Back to All Partners Microsoft TL;DR: INVITE Networks is a Microsoft partner delivering Microsoft 365, Azure, and Teams for businesses in Salt Lake City, Phoenix, and the greater Mountain West — handling licensing, migration, security configuration, and ongoing managed administration under one agreement. If your business runs on Microsoft and no one’s managing it properly, INVITE is who you call. Microsoft is the dominant platform for business productivity, cloud infrastructure, and security. Microsoft 365 powers the email, collaboration, and productivity stack for the majority of mid-market businesses. Azure underpins cloud infrastructure for thousands of organizations. And Microsoft Defender has become one of the most widely deployed endpoint security platforms on the market. INVITE’s Microsoft practice covers all three — licensing, deployment, security configuration, and ongoing managed administration for businesses across Utah and Arizona. What Microsoft solutions does INVITE deliver? INVITE is both a Microsoft licensing reseller and a managed service provider for the Microsoft platform — procurement and ongoing management through a single agreement: Microsoft 365 licensing and administration — INVITE manages licensing across all M365 SKUs, handles user provisioning and offboarding, configures security defaults, and optimizes spend. Most businesses are over-licensed on tiers they don’t use and under-protected on security configurations they’ve never touched. Microsoft Azure management — Migration planning, infrastructure deployment, and ongoing Azure environment optimization. INVITE manages both IaaS and PaaS workloads, with cost governance to keep cloud spend predictable. Microsoft Teams deployment and governance — Teams architecture, channel governance, guest access policies, and integration with business phone systems. INVITE configures Teams to support how your organization actually works, including Teams Phone direct routing where needed. Microsoft Defender configuration — Endpoint protection, identity security, and threat analytics through the Microsoft Defender suite. INVITE’s security engineers configure Defender for Business and Defender for Endpoint as part of an integrated security stack — alongside Palo Alto Networks and Rubrik for clients that need defense-in-depth. Email security and compliance — Exchange Online configuration, anti-phishing policies, data loss prevention (DLP), and Microsoft Purview compliance controls for industries with regulatory requirements. What outcomes do INVITE’s Microsoft clients see? The most common finding when INVITE onboards a new Microsoft 365 client: security defaults are off, guest access is unrestricted, MFA is not enforced, and licensing is mismatched to actual usage. INVITE’s Microsoft assessment identifies and closes these gaps within the first 30 days of engagement. Clients consistently see reduced licensing spend, improved Microsoft Secure Score, and measurable reduction in phishing-related incidents after INVITE’s configuration baseline is applied. INVITE serves Microsoft customers across Salt Lake City and the Wasatch Front in Utah, as well as Phoenix, Arizona. INVITE’s Microsoft-certified engineers have deployed and managed Microsoft environments in healthcare, professional services, manufacturing, and financial services — industries where the Microsoft stack carries compliance weight, not just productivity value. Why work with INVITE for Microsoft instead of buying direct? Microsoft sells licenses. INVITE delivers outcomes. Buying Microsoft 365 direct gives you a license — INVITE gives you a configured, monitored, and managed environment where the platform is actually working the way it’s supposed to. As both a Microsoft reseller and a managed service provider, INVITE handles procurement and management through a single relationship. No separate licensing vendor, no separate MSP to coordinate between. One team, one contract, one bill. Frequently Asked Questions: Microsoft and INVITE Networks Can INVITE manage our existing Microsoft 365 environment, or only new deployments? Both. INVITE onboards existing Microsoft 365 environments regularly — conducting an initial security and configuration assessment, closing identified gaps, and transitioning ongoing administration into INVITE’s managed services scope. See INVITE’s managed services page for what ongoing management includes. Does INVITE handle Microsoft licensing, or just the management? Both. INVITE is a Microsoft licensing reseller, which means INVITE handles procurement, renewal, and license optimization alongside managed administration. This eliminates the need for a separate licensing relationship and gives INVITE full visibility into your Microsoft spend. What markets does INVITE serve as a Microsoft partner? INVITE serves businesses in Salt Lake City, Utah (including the broader Wasatch Front) and Phoenix, Arizona. Remote-first managed services extend INVITE’s reach to distributed organizations and multi-site businesses across both regions. Is INVITE’s Microsoft practice limited to Microsoft 365, or does it include Azure? INVITE’s Microsoft practice covers Microsoft 365, Azure, Teams, and the Microsoft Defender security suite. For organizations running hybrid or cloud-first infrastructure, INVITE designs and manages the full Microsoft stack — from user endpoints to cloud workloads — as part of a unified managed services agreement. Salt Lake City businesses can start with a free IT assessment here.
