Managed Microsoft cloud, run by the people who architect it.
Azure and Microsoft 365 through CSP, licensing strategy from E3 to E7, Copilot rollout, and named engineers with an agreed response. From a Microsoft Solutions Partner headquartered in St. Louis.
What is included in managed IT services?
Licensing, support and day-to-day management of your Microsoft cloud, under one agreement.
- CSP for Azure and Microsoft 365. Licensing and premium unified support in a single agreement, rather than split across a reseller and a separate support contract.
- Licensing strategy, E3 through E7. The upgrade case built with your team, on your usage, not presented as a foregone conclusion.
- Microsoft 365 Copilot. Readiness, rollout, and the adoption work that decides whether anyone still uses it in month three.
- Service desk. Named engineers, an agreed response, no ticket lottery.
- Cost and licence optimization. FinOps, right-sized spend, CSP pricing, reserved capacity.
What is the difference between an MSP and a Microsoft Solutions Partner?
An MSP runs your systems. A Microsoft Solutions Partner has been measured by Microsoft on performance, skilling and customer success in a named area, and has to keep re-earning it.
ArchitectNow is both, and the reason that combination matters is boring but real: the team answering the ticket is the team that designed the landing zone. Escalations do not cross a company boundary, and a migration does not get handed to a support desk that was not in the room.
Can you reduce our Azure and Microsoft 365 spend?
Yes, and it is a standard part of the engagement rather than a separate project you buy later.
Right-sizing, reserved capacity, CSP pricing and licence rationalization all get reviewed on a cycle. The uncomfortable version of this: sometimes the answer is that you are over-licensed, and saying so is the job.
What does the transition look like?
Assess the estate, agree the service level, move the agreement, then run it. No rip and replace to start.
Most estates come over with things that need fixing, and those get sequenced into the run rather than held up as a precondition. What does not move is your data or your tenant: a CSP transition changes who holds the agreement and who supports it, not where anything lives.
ArchitectNow, St. Louis
Office
513 Autumn Bluff Drive
Ellisville, MO 63021
United States
Contact
+1 800-362-3919
info@architectnow.net
Serving
St. Louis and the wider Missouri market, with active customers in 27 states.
Common questions
What is a Microsoft CSP and why does it matter?
Cloud Solution Provider is the Microsoft program that lets a partner sell and support Azure and Microsoft 365 licensing directly, under one agreement. It matters because it puts licensing, premium unified support, and day-to-day management with the same team, instead of splitting them across a reseller, Microsoft support, and an MSP.
How fast do you respond to a support request?
Response times are agreed in the service agreement, and requests go to named engineers rather than a general queue. ArchitectNow has been fully remote since 2020 and supports customers in 27 states, so coverage does not depend on someone driving to a site.
Do you handle Microsoft 365 Copilot rollout?
Yes: readiness, rollout and the adoption work that follows. Readiness is the part most rollouts skip, and it is usually where the value is won or lost, because Copilot answers from the data and permissions you already have.
Do we have to move off our current setup to start?
No. A CSP transition changes who holds the agreement and who supports it, not where your data or tenant lives. Things that need fixing get sequenced into the run rather than held up as a precondition.
Find out what you are actually paying for.
A short review of your Microsoft estate: what you are licensed for, what you are using, and where the gap is. You keep the findings either way.
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