Standardizing IT Across Portfolio Companies
A capital management firm overseeing a portfolio of industrial and building-supply businesses collaborated with Macro Technology Group to unify the IT infrastructure of its newly acquired companies. Each acquisition came with a unique IT setup, featuring platforms like Google Workspace, GoDaddy-managed Microsoft tenants, and independent Microsoft 365 configurations. This resulted in inconsistent security measures, limited endpoint monitoring, and insufficient visibility for leadership regarding users, devices, and data across the portfolio. In some instances, IT responsibilities were managed reactively by an employee or contractor, leading to both operational and cybersecurity risks. To address this, Macro established a repeatable IT integration framework tailored for portfolio companies. The team merged all IT environments into a single Microsoft 365 tenant and migrated users, emails, calendars, OneDrive, and SharePoint, all while maintaining existing workflows. They enhanced security and management by standardizing identity and device controls with Microsoft Entra ID, Intune, BitLocker encryption, and conditional access policies. Additionally, they implemented proactive monitoring and managed IT services. The outcome was a cohesive Microsoft 365 environment, enhanced cybersecurity, centralized IT management, and a scalable framework that facilitates quicker, lower-risk integration of newly acquired businesses.