Untangling the Cloud Chaos: How One Orlando Business Cleaned Up 7 Years of Digital Sprawl

If your files, folders, and tools feel like a tangled mess, you’re not alone.

One Orlando marketing agency came to us with seven years of digital buildup. Nothing was technically “broken,” but every task took longer than it should. Here's what we found:

• Abandoned Google Drive folders
  
  
• A Microsoft 365 account no one managed
  
  
• Four email domains (and no clear reason why)
  
  
• And a team constantly asking: “Where’s the latest version of that?”

The worst part? They didn’t realize how bad it had gotten, until it started costing them time, money, and momentum.

How Cloud Chaos Happens (Even in “Normal” Businesses)

This wasn’t a neglected IT department. It was a fast-growing agency in Colonialtown, doing what most small businesses do:

• Adding tools as they grew
  
  
• Switching IT providers more than once
  
  

• Letting old habits stick because “they still work”

Over time, they ended up with a Frankenstein setup:

• Google Drive for some teams, SharePoint for others
  
  
• Multiple Zoom accounts
  
  
• Calendars that wouldn’t sync
  
  
• Files named final_FINALv3_revised_NEW (you know the one)...and no one had a backup of the clean version

Sound familiar?

The Hidden Costs of Disorganization

The mess wasn’t just annoying, it was slowing them down.

• Clients didn’t get updated files on time
  
  
• Team members recreated work they couldn’t find
  
  
• A key staffer was using personal Gmail for projects
  
  
• They were paying for several Microsoft 365 licenses they weren’t using
  
  

• And their “shared” calendar hadn’t been touched in over a year

No one thing broke the system. But together? It was a drag on every part of their operations.

How We Turned Sprawl Into a System

We didn’t bulldoze everything. We cleaned it up with precision.

Here’s what our Cloud Cleanup & Advisory process looked like:

✅ Mapped the current state — what platforms, accounts, and tools were in play
✅ Consolidated around Microsoft 365 for file storage, email, and calendars
✅ Migrated files from ghost platforms (including an old Dropbox still on auto-renew)
✅ Set clean folder structures and access permissions
✅ Deactivated unused licenses
✅ Wrote simple SOPs for onboarding, offboarding, and shared access

In two weeks, they went from “Where is that file?” to “Everything’s in Drive under [Client Name].”

Support tickets dropped. Collaboration improved. And they cut 30% off their monthly cloud spend.

Cloud Platforms Don’t Clean Up After You

Cloud tools are amazing, until they start working against you.

They’ll let you: 

• Store 20 versions of the same file
  
  
• Give access to someone who left two years ago
  
  
• Keep paying for tools no one touches
  
  
• Run parallel systems for the same task

Unless someone steps in to clean it up, the mess will just keep growing. Quietly. Expensively.

Could This Be You? A Quick Gut Check

 You don’t need a full audit to know something’s off. Ask yourself:

• Do people in your business use different tools for the same task?
  
  
• Are you still paying for cloud tools no one really uses?
  
  
• Is your file system one big folder called “Old Stuff”?
  
  
• Does your team spend more time looking for files than working on them?

If so, you’re not behind. You’re just ready.

Clean Systems Create Clearer Work 

A streamlined cloud setup doesn’t just save time, it gives your team clarity, consistency, and a system they can actually rely on.

We help Orlando businesses clean up years of cloud sprawl, reduce unnecessary spend, and build a setup that’s secure, organized, and actually makes sense.

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