Industry: Nonprofit | Location: Oneonta, NY | Size: 45 employees
The Challenge
A regional nonprofit serving rural communities was running on 10-year-old servers, had no cybersecurity measures, and their IT was managed by a part-time volunteer. Staff struggled with slow systems and couldn’t collaborate effectively across their 3 county offices.
The Solution
BrightWorks IT migrated the organization to Microsoft 365 Business Premium, eliminating the need for on-premises servers. We implemented Teams for collaboration, SharePoint for document management, and Intune for device management. A modest cybersecurity stack (Defender for Business, Conditional Access, MFA) was deployed at a nonprofit-friendly price point.
The Results
3x faster system performance. 40% improvement in cross-office collaboration. $18,000/year savings vs. maintaining on-premises infrastructure. 100% staff trained on security best practices.