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Azure Migration Cost UK: A Realistic Budget for SMEs

Azure migration cost is the number every UK business owner asks for first and almost nobody publishes honestly. This guide builds it from the bottom up for a real 48-person estate — fourteen machines priced from Microsoft’s own UK South rates in pounds, the burstable size that cannot be reserved, the Windows tax reservations never touch, the eight-core minimum that decides where your licences are worth 47 times more, the platform floor that turns out to be half the invoice, the egress scare story that costs ÂŁ217 a year, four ways to buy the project at twice the price spread, and the single staffing assumption that decides whether moving is worth it at all.

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Cloud Migration Cost UK: Azure, AWS & Hybrid Cloud Pricing

Cloud migration pricing is quoted three different ways and almost nobody says which one they mean. This guide separates them and prices each properly — live Azure UK South and AWS London list rates pulled from both vendors’ own price feeds in August 2026, what one-year and three-year commitments really take off the bill, the Windows licensing lever that moves more money than any architecture decision, what egress actually costs a mid-sized British business rather than what the internet claims, a full three-year model for one 140-person UK firm across Azure, AWS and hybrid, the four commercial routes to buy the work and what each indexes at, and the single staffing assumption that decides whether keeping your own metal is cheaper or a great deal more expensive.

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DevOps Consulting Cost UK: Day Rates, Projects & ROI

DevOps consulting is one of the least comparable lines in a UK technology budget: two proposals for what reads like the same work can sit £80,000 apart. This guide prices it properly — 2026 UK day rates by supplier tier measured against the live contract market, how the April 2026 off-payroll and umbrella company changes moved the rate card, the five project shapes that make up almost all commercial work and what each costs, a phase-by-phase day count, a full worked budget for one 120-person software business, the running costs that begin the day the consultants leave, a three-year total cost of ownership, and the break-even arithmetic that decides whether any of it pays.

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AI Consulting Cost UK 2026: What an AI Project Really Costs

AI consulting is the fastest-growing line in the UK technology budget and the one buyers are least equipped to challenge. This guide prices it properly: 2026 UK day rates by supplier tier against the contract market, the five project shapes that make up almost all commercial AI work and what each costs, a phase-by-phase day count showing where the money really goes, a full worked budget for one 90-person business, the running costs that begin the day the consultants leave, a three-year total cost of ownership, and the break-even arithmetic that decides whether any of it pays.

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ISO 27001 Consultancy Cost UK: Timeline, Pricing & Preparation

ISO 27001 consultancy is the largest controllable line in most UK certification budgets, and the one buyers understand least. This guide prices it properly: 2026 UK day rates by consultant type, fixed-price bands by headcount, the day count behind each deliverable, five engagement models compared, a month-by-month timeline from scoping call to certificate, ten preparation steps that remove billable days from the quote, and a full three-year cost of ownership worked through one 45-person business.

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Vulnerability Assessment vs Penetration Testing: Which Does Your Business Need?

Vulnerability assessment and penetration testing are not alternatives. One is a broad, repeatable sweep that tells you what is known to be wrong across everything you own; the other is a narrow, manual, adversarial exercise that proves what an attacker could do with it. This guide defines both in the NCSC’s own terms, sets out the five differences that decide the buying order, maps what each instrument finds and misses, prices both against 2026 UK market rates, and costs one 60-person business four different ways.

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Cybersecurity Audit Cost UK: What SMEs Should Expect to Pay

Cyber security audit” is not one product in the UK — it is five, priced between roughly ÂŁ400 and ÂŁ25,000, and most overspending comes from buying a level of assurance nobody asked for. This guide prices Cyber Essentials, Cyber Essentials Plus, posture reviews, vulnerability assessments and ISO 27001 certification side by side, explains the day-rate arithmetic behind every quote, shows exactly which scope decisions move the number, and costs one 40-person firm five different ways.

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SharePoint for Accountancy Firms: Secure Client Document Management

How a UK accountancy practice should design and secure client documents in SharePoint Online — the seven-site architecture that replaces one site per client, the metadata columns that replace folder trees, a group-based permission model with restricted access control on anti-money laundering evidence, the four external sharing settings and why Anyone links break your device policies, sensitivity labels and data loss prevention for client data, retention to Regulation 40 of the Money Laundering Regulations 2017, version limits and the 93-day recycle bin, Copilot oversharing controls, Microsoft’s own hard limits, UK licence costs with a worked forty-one person example, and a thirty-day build calendar.

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