Managed IT · Adelaide & Australia-wide

IT that's handled. Not just fixed.

We look after the whole environment — Microsoft 365, devices, security, backups and the people using them — on one standard stack, for a fixed monthly fee. You get one number to call and one bill to read.

20+ yrslooking after SA business IT
1 stackevery client, no exceptions
0surprises on the invoice
What we do

Four ways to work with us. One that we'd recommend.

Most clients start with a project and end up on a plan. Either way, it's the same team, the same tools and the same standards.

Recommended

Managed IT

Monitoring, patching, security, backups, licence management and support — all under a fixed per-user monthly fee. Problems get found before they become phone calls.

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Projects & migrations

Google Workspace to Microsoft 365. New tenants, new offices, servers to cloud, network rebuilds. Fixed price, staged after hours so your business doesn't lose a trading day.

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IT strategy & consulting

Plain-English advice on where to spend, what to retire and what's about to bite you. Annual budgets, vendor decisions, compliance planning — without the upsell.

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Licensing & hardware

Microsoft 365, security and backup licences billed monthly through us, plus business-grade PCs, laptops, NAS and network gear — supplied, configured and supported.

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Managed plans

Pick the depth of support. Security is the same on every plan.

Priced per user, per month. Every plan includes the full security and backup baseline below — plans differ in how much we look after, never in how safe you are.

Cloud Essentials

Essentials

For teams that live in Microsoft 365 and manage their own devices.

$85/user/mo
ex GST · Microsoft licences billed separately
  • Microsoft 365 & identity management
  • MFA, conditional access, email security
  • Daily Microsoft 365 backup
  • Licence management & billing
  • Email & ticket support
Start with Essentials
Most popular

Core

Full device management for businesses that want IT to just work.

$175/user/mo
ex GST · Microsoft licences billed separately
  • Everything in Essentials
  • Managed PCs & laptops — patching, encryption, endpoint security
  • Monitoring agent on every device
  • Standard-hours remote support
  • Documented environment & credential vault
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Complete

Complete

Unlimited in-scope support and priority response for teams that can't afford to wait.

$250/user/mo
ex GST · Microsoft licences billed separately
  • Everything in Core
  • Unlimited in-scope remote support
  • Priority response times
  • Quarterly review & roadmap
  • Annual strategy & budget session
Talk about Complete

Minimum 5 users (solo-operator pricing available). Network management, shared-device management and onsite allowances are add-ons. New starters, leavers and device swaps are quoted as small fixed jobs so nobody pays for churn they don't have.

Included on every plan

The security baseline isn't a tier. It's the floor.

Every managed client runs the same hardened setup from day one. We don't sell "basic" security, and backup is never an optional extra — it's baked into the fee.

If someone offers you managed IT where backup costs extra, ask what happens on the day you need it. Ours is included, monitored, and tested.
Multi-factor authentication & conditional accessEnforced for every user, every login, no exceptions
Microsoft Defender for BusinessEndpoint & email threat protection, centrally managed
Device encryption & automatic patchingBitLocker on, updates handled without asking
Daily Microsoft 365 backupMail, OneDrive, SharePoint and Teams — recoverable, not just retained
Email domain protectionSPF, DKIM and DMARC configured at onboarding
Documented environment & credential vaultYour passwords, configs and licences — in a proper vault, not someone's notebook
Clean starter & leaver processAccess granted and revoked in one place — including care platforms and shared devices
Getting started

Onboarding is a fixed-price project. Then the plan takes over.

We call it Secure Setup: a defined piece of work that brings your environment up to the baseline before the monthly agreement starts. No surprises, no open-ended hours.

1

Discovery

A short call and a look at what you've got — users, devices, licences, and what's kept you up at night.

Free · 20 min
2

Fixed-price proposal

Two sections: what you're buying, and the professional services to set it up. Deposit before work starts.

Valid 14 days
3

Secure Setup

Migration, MFA, Defender, encryption, backups, monitoring agent, documentation — staged after hours where possible.

Typically 1–3 weeks
4

Managed & monitored

The plan kicks in. Tickets, monthly billing, quarterly check-ins. You call one number; we handle the rest.

12-month agreement
Who we work with

Small teams with real compliance and real deadlines.

// Care & disability

NDIS & care providers

Named logins for every support worker, shared house phones under management, and audit trails that stand up to scrutiny. Secure messaging that isn't WhatsApp.

// Trades & manufacturing

Engineering & workshops

Office PCs, machine-side systems, file storage that survives a dead drive, and remote access for the owner who's never at the desk.

// Professional services

Offices of 5–50 people

Accountants, consultants, agencies. Microsoft 365 done properly, laptops that stay patched, and IT that stops being a topic at meetings.

About Crucial Technology

Twenty years of fixing things taught us how to stop them breaking.

Crucial Technology is run from Lonsdale, South Australia, by a technologist who's spent two decades inside small-business networks — the ones with a server under a desk, six different passwords in a spreadsheet, and a backup nobody has tested since 2019.

Managed services is the answer to all of that. One standard stack means every client benefits from every lesson learned. Standard tooling means fewer surprises. A monthly fee means we're paid to keep things working, not to turn up when they don't.

We work with businesses across Adelaide and remotely Australia-wide.

0years in small-business IT
0standard stack for every client
0of managed clients get full backup
0hidden fees, hourly creep or "call-out" charges on a plan
Let's talk

Ready to take IT off your plate?

Tell us a little about your business and we'll come back within one business day — usually with a rough idea of cost, so the first call is worth your time. No sales deck, no obligation.

Or call 08 7082 0442 Lonsdale SA · Adelaide & Australia-wide
Mon–Fri 8:30–5:30 · after-hours by arrangement
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