Cloud Solutions for Oregon Businesses
Cloud first, not cloud only. Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, and Azure, set up and administered by a Microsoft Partner serving Eugene, Springfield, and Lane County.
What Cloud Solutions Includes
Cloud work at PathWise IT covers the whole life of a tenant: standing it up, moving people onto it, running it day to day, and keeping it in order as the business changes. Everything below applies the same on Microsoft 365 and on Google Workspace.
Platform Deployment and Configuration
Standing up a Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace tenant properly the first time: domains and DNS, mail flow, baseline settings, and the configuration most setups never revisit. If a tenant already exists, we take it over and correct what needs correcting.
User and Device Management
Accounts, groups, and roles in Entra ID or the Google admin console, with company devices enrolled and policy applied through Intune. A new hire has the right access on their first day, and a departure closes everything on the last one.
Email, Calendar, and Collaboration
Exchange Online or Gmail, shared mailboxes, distribution lists, and calendar permissions. Teams or Google Meet organized so people can find things, rather than a channel for every conversation anyone ever started.
File Storage and Sharing
SharePoint, OneDrive, Google Drive, and shared drives set up so files have one home instead of four. Version history, permissions that match how the company is actually organized, and a way off the mapped drive nobody wants to touch.
Access and Configuration Governance
Who can reach what, and who can share it outside the company. External sharing rules, guest access, link controls, and a periodic look at the accounts and permissions that have drifted since anyone last checked.
Ongoing Support and Optimization
Support for the people using it, plus the work nobody asks for: license tier and seat count reviews, tenant settings that changed underneath you, and features you are already paying for and not using.
You Are Already in the Cloud
Cloud solutions means running your email, files, applications, and user identities on managed platforms such as Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, and Microsoft Azure instead of hardware you buy, house, and maintain yourself.
Nearly every business we talk to in Eugene, Springfield, and the wider Willamette Valley is already partway there, usually without having planned it that way. Email moved at some point. A few people started saving to OneDrive or Google Drive. A vendor put one application online. Everything else stayed where it was.
None of that means somebody made a bad call along the way. It means nobody has owned the whole picture in a while. That is the part we pick up.
What We Usually Find
Moved to Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace at some point. Whoever configured it has usually moved on.
Files
Split across OneDrive, Google Drive, a mapped drive, and a server in the closet nobody wants to be the one to turn off.
Applications
A few hosted by the vendor, one or two still on local hardware, each with its own login and its own renewal date.
Identity and Access
Active accounts for people who left, logins shared between staff, and sharing links pointing at people outside the company.
Licensing
Renewing automatically every year. Nobody has checked the tier or the seat count since the day it was bought.
The Platforms We Run
PathWise IT is a Microsoft Partner, and we run Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, and Microsoft Azure with the same depth on each. Setup, migration, administration, and the day to day upkeep, on whichever platform your business already works in.
Productivity Suite
Microsoft 365
Email, files, and user identity, administered at the tenant level rather than one mailbox at a time.
- Exchange Online email and mail flow
- SharePoint sites and document libraries
- OneDrive for user files
- Microsoft Teams setup and structure
- Entra ID accounts, groups, and roles
- Onboarding and offboarding of staff
- External sharing and guest access rules
- Tenant settings and license assignment
Most of the tenants we run were built by somebody else. Inheriting one and getting it back in order is routine work here, not a special project.
Collaboration Suite
Google Workspace
The same depth of administration, for the businesses whose work already lives in Google.
- Gmail and mail routing
- Google Drive and shared drives
- Google Meet and Calendar
- Admin console, users, and groups
- Organizational units and access policies
- Sharing permissions and link controls
- Onboarding and offboarding of staff
- Migration to or from Microsoft 365
Google Workspace is a destination, not a stepping stone. If it fits how your team works, we will keep you on it rather than talk you into moving.
Cloud Infrastructure
Microsoft Azure
For the workloads that need infrastructure behind them rather than a subscription in front of them.
- Azure Virtual Desktop for remote and shared workstations
- Hosting line of business applications
- Virtual servers where a physical box no longer fits
- Site to site and remote access networking
- Entra ID directory sync with on premises
- Storage accounts and cloud file shares
- Cost review and right sizing of resources
- Moving workloads off aging on premises hardware
Azure work almost always starts with one specific problem: an application that cannot move, a workstation that has to be reachable from anywhere, or hardware at end of life.
Why Businesses Choose PathWise IT
Plenty of shops can move you to Microsoft 365. The difference shows up afterward, in who is accountable for the tenant and whether anyone tells you the truth about what you actually need.
PathWise IT is a managed service provider based in Eugene, Oregon, and a registered Microsoft Partner. We handle Microsoft 365 licensing through the Cloud Solution Provider program. In practice that means your subscriptions, your administration, and the person who answers when something is wrong all sit in the same place instead of three.
Licensing With a Person Attached
Your Microsoft 365 subscriptions sit with the same people who administer the tenant. One bill, the right tier for what you actually use, and someone to call instead of a support queue.
Google Workspace at Full Depth
Most providers in this part of Oregon are Microsoft only. If your business runs on Google, you get the same administration and the same attention, not a workaround.
One Person Who Knows Your Tenant
You are not explaining your setup to a new technician every time something comes up. The person who configured it is the person who maintains it.
A Straight Answer About Fit
We will tell you when a workload is better off where it is, or when you are already paying for something you are not using. That is worth more than an upsell.
How a Migration Actually Goes
The worry about a migration is rarely whether the destination is any good. It is whether email breaks on a Tuesday and everyone spends the week working around it. The way to avoid that is sequencing, not optimism.
Stage One
Plan
We inventory what actually exists: mailbox sizes, shared mailboxes, calendars, distribution lists, where files live, and which applications touch email. You see the plan and the cutover date before anything moves.
Stage Two
Pilot
A small group goes first. Real mail, real files, a real week of work. Problems surface on two or three people instead of the whole company, and they get fixed before anyone else notices them.
Stage Three
Cutover
Scheduled outside working hours. Mail keeps flowing during the move, DNS changes on a plan, and devices resync. Most people arrive the next morning to a machine that works.
Stage Four
Cleanup
The old system stays reachable on a schedule rather than being switched off the same night. Signatures, mobile devices, permissions, and the stragglers all get finished properly.
We run migrations into Microsoft 365 and into Google Workspace, and between the two in either direction, for businesses across Lane County and the wider Willamette Valley. We also take over migrations that somebody else started and did not finish, which is more common than you would think.
Is Anyone Actually Minding Your Tenant?
If your Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace was set up years ago and nobody has looked at it properly since, that is worth an hour. We will tell you what has drifted, what you are paying for and not using, and what is genuinely fine the way it is.
Questions We Hear a Lot
The things people actually want to know before they hand over the keys to their email and files.
Something not covered here?
Ask it directly and you will get a straight answer, whether or not it leads anywhere.
Get in Touch →Is Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace secure by default?
Both platforms are built well, but they ship with defaults meant to suit every customer rather than yours. Sharing is permissive, guest access is allowed, and nothing tells you that an account belonging to someone who left two years ago is still active. The platform is sound. The configuration is the part that needs an owner.
Do you support hybrid setups with both cloud and on premises systems?
Yes, and often that is the right answer rather than a compromise. Anything wired to equipment, a line of business application that is chatty with a local database, or a healthy server that is already paid for can all be better off where they are. We weigh each workload with you on how the application behaves, what your connection carries, what it costs over three years, and who needs access from where. Cloud first is where we start, not a verdict we hand you.
Can you migrate from Google Workspace to Microsoft 365, or the other way?
Yes, in both directions, including mail, files, and calendars. We will also tell you when the move is not worth doing, which happens more often than you might expect.
Can you take over a Microsoft 365 tenant that is already set up?
That describes most of the tenants we run. Taking over an existing environment is routine work: we review how it is configured, tell you what has drifted, fix what needs fixing, and carry responsibility for it from there. You do not have to start over.
Do we buy our Microsoft 365 licenses from you?
You can. As a registered Microsoft Partner we supply Microsoft 365 licensing through the Cloud Solution Provider program, so your subscriptions sit with the same people who administer the tenant. That means one bill, the right tier for what you actually use, and a person to call instead of a support queue. If you would rather keep buying direct or through someone else, that is fine, and we will still administer it.
How do you handle employee onboarding and offboarding?
New hires have their account, licenses, group memberships, and device ready before their first day. Departures have access closed the same day, mail handed to whoever needs it, and the license reclaimed instead of quietly renewing for another year.
Do you support Google Workspace as fully as Microsoft 365?
Yes. The same administration and the same attention. Most providers in this part of Oregon are Microsoft only, and we are not, so if your business runs on Google you are not a secondary case.
Who owns our Microsoft 365 tenant and our data?
You do. The tenant is registered to your business and the data in it is yours. If you ever decide to work with someone else, you keep both, and we hand over administrative access rather than making it difficult.
Let’s Sort Out Your Cloud.
If your Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, or Azure setup has been running without anyone minding it, that is a fixable problem. Start with a conversation and you will know where you stand.