Cloud Services in Plymouth, MA
Power Up Boston plans, migrates, and manages cloud services for businesses in Plymouth and across the South Shore: Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace setup and migration, email moves off old servers and legacy hosts, SharePoint and OneDrive file sharing, Azure and AWS infrastructure for the applications that need it, and the security, backup, and ongoing management that keep a cloud environment from becoming its own mess. The result is a team that can work from the office, a job site, or home with the same files, email, and applications.
We do not push everything to the cloud on principle. We move what belongs there, keep what does not, and tell you the difference.
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Who this is for
The businesses that ask us about cloud services usually describe one of these situations:
- Email still runs on an old Exchange server, a hosting company's POP mailboxes, or a mix of personal Gmail accounts, and nobody is sure where the company's mail actually lives.
- Files live on a server in the closet, staff email documents to themselves to work from home, and version confusion is constant.
- The team uses Microsoft 365, but it was set up by whoever signed up first: no MFA, shared logins, licenses nobody uses, and a SharePoint nobody can find anything in.
- An aging server is due for replacement and the question is whether to buy another one or move its workload to the cloud.
- A line-of-business application or a custom system needs hosting that is more reliable than the box under the desk.
- Cloud bills have crept up and nobody knows what the charges are for.
What's included
Cloud readiness assessment and plan
We inventory what you run today (email, files, applications, servers, printers, scanners, and the things that depend on them), identify what should move and what should stay, and lay out a migration order that avoids disrupting the business.
Microsoft 365 deployment and migration
Tenant setup, licensing matched to how each person actually works, email migration from Exchange, Google, or legacy hosts with mail flow cut over cleanly, and Teams, SharePoint, and OneDrive configured for how your business shares files.
Google Workspace setup and migration
For businesses standardized on Google, the same care: domain and mail setup, migration of mail and Drive, shared drives structured for departments, and security settings enforced.
Email migration without the chaos
Every mailbox, folder, calendar, and contact moved; DNS, SPF, DKIM, and DMARC set correctly; signatures and mobile devices reconfigured; and a cut-over scheduled so nobody loses a day of mail.
File server to SharePoint, OneDrive, or Drive
Shared folders mapped to a sensible library structure with the permissions your business actually needs, historical data migrated with dates intact, and staff shown how to work with files that now sync rather than sit on a drive letter.
Azure and AWS infrastructure
Virtual servers, hosted applications, remote desktop environments, and storage for workloads that need real infrastructure, built with security, backups, and cost controls from the start.
Hybrid setups
Many South Shore businesses keep a server for a specific application or for the shop floor while moving email and files to the cloud. We design the identity, networking, and backup so both sides work together.
Cloud security baseline
MFA for every account, conditional access, admin accounts separated from daily accounts, external-sharing rules, mobile device controls, and audit logging turned on. See our cybersecurity service for the full picture.
Cloud backup
Independent backup of Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace data and of cloud servers, because the platform's built-in retention is not a backup. Details under backup and disaster recovery.
Ongoing management and cost review
Licensing kept in line with headcount, unused subscriptions removed, new users onboarded correctly, and cloud infrastructure bills reviewed so you pay for what you use.
At a glance
- Cloud readiness assessment & migration plan
- Microsoft 365 deployment & management
- Google Workspace setup & migration
- Email migration without downtime
- File server to SharePoint, OneDrive or Drive
- Azure & AWS infrastructure
- Hybrid cloud solutions
- Cloud security, backup & cost review
How it works
- 1
Quick call
Where email and files live today, what applications you depend on, how many people and devices, and what is driving the move.
- 2
Free assessment
We inventory systems, dependencies, data volumes, and current licensing, and identify anything (an old scanner that emails, a legacy app) that needs special handling.
- 3
Migration plan and proposal
A written plan with the order of moves, what changes for staff, downtime windows (usually none or a weekend), and itemized project and monthly costs.
- 4
Migration
Staged moves with data synced ahead of time, a scheduled cut-over, devices reconfigured, and a technician available to your staff on the first morning.
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Management and support
Ongoing user management, security monitoring, backup, and license and cost reviews, usually as part of a managed IT plan.
Why a local Plymouth cloud partner
Power Up Boston has been based at 24 Samoset St in Plymouth, MA since 2009. In 17+ years we have worked with 1,622+ businesses across 68 communities on the South Shore, Cape Cod, and Greater Boston, and we hold a 4.9/5 rating from 124 Google reviews (as of September 2026). Call (508) 617-1310 and a person picks up.
The cloud is remote; your staff and devices are not. Migrations go smoothly when someone is in the building to reconfigure the scanner, sort out the one laptop that will not sign in, and walk the front desk through the new file structure. We are on Samoset St in Plymouth and on site across the South Shore, Cape Cod, and Greater Boston.
Afterward, the people who moved you are the people who support you. No handoff to a call center.
How cloud pricing works
Cloud costs have two parts: the subscriptions themselves (per-user Microsoft 365 or Google licensing, per-resource Azure or AWS usage), which we pass through and right-size, and our project and management fees, quoted after the assessment. We show both clearly, explain which license each person needs and why, and review the bill periodically so it does not drift upward.
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Frequently asked questions
Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace?
Both are good. Businesses that live in Outlook, Excel, and Teams, or that need Windows device management, generally fit Microsoft 365. Businesses that already work in Gmail and Docs fit Google Workspace. We support both and will recommend based on how your team actually works.
Will we lose email during the migration?
No. Mail is synced ahead of time, the cut-over is scheduled, and the old system keeps receiving until DNS changes. Staff typically notice the new setup on a Monday morning with everything in place.
Do we still need a server?
Sometimes. Certain applications, shop-floor systems, and large local files still make sense on site. The assessment identifies what should stay, and a hybrid design is common.
Is the cloud secure?
The platforms are; the configuration is where businesses get hurt. MFA, conditional access, admin separation, sharing rules, and backup are what make a tenant secure, and we set those up as part of every migration.
Can you clean up a Microsoft 365 tenant someone else set up?
Yes. That is a frequent project: fixing licensing, enforcing MFA, restructuring SharePoint, removing old accounts, and setting up backup.
Can staff work from home securely?
Yes. With identity, device policies, and file sharing configured correctly, staff work from anywhere on company-managed accounts without the data ending up on personal devices you cannot control.
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