Unicorn IT Group Moved an Entire Office Over One Weekend illustration
Office relocation & fitoutProfessional Services

Moved an Entire Office Over One Weekend

A business had to vacate its old office and be fully operational in a new building by Monday morning. We planned, packed, cabled and commissioned a complete technology environment over a single weekend so staff walked in and started work on time.

Key outcomes

  • weekend to complete the entire move1
  • Teams Rooms ready on Monday8
  • secure managed printers deployed4
Unicorn IT Group Global File Servers to SharePoint & Teams illustration
Cloud migrationInternational

Global File Servers to SharePoint & Teams

A business with five on-premise file servers spread across the world was paying to maintain aging hardware while staff struggled to find the right version of any document.

Key outcomes

  • on-prem file servers retired5 → 0
  • of staff with secure cloud access, no VPN required100%
  • file-related support tickets-70%
Unicorn IT Group Law Firm Grew Rapidly and Needed a New Office illustration
Office fitout & IT deploymentLegal

Law Firm Grew Rapidly and Needed a New Office

A fast-growing law firm moved into a larger office and needed more than furniture. We delivered a complete technology fitout so lawyers and support staff could walk into a fully working, secure workplace from day one.

Key outcomes

  • Teams meeting rooms ready on move-in day5
  • widescreens with docks at every desk34"
  • dark fibre link to Next DCDedicated
Unicorn IT Group Decommissioned 5 Servers — Full Cloud-First Migration illustration
Cloud & infrastructure migrationProfessional Services

Decommissioned 5 Servers — Full Cloud-First Migration

A mid-sized business was running five ageing on-premise servers that powered everything from domain services and file storage to line-of-business applications. Hardware refresh quotes were climbing, and the existing setup was holding back remote work and modern security.

Key outcomes

  • on-premise servers decommissioned5 → 0
  • of endpoints under central management100%
  • managed threat detection and response24/7/365
Unicorn IT Group Moved Servers to Next DC illustration
Data centre relocationProfessional Services

Moved Servers to Next DC

A business running its core systems on two ageing on-premise Hyper-V hosts, direct-attached storage, and a WatchGuard firewall needed a more resilient home for its infrastructure. We relocated the entire stack into Next DC and connected it back to the office with dedicated dark fibre.

Key outcomes

  • Hyper-V hosts now in a resilient data centre2
  • shared office power or cooling dependencies0
  • dark fibre link between office and Next DCDedicated
Unicorn IT Group Replaced 40 Machines at a Local Shire illustration
Endpoint refreshLocal Government

Replaced 40 Machines at a Local Shire

A local shire was running a mixed fleet of aging whitebox PCs with unknown parts, expired or unclear warranties, and machines failing during critical council and public-facing work. They needed a standardised, supportable fleet that could be repaired quickly and keep staff productive.

Key outcomes

  • new HP EliteBooks deployed with NBD support40
  • widescreen monitors and USB docks per workstation34"
  • old machines sent to landfill after secure data wipe0
Unicorn IT Group Migrated 90 Servers to Cove Backup illustration
Backup & disaster recoveryProfessional Services

Migrated 90 Servers to Cove Backup

A business was backing up 90 servers across three racks of on-premise data centre space using an ageing backup platform with expensive licensing and growing storage costs. We moved the entire estate to Cove Backup, shifting disaster recovery to the cloud and reclaiming physical footprint.

Key outcomes

  • saved per year in licence costs$40,000
  • data centre racks freed up3
  • servers protected in Cove Backup90
Unicorn IT Group Migrated 1000 Users from On-Premise Exchange 2019 to Office 365 illustration
Email & collaboration migrationEnterprise

Migrated 1000 Users from On-Premise Exchange 2019 to Office 365

A large organisation was running Exchange 2019 on ageing on-premise hardware, struggling with remote access, mobile email, and the looming cost of a server refresh. We moved 1000 mailboxes to Office 365, unlocking Email, Teams, and OneDrive across the workforce.

Key outcomes

  • users migrated to Office 3651000
  • on-premise Exchange servers remaining0
  • email, Teams and OneDrive access from any device24/7
Unicorn IT Group Migrated 2000 Virtual Servers to Azure and Decommissioned On-Premise VMware illustration
Azure migration & decommissionEnterprise

Migrated 2000 Virtual Servers to Azure and Decommissioned On-Premise VMware

A large enterprise faced urgent VMware price rises and ageing on-premise infrastructure spread across three racks of physical hosts, switches, and routers. We migrated 2000 virtual servers to Microsoft Azure, consolidated the remaining office footprint to two WatchGuard firewalls, a core switch and a Metro Ethernet router, and completed the entire server migration within three months.

Key outcomes

  • virtual servers migrated to Azure2000
  • racks of on-premise gear decommissioned3
  • month migration window completed3
Unicorn IT Group Hyper-V Replication Across Two Next DC Data Centres illustration
Disaster recovery & replicationEnterprise

Hyper-V Replication Across Two Next DC Data Centres

An enterprise needed a resilient, geographically separated Hyper-V cluster with real-time replication between two Next DC facilities. We built a four-host, two-SAN environment connected by dedicated dark fibre and dual Dell switch stacks.

Key outcomes

  • Recovery point objective<5 min
  • Recovery time objective<15 min
  • Replication path redundancy100%

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