Back to All Partners Milestone INVITE Networks is a Milestone Systems video management software partner, designing and managing XProtect video surveillance environments for enterprise and mid-market organizations in Salt Lake City and Phoenix. INVITE handles camera and sensor integration, VMS architecture, and ongoing platform management — so your security team gets usable video intelligence instead of another system to babysit. TL;DR: INVITE Networks designs, deploys, and manages Milestone Systems’ XProtect video management software (VMS) platform, integrating cameras, sensors, and analytics into a single, centrally managed system. INVITE handles licensing, server sizing, storage planning, and day-to-day administration so physical security teams get actionable video intelligence without adding headcount. This page is for IT directors and security leaders evaluating a Milestone Systems partner who can own the VMS environment long-term. What does INVITE Networks deliver as a Milestone Systems partner? Milestone Systems’ XProtect is an open-platform video management software used at more than 500,000 customer sites worldwide, letting organizations combine cameras, sensors, and analytics from multiple manufacturers into a single management interface. As a Milestone partner, INVITE designs the XProtect deployment around a customer’s actual security requirements — camera count, retention policy, bandwidth, and storage — then handles licensing, server and storage sizing, and integration with existing access control and analytics tools. INVITE folds that ongoing administration into its managed services program, so the VMS gets patched, monitored, and tuned like the rest of a customer’s IT environment rather than living in a separate silo owned by a security integrator. Why do Salt Lake City and Phoenix organizations choose INVITE for Milestone video management? Retail, healthcare, and logistics organizations in Salt Lake City and Phoenix are under growing pressure to modernize aging analog or DVR-based camera systems while keeping video available for compliance and incident investigation. INVITE gives these organizations an IT-first approach to physical security: the same team managing network, storage, and cybersecurity also owns the video platform, closing the gap that opens up when a security integrator installs cameras but has no visibility into the network they run on. Example: a Phoenix-based multi-site retailer with 14 locations replaced a mix of legacy DVR systems with a single Milestone XProtect deployment managed by INVITE, consolidating video management into one interface and cutting the time security staff spend locating footage during incident investigations from hours to minutes. How does INVITE deploy and manage Milestone Systems as part of its security services? INVITE approaches Milestone deployments as infrastructure projects, not just camera installs. That starts with sizing servers and storage against actual retention and resolution requirements, then extends into ongoing management: firmware and software updates, storage capacity monitoring, user access administration, and health monitoring for cameras and recording servers. Where video is part of a broader security posture, INVITE integrates XProtect with its cybersecurity services — segmenting camera networks, hardening device access, and monitoring for the kind of unpatched IoT devices that are a common ransomware entry point. This is particularly relevant for multi-site organizations, where a camera on an unsegmented network at one location can expose the entire corporate environment. What Milestone Systems products does INVITE deploy and manage? INVITE deploys and manages the core of the Milestone portfolio: XProtect VMS (including the Essential+, Express+, Professional+, Expert, and Corporate tiers depending on scale), the XProtect App Platform for containerized video applications and analytics, and integration with BriefCam video analytics for search and investigation. INVITE scopes the right XProtect tier to the customer’s camera count and feature needs rather than defaulting to the most expensive license, and manages upgrades as Milestone releases new versions — including planning migrations to the newer App Platform architecture where it makes sense for a customer’s environment. Looking for a Milestone Systems partner who manages the video environment, not just installs cameras? Contact INVITE to discuss a Milestone Systems engagement for your organization. Frequently Asked Questions: Milestone Systems Video Management Is INVITE Networks an authorized Milestone Systems partner? Yes. INVITE Networks partners with Milestone Systems to design, deploy, and manage XProtect video management software for customers in Salt Lake City, Phoenix, and surrounding markets. Can INVITE manage our Milestone system if we don’t have a dedicated security IT team? Yes. Most of INVITE’s Milestone customers don’t have in-house VMS expertise. INVITE’s managed services team handles server and storage management, software updates, user administration, and camera health monitoring so the customer’s team doesn’t have to. What makes Milestone XProtect different from other VMS platforms? XProtect is an open platform, meaning it supports cameras, sensors, and analytics from a wide range of manufacturers rather than locking customers into a single hardware vendor. INVITE uses that openness to integrate video with existing access control and analytics investments instead of ripping and replacing them. How long does a Milestone XProtect deployment take? For a straightforward migration from an existing DVR or VMS system, most INVITE deployments move from design to go-live in 4 to 8 weeks, depending on camera count and whether new cabling or network segmentation is required. Multi-site rollouts are typically phased by location so no single site is without coverage during the transition.
