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Dawico

Use Microsoft properly. Licensed. Hardened. Operated.

Dawico covers the entire Microsoft stack - from M365 licensing through Exchange hosting and Active Directory hardening to Azure Stack HCI clusters. No reselling, but real hands-on administration from Berlin.

DAWICO STRENGTH: We work with the complete Microsoft stack every day - from small M365 tenants to large HCI clusters. Not pure reselling, but practical administration and real project experience since 2008.

Microsoft 365 & Dynamics 365

Microsoft 365 and Dynamics 365 are powerful tools - but only if they are set up correctly and you don't pay for licenses nobody needs. Dawico supports you with rollout, migration, license optimization and ongoing administration.

  • License analysis and optimization: we check whether the right licenses are in use - from Business Basic to E5
  • Switching to more cost-efficient plans without loss of functionality
  • Migration from on-premises systems to Microsoft 365 (Exchange Online, Teams, SharePoint)
  • Teams rollout: telephony, channels, governance and permission concepts
  • SharePoint and OneDrive: structured file storage, permissions, versioning
  • Intune / Endpoint Manager: device management, compliance policies, app deployment
  • Dynamics 365 CRM & ERP: user management, workflows, automation, integration with M365
  • Security configuration: MFA, Conditional Access, compliance settings
  • Ongoing support and training for your team

Active Directory & Entra ID

Whether classic on-premises Active Directory or Entra ID (formerly Azure AD) in the cloud - Dawico sets up your identity and access management so that it stays secure, cleanly structured and maintainable. Hybrid identities have long been the standard here.

  • Active Directory: build, migration and ongoing maintenance of your domain structure
  • User and group management with a clear role structure
  • Group policies (GPO): roll out and manage security settings centrally
  • Entra ID / Azure AD: hybrid identities for M365 and cloud applications
  • Conditional Access: control access depending on device, location, risk and user role
  • Single sign-on (SSO) for Microsoft and third-party applications
  • Multi-factor authentication (MFA) with Microsoft Authenticator or FIDO2
  • AD hardening: securing privileged accounts, tiering model, LAPS, AdminSDHolder
  • Migration from on-premises AD to Entra ID or hybrid operation
  • Regular audits of the AD structure and permissions

Exchange hosting in Berlin

Your business emails don't belong in the cloud of a US corporation. With Dawico you host Exchange on our infrastructure in Berlin data centers - GDPR-compliant, reliable and with personal support. Anyone who prefers to run Exchange on-premises is supported as well.

  • Hosted Exchange mailboxes on Dawico infrastructure in ISO 27001-certified data centers in Berlin
  • GDPR-compliant: no data transfer abroad, no US cloud
  • Dawico mail gateway: spam and virus protection upstream, before emails reach your mailbox
  • Audit-proof email archiving for statutory retention obligations
  • Access via Outlook, webmail and mobile - shared mailboxes, room scheduling, distribution lists
  • Exchange Server on-premises: installation, configuration and hardening (2016/2019)
  • Hybrid configurations: run Exchange on-premises and Exchange Online in parallel
  • Migration between Exchange versions, from third parties or to Exchange Online
  • Backup, disaster recovery and performance optimization for Exchange databases

Azure Stack HCI & Hyper-V

Compute, storage and networking in one cluster instead of separate silos. Azure Stack HCI is Microsoft's hyperconverged infrastructure solution - we plan, build and operate your HCI environment. For classic Hyper-V clusters without Azure connectivity we are just as much the right partner.

  • Azure Stack HCI: Storage Spaces Direct (S2D), software-defined networking, integrated management
  • Azure Arc integration: manage local clusters directly from the Azure portal
  • Live migration: move VMs between cluster nodes during operation
  • Stretch cluster: geo-redundancy across two sites with automatic failover
  • Hyper-V failover cluster: proven Microsoft virtualization without mandatory Azure connectivity
  • Sizing and hardware selection: appropriately dimension CPU, RAM, storage type and network
  • Migration of existing VMs and workloads to the new platform - without interruption
  • Edge computing and branch offices: compact clusters with 2-3 nodes instead of full-grown server rooms
  • Monitoring, patching and capacity planning during operation

Proxmox VE as an alternative

Not every project needs Microsoft license costs. For customers looking for powerful virtualization without vendor lock-in, we rely on Proxmox VE - an enterprise-grade open-source platform that we also use in operation ourselves.

  • Proxmox VE: open-source virtualization with KVM and LXC
  • Proxmox cluster with Ceph or ZFS: distributed software-defined storage without license costs
  • Proxmox Backup Server: incremental, deduplicated backups for VMs and containers
  • Migration from VMware to Proxmox: planning, conversion and migration of the workloads
  • Migration from Hyper-V to Proxmox and vice versa
  • Mixed environments: run Hyper-V and Proxmox in parallel where it makes sense
  • Ideal for development environments, VDI scenarios and GDPR-compliant local data processing

Windows Server & infrastructure

Windows Server forms the backbone of many corporate networks. Dawico handles deployment, hardening and ongoing maintenance - so that your servers run securely, up to date and stably.

  • Windows Server deployment: installation, configuration and commissioning (2019/2022/2025)
  • Patch management: control regular updates centrally and roll them out in a controlled manner
  • WSUS: set up and manage Windows Server Update Services
  • Group Policy management: centrally control security policies, software distribution and configurations
  • Server hardening: reduce the attack surface, disable unnecessary services, configure audit policies
  • File and print servers: shares, permissions, DFS and quotas
  • Set up and maintain DHCP, DNS, NPS and certificate services (AD CS)
  • Monitoring and proactive maintenance: detect problems before they disrupt operations

Do you need Microsoft expertise? We know the stack inside out.

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