Fast solutions to enable remote working in your organisation

Across the world, organisations are having to quickly implement or expand their home working capabilities.

We know that this is placing pressure on IT teams, as increasing numbers of employees work remotely – perhaps for the first time.

That’s why we’re offering a range of tactical solutions including infrastructure services, software and hardware procurement and expert consultancy. We can help you find quick, secure options to help maintain your business continuity and overcome any immediate issues you’re facing.  

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Key challenges adopting remote working

Shifting to home working has presented organisations with many challenges, including:

  • No time to plan and prepare for the transition
  • Limited systems, devices and processes in place to allow home working
  • Unprepared for the extra load on systems that enable home working
  • Limited in-house support to deal with home working issues
  • Lack of knowledge around the full capabilities of business productivity apps and services

Tactical solutions to get your remote working off the ground

Virtual Desktop Solutions

As operating models change, you need to manage system capacity while meeting the changing demands of home workers.

We can help with a range of tactical virtual desktop solutions that can help you to:

  • Give home workers access to standard datacentre services using approved devices 
  • Access Virtual Desktop Infrastructure on Citrix, VMWare and Windows
  • Move your desktops into Azure quickly and create the foundations to expand your home working provision
  • Guidance on how to expand existing VDI capacity to meet new workloads and profiles
  • Help to secure Microsoft funding for eligible customers

End user adoption and training

To work from home effectively, users need to understand how to use the tools that are in place. We can provide a short tactical enablement to help give your users the basic knowhow for technologies you have deployed. This tactical service will allow you to:

  • Develop a tactical communication plan to upskill remote workers
  • Create organisational specific home working messaging
  • Include standard FAQ, top tips, quick start guides and access to other similar knowledge base collateral
  • Assist with delivering or building tactical briefings from senior leaders, managers, champions and users
  • Explore tactical online education solutions to accelerate remote training and adoption

Hardware Procurement 

We know that not all employees have the hardware needed at home to do their jobs effectively.

Working across a vast range of partners including Microsoft, Apple and Dell Technologies, we can help you source the latest devices to keep your business running and your users connected.

Always On VPN

Your home-based workers need access to datacentre services at times that suit them and on devices which can be easily used out the office.

We can deliver a tactical deployment of Always on VPN in a short time-frame to meet the needs of your users now. Users will have access to all the core datacentre services through a safe and secure virtual private network.

Solutions to get you up and running with Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams sits at the heart of Office 365 connecting your employees and facilitating internal and external collaboration. Teams is becoming an increasingly popular choice for remote workers. We have a number of tactical solutions to help you get up and running with Teams. 

Help to deploy Teams free E1 trial

Microsoft is currently providing a 6-month free trial for Office 365 E1 licenses, which includes access to apps including Teams.

To help determine your eligibility and help you get the most from the trial, we are offering a limited number of free remote advice sessions.

We will also determine if your organisation is eligible for FastTrack Ready, a Microsoft funded programme designed to shorten the deployment and adoption of Office 365 if you have already made the investment but not started its implementation.

Bespoke Teams Assessment

Through our FastTrack Ready status, we can offer a full Teams Assessment to see what features will be of most value in your organisation.

We will  give you the tools and knowledge required to plan an effective workplace transformation utilising Teams apps and services

A typical assessment includes:

  • Adoption and change management
  • Key features including: calling, meetings and video conferencing
  • Custom solutions where required

Tactical deployment of Teams

This five-day consultancy delivers a quick deployment of Teams to your users.

A typical engagement includes:

  • Requirements for subscriptions and user communications
  • Deployment of Teams structure, permissions and creation of desktop packages
  • Pilot deployment with support
  • Testing, BAU and team handover
  • Optional support for a wider roll-out if required

Online live Office 365 End user training

We are working with some select partners to offer a range of online training sessions for Office 365 users.

The workshops are tailored to your staff’s requirements and is hosted live online so, unlike videos, they can ask questions and get real time feedback.

Ideally, the workshops are for between 8 and 100 people at a time and comprise of three 1.5-hour sessions during the day. Complete the form below to register your interest and we will be in touch to discuss your requirements and potential costs.

FastTrack your remote working and Teams adoption

FastTrack Ready is a Microsoft funded service for eligible customers to help you get up and running with Microsoft Office 365.

With a 30 year relationship with Microsoft, Trustmarque is one of a select number of FastTrack Ready partners. We can help you to quickly deploy core apps like Teams, SharePoint, Outlook, PowerBI and more to better enable your remote workforce to operate from home.

As part of the service, we provide your organisation with direct remote assistance from one of our Microsoft Certified technical FastTrack Managers.

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We’re here to enable your remote working – Book your consultation

Trustmarque has been on a journey to remote-friendly working for a number of years and we have enabled many customers to be more mobile. Our experience and expertise can help you accelerate your adoption of remote working.

To find out more about any of our tactical remote working solutions please complete the form below. If you have any specific challenges that are not covered here, we’d be happy to discuss them.