Discuss your IT support needs

Co-Managed IT

Scale your IT capability. Give your internal team the extra capacity and expertise they need to support users, deliver projects and improve resilience.

Extra capacity and expertise

Give your internal team the extra capacity and expertise they need to support users, deliver projects and improve resilience.

Share the operational load

Aura helps absorb support demand, monitoring, maintenance and escalation so your team can focus on higher-value work.

Strengthen specialist coverage

Access deeper technical knowledge across Microsoft, cyber security, cloud and infrastructure without building every capability in-house.

Discuss your IT support needs

Co-Managed IT

Scale your IT capability. Give your internal team the extra capacity and expertise they need to support users, deliver projects and improve resilience.

Extra capacity and expertise

Give your internal team the extra capacity and expertise they need to support users, deliver projects and improve resilience.

Share the operational load

Aura helps absorb support demand, monitoring, maintenance and escalation so your team can focus on higher-value work.

Strengthen specialist coverage

Access deeper technical knowledge across Microsoft, cyber security, cloud and infrastructure without building every capability in-house.

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Your internal IT team should not have to carry everything alone

Your internal IT team should not have to carry everything alone

Internal IT teams are often expected to support users, maintain systems, improve security, deliver projects, manage suppliers and advise leadership — all with limited time and resource. Aura helps share the operational load so your team can focus on the work where they create the most value.

Internal IT teams are often expected to support users, maintain systems, improve security, deliver projects, manage suppliers and advise leadership — all with limited time and resource. Aura helps share the operational load so your team can focus on the work where they create the most value.

Support queues grow

Everyday demand can build faster than an internal team can clear it, delaying important work.

Projects compete with support

Strategic improvements can lose momentum when user issues, patching and supplier management take priority.

Specialist skills are needed

Security, monitoring and strategic planning need consistent expertise, but not always as a full-time internal role.

How co-managed IT works

How co-managed IT works

A shared support model that agrees clear responsibilities and gives your team the capacity, specialist expertise and governance it needs.

A shared support model that agrees clear responsibilities and gives your team the capacity, specialist expertise and governance it needs.

Understand the team and priorities

Review the current support model, systems, workload, escalation routes and areas where additional capacity will help most.

Agree clear responsibilities

Set support routes, ownership, service levels and escalation paths so users and internal teams know how the partnership works.

Support, report and improve

Combine service desk support, proactive engineering, reporting and strategic reviews to improve outcomes over time.

Strengthen your IT team with the right expertise

Strengthen your IT team with the right expertise

Aura works alongside your internal team to provide extra capacity and deeper technical knowledge across Microsoft, cyber security, cloud and infrastructure — without building every capability in-house.

Aura works alongside your internal team to provide extra capacity and deeper technical knowledge across Microsoft, cyber security, cloud and infrastructure — without building every capability in-house.

24/7 service desk support

Help users get the support they need quickly, with clear escalation into your internal team where appropriate.

Network Operations Centre support

Provide round-the-clock monitoring to improve operational resilience and identify issues earlier.

Proactive engineering

Share the maintenance load, identify recurring issues and improve systems before avoidable disruption affects users.

Virtual IT Director guidance

Support technology planning, governance and leadership decisions with senior strategic input.

Account management and reporting

Create clear communication, service reporting and a visible rhythm for ongoing improvement.

Security and compliance support

Strengthen cyber security and compliance with specialist guidance that complements your internal capability.

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Questions

Useful answers before you take the next step

Useful answers before you take the next step

Co-Managed IT FAQs

What is co-managed IT?

Co-managed IT is a support model where Aura works alongside your internal IT team, adding service desk capacity, proactive engineering, security guidance, reporting and strategic planning support.

How is co-managed IT different from outsourced IT?

Co-managed IT supports and extends an existing internal IT team. Outsourced IT is better suited to organisations that want Aura to take wider responsibility for day-to-day IT operations and strategic technology management.

Which organisations is co-managed IT best for?

Co-managed IT is best for organisations that already have internal IT capability but need extra support, specialist skills, proactive monitoring, security oversight or strategic guidance.

How does Aura work with our internal IT team?

Aura agrees clear responsibilities, support routes, escalation paths and reporting so your internal team knows where Aura adds value and users know how to get help.

What can Aura support as part of co-managed IT?

Aura can support service desk activity, network operations, proactive engineering, security management, service reporting, account management and strategic technology reviews.

Why choose Aura for co-managed IT?

Aura combines practical support with strategic guidance, security by design and a people-first approach, helping your internal team work more effectively while keeping technology aligned to business outcomes.

Co-Managed IT FAQs

What is co-managed IT?

Co-managed IT is a support model where Aura works alongside your internal IT team, adding service desk capacity, proactive engineering, security guidance, reporting and strategic planning support.

How is co-managed IT different from outsourced IT?

Co-managed IT supports and extends an existing internal IT team. Outsourced IT is better suited to organisations that want Aura to take wider responsibility for day-to-day IT operations and strategic technology management.

Which organisations is co-managed IT best for?

Co-managed IT is best for organisations that already have internal IT capability but need extra support, specialist skills, proactive monitoring, security oversight or strategic guidance.

How does Aura work with our internal IT team?

Aura agrees clear responsibilities, support routes, escalation paths and reporting so your internal team knows where Aura adds value and users know how to get help.

What can Aura support as part of co-managed IT?

Aura can support service desk activity, network operations, proactive engineering, security management, service reporting, account management and strategic technology reviews.

Why choose Aura for co-managed IT?

Aura combines practical support with strategic guidance, security by design and a people-first approach, helping your internal team work more effectively while keeping technology aligned to business outcomes.

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