From empty floor to go-live
New Office IT Setup: New office IT setup is the end-to-end installation of everything a business needs to work from day one in a new space: structured cabling, network and Wi-Fi, firewall, workstations, printers, user accounts and backups — planned around the floor plan and delivered before staff move in.
Moving into a new office is the one moment when everything about your IT can be done properly from the start — the cabling, the network, the way people log in, how files are shared, how the office is protected. Listonics takes that whole scope on as a single project.
We start with your floor plan and headcount, design the network and power layout around how your team actually sits and works, source the right equipment, and install everything before your people arrive. On day one they open a laptop and it just works.
Because one team handles cabling, network, workstations and security, nothing falls between vendors — and there is one number to call afterwards.
Who needs this
Companies signing a lease on a new Dubai office — from a 10-desk start-up to a 150-person floor — who want the network, workstations and accounts working on moving day rather than in week three.
What a new office setup includes:
- Site survey, floor plan review and a fixed-scope proposal.
- Structured cabling, rack, switches, firewall and business Wi-Fi.
- Workstations, laptops, monitors and printers configured and deployed.
- Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace accounts, email and shared drives.
- Security baseline: firewall rules, endpoint protection and backups.
Ready on the day you move in
We schedule installation around your fit-out so the network is live, tested and documented before the first employee sits down — no scramble in week one.
How pricing works
Quoted as one fixed-scope project after a site survey: cabling runs, rack and network equipment, workstations, licences, security baseline and labour, each itemised. Headcount, number of data points, cabling category and equipment grade drive the total.
How implementation works
- Consult — a free site survey and a conversation about headcount, floor plan and what is already in place.
- Design & source — a fixed-scope proposal with equipment listed item by item.
- Install — delivered, tested and documented on site, usually outside working hours.
- Manage — monitoring, helpdesk and monthly management under a support plan, or on-call support if you prefer.
What to compare when choosing a provider
- Are response and on-site targets written down by priority?
- Is the quote a fixed scope, itemised, or hourly?
- Who attends site — employed engineers or subcontractors?
- Which business-grade brands are proposed, and why those?
- Will you receive documentation you own — diagrams, accounts, port maps?
- What exactly is excluded, and what does it cost when it happens?
Frequently asked questions
A typical 10–40 person office takes two to four weeks from survey to go-live, most of it running in parallel with your fit-out. Cabling goes in early; equipment is installed and tested in the final days.
Yes. We coordinate directly with your contractor on cable routes, rack location and power so IT is built into the space rather than added afterwards.
No, but most clients do — we source business-grade hardware at trade pricing and warrant the whole installation. If you already own equipment, we will audit it and reuse what makes sense.
You can hand the office over to our Managed IT Support plan for monitoring, helpdesk and monthly management, or keep us on call for ad-hoc support.
Last reviewed September 8, 2026 by the Listonics engineering team.