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SCG Windsor — Business Telecoms & IT

Joshua Littman supports businesses in Windsor, Berkshire and the Thames Valley with IT support, cyber security and communications. From hybrid offices to hospitality sites, the starting point is how your people work and what must stay available.

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Windsor, Berkshire & the Thames Valley

One local contact for your telecoms and IT — backed by the Southern Communications Group.

Business in Windsor

Windsor sits in the middle of two economies that barely overlap. The town itself runs on tourism and hospitality — hotels, restaurants and visitor attractions with a booking line that is effectively the business — while a few miles out, Slough Trading Estate, Maidenhead and Bracknell hold one of the densest concentrations of corporate and technology offices in the country. Selling into both means the same week can involve a restaurant that cannot afford a missed call at seven on a Friday and a head office moving several hundred users onto Teams calling.

  • Windsor town centre
  • Slough Trading Estate
  • Maidenhead
  • Bracknell

Cyber security in Windsor

For a Windsor hotel, restaurant or visitor-facing business, start by separating guest Wi-Fi from staff systems and identifying who manages booking platforms, payment services and administrator accounts. For a Thames Valley office, Microsoft 365 access, supported laptops and remote working may be the more immediate priorities. Review the existing controls before deciding whether new products are needed.

Agree ownership of firewall policies, endpoint alerts, account protection and tested backups. Check Point protection or Huntress managed endpoint detection and response can be considered where appropriate to the environment; neither replaces an agreed incident-response process. Cyber Essentials preparation should define the assessment scope and evidence, with certification assessed through an IASME-licensed Certification Body rather than promised by a product purchase.

IT support in Windsor

IT support in Windsor starts with the people, devices and applications your team relies on, whether they work in the town centre, across Berkshire or from home. Build a scope for Microsoft 365 administration, joining and leaving staff, supported devices, patching and backup. Identify what stays with an internal IT team or another supplier so routine changes and faults have a clear owner.

Joshua Littman remains your local point of contact when planning that support. Confirm support hours, escalation routes and the difference between a response target and a resolution commitment. Agree which work is remote and when on-site visits can be arranged, including any charges or scheduling requirements; do not assume every issue or third-party application is included. Bring your user count, locations and existing contracts to the first discussion.

Your Windsor contact

A named contact in Windsor — not a call centre.

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Towns we cover from Windsor

Sectors we work with around Windsor

Windsor — common questions

What does IT support in Windsor include for hybrid teams?

Agree a scope covering the users, devices and applications you want supported, whether staff work in Windsor, elsewhere in the Thames Valley or from home. Microsoft 365 administration, onboarding, patching and backup can be coordinated with your existing IT team. Joshua Littman remains the local contact; confirm support hours, escalation and responsibility for third-party applications before the service starts.

Can a Windsor business review cyber security without replacing all of its IT?

Yes. Start with the current devices, Microsoft 365 accounts, firewall rules and backup arrangements, and identify the gaps rather than assuming every system needs replacing. A review can cover access controls, endpoint detection and response and Cyber Essentials readiness. Agree the response process and ownership of remediation, especially where an internal team or another supplier retains part of the environment.

We are a Windsor hotel or restaurant. What happens to bookings if the line goes down?

That is the scenario worth designing for, because a missed booking call is lost revenue you never find out about. Cloud telephony is not tied to the building, so if the site loses power or connectivity the same number can divert to mobiles automatically rather than ringing out. We set the failover up when the system goes in, so it works on the night it is needed rather than being configured after the first bad Friday.

Our head office is in the Thames Valley but our staff are hybrid. Does Teams calling work for that?

It is close to the ideal case for it. Teams calling turns the application people already have open into the phone system, so a direct dial rings on a laptop at home and a handset in the office without a second system to manage. Numbers port across, so nothing on your website or signage changes, and there is no desk phone sitting unused in a building someone visits twice a week.

Do you cover Windsor?

Yes. Joshua Littman looks after Windsor, Berkshire & the Thames Valley, working with businesses across Windsor, Slough, Maidenhead, Bracknell and Thames Valley. SCG Solutions operates UK-wide, so sites you run outside Berkshire are covered too — your local director stays the point of contact for all of them.

Who would I be dealing with in Windsor?

Joshua Littman — partner at SCG Solutions. Call 01753 379394 to discuss your requirements with a named contact who can coordinate the appropriate service teams. Ongoing support arrangements and responsibilities are confirmed for the services you choose.

What can SCG Solutions do for a business in Windsor?

IT support, cyber security, cloud telephony and Microsoft Teams calling, business internet from broadband to leased lines, and business mobiles — with cloud hosting and business continuity options. Around Windsor we work with sectors including hotel & hospitality, legal & finance and retail. Your local contact can coordinate the scope through the Southern Communications Group; pricing, availability and support are confirmed in your proposal.

We still have analogue or ISDN lines in Windsor. What happens in 2027?

Openreach plans to retire its traditional phone network by 31 January 2027. Review the lines and connected equipment at your Windsor premises, including alarms and payment terminals. For sites around Windsor town centre and Slough Trading Estate, we can discuss replacement connectivity, number-porting arrangements and backup requirements. Check the installation timeline with your provider rather than assuming a last-minute move will be possible.

Often asked for around Windsor

Based on the sectors that make up the local economy — not everything we do, just what tends to come up here.

The 2027 switch-off affects Windsor too. Openreach plans to retire its traditional phone network by 31 January 2027. Check your phone lines, alarms and payment terminals, and plan the move with your provider.

Read about the switch-off

Windsor sits within our wider coverage. These pages cover the same services across a broader area, with the towns beneath them.

Also covering Worthing.

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