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MOVE

There's much to consider when re-envisioning your office space, regardless of whether you're growing, shrinking, going virtual, or taking on subtenants. Here are key considerations when choosing your strategy.

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Regardless of what kind of office changes you make, evaluate your investments in these services. If your team isn’t physically together, these tools can make a huge difference:

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  • Video conferencing: Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams

  • Email and Documents: Google Workspace, Microsoft 365

  • Chat tools:  Slack,  Microsoft Teams

  • Voice: RingCentral, Sangoma, Zoom, Dialpad

  • Remote access: Teamviewer, LogMeIn, screen share, VPN 

  • Electronic document signatures: Docusign, EchoSign

  • Document sharing: Google Drive, OneDrive, Box, Dropbox

  • Password management: 1Password, LastPass

  • Single-Sign-On: Okta, OneLogin, Duo

  • Device Management: Jamf, Addigy, Workspace One

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GROW

  • full collaboration with all stakeholders (weekly meetings)

  • research appropriate service providers

  • management and planning for cabling

  • review security and access needs

  • add new office locations

  • add network capacity

  • automate device procurement, enrollment and configuration

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RELOCATE

  • transfer your existing services to the new tenant

  • sell your excess Macs and PCs online

  • e-waste old, unused equipment

  • prepare new space for wifi and internet access

  • move premise gear (servers, premise phones, network storage) to the cloud, or to new space
     

Non IT-related 
 

  • alarm / janitorial / air conditioning / filtered water

  • subscription services like coffee, bottled water

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ELIMINATE

Sell / leave networking equipment for next tenant

  • remove, dismantle the equipment, take it with you

  • sell / donate / e-waste unused gear

  • decommission and unregister devices 

 

Service agreements​

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  • internet services (early termination fee clauses - can sometimes be waived or invalid if  moving to a location where provider does not offer service)

  • licensing for products that may no longer be used (network equipment, server maintenance agreements

 

Non IT-related items

  • alarm / janitorial / air conditioning / filtered water

  • subscription services like coffee, bottled water

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REDUCE

  • partition your network for multiple tenants

  • segregating network traffic

  • offer internet access as part of the sublease

  • sell/donate/recycle your excess Macs and PCs online

  • add video cameras to enhance security for your suite

  • add IP addresses to your internet service if needed

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