PAYE consultants
- London office since Office 365 launch
- No offshore L1 queues
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75% proven savings
Dedicated account management. Quarterly reviews.
A named UK account manager who knows your tenant, your spend and your team. Quarterly business reviews are tied to a single number, the licence saving and productivity gain delivered against the assessment baseline.
- Named UK account manager
- Quarterly business reviews
- Saving vs assessment baseline
Case study · M365 migration
Incisive Media: 130 mailboxes migrated to Microsoft 365 in a single weekend.
Incisive Media · London publisher · 10+ digital titles · 150+ events a year
From Agriconnect's tenant to Incisive Media Business: one-week prep, one-weekend cutover, zero disruption to publishing.
Incisive Media (part of the ARC network) acquired Agriconnect and needed its 130 user mailboxes, 100 shared mailboxes, OneDrive files, Teams channels and SharePoint sites migrated into the Incisive Media Business tenant, without disrupting publishing or events. Transputec scoped the migration in one week and executed the full Microsoft 365 cutover over a single weekend using MigrationWiz, merging both organisations into one estate with zero downtime.
"Transputec proved to be fully responsive to our requirements and delivered the project exceptionally well. We were highly impressed with their performance."
Matthew Kennedy · Operations Manager, Incisive Media
130
User mailboxes migrated
100
Shared mailboxes consolidated
1 wknd
Cutover executed · zero downtime
Zero
Disruption to publishing or events
Insights & Resources
Insights & Market Intelligence
Frequently asked
Answer to what UK IT leaders ask us most.
What is Microsoft Modern Workplace?
Microsoft Modern Workplace is Microsoft’s integrated suite for productive, secure hybrid work – Microsoft 365 (Teams, Outlook, SharePoint, OneDrive), Intune for endpoint management, Defender for security, Entra ID for identity, and Copilot for AI-assisted work. Delivered well, it consolidates 6 to 10 separate tools into one stack, with a single identity, a single security boundary and a single licence. See our Microsoft 365 services for how we deploy it across UK mid-market estates, or read Microsoft’s own Microsoft 365 overview.
How much does Microsoft 365 cost for a UK business?
Microsoft 365 Business Standard is £10.30 per user per month; Business Premium £18.10; E3 £33.10; E5 £52.80 (Microsoft UK list, annual commitment). A certified Microsoft Solutions Partner like Transputec can typically reduce your effective licence spend by 20 to 75% through right-sizing, mixed-SKU optimisation and ELP negotiations – without losing capability. We model the saving in your tenant assessment; see our breakdown of E5 vs E3 vs Business Premium for UK firms or compare plans on Microsoft’s UK pricing page.
What is a Microsoft Solutions Partner?
Microsoft Solutions Partner is the top tier of Microsoft’s partner programme. It requires partners to demonstrate measurable customer success, certified engineers across the relevant solution area, and active deployment skills – not just resale. Transputec is a Microsoft Solutions Partner across Modern Work, Security and Azure Infrastructure, which means Microsoft itself has verified our capability to deliver these solutions to UK organisations. Learn more about the Microsoft Solutions Partner programme, or see why UK IT leaders partner with Transputec.
How does Microsoft Copilot work?
Microsoft Copilot is an AI assistant embedded directly into Microsoft 365 apps – Teams, Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint. It uses your tenant’s data (under your Entra ID identity and security boundary) to draft documents, summarise meetings, query spreadsheets and surface knowledge. Deployed well, mid-market users typically save 4 to 7 hours per week – but only if the underlying data, identity and governance are ready. We assess Copilot-readiness before any licence is bought; read our deep-dive on Microsoft 365 Copilot deployment for IT leaders or the official Microsoft Copilot for M365 documentation.
How long does a Microsoft 365 migration take?
A typical mid-market Microsoft 365 migration runs 6 to 12 weeks: discovery and tenant design in weeks 1 to 2, identity and mailbox migration in weeks 3 to 6, endpoint/Intune rollout in weeks 6 to 10, and hyper-care through weeks 11 to 12. We migrate in waves so users never lose access to email, and we publish a named cutover plan before contract signature. See our M365 migration for Team Savante Group for a worked example, or Microsoft’s own enterprise migration documentation.
Can you help us reduce our Microsoft licence costs?
Yes. The fastest wins come from right-sizing SKU mix (E3 vs E5 vs Frontline), eliminating duplicate add-ons that are already inside higher SKUs, retiring shelf-ware, and consolidating shadow-IT subscriptions. Most mid-market estates we assess have 20 to 40% of spend that can be reallocated without removing capability – and we model the saving for you before you sign anything. Read our analysis of M365 E7 vs E5 plan selection, or see how Microsoft’s FastTrack programme supports tenant optimisation.
What is the difference between Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace for UK businesses?
Both deliver email, calendar, document collaboration and chat in the cloud. Microsoft 365 wins for UK organisations already on Windows endpoints, Active Directory, on-prem Exchange or SharePoint, and for any business using Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint daily. It is the default choice for regulated UK industries (financial services, healthcare, public sector) aligned to Microsoft compliance frameworks. Google Workspace wins for organisations born in the cloud with light document needs and strong browser-only workflows. Most UK mid-market organisations we work with land on M365 because it integrates natively with the rest of their stack, including Entra ID, Intune, Defender and Copilot. See our full Microsoft 365 services for deployment context, or compare plans on Microsoft’s UK pricing page.
Is Microsoft Copilot safe for sensitive UK data?
Yes, when deployed correctly. Microsoft Copilot for M365 operates inside your tenant’s data boundary under your Entra ID identity, with the same conditional access, data loss prevention and audit controls you already apply to Microsoft 365. Your data is not used to train Microsoft’s base models, and Copilot can only surface content the requesting user already has permission to read. For regulated UK industries (financial services, healthcare, public sector) we run a Copilot-readiness review on identity, sensitivity labels and DLP before any licence is provisioned. See our Microsoft Copilot consulting, or read Microsoft’s Trust Center for the compliance posture.
Modern workplace assessment
Get a modern workplace assessment.
A focused conversation with a Transputec Microsoft architect. We audit your tenant, model the SKU savings, and share a one-page scorecard with Copilot-readiness and licensing recommendations - even if we don't end up working together.
- Tenant configuration & SKU mix audit
- Modelled licence savings (20 to 75% typical)
- Copilot-readiness scorecard
- Prompt reply. ISO 27001 secure handling.