New office IT, ready before the furniture arrives.
- 150+Offices built
- 4-12 wksTypical timeline
- Day-1Productivity
- TurnkeySingle contract
Nine workstreams from empty fit-out to live office.
Site planning
Floor plan review, equipment count, occupancy projections. Cabling diagram, network design, equipment room layout. Output: a written design and SOW.
Structured cabling
Cat6A or fibre per spec, patch panels, equipment rooms, AV cabling. Tested and certified by an independent third party. Documentation kept on-site.
Network & WiFi
Routers, switches, firewalls, access points. Coverage survey before sign-off so corners and meeting rooms get the signal they need, not just the open floor.
Server & storage
On-prem server room or cloud-first, depending on your shape. Racks, UPS, environmental monitoring, backup target storage if you need on-site.
Microsoft 365 tenant
Tenant build or migration, identity setup, mailbox provisioning, Teams policies, conditional access. Day-1 your team logs in and everything works.
Workstation rollout
Laptops, desktops, monitors, peripherals procured (or yours, prepped). Imaged, joined to the domain, locked down to your security baseline. One per desk on day 1.
Telephony & meeting rooms
IP phones, soft-phone configuration, meeting-room AV. Teams Rooms, Zoom Rooms, or hybrid. Tested with real call quality, not just a dial tone.
Security baseline
Endpoint protection, MFA, patch management, conditional access, basic SIEM. The minimum responsible posture for any new office, hardened before launch.
Day-1 verification
Engineer on-site opening day. Smoke test every workstation, every printer, every meeting room, every phone. Open tickets close as users hit them.
Four reasons clients trust us with the launch.
150+ Dubai builds
Pattern recognition matters. We have done DIFC tower fit-outs, Free Zone serviced offices, warehouse-attached corporate spaces, and the awkward shell-and-core builds.
In-house engineers
Cabling, network, server, M365, security, all our own staff. We do not subcontract the IT portion. Same team plans, builds, and supports after.
Single contract, single throat
One SOW, one PM, one bill. Not five vendors to coordinate. The trade-off is we are accountable for the whole IT outcome, not just our piece.
Continuity into AMC
After launch, the same engineers move into your AMC or Managed IT contract. They already know your environment because they built it.
Setup profiles by sector.
New SME offices
10-50 staff offices. Cloud-first, M365-only, simple network. Most common profile and our fastest delivery, often 4-6 weeks.
Professional services
Law firms, accountancies, consultancies. Document management, secure remote access, regulatory documentation, audit-ready environment.
Retail & F&B
POS systems, kitchen displays, customer WiFi, payment terminals, BMS integration. Opening date is non-negotiable; we plan accordingly.
Healthcare clinics
Patient-record systems, medical imaging, regulatory continuity, DHA/MOH-compliant environment. Built and audited before opening.
Schools & training
Classrooms, labs, staff offices, parent portal, exam systems. Term-start cutover with student data ready on day 1.
Free Zone branches
New entity setup, parent-company integration, identity federation, license assignment. Free Zone bureaucracy worked alongside the build.
Why one IT contract beats five vendors.
| Feature | Five vendors You coordinate | Turnkey IT setup Single contract |
|---|---|---|
Vendors to manage | 5+ | 1 |
Who is accountable when something fails When the network breaks, was it cabling, network gear, or ISP? | Disputed at meetings | GR IT, contractually |
Project plan ownership | Yours, ad-hoc | Ours, written |
Day-1 productivity | Often delayed | Contractually committed |
Continuity into ops | Different vendor for support | Same team |
Equivalent total cost | 10-15% higher | Baseline |
Time from contract to live | Variable, often 12-20 weeks | Contracted, typically 4-12 weeks |
From floor plan to live office.
- 1
Design
1-2 weeks
Site visit, floor plan review, occupancy planning, cabling diagram, network design, equipment list. Output: written design, SOW, project schedule.
- 2
Build
2-8 weeks
Cabling, equipment rooms, network gear, server install. Sequenced with your fit-out so we are on-site after first-fix electrical and before furniture.
- 3
Configure
1-3 weeks
M365 tenant, identity, security baseline, workstation imaging, meeting-room AV. Most happens before day-1 so users sit down to a working environment.
- 4
Launch
Day-1 + 2 weeks
Engineers on-site opening day. Smoke test every endpoint. Daily check-ins for the first two weeks. Project closes when ticket volume returns to baseline.
“We hired GR IT four months before opening our new HQ in JLT. By opening day, every desk had a working laptop, every meeting room had Teams and a working camera, every phone rang correctly, and the network performed exactly as designed. The first ticket was three days in, a request to enable an extra calendar in Outlook. After watching peers deal with two-month launch chaos, this was the calm one we will pay for again.”
New-office IT setup, frequently asked.
Resources for office launch leads.
IT relocation
Moving an existing office instead of building new: planning, packing, transport, reinstall, and decommission with weekend cutover and day-1 support.
IT AMC
After launch: an Annual Maintenance Contract that covers your hardware, network, M365, and cybersecurity baseline at the new site, with SLA-backed response.
Get a setup quote
Tell us your floor plan, headcount, opening date, and complexity. We send a written design and SOW within 5 business days, scoped against your launch.
Talk to a setup specialist.
Three-minute form. Our project team gets back the same business day to schedule a site visit and design conversation, free of charge with no obligation.