Practical tools, checklists, and guides built for SMB owners who want to understand their IT — not depend on a vendor to explain it to them.
Walk through your entire IT environment in under 15 minutes. Document your network, devices, accounts, licensing, and backups — and get a risk summary at the end.
Start the audit Checklist20 security controls every small business should have in place. Prioritized by impact — tackle the top 5 first and you'll be ahead of 80% of businesses your size.
View checklistStop winging it on day one. Every account to create, every device to provision, every access level to set — in a printable checklist your office manager can actually follow.
Your printer is a network computer with a hard drive, an OS, and access to everything. This checklist walks through locking it down — firmware, admin credentials, print logging, and more.
Nobody tells you what managed IT should cost per employee, per location, or per year. We do. This guide breaks down realistic IT budget benchmarks for businesses with 5–100 employees.
Most businesses with 10+ employees are overpaying on M365. This guide shows you how to run a license audit yourself, find unused seats, and right-size your subscription.
A backup you've never tested isn't a backup — it's a hope. This quarterly checklist walks you through verifying that your data is actually recoverable before you need it.
Not all MSPs are the same. Before you sign anything, here are the 12 questions that reveal whether a provider actually knows what they're doing — or just talks a good game.
AOtech offers free IT assessments for Lincoln-area businesses. No pitch deck. No sales pressure. Just a straight conversation about where you stand and what to do about it.