Client story

Thiel Partners Accountants

Cloud-hosted desktops, Microsoft Copilot and managed IT for a Surfers Paradise accounting firm.
  • Accounting, Surfers Paradise
  • A GCIT client for more than 10 years
  • 87,000+ service events handled
Ellen Sawa-an from GCIT smiles as she talks with a colleague at her desk

IT that keeps up with tax time

An accounting firm cannot afford downtime around BAS deadlines and end of financial year lodgements. Thiel Partners needed its staff to work securely from the office or from home, with client financial data kept safe.

Thiel Partners has worked with us for more than 10 years. Its staff work on cloud-hosted desktops that run on dedicated Remote Desktop servers we manage, so they get the same workspace in the office or at home.

Microsoft 365, including Microsoft Copilot, runs alongside the hosted desktops, and we look after the hardware, backups and security around them.

10+ yearsas a GCIT clientConnectWise records, first ticket June 2015
87,000+service events handled since joiningConnectWise service desk, all boards, counted 15 October 2026

Service events are the support requests, automated patches, security checks and maintenance tasks logged as tickets in our ConnectWise service desk for this client, across every board, since they joined. Counted on 15 October 2026 and rounded down.

Thiel Partners and GCIT over the years

Taken from the agreements and service desk records in our ConnectWise system.

2015

Support from day one

Our service desk records for the firm go back to June 2015.

2019

Premium managed IT

From March 2019, a Premium managed IT agreement, with the hosted desktops running in Azure.

2022

Hardware as a Service

From May 2022, hardware supplied and kept current under Hardware as a Service.

2023

Backup and recovery

From April 2023, backup and disaster recovery as part of the agreement.

What we look after for Thiel Partners

Premium managed IT

The whole IT environment, managed

Monitoring, automated patching, endpoint protection and support for every staff member. Managed IT services

Cloud-hosted desktops

The same desktop in the office or at home

Dedicated Remote Desktop servers that we run and maintain, so staff can work securely from anywhere. IT support for accounting firms

Microsoft 365 and Copilot

Email, documents and Copilot

Microsoft 365 administration, including Microsoft Copilot for the team. Microsoft Copilot readiness workshop

Hardware as a Service

Hardware kept current with no capital outlay

Hardware supplied, managed and replaced under Hardware as a Service. Hardware and device management

Backup and recovery

Client files backed up and recoverable

Backup and disaster recovery for the firm’s data. Business continuity and disaster recovery

What Ben Thiel says

“Reliable and always know what they are doing, nothing is ever a problem. Have valued their service for over a decade now. Highly recommended IT professionals.”

Ben ThielPrincipal, Thiel Partners AccountantsGoogle review, May 2024

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