Core

Microsoft 365 Professional Services and Support - CoreGov

Core have migrated over 250,000 mailboxes to Office365 via hybrid and managed migrations. Using this deep experience we’ll help you to consume M365 Tenant solutions though a range of workshops, design, implementation and migration, upskilling your internal teams as part of the process.

Features

• Deep experience from migrating over 250,000 mailboxes into Exchange Online
• Established migration methodologies for hybrid and cut over migrations
• Experience of working in on-premise, hosted or cloud-based source environments
• We can migrate from any source email system to M365
• We can migrate PST's into mailboxes or direct to archive
• We can user home drive files to OneDrive for Business
• Ongoing M365 support available from our managed service department

Benefits

• Faster migration means better consumption of your M365 investment
• Better user-experiences during the migration mean better uptake of N365
• Drop-in sessions so your end-users get trained on M365
• We help walk your project manager through the migration process

£875 to £1,425 a unit a day

Service documents

• Pricing document

  PDF

• Skills Framework for the Information Age rate card

  PDF

• Service definition document

  PDF

• Terms and conditions

  PDF

Request an accessible format

If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need versions of these documents in a more accessible format, email the supplier at webenquiry@core.co.uk. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.

Framework

G-Cloud 14

Service ID

813288109922652

Contact

Paul Saer
+44 (0) 207 626 0516
webenquiry@core.co.uk

Planning

• Planning service: Yes
• How the planning service works: Core use an approach based on the PRINCE2 or Agile project methodology depending on the project (or a variant of both). That is clearly defined phases with sign off occurring at the end of each phase before the next phase is able to start. This ensures all documentation is reviewed and approved before anything is implemented.; ; The planning, discovery and assessment period that is designed to envision the senior management and senior technical resource of the future deployment options and limitations. ; • Initiation workshop to cover off business requirements and to discuss environment discovery.; • Creation and approval of Deployment Task lists.; • Phase end workshop to verify discovery information, discuss and sign off of the planning documents.
• Planning service works with specific services: Yes
• Hosting or software services the planning service works with: Microsoft 365

Training

• Training service provided: Yes
• How the training service works: Office 365 and Windows 10 online training can be provided through Core along with live instructor access as well. We also run weekly adhoc training sessions.
• Training is tied to specific services: Yes
• Services the training service works with:
  • Office 365
  • Windows 10

Setup and migration

• Setup or migration service available: Yes
• How the setup or migration service works: Core use Quest Migration Manager to minimise the impact on the production environment, Migration Manager employs an efficient, distributed, multi-agent architecture. Agents distributed across the network transfer data directly from the source to the target servers. All data is compressed and only changes are sent during the subsequent synchronisations. ; ; Centralised control - ; The whole migration project is controlled from the central Migration Manager console. And you can easily monitor the migration with the Statistics Web console, which you can deploy in your intranet, so you will spot any problems quickly. ; ; Hybrid; If a standard Hybrid model is more suitable then Core will offer this as the migration service. Mainly it comes down to whether we can easily make changes to the source environment. If this is difficult to achieve then we will opt for Quest.
• Setup or migration service is for specific cloud services: Yes
• List of supported services: Microsoft 365

Quality assurance and performance testing

• Quality assurance and performance testing service: Yes
• How the quality assurance and performance testing works: At the end of each stage of the migration planning, design and implementation phases Core will swap out the consultant who performed the work for a new consultant in order to QA the deliverables.

Security testing

• Security services: Yes
• Security services type:
  • Security strategy
  • Security risk management
  • Security design
  • Cyber security consultancy
  • Security incident management
  • Security audit services

Ongoing support

• Ongoing support service: Yes
• Types of service supported:
  • Hosting or software provided by your organisation
  • Hosting or software provided by a third-party organisation
• How the support service works: Core have a 24/7 support desk, providing support for Office 365, Microsoft Secure Productive Enterprise, Windows 10 and mobile devices.

Service scope

• Service constraints: None

User support

• Email or online ticketing support: Email or online ticketing
• Support response times: Response times are dependent on the request raised. For Managed Services tickets, the response times for different request types are listed in the Service Description document.
• User can manage status and priority of support tickets: Yes
• Online ticketing support accessibility: None or don’t know
• Phone support: Yes
• Phone support availability: 24 hours, 7 days a week
• Web chat support: No
• Support levels: See rate card. Depending on chosen products and services.

Resellers

• Supplier type: Reseller providing extra features and support
• Organisation whose services are being resold: Microsoft, Quest Software, One Identity, Beezy.

Staff security

• Staff security clearance: Conforms to BS7858:2019
• Government security clearance: Up to Developed Vetting (DV)

Standards and certifications

• ISO/IEC 27001 certification: Yes
• Who accredited the ISO/IEC 27001: Lloyds Register
• ISO/IEC 27001 accreditation date: 15/04/2020
• What the ISO/IEC 27001 doesn’t cover: Not Applicable
• ISO 28000:2007 certification: No
• CSA STAR certification: Yes
• CSA STAR accreditation date: 15/06/2020
• CSA STAR certification level: Level 1: CSA STAR Self-Assessment
• What the CSA STAR doesn’t cover: The CSA Star certification covers Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online. Services not delivered on these platforms are excluded from CSA Star certification.
• PCI certification: Yes
• Who accredited the PCI DSS certification: Coalfire Systems Inc
• PCI DSS accreditation date: 29/07/2021
• What the PCI DSS doesn’t cover: PCI DSS Certification is specifically for Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Azure hosted services, including OneDrive for Business and SharePoint Online. Services not delivered on these platforms are excluded from PCI DSS certification.; ; Please note - this applies to OWN tenant deployments only, for shared tenant please contact NHS Digital.
• Cyber essentials: Yes
• Cyber essentials plus: No
• Other security certifications: No

Social Value

• Social Value:

  Social Value

  • Fighting climate change
  • Covid-19 recovery
  • Tackling economic inequality
  • Equal opportunity
  • Wellbeing

  Fighting climate change

  All Core solutions are hosted in the Microsoft Cloud platform, which is currently 79-93% more energy efficient than a traditional on premise datacentre. All Core staff are also issued with modern Energy Star rated laptop devices which typically consume 2/3 less electrical power than desktop computers.; ; Core runs no on premises IT infrastructure and all internal services are cloud-based, ensuring that all service compute is done using high efficiency hardware and powered by renewable energy. It reduces the demand for mined precious materials, manufacturing and road transportation impacts associated with acquiring and receiving private infrastructure, as well as overall energy consumption inefficiencies of running infrastructure that may not be being optimally utilised.; ; Core advocates and supports the adoption of Remote and Hybrid Working to reduce unnecessary travel and associated emissions, reduce our corporate office footprint and support flexible working practices for our teams. ; ; In early 2022, we completed an audit of all end user devices in use across the company and calculated the carbon footprint generated as they are used to deliver our business outcomes, and we are currently developing a program to not only offset this in a properly accredited scheme, but to provide offerings to support our customers and partners to be able to easily do the same. We use Greenly as our carbon management reporting platform to calculate and monitor our scope 1,2, and 3 emissions, and build custom action plans to work towards reduction. In the recent years, we have also contracted Oblong Trees to plant a tree for any existing employee and new starter.; ; Microsoft, with their commitment to reaching net zero emissions by 2030, will enable Core to become a net zero emissions organisation in the same timeframe.

  Covid-19 recovery

  Core changed our operational policies to protect our staff during the Covid 19 pandemic, and to help our customers to continue to build and develop services to support a hybrid workforce.; ; We provide solutions to help customers make the most of remote working, including the ability to support and manage services without having to travel to specific office locations. However, these solutions also seamlessly enable users to work in the office environment too.; ; This includes full collaboration and communication solutions and employee wellbeing platforms to ensure that staff are supported and included, regardless of their location.; ; Our solutions will help customers to continue to work with no impact on user productivity in the event of a future wave of Covid-19 causing health concerns or impacting travel or office attendance capability, such as lockdown or if a member of staff tests positive for Covid-19.

  Tackling economic inequality

  Core is a London Living Wage accredited employer, ensuring that our staff members are able to live and thrive in their life outside of work (Decent work and Economic Growth).; We are an inclusive employer, hiring people based on their talents and capabilities, regardless of any other factors (Gender Equality and Reduced Inequalities).; Core hires new entrants to the employee marketplace where possible, such as graduates, then trains and develops them to start their IT career journey with Core, building skills and experience (Decent work and Economic Growth).; Core’s hybrid working policy enables people who may have personal responsibilities such as care for children or other dependants who may not be suited to an environment where they have to attend an office on a daily basis (Gender Equality and Reduced Inequalities).; Core is continually hiring staff as our business grows and develops. We currently have open roles in both London and Gdansk, and every new contract, such as this one, secures existing employment and presents opportunities for us to continue to grow our team. (Decent work and Economic Growth); Core funds training and development of all staff and encourages involvement in programmes that enable us to continuously develop our technical acumen. (Decent work and Economic Growth); Every employee at Core has a vested stake in our business success, all qualifying post probationary employees participate in an Enterprise Management Incentive where they have an equity stake in the Core business (Decent work and Economic Growth).; Core’s employee benefits package includes Life Assurance and Private Healthcare coverage for the employee and the option of their immediate families at no cost to the staff member, other than the income tax liability (Good Health and Wellbeing).; Every member of permanent staff is enrolled in the company’s Pension Scheme (Decent work and Economic Growth).

  Equal opportunity

  We are an inclusive employer, hiring people based on their talents and capabilities, regardless of any other factors (Gender Equality and Reduced Inequalities).; Core hires new entrants to the employee marketplace where possible, such as graduates, then trains and develops them to start their IT career journey with Core, building skills and experience (Decent work and Economic Growth).; Core’s hybrid working policy enables people who may have personal responsibilities such as care for children or other dependants who may not be suited to an environment where they have to attend an office on a daily basis (Gender Equality and Reduced Inequalities).; Core funds training and development of all staff and encourages involvement in programmes that enable us to continuously develop our technical acumen. (Decent work and Economic Growth).; Every employee at Core has a vested stake in our business success, all qualifying post probationary employees participate in an Enterprise Management Incentive where they have an equity stake in the Core business (Decent work and Economic Growth).; Core’s employee benefits package includes Life Assurance and Private Healthcare coverage for the employee and the option of their immediate families at no cost to the staff member, other than the income tax liability (Good Health and Wellbeing).; Every member of permanent staff is enrolled in the company’s Pension Scheme (Decent work and Economic Growth).

  Wellbeing

  All Core permanent staff are entitled to 25 days annual leave per year, plus Public Holidays.; Core’s hybrid working policy enables people who may have personal responsibilities such as care for children or other dependants who may not be suited to an environment where they have to attend an office on a daily basis (Gender Equality and Reduced Inequalities).; Core’s employee benefits package includes Life Assurance and Private Healthcare coverage for the employee and the option of their immediate families at no cost to the staff member, other than the income tax liability (Good Health and Wellbeing).; Core conducts frequent Employee surveys, collecting feedback from our team on how the business can adapt or improve, internally or externally. We get good engagement from this process and all employee feedback is reviewed, discussed and implemented where appropriate. (Good health and Wellbeing)

Pricing

• Price: £875 to £1,425 a unit a day
• Discount for educational organisations: No

Service documents

• Pricing document

  PDF

• Skills Framework for the Information Age rate card

  PDF

• Service definition document

  PDF

• Terms and conditions

  PDF

Request an accessible format

If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need versions of these documents in a more accessible format, email the supplier at webenquiry@core.co.uk. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.