Setting up a new starter: the checklist that saves the first week

Office Hours: IT for Office Managers · Oct 22, 2026 · 26m

A new starter's first week shows whether a business has its IT under control. This episode walks office managers through setting up a new staff member properly: the Microsoft 365 account and licence, multi-factor authentication, the laptop, email signature, shared files and mailboxes, the phone, and the short induction that stops a brand-new employee falling for the scam that targets new employees.

You'll come away understanding why the setup should start a week before day one, not on the morning; why you give access through groups instead of copying someone else's permissions; how a…