Managed IT support
Remote and onsite help when something breaks — plus proactive monitoring, patching and reporting so it breaks less often.
Canberra IT · est. 1999
IT that points your business in the right direction.
Starboard Solutions is the IT partner Canberra businesses call when they're done with sluggish support, surprise invoices, and tech that fights back. Managed IT, Microsoft 365, cloud and cybersecurity — delivered with clarity.
Microsoft 365
Microsoft Azure
AWS Cloud
Cyber Essentials aligned
What we do
One partner, the whole stack.
From the laptop on your desk to the cloud workloads that power your business — we plan it, build it, secure it and look after it.
Cloud & Microsoft 365
Email, Teams, SharePoint, Intune. Migrations done cleanly, tenants tuned, licensing right-sized — backed by AWS and Azure depth when you need it.
Cybersecurity
EDR, MFA, DMARC, conditional access and staff awareness. Practical hardening that matches the real threats Australian SMBs face.
Networking & Wi-Fi
UniFi networks, Sophos firewalls, structured cabling and meeting-room AV. Fast, segmented, and built so guests never see the finance VLAN.
VoIP & communications
Hosted PBX with Yealink, Grandstream and Voipcloud. Numbers ported cleanly, call flows that actually route the right calls to the right people.
Automation & integrations
Xero, Stripe, Microsoft Graph, PowerShell, AWS Lambda — we wire the systems you already pay for so the data flows itself.
Web hosting
Lightning-fast managed hosting on Cloudflare's global edge — secure by default, supported by a human in Canberra. Learn more →
Web development
Modern websites, dashboards and web apps built in Next.js — fast, secure, and built to last. Learn more →
Business mobile plans
Telstra-powered 5G plans — same coverage, undercut Telstra direct. Activate online in minutes. View plans →
How we work
Three steps, no jargon.
Most engagements look like this. Every one starts with a free, no-pressure conversation.
Free consult
An hour of our time, no charge. We listen, ask sharp questions, and tell you honestly whether we're the right fit.
Plan & quote
You get a clear scope, a fixed quote, and a roadmap with timelines. No vague hourly black holes.
Build & support
We deliver — then stick around. Ongoing support, monitoring and quarterly reviews keep things on course.
What clients say
Why local businesses stay with us.
Real outcomes from real engagements across Canberra.
“Tim migrated our entire practice to Microsoft 365 without a single hour of downtime. Two years on, the only time I hear from him is when he's making things better.”
“We've been with Starboard for years because Tim picks up the phone, explains things in plain English, and the work just gets done. They feel like part of our team.”
“They rebuilt our network, locked down our email, and automated three painful Xero workflows in the same quarter. Best IT decision we've made in a decade.”
Sister product
Meet Vela — your business, on autopilot.
We built Vela because we kept watching our own clients drown in admin. It reads your inbox, drafts replies, chases overdue invoices in Xero, and fills cancelled bookings — so your team can stop doing admin and get back to actual work.
Also from Starboard
Meet Mailbuoy — reliable email, delivered.
Mailbuoy is the SMTP relay we built for our own clients. Authenticated sending, DKIM, DMARC and a sender reputation we look after — so your invoices, password resets and booking confirmations actually land in the inbox. A$5/mo + GST, flat. Hosted in AWS Sydney.
Insights
All insights →
Plain-English writing on the tech that runs your business.
The five Microsoft 365 settings every Australian SMB should turn on this week.
Stop paying for E3 licences and ignoring half the security features. Here's the short list — what it does, why it matters, and how long it takes.
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Cloud migration without the tears: a small-business playbook.
Migrating to Microsoft 365 or AWS doesn't have to mean a weekend of pizza and downtime. The order we run these in, and why it matters.
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One hour. No invoice. We'll talk through where your tech is at, what's slowing you down, and where to point things next.