r/msp • • 2d ago

New PC Builds

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u/folderit_dms 2d ago

I'd define the standard setup first, then decide whether its expected time fits your monthly price. Installing the management/security agents is a different amount of work from moving a user's files, specialist apps, printers and peripherals, even though customers may call both a new PC setup.

A useful handover checklist is: device enrolled, required agents reporting healthy, agreed apps installed, user sign-in tested, and any migration exceptions recorded. State which parts your included deployment covers and which need a separate estimate before work starts. Track the actual time on a few builds to check whether the included allowance is realistic.

For a replacement, link the new asset to the old one and record when each becomes active or retired in your device list. Otherwise a finished build can leave two supported-device entries behind, or an old machine still active after the user has moved on.