Managed IT From a Team That Knows How to Build It Too.
Most managed IT providers keep your systems running. We do that and bring something most MSPs cannot: a development team that understands your infrastructure from the inside and can build on it when you are ready to grow.
What Is Included
We provide comprehensive managed IT services for small and mid-size organizations, with a Microsoft-first approach built on our status as a Microsoft Partner and Cloud Solution Provider.
- Proactive Monitoring and Management: continuous monitoring of your systems, network, and endpoints with issues identified and addressed before they affect your operations.
- Cybersecurity and Compliance: threat detection, endpoint protection, security patching, and compliance management tailored to your industry’s regulatory requirements.
- Data Backup and Disaster Recovery: automated backup with tested recovery procedures so your data and operations can be restored quickly after any disruption.
- Cloud Services and Management: Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365 deployment, migration, and ongoing management by a certified Microsoft Partner.
- Help Desk and Technical Support: responsive support for your team’s day-to-day technology issues, with direct access to senior technical staff.
- Network Setup and Management: design, implementation, and ongoing management of reliable network infrastructure built to support your operations and growth.
- AI and Copilot Services: Microsoft Copilot deployment, Azure AI integration, and AI-assisted workflow configuration inside the tools your team already uses.
- Security Awareness Training: staff training programs that reduce human error, the leading cause of security incidents, through practical, role-appropriate education.
- Microsoft 365 and Software Training: hands-on training that helps your team actually use the tools you are paying for, from core Microsoft 365 applications to line-of-business software.
A Cloud-First Approach
We run most of our clients in the cloud, and we recommend it for a straightforward reason. It removes the cost, risk, and upkeep of running your own servers, while keeping your team productive and your data protected from anywhere.
- Work from anywhere: your team reaches its systems and files securely from the office, home, or the road.
- Predictable costs: no large hardware purchases every few years, just a steady monthly cost you can plan around.
- Always current and secure: updates and security protections are applied automatically, in the background.
- Room to grow: add people or capacity as your organization grows, with no new equipment to buy or install.
- Backed up and recoverable: your data is protected automatically and can be restored quickly after any disruption.
Built for Your Industry
IT requirements are not the same across every organization. Compliance obligations, data sensitivity, and operational rhythms vary significantly by industry.
- Healthcare: we understand the compliance requirements and data sensitivity that come with managing IT for medical practices. Our managed services include security configurations and documentation practices aligned with healthcare regulatory standards.
- Veterinary: veterinary practices depend on reliable systems and connected data to deliver patient care. We manage the infrastructure that keeps your practice running and connect it to the tools your team uses every day.
- Nonprofit: nonprofits need reliable, cost-efficient IT that does not distract from the mission. We provide enterprise-grade managed services at a scale that fits nonprofit budgets, with Microsoft 365 management included.
- Professional Services and Real Estate: client-facing businesses depend on uptime, secure communications, and reliable data access. We keep your systems running and your team productive.
When you are ready to automate a process, build a custom application, or connect systems that do not talk to each other, you are not starting that conversation with a stranger. You are working with a team that already knows your environment.
Why Southport
We Are Technology Architects
Southport is built and led by software engineers. That engineering foundation shapes how we manage your environment, so when something needs more than a standard fix, we can build the solution instead of working around it.
Microsoft-Native
Microsoft Partner and Cloud Solution Provider status means your Microsoft 365 and Azure environment are managed by a team with direct platform expertise and support access.
No Bureaucracy
We are a small, focused firm. No account manager layer, no ticket queues that disappear into the void. You get direct access to the people responsible for your environment.
Franklin, Tennessee
We are local to Middle Tennessee and serve organizations across the region. Same timezone, accessible, and accountable.
Let Us Take IT Off Your Plate.
Or call (615) 212-5032.