Two things, from the same practice. FHG University is IT career training built so it cannot overclaim — 154 modules across seven tracks, each mapped to a real certification, with the ones we do not cover published beside them. And an independent IT vendor review for organizations paying a provider nobody has ever checked. We do not sell managed services, so we have no reason to want your technology spend to go up.
A multi-location restaurant chain was losing money every minute a register sat dark. The fix that moved the number wasn't a bigger one — it was a faster one: point-of-sale systems configured to fail into offline mode the moment an outage was detected, so registers kept running while the network came back.
"$175K didn't come from a feeling that things went well.
It came from tracking the downtime avoided against what it would have cost unmitigated."
That work was done in an enterprise IT role before FHG existed. The firm is new; the judgment it runs on is not.
Most organizations have never had their managed-services invoices and contracts reviewed by anyone except the company sending them. We sit on your side of the table: a 50-point forensic audit of what you are paying for, what you are actually receiving, and the gap between the two.
Engagements typically run $7,500 to $25,000 depending on environment size and scope. The vendor audit can also be structured against recovered overcharges — ask, and we will tell you plainly whether that fits your situation.
The method is the same wherever an organization pays a vendor nobody independently checks — a managed provider, a licensing agreement, a telecom contract, a cloud commitment. Larger environments are scoped individually rather than priced from a range. If your spend sits with the vendors directly rather than through a provider, say so and we will tell you whether there is anything worth reviewing.
Seven questions. No pricing, no obligation, and a straight answer at the end.
Already know you want the review? See how an engagement is structured — the terms, the free license check, and what we will never do.
Senior-level technology leadership applied to whatever your environment actually needs — not a fixed menu. These are where most engagements start, not the edges of what is possible. If your situation does not fit neatly into one, that is normal: tell us what is actually going on.
Comprehensive audit of your Microsoft 365 environment with a prioritized roadmap for security, efficiency, and operational clarity.
End-to-end mobile device management for up to 50 devices — enrollment, policy configuration, and ongoing support included.
Server, network, virtualization, and cloud infrastructure build-out — from legacy modernization to post-Broadcom migration planning. Retainer-based support options for growing organizations.
Doesn't fit one of the patterns above? That's the norm, not the exception — tell us what's actually going on and we'll scope it.
Every environment is different — a fixed price sheet would either overprice a straightforward fix or undersell real complexity. That's why every engagement gets scoped to what you actually have, not a generic tier.
Building the capability in-house instead? FHG University is the same practice, taught — and often the honest answer when the gap is skills rather than spend.
These aren't logos on a capabilities page. They're the platforms the work above actually runs on — deployed, migrated, audited and handed over in production environments, not evaluated in a lab.
The operating experience behind FHG was earned running enterprise IT environments — before this firm existed. That is the whole proposition: senior judgment, without the layers that usually come attached to it, and without a decade of billable habits to protect.
"We don't sell hours.
We deliver outcomes."
Specific, actionable guides for the scenarios that don't have a clean textbook answer — written by the people who've actually shipped them. The full series is now delivered through FHG University: every guide below as structured curriculum — plus new cert-mapped modules the standalone catalog never had, with progress tracking, career tools, and new guides as the catalog grows — one membership instead of one-off purchases.
Ten ready-to-build flows for onboarding, offboarding, and license alerts — the recipe-card companion to the architecture guides below.
Included in FHG University →A streamlined, zero-fluff implementation roadmap designed specifically for IT generalists who need to secure up to 50 devices over a weekend.
Included in FHG University →Platform-specific methodology for Microsoft 365, AWS, and Azure to find seats and resources still assigned to former employees.
Included in FHG University →Solves the "creepy boss" problem by showing admins how to implement MAM without enrolling the entire device or seeing personal data.
Included in FHG University →Translates Zero Trust philosophy into specific Entra ID settings and Conditional Access policies — with a maturity scorecard.
Included in FHG University →Integration architecture between HR platforms and Active Directory/Entra ID — covering hybrid AD environments most automation content assumes away.
Included in FHG University →A ready-to-use slide deck and PDF guide for training non-tech staff on the risks of pasting sensitive data into public AI bots.
Included in FHG University →A framework for auditing and controlling autonomous AI agents that write code, move money, or touch production, before they become the risk nobody reviewed.
Included in FHG University →A technical but accessible guide on preventing data leakage when using ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini for corporate tasks.
Included in FHG University →For businesses with "closet servers" that need a modernized, supportable virtualization layer with off-site disaster recovery — without forcing full cloud.
Included in FHG University →Security-first employee exits with a visual pipeline flow diagram — instant access revocation, data backup, and multi-system scope beyond M365.
Included in FHG University →A sustainability-focused guide on hardware upgrades, debloating OS, and battery management to double a device's lifespan.
Included in FHG University →A zero-fluff guide specifically for small business owners who need to set up Jamf or Kandji without hiring a full-time IT department.
Included in FHG University →A CFO-ready framework covering asset registers, TCO modeling, lifecycle policy, and license and ghost-asset recovery for device fleets.
Included in FHG University →A blueprint for setting up automated triage and self-healing bots that resolve the most common 20% of IT tickets without human intervention.
Included in FHG University →A governance and audit framework for organizations whose scripts, bots, and flows have outgrown anyone's ability to explain, secure, or recover them.
Included in FHG University →A practitioner's framework for running a business and a portfolio through daily agent-assisted analysis, rules-governed execution, and a standing decision ledger that keeps good ideas from evaporating.
Purchase GuideA practitioner's framework for getting expert-level output from an AI model on demand — by treating the prompt itself as a leveled skill, not a one-shot request.
Purchase GuideA privacy-first approach to device management, covering encryption, DNS filtering, and metadata scrubbing for everyday users.
Included in FHG University →Empowering IT professionals to solve complex business workflow problems using Microsoft's low-code tools without writing extensive backend code.
Included in FHG University →Risk-focused guide on how to offboard an underperforming MSP without losing data or experiencing downtime — with a visual transition timeline.
Included in FHG University →A strategic guide on integrating AI and Machine Learning into existing monitoring stacks to predict failures before they happen.
Included in FHG University →Focuses on repurposing old Windows/Mac hardware into manageable Chromebooks using Google's lightweight OS.
Included in FHG University →Pre-deployment remediation checklist for the M365 oversharing epidemic — with a visual risk surface diagram and priority matrix.
Included in FHG University →Modernizing legacy Batch/VBScript workflows for the cross-platform PowerShell Core, focusing on Azure integration and remote management.
Included in FHG University →A standardized set of questions and criteria to use when vetting third-party AI software vendors for security.
Included in FHG University →Focuses exclusively on 'Financial Automation'—using scripts and policies to automatically kill zombie resources and right-size cloud instances.
Included in FHG University →Focuses on real-time verification protocols for video calls and voice authentication to prevent multi-million dollar business email compromise (BEC) attacks.
Included in FHG University →Translates complex regulatory requirements into specific Intune policy settings with a visual compliance coverage heatmap.
Included in FHG University →Post-Broadcom migration playbook with TCO comparison chart and step-by-step migration timeline for SMBs evaluating alternatives.
Included in FHG University →Focuses on the unique challenges of distributed hardware management, including low-latency data processing and remote node updates.
Included in FHG University →A strategic guide on "Cloud Repatriation"—calculating when it is cheaper to move workloads back to on-prem and how to execute it.
Included in FHG University →Demystifies the NIST Zero Trust architecture into a practical, 10-step implementation guide specifically for organizations without massive IT departments.
Included in FHG University →Includes fill-in-the-blank communication templates and technical escalation trees for high-pressure outages.
Included in FHG University →Detailed technical roadmap for moving legacy workloads from physical servers to containerized environments.
Included in FHG University →A high-level strategic roadmap for CISOs to implement AI safety protocols without stifling organizational innovation.
Included in FHG University →Turning cloud cost management (AWS/Azure) into a high-margin recurring consulting service.
Included in FHG University →Moving away from commoditized 'per-user' pricing toward risk-adjusted and value-based service tiers.
Included in FHG University →A financial risk perspective on tech: ensuring clients meet insurance requirements to lower premiums and MSP liability.
Included in FHG University →A forensic approach to auditing existing MSP invoices and service delivery logs to identify immediate overcharges and missing deliverables.
Included in FHG University →Three guides for the one constant in modern IT: devices your organization doesn't fully own, control, or recognize — remote-shipped hardware, Macs on a Windows fleet, and personal phones.
Included in FHG University →Six guides covering the full financial governance lifecycle — audit, govern, detect, optimize, sustain, and exit. The complete system, not six isolated checklists.
Included in FHG University →Cyber insurance readiness, cloud cost control, and value-based pricing — the three levers of MSP financial governance, in one package.
Included in FHG University →...and more added regularly
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