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We stay independent on where your business runs — the right cloud fits your workload, budget and risk, not a vendor's commission. For the tools your team lives in every day, we specialise in Microsoft 365.

advice first,
vendor second.

Most businesses inherit their cloud setup rather than choosing it. Someone set it up years ago, nobody has looked at it since, and the bill arrives every month regardless. The result is usually a mix of things you pay for and don't use, and gaps nobody has noticed.

We review what you actually run, tell you what fits your workload, budget and risk, and hand you a plan you own. We hold no vendor commissions and we don't resell software - you buy your own licences, directly, at your own price. Where Microsoft 365 is the right answer we know it deeply, and we will say so when it isn't.

what the consulting covers

a clear view, and
a plan you own.

where it should run

Cloud choice tested against your workload, budget and risk - not against a commission.

spend review

What you're paying for, what you actually use, and where the waste sits.

identity & access

How people sign in, what they can reach, and which gaps are worth closing first.

email security

Spoofing, phishing and deliverability judged against what attackers actually do.

data & POPIA

Where your information lives, who can reach it, and what the Act expects of you.

a costed roadmap

What to change, in what order, with realistic numbers against each step.

why founders bring us in

the frameworx
difference.

  • We hold no vendor commissions, so the recommendation is only ever the recommendation.
  • You buy your own licences, directly, at your own price - we never sit in the middle.
  • Microsoft-specialist depth, without a Microsoft-only answer.
  • Implementation is available if you want it, quoted separately and never assumed.
after the advice

want us to
build it too?

The consulting stands on its own. You get the review, the plan and the numbers, and you are free to hand all of it to your existing IT provider or run it in-house. Nothing about the advice depends on us doing the work.

But most clients would rather not project-manage it themselves. Where that is the case we can implement what we recommended - identity and access, email security hardening, migrations, and the productivity tooling your team will actually use.

  • Always quoted separately. Implementation is scoped and priced on its own, after the advice, so you can compare it against anyone else.
  • Never assumed. Declining costs you nothing and changes nothing about the recommendation you already paid for.
  • You own the licences. You buy software directly in your own name. We charge for our time, never a margin on your subscriptions.
  • Fixed scope, fixed price. Agreed up front from the roadmap, so there is no open-ended meter running.
let's talk

your first call is free.

Tell us where you're stuck. We'll tell you, honestly, how we'd fix it - no obligation, no jargon.

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