Moving to a new office, IT checklist
Internet and power have the longest lead times. Plan at least three months out, not three weeks.
Try this first
- 1Order the internet line as soon as the lease is signed. Fibre to a new building can take weeks to months if no connection is in place yet. Call the provider and ask explicitly about lead time for this address.
- 2Inventory what moves and what stays. Include cabling, switches, access points, printers, and NAS. Photograph the current cabling before you unplug anything.
- 3Plan an overlap week. The old line stays live while the new one is already tested, and you switch over on a quiet weekend. Do not disconnect and reconnect on the same day.
- 4Update your address at the chamber of commerce, in email signatures, on the website, in Google Business Profile, on invoices, and in every SaaS tool. One spreadsheet avoids mail still arriving at the old address weeks later.
- 5On move day test internet first, then printers, then VoIP, then shared folders. If one of those four fails you want to know which before the first employee opens their laptop.
When to bring us in
If you are moving more than ten workplaces, a new meeting-room AV setup, or changing internet provider on top of moving, we will gladly help. A failed move-Monday costs more than a day of preparation.
See also
- First IT setup as a freelancer, what do you actually needNot everything at once. One laptop, a mailbox on your own domain, a password manager, a backup. That covers the first year.
- Hiring your first employee, what IT to arrange before day oneLaptop, account, mailbox, access to the right folders. In that order, not all of it at 9 a.m. on day one.
- Picking internet for a small office, fibre vs business DSL vs 5GFor most offices fibre is the answer. DSL and 5G are fallback or bridge, not plan A.
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