Business Standard Setup

Stand up a production-ready Microsoft 365 tenant for Business Standard - domain, users, baseline security, and core workloads.

Getting Microsoft 365 working well for a new or growing business is about more than buying licences. You need a properly configured tenant, a verified domain, user provisioning and identity choices, baseline security controls, and predictable operational setup for Exchange, Teams, and SharePoint.

LW IT Solutions delivers Business Standard Setup as a structured service. We confirm requirements, configure the tenant and core workload baselines, set up key policies and controls that are appropriate for the licence tier, and provide documentation and handover so day‑to‑day administration is straightforward.

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Service Overview

Highlights

Microsoft 365 Business Standard tenant configuration
Baseline identity and security settings appropriate to the licence tier
Teams and SharePoint governance starter kit
Clear documentation to support ongoing administration
Designed for small and growing organisations

Business Benefits

Production-ready Microsoft 365 tenant configured correctly from the start
Consistent setup of email, collaboration, and file sharing services
Reduced risk of misconfiguration through clear baseline controls
Simpler day-to-day administration with documented settings and processes
A stable foundation that supports growth and future licence upgrades

Typical use cases

New business setting up Microsoft 365 Business Standard
Small organisations formalising email and collaboration
Teams moving from consumer tools to Microsoft 365
Businesses needing a clean tenant baseline before scaling
Organisations preparing for a future move to Business Premium

Objectives & deliverables

What Success Looks Like

Create a secure, supportable tenant baseline aligned to business needs
Enable core collaboration and email services with consistent configuration
Reduce security risk early with sensible default controls and governance
Establish an operational baseline for user onboarding/offboarding
Deliver documentation to prevent configuration drift

What You Get

Configured Microsoft 365 tenant baseline for Business Standard (within agreed scope)
Domain verification guidance and validation checklist
Baseline configuration notes (policies, settings, and decisions)
Operational handover pack (admin guide + common tasks)
Backlog for next-phase improvements (optional)

How It Works

Confirm requirements including users, domain, devices, and priorities
Tenant setup and domain verification
Baseline identity and security configuration suitable for Business Standard
Core workload setup for Exchange, Teams, and SharePoint
Initial Teams and SharePoint governance starter configuration
Documentation and admin handover

Engagement Options

Standard Setup - New Business Standard tenant and baseline configuration
Tenant Review & Fix - Review and tidy-up of an existing Business Standard tenant
Setup Plus - Setup with additional users, sites, or governance items in scope

Common Bundles

Customers who use this service often bundle with these services

Identity Governance (Access Reviews & Entitlements)
Implement identity governance with access reviews, entitlement management and lifecycle automation to control access duration, justification and audit evidence.

Entra ID Governance Enablement
Enable Microsoft Entra ID Governance with access reviews, entitlement management, and privileged access workflows, backed by adoption and operational handover.

Conditional Access Design & Rollout
Design and roll out Conditional Access policies with testing, pilot groups, break glass controls, and reporting that reduces risk without disrupting users.

SharePoint Intranet Design & Build
Design and build SharePoint intranets with clear information architecture, navigation, governance and launch planning that employees actually use.

Microsoft 365 (Any) + Teams Phone Enablement
Teams Phone enablement aligning Microsoft 365 licensing, number strategy, call routing, policies, and rollout planning for reliable cloud telephony.