A badly planned office move costs a day of idle staff, phones without numbers and Wi-Fi that does not exist yet. DataRoad - IT Services and Consulting, one of Portugal's reference partners for network and IT in new offices and office relocations, handles the site survey, cabling, rack, switches, Wi-Fi and migration of servers, workstations and phones outside working hours: no downtime on moving day and your team working on day one. For management, that means one partner from the empty floor to day one and a fixed budget. Head office in Alfragide, support across the whole country, and international companies served in Portugal, across Europe and in the US.
What your company gains by handing us the move
- No downtime on moving day Cut-over at night or over a weekend, tested before your team arrives.
- Nothing is lost Verified backups before any server or workstation is switched off.
- One partner From the survey of the empty floor to day-to-day management, with no suppliers to coordinate.
- A predictable budget A fixed quote for the project, then a fixed monthly fee under IT Unlimited.
What the project includes
- Survey and design Site visit, outlet plan, rack location and coordination with the fit-out contractor.
- Structured cabling CAT6/CAT6A, plus optical fibre where justified, tested, certified and labelled. See structured cabling.
- Rack and active network Rack, patch panels, professional switches and router, with VLANs for voice, data, guests and departments.
- Business Wi-Fi Access points placed after an on-site coverage survey and integrated with the wired network. See business wireless networks.
- Migration Servers, workstations, printers and phones disconnected, moved, reconnected and tested, with internet and number porting coordinated with the carriers.
- Documentation Certification report for every point, network diagram and inventory handed over at the end.
How it runs, from the weeks before to the first week after
- Once the space is chosen: we confirm internet coverage and start the connection order and number porting, the longest lead times in the whole move.
- Before the fit-out: cabling design, position of outlets, rack and access points, dedicated power circuit and UPS.
- During the fit-out: cable runs before the ceilings close, rack installation and certification of every point.
- Before the move: switches configured, Wi-Fi live and internet tested in the new space. The network is ready before the first workstation arrives.
- Cut-over outside working hours: verified backups, then disconnect, move, reconnect and test everything, following a plan with a set order and named owners.
- Day one and the first week: on hand at opening, desk-by-desk adjustments and handover to ongoing management under IT Unlimited.
The full phase-by-phase list is in our IT checklist for an office move.