Professional Services Case Studies

Professional services firms operate on confidentiality, precision, and accountability — and so does their technology. The case studies below reflect our experience with the high-stakes, detail-oriented work that law firms, financial services organizations, and advisory firms require: modernizing legacy environments, navigating emergency situations, and building infrastructure that holds up under scrutiny.

Out With the Old: Migrating a Professional Services Firm From Legacy Infrastructure to a Full Microsoft 365 Environment

A professional services firm was running a dated Windows Server 2008 Active Directory environment with basic hosted POP/SMTP email — fragmented, unsupported, and falling further behind. netMethods executed a full migration to Microsoft 365, deploying Entra ID for identity, Exchange Online for email, SharePoint for shared files, OneDrive for local sync, and Teams for collaboration.

Result: Legacy Server 2008 retired. Full Microsoft 365 environment live. Unified, modern collaboration platform in place.

No Mail Server. No Timeline. No Problem: Ransomware Recovery and Microsoft 365 Migration for a Global Security Firm

When ransomware hit the hosted mail infrastructure of a 500+ person global security firm, the server went offline with no recovery timeline. netMethods stepped in to recover email data from PST and OST files found on user computers and executed an emergency migration to Microsoft 365 — restoring communication across the organization while the original server remained down.

Result: Email restored across 500+ users. Full Microsoft 365 environment deployed. Business communication back online while the original server remained offline.

Facing a Similar Challenge?

Whether you’re working toward a compliance certification, modernizing aging infrastructure, or trying to close security gaps before they become a problem — we’ve been there. Let’s talk about what that looks like for your organization.

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