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Managed IT Support
Built for Small Business

Running a small business means your IT needs to work — consistently, reliably, and without surprise bills. GippsIT provides monthly managed support agreements that deliver predictable, expert IT coverage without the overhead of an in-house team. Not ready to commit? We have flexible options for that too.

Monthly Managed Agreements
Predictable Monthly Investment
Enterprise-Grade Expertise
Remote Support Delivered
13+ Years Experience
About Us

Managed IT Support Without the Enterprise Overhead

Small businesses today face the same IT complexity as large organisations — without the budget for a dedicated in-house team. Security threats, cloud platforms, servers, networks, remote access — all of it needs to work, all the time.

At GippsIT, we solve this with a managed support model built specifically for small business. A monthly agreement gives you predictable coverage, proactive monitoring, and expert support on call — so you can focus on running your business instead of managing your IT.

With over 13 years of hands-on experience across server infrastructure, Microsoft cloud, virtualisation, security, and more, we deliver enterprise-grade expertise at a price point that makes sense for small business.

The GippsIT Difference

Predictable coverage. Proactive monitoring. Expert support on call.

Monthly managed agreements — know exactly what you're getting and what you're paying
Proactive RMM monitoring — we often resolve issues before they impact your business
Enterprise-grade skills: Azure, Microsoft 365, Citrix, Sentinel, and more
Quarterly service delivery reports — full visibility of work completed and hours used
Dedicated designated callers — your team reaches us directly, no runaround
Support Plans

Managed IT — Simple, Transparent Pricing

All plans are fully managed monthly agreements. No break-fix guesswork, no surprise invoices. Pick the tier that fits your business today and scale up as you grow. All prices include GST.

Tier 1
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Essential

$250/month

Flat-rate maintenance for businesses that just want a clean, updated, well-running system — nothing more, nothing less.

  • Monthly OS patching (Windows & macOS)
  • Standard application updates
  • General system housekeeping
  • Startup & performance optimisation
  • Monthly maintenance report (PDF)

Remote maintenance only. Helpdesk calls and reactive support are not included — see Tier 2 for those.

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Tier 3
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Premium

$899/month

Full-stack managed IT for businesses with servers, cloud infrastructure, or compliance requirements. Enterprise-grade coverage at small-business scale.

  • Everything in Tier 2 (Standard)
  • Windows & Linux server administration
  • Azure & cloud infrastructure management
  • Microsoft Intune endpoint management
  • Microsoft Entra ID & identity (MFA, SSO, PIM)
  • Security monitoring (Defender for Endpoint)
  • 4 hrs remote helpdesk support per month
  • 4-hour priority response (business hours)
  • Up to 4 designated callers

Specialist projects (Sentinel, Citrix, Azure architecture) are scoped and quoted separately. Additional hours at standard rate.

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All tiers are month-to-month — no lock-in contracts.  ·  Additional hours billed at standard rate.  ·  Onsite work available on request.

Services

What We Cover

Your managed agreement gives you access to the full breadth of GippsIT's technical expertise — from day-to-day troubleshooting to complex cloud and security work, covered under your plan or scoped as individual specialist projects.

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Managed Server Management

Windows and Linux server monitoring, patching, health checks, performance tuning, and incident response. Keep your infrastructure stable and secure without a dedicated in-house team.

Windows Server Linux Patching Monitoring
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Microsoft Azure

Cloud infrastructure design, deployment, and management. Virtual machines, storage, networking, and cost optimisation — we help you get the most from your Azure investment.

IaaS / PaaS Azure VMs Cloud Migration Cost Optimisation
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Microsoft 365

Full Microsoft 365 lifecycle management — tenant setup, Exchange Online, Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, licensing, and migration. Your productivity stack, properly configured and maintained.

Exchange Online Teams SharePoint OneDrive
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Citrix Virtual Desktop

Design, deployment, and administration of Citrix environments. Enabling secure remote access so your teams can work from anywhere on any device, without compromising on performance or security.

Citrix DaaS CVAD Virtual Apps Remote Access
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Microsoft Sentinel

Cloud-native SIEM and SOAR for real-time security monitoring, threat detection, and automated incident response. Enterprise-grade visibility into your security posture — without the enterprise overhead.

SIEM Threat Detection Incident Response Security Analytics
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Microsoft Intune

Unified endpoint management for all your devices — Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android. Enforce compliance, deploy apps, manage conditional access, and protect company data across your fleet.

MDM / MAM Conditional Access App Deployment Compliance
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Backup & Disaster Recovery

Comprehensive backup solutions for on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments. We design, implement, and test your BDR plan so you can recover quickly and confidently when the unexpected happens.

Cloud Backup BDR Planning Restore Testing Business Continuity
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Microsoft Entra ID & Identity

Secure identity and access management with Microsoft Entra ID. Multi-factor authentication, single sign-on, privileged identity management, and zero-trust access controls.

Entra ID / Azure AD MFA & SSO PIM Zero Trust
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Endpoint Security

Protect every device with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint — centralised threat monitoring, automated remediation, and hardening across your entire environment.

Defender for Endpoint EDR Threat Response Security Hardening
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IT Consulting & Advisory

Strategic IT guidance, technology roadmaps, and vendor-neutral advice. Whether you're planning a migration, evaluating software, or scaling your infrastructure — we help you make informed decisions.

IT Roadmap Vendor Advisory Budget Planning Tech Strategy
Plan Scope

What Each Plan Covers

Understand exactly what's in scope for each support option — from your monthly managed agreement through to specialist project work and Parachute break-fix response.

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Standard

Standard Managed Support

Comprehensive remote IT coverage under a monthly agreement. Covers general helpdesk, server administration, network administration, and standard cloud platform management — all from a single plan, priced on a base monthly fee plus a per-server rate. A monthly hour cap applies; additional hours beyond the cap are billed at an agreed overage rate.

General IT Support

  • Password resets and account unlocks (M365, AD, Entra ID)
  • Email issues — delivery, spam, shared mailboxes
  • Printer and peripheral connectivity
  • Software installation, updates, licence activation
  • VPN connectivity and remote access
  • File access and permission issues (OneDrive, SharePoint)
  • New user setup and offboarding
  • Video conferencing issues (Teams, Zoom)

Server & Infrastructure

  • Windows Server — AD, DNS, DHCP, Group Policy, WSUS
  • Server performance troubleshooting — CPU, memory, disk I/O
  • Virtualisation (Hyper-V, VMware vSphere) — VMs, snapshots
  • Storage configuration — NAS, SAN, RAID, volume expansion
  • Event log analysis and root cause investigation
  • Scheduled maintenance and patch management
  • IIS web server configuration and troubleshooting

Network Administration

  • Managed switch configuration — VLANs, trunking, port security
  • Firewall rule management and NAT configuration
  • Site-to-site and client VPN setup (Cisco, Fortinet, Ubiquiti)
  • Wireless controller management — SSIDs, roaming, bandwidth
  • Network performance analysis and troubleshooting
  • DNS zone management — internal and external

Cloud Platform Administration

  • M365 tenant admin — licences, MFA, conditional access
  • Exchange Online — mail flow rules, connectors, anti-spam
  • SharePoint Online site administration and permissions
  • Teams admin — channels, guest access, calling policy
  • Azure VMs — deployment, resizing, monitoring, patching
  • Entra ID — user management, group policies, SSO
  • Intune compliance and configuration profile management

Security (Operational)

  • Endpoint protection alert triage and remediation
  • MFA enrolment and authentication policy enforcement
  • Security patch assessment and deployment
  • Access review and privilege auditing
  • Firewall log review and rule cleanup
  • RMM monitoring alerts investigated and resolved

Included as Standard

  • Onboarding health check and environment documentation
  • RMM tooling deployed and managed
  • Quarterly service delivery reports
  • Incident logs — what was done, when, how long
  • Environment notes updated after each engagement

Not Covered Under Standard — Quoted & Billed Separately

Work TypeHow It's Handled
Azure architecture design or major deploymentsSpecialist Projects — scoped & quoted
Sentinel rule authoring and SIEM tuningSpecialist Projects — scoped & quoted
Citrix environment design or farm changesSpecialist Projects — scoped & quoted
DR failover testing or backup restore drillsSpecialist Projects — scoped & quoted
On-site physical infrastructure workNot offered — remote only

💡 Monthly hour cap applies. Additional hours beyond your cap are billed at the agreed overage rate. We flag usage proactively — no surprise invoices.

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Parachute

Parachute Break-Fix Support

Reactive, one-off support for urgent incidents — no prior client relationship, no ongoing agreement, and no proactive monitoring baseline. Engagement starts cold and carries a 4-hour minimum billing. Invoiced on completion.

Standard Hours (8×5)
Contact us
Mon–Fri business hours
After-Hours Rate
Premium rate
After-hours premium applies
Minimum Billing
4 hrs
Per incident, invoiced on completion

Typical Scenarios

  • Server outage, crash, corruption, or failed update
  • Ransomware / security incident first response
  • Email delivery failures — urgent troubleshooting
  • Network outage diagnosis — switches, firewalls, ISP
  • Hardware replacement support — configure replacement device
  • Failed software upgrade or migration rollback
  • One-time urgent configuration request

Nature of Engagement

  • No RMM tool deployed — no prior visibility of the environment
  • No health check baseline — diagnosis starts cold
  • No guaranteed response time — best effort only
  • 4-hour minimum billing per incident
  • Invoiced on completion — no pre-payment required
  • No ongoing reporting obligation

Explicitly Out of Scope

  • Ongoing monitoring or proactive maintenance
  • SLA commitments or guaranteed response windows
  • RMM tool deployment or ongoing management
  • Access to prior engagement history or documentation

💡 Experiencing recurring incidents? A Standard Managed agreement provides proactive monitoring, faster response, and predictable monthly coverage — often more cost-effective than repeated break-fix calls.

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Specialist

Specialist & Project Work

Senior-level architecture, design, complex problem resolution, and specialist platform expertise. These engagements are scoped and quoted individually — billed separately from any managed agreement. They typically involve significant environment change and formal documentation.

Microsoft Azure

  • Azure Landing Zone design and deployment
  • VNet architecture — peering, hub-and-spoke, private endpoints
  • Azure Firewall and NSG policy design
  • Entra ID federation — ADFS, SAML, OIDC
  • Azure Monitor and Log Analytics workspace configuration
  • Azure Policy and Compliance initiatives
  • Cost optimisation — right-sizing, reserved instances, budget alerts
  • Azure Site Recovery configuration and failover testing

Microsoft Sentinel (SIEM)

  • Sentinel workspace deployment and data connector configuration
  • Analytics rule authoring (KQL) — detection logic, custom alerts
  • Incident response playbook design (Logic Apps / SOAR)
  • Threat hunting queries and investigation
  • UEBA configuration and anomaly baseline tuning
  • Defender XDR integration and alert correlation
  • Compliance reporting — NIST, ISO 27001, Essential Eight

Citrix

  • Citrix DaaS / CVAD site architecture and deployment
  • XenApp / XenDesktop farm builds and upgrades
  • Citrix ADC (NetScaler) — load balancing, Gateway, SSL offload
  • StoreFront and Workspace configuration
  • MCS and PVS image management
  • HDX policy design and session optimisation

Intune (Advanced) & Identity

  • Intune tenant design and baseline policy architecture
  • Windows Autopilot deployment profile configuration
  • Compliance and conditional access policy design
  • Application packaging (Win32, MSIX, LOB)
  • Endpoint security baselines — CIS, Microsoft Security Baseline
  • BYOD and co-management configuration

Backup & DR Engineering

  • Backup solution design — Veeam, Azure Backup, Acronis
  • RTO/RPO definition and planning
  • DR runbook authoring and test scenario design
  • Backup restore validation — file, application, full-system
  • Offsite and immutable backup configuration
  • Business continuity planning documentation

Cloud Migration Engineering

  • Discovery and workload assessment (Azure Migrate)
  • Migration wave planning and dependency mapping
  • Lift-and-shift server migrations to Azure IaaS
  • Exchange to M365 migration — cutover, staged, hybrid
  • File server to SharePoint / OneDrive migration

💡 All specialist work is scoped and quoted separately — whether you're on a managed agreement or not. Get in touch to discuss your project requirements.

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Onboarding Process

From Sign-Up to Supported

Our structured onboarding framework ensures we understand your environment before any support begins — so we can respond effectively from day one.

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Initial
Enquiry

Get in touch — tell us about your business, your environment, and your needs

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Scoping
Call

We review your environment, server count, and support needs to size the right agreement

03

Agreement
Signed

Monthly agreement confirmed, designated callers nominated, account created

04

Health Check
& Onboarding

We assess your current environment — infrastructure, risks, priorities, and quick wins

05

RMM Tool
Deployed

Remote monitoring and management tooling installed — we gain full visibility of your environment

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Managed
Support Live

Your agreement is active — proactive monitoring begins and your team can call us any time

Onboarding is included. The health check and RMM deployment are part of your managed agreement setup — no separate fees. This ensures we understand your environment from day one and can respond effectively from the moment support is needed.
Support

What to Expect

Clear, structured support built around your managed agreement. You know what's covered, what your monthly investment is, and exactly how your included hours are being used.

Service Terms

Applies to all GippsIT Standard Managed agreements

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    Monthly Agreement Support is provided under a monthly managed agreement. Pricing is based on a base monthly fee plus a per-server rate — sized to your environment during scoping.
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    Monthly Hour Cap Your agreement includes a monthly cap of included support hours. Hours beyond the cap are billed at the agreed overage rate — we flag usage proactively.
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    Support Hours 8×5 — Monday to Friday during standard business hours. After-hours support available at a premium rate.
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    Designated Callers Two nominated contacts from your business may raise support requests directly.
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    Service Delivery Reports Quarterly reports detailing hours consumed, work completed, and recommendations for your environment.
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    Coverage General IT support, server administration, network administration, standard cloud platform admin, patch management, and vendor escalation support.
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    Delivery Method All support is delivered remotely. On-site support can be arranged separately, subject to availability and additional agreement.
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    Onboarding Health check and RMM deployment are included as part of agreement setup — no extra charge.
⚠️ After-Hours & Escalations: Support requested outside standard business hours, or issues escalated to critical status, is available at a premium rate. This covers the additional resources required to respond outside normal operations. After-hours rates are agreed as part of your service agreement.

How to Reach Us

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Email Support

Log a support request anytime at support@gippsit.com. We'll acknowledge and begin triage during business hours.

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Remote Support

Secure remote access lets us diagnose and resolve the vast majority of issues quickly without a site visit — fast and convenient for your team.

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Proactive Monitoring

With our RMM tooling deployed during onboarding, we can identify and often resolve issues before they impact your business operations.

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Vendor Escalation Support

When a problem sits with a third-party vendor — Microsoft, your ISP, or a software provider — we can manage and drive that escalation on your behalf.

💬 Not sure which plan suits you? Get in touch and we'll walk through your environment, server count, and typical support needs — and help you work out what an agreement would look like for your business.
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Contact

Let's Talk

Ready to get started, or just want to understand which plan suits your business? We'd love to hear from you.

Get in Touch

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General Enquiries hello@gippsit.com
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Existing Client Support support@gippsit.com
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Website www.gippsit.com
🕘 Business Hours: Monday – Friday, 8am – 5pm AEST
All support is delivered remotely.
We aim to respond to new enquiries within a few hours.