Ageing servers
Practice software tied to hardware nearing end of life.
Hosted Desktop
Hosted desktop for regulated firms
Secure Azure desktops running the applications accountancy, law and financial services firms depend on. Locked down, UK hosted and properly controlled.
Your core applications weren’t built for a scattered team
CCH, Digita, IRIS and legal practice systems still expect a controlled desktop. Running them across laptops, home offices and outsourced teams pulls client data in every direction.
Data everywhere
Client files copied onto devices you don’t control.
Open access
Anyone signed in can reach everything.
Offshore risk
Outsourced teams working with no boundary.
What a properly built hosted desktop delivers
Your practice applications run in a controlled Azure environment where the data stays put. We build, secure and govern it so your team works the same way from anywhere.
Data stays in the UK
Client information held in UK Azure regions.
Locked down by default
Copy, print and download controlled, not assumed.
Applications that behave
CCH, Digita, IRIS and case systems running properly.
Safe outsourcing
Overseas teams working without holding your data.
One sign-in
The same Microsoft identity as the rest of your IT.
Scales on demand
Add users for busy season, remove them after.
PRO DRIVE 360 METHODOLOGY
Pro Drive 360 – a structured, repeatable approach to IT
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Audit
Identifying the gaps
We audit your entire IT environment and critical business infrastructure, covering everything from cyber security and compliance to core systems and tools like AI. By benchmarking your systems against our evolving standards, we provide a clear risk assessment of your current technical infrastructure.
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Roadmap
Prioritising actions
We translate your risk assessment into a strategic IT roadmap built around your business goals and modern industry developments. This strategy provides clear, costed plans that prioritise the exact actions required to maintain compliance, unlock productivity gains, and support ongoing growth.
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Align
Meeting the standard
We technically align your IT to our best practice standards to rapidly reduce risk and immediately unlock productivity gains. In parallel, we maximise your IT investment by progressing towards key milestones on your strategic roadmap. These concurrent workstreams mean you’re covered today and set up for success tomorrow.
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Enforce
Maintaining the standard
We keep enforcing the highest standard of IT for your firm by continuously monitoring, auditing and updating your environment as our set of best practice standards evolve - with the latest regulations, new cyber threats and application updates.
What our hosted desktop service covers
Azure environment
Built in UK regions, sized to your firm.
Application hosting
Practice and case management systems running properly.
Access control
Who signs in, from where, on what device.
Cost controls
Auto scaling systems so you use what you need when you need it
Migration
Moving off legacy servers without losing days.
Monitoring and support
Performance, patching and user support included.
Built around how your firm actually works
Accountancy firms need CCH, Digita and IRIS running reliably. Law firms need a boundary around client matters. Financial services firms need critical applications locked down. We configure for each.
How our hosted desktop service helped firms like yours
25+
years supporting professional services firms
200+
factors assessed through the governance model
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Parklands Property Lawyers are a Surrey based firm of conveyancing lawyers with a strong reputation both locally and further afield with estate agents, clients and other law firms.
- Problem
Parklands Property Lawyers were using a legacy case management system running on virtual infrastructure in a private datacentre that was nearing the end of support from the vendor.
- Solution
Pro Drive IT created a new Microsoft Azure cloud environment and network along with virtual servers to run the new Redbrick case management software. We then deployed Microsoft Azure Virtual desktop and deployed business applications along with a comprehensive testing programme.
- Outcome
Improved cyber security by moving away from older applications and infrastructure. Reduction in operating costs by moving to the modern, scalable Microsoft Azure platform. Increased productivity from using modern systems with simplified access.
Explore other ways Pro Drive can strengthen your IT
Cyber Security
Protect your firm from evolving threats and reduce security uncertainty.
Microsoft Azure
Secure hosting of your services on the leading cloud platform
Microsoft 365 & Cloud
Make Microsoft 365, cloud platforms and collaboration tools work properly.
Ready to get your applications somewhere safer?
Start with a review of where your practice systems and client data sit today.
FAQS
Common questions about our hosted desktop service
Yes, and this is where hosted desktop projects usually succeed or fail. These applications are demanding on storage and database performance, so a generic virtual desktop build tends to disappoint at year end when everyone is in at once. We size the environment around how your firm really uses the software, then keep monitoring performance rather than assuming the original sizing still fits.