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Getting a new user set up

User, licence, mailbox, MFA, and device enrolment.

A new starter with no working account, email or laptop on day one makes a terrible first impression. Here’s what we need from you and what happens on our side, so everything is ready before they walk in.

What to send us

  • Full name (as it should appear on email) and start date
  • Job role and who they report to – this drives which shared mailboxes, folders and groups they get
  • Whether they need a new device or are taking over an existing one
  • Any software beyond the standard set (accounts packages, design tools, sector software)
  • A personal mobile number for MFA setup on day one

What we do with it

  1. Create the account and assign the right licence
  2. Set up the mailbox, add them to team groups and shared drives
  3. Prepare the device: enrolled, encrypted, endpoint protection installed, software ready
  4. On day one: help them sign in, register MFA on their phone, and check email flows on desktop and mobile

Lead time

Give us three working days where you can. Same-day setups are possible but licence provisioning and device prep genuinely take time, and rushing them is how starters end up borrowing someone else’s login – which is exactly what we don’t want.

Ready? Raise a ticket with the details above and we’ll confirm the plan the same day.

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