Business IT Checklists — IT Club
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Website Backup & Recovery Checklist
A practical, vendor-neutral checklist for small businesses reviewing whether a cloud-hosted website could actually be recovered. Covers independent source-code copies, databases, uploads, secrets, DNS, domain access, GitHub, recovery frequency, RPO, RTO and restore testing.
8 minutes
Subject Access Request First Response Checklist
A practical first-response checklist for handling a subject access request (SAR) without panic. Covers receiving and logging the request, classifying related rights, proportionate identity checks, data mapping, search, review, redaction, secure response and evidence.
7 minutes
Technology Project Readiness Checklist
A structured checklist for planning an important technology project. Covers business outcome, ownership, executive sponsorship, scope, supplier responsibilities, planning, risk management, user communications, testing, cutover and project closure — with a warning signs guide and common mistakes to avoid.
8 minutes
Microsoft 365 Tenant Migration Readiness Checklist
A structured checklist for planning a move between Microsoft 365 tenants. Covers business case, tenant control, identities, Exchange, OneDrive, SharePoint, Teams, applications, devices, security, delivery, validation and decommissioning — with key reminders on identity mapping, compliance holds and source-tenant closure.
10 minutes
Exchange Server to Microsoft 365 Migration Checklist
A structured checklist for planning a move from on-premises Exchange Server to Microsoft 365. Covers business case, source-server health, tenant ownership, identity, mailboxes, shared mailboxes, public folders, applications, SMTP relay, security, email authentication, pilot, cutover, validation and controlled Exchange retirement — with key reminders on recipient management, backup and decommissioning.
10 minutes
Google Workspace to Microsoft 365 Migration Checklist
A structured checklist for planning a move from Google Workspace to Microsoft 365. Covers business case, tenant ownership, users, email and calendars, files, applications, target design, security, pilot, cutover, validation and controlled decommissioning — with key reminders on permissions, backup and retention.
10 minutes
Google Lens Text Extraction Checklist
A structured checklist for capturing text from paused videos, presentation slides, screenshots and photographs using Google Lens. Covers preparation, capture, verification, formatting, protection and final checks — with key reminders on accuracy, confidentiality and copyright.
5 minutes
Business Document Exposure Review Checklist
A structured checklist for identifying, classifying and securing business documents that may have been unintentionally exposed online. Covers domain scoping, file-type searches, cloud-sharing reviews, document content checks, incident response, verification and prevention.
8 minutes
AI Search Visibility and YouTube Checklist
A structured checklist for strengthening website content, YouTube video, transcripts and wider brand evidence to improve visibility in AI-powered search. Covers business identity, website foundations, YouTube channel setup, video best practice, transcript accuracy, third-party mentions, wider web presence and measurement.
7 minutes
Business AI Compute Cost Checklist
A structured checklist for evaluating AI compute workloads, hardware requirements, providers, pricing, flexibility and financial risk before committing to significant AI infrastructure spending. Covers workload definition, hardware selection, provider comparison, full cost calculation, flexibility terms and financial product risks.
7 minutes
Vulnerability Patch Wave Readiness Checklist
A structured checklist for assessing whether your organisation can prioritise, test and deploy security patches as AI-assisted vulnerability discovery increases the volume and frequency of updates. Covers assets, exposure, updates, prioritisation, testing, deployment, exceptions and unsupported systems.
8 minutes
Sensitive Information and AI Checklist
A structured checklist for reducing information before using AI tools and deciding whether a service is appropriate. Covers classification, approval, data minimisation, file preparation, prohibited information, Temporary Chat steps, review and warning signs.
6 minutes
Clothing Transparency and Fabric Checklist
A structured checklist for understanding fabric composition, identifying possible PFAS and microplastic concerns, evaluating sustainability claims and protecting privacy when using clothing-transparency apps. Covers fibre composition, chemical treatments, certifications, durability, sustainability evidence, privacy when uploading and final purchasing decision.
6 minutes
AI Productivity Audit Checklist
A structured checklist for measuring whether AI is genuinely saving your business time across the complete workflow — not just the speed of one AI-generated task. Covers defining the outcome, mapping the workflow, measuring before and after, identifying hidden work and deciding whether to keep, improve, integrate or stop a tool.
7 minutes
Business AI Audio and Podcast Checklist
A structured checklist for businesses planning to create AI-generated audio from documents, links or research. Covers source rights, confidentiality, account selection, data terms, accuracy review, disclosure, distribution, retention and archiving — with guidance on Google NotebookLM, Spotify Personal Podcasts and Microsoft Copilot Podcasts.
6 minutes
Microsoft 365 Provider Exit Checklist
A structured checklist for businesses changing Microsoft 365 IT provider. Covers tenant identification, administrator access, authentication, licences, email security, DNS, backup and the four common exit routes — same-tenant licence change, CSP transfer, defederation and tenant migration.
8 minutes
How to Evaluate a Breakthrough Energy Claim
A structured checklist for assessing experimental energy claims before treating a laboratory result as a practical technology. Covers the claim, the evidence, replication, scale, engineering viability, economics and misleading headlines.
6 minutes
Connected AI Workflow Pilot Checklist
A step-by-step checklist for businesses considering connecting AI to finance, sales, marketing or document systems. Covers business case, data, permissions, actions, testing, security and review.
7 minutes
Business AI Laptop Evaluation Checklist
A practical checklist for businesses considering a Googlebook or any other AI-first laptop. Covers applications, peripherals, connectivity, management, security, support and piloting.
7 minutes
Live Conversation Translation Checklist
Set up Google Translate Live Translate correctly, improve accuracy, confirm important details and decide whether a subject is appropriate for automated translation.
5 minutes
Dark-Web Alert Response Checklist
Validate a dark-web finding, secure affected accounts, review devices and sessions, assess exposed data and document the response.
10 minutes
Windows Photo Search and Organisation Checklist
Find photographs and image files across a Windows PC, identify their original folders, back them up and organise them safely.
10 minutes
AI Employee Coaching Assessment Checklist
Review employee privacy, scoring fairness, accessibility, manager visibility, data retention and human oversight before introducing AI coaching or workplace roleplay tools.
12 minutes
AI Training Data Supplier Checklist
Review where an AI supplier’s training data came from, what rights apply, how customer data is used and what contractual protection is provided.
12 minutes
AI Agent Safety Checklist
Review an AI agent’s tools, permissions, data access, network connections, human approvals, monitoring and emergency-stop controls.
12 minutes
Microsoft Secure Score Review Checklist
A structured checklist for understanding Microsoft Secure Score, prioritising meaningful security improvements and preventing controls drifting afterwards. Covers score understanding, identity and administrator controls, application permissions, email security, sharing, devices, exceptions, testing and ongoing monitoring.
8 minutes
Microsoft 365 Security Baseline Checklist
A structured checklist for reviewing a Microsoft 365 tenant against seven core security controls: authentication, administrator privilege, external sharing, device access, audit logging, security baseline and risk monitoring. Includes a self-assessment guide and PDF download.
10 minutes
Missing Email Investigation Checklist
Find out whether an expected email was sent, delivered, quarantined, moved by a rule or rejected before changing security settings.
10 minutes
Connected Application Access Review
Identify applications connected to Google or Microsoft accounts, review their permissions and remove access that is no longer required.
10 minutes
Operational Heartbeat Checklist
A plain-English checklist for business owners to assess whether their IT provider is monitoring the right things. Covers backups, servers, Microsoft 365, firewalls, security, certificates, storage and more.
7 minutes
OneDrive and SharePoint Deleted File Recovery Checklist
Where to look when a OneDrive, SharePoint or Teams file disappears. Covers the online Recycle Bin, SharePoint two-stage recovery, version history, OneDrive Restore and why the Windows Recycle Bin may no longer help.
7 minutes
Safe Group Email Checklist
Ten checks before sending a group email in Outlook. Protect recipient addresses, avoid autocomplete mistakes and respond correctly if something goes wrong.
5 minutes
Microsoft Office Unsaved File Recovery Checklist
Recover unsaved Word, Excel and PowerPoint files using AutoRecover, Document Recovery and Microsoft 365 recovery options.
8 minutes
Recovering Overwritten Business Files Checklist
Recover earlier versions of files stored in Google Workspace, OneDrive, SharePoint or Microsoft Teams without losing valid recent work.
10 minutes
WhatsApp Impersonation and Payment Fraud Checklist
Checks to help staff spot fake WhatsApp accounts and verify payment requests safely.
5 minutes
Microsoft Passkey Readiness Guide
Check which users, devices, authentication policies and recovery procedures your business should review before Microsoft retires its own SMS and voice authentication.
5 minutes
Microsoft SMS and Voice MFA Retirement Checklist
Work through the discovery, policy, pilot, communication and closure steps before Microsoft retires its own SMS and voice authentication in February 2027.
8 minutes
Passkey Setup Guide for Microsoft and Google
Create a more phishing-resistant sign-in method on a trusted device and prepare a safe recovery route before relying on it.
5 minutes
Cyber Essentials Readiness Checklist
Work through the key controls to review before applying for Cyber Essentials.
15 minutes
Cyber Resilience Readiness Guide
Review your critical systems, IT suppliers, incident response, backups and business-continuity arrangements.
7 minutes
Cyber Insurance Readiness Guide
Review the policy questions, technical controls, backups and incident-response arrangements your business should check before buying or renewing cyber insurance.
7 minutes
Your 15-Minute Digital Presence Check
A quick review of how your business appears when customers search for you online.
15 minutes
Google Business Profile Ownership Checklist
Confirm your business actually controls its Google Business Profile before something goes wrong.
10 minutes
Business Website Security Checklist
Basic security checks every business website should pass.
10 minutes
AI-Assisted Buying Checklist
Use AI shopping tools more safely by checking the exact model, specification, seller, price, compatibility, warranty and ongoing costs before buying.
5 minutes
AI Readiness Checklist
Check whether your business is ready to adopt AI tools safely and usefully.
10 minutes
Safe Use of Generative AI at Work
Simple rules to help staff use AI tools without exposing business or customer data.
6 minutes
AI Policy Starter Guide
The starting points for a sensible, plain-English AI policy for a small business.
8 minutes
Browser Extension Security Audit
Identify installed browser extensions, review their permissions and decide which should be approved, restricted or removed from business browsers.
10 minutes
Image Authenticity Verification Checklist
Trace an image to its source, inspect its context, compare independent evidence and review available provenance before sharing or acting.
5 minutes
AI Answer Verification Checklist
Check factual claims, sources, assumptions and approval before using or publishing an AI-generated answer.
5 minutes
New Employee IT Checklist
Everything IT-related to set up before a new starter's first day.
10 minutes
Employee Leaver Checklist
Close accounts, recover devices and remove access when someone leaves.
10 minutes
Microsoft 365 Health Check
A recurring check of the Microsoft 365 settings that matter most to small businesses.
15 minutes
Business Backup Checklist
Confirm what is backed up, where it goes and who checks that it works.
10 minutes
Website Review Checklist
A structured review of your website's content, accuracy and basic health.
15 minutes
Digital Presence Review
Check how your business appears across search, maps, reviews and social profiles.
15 minutes
Remote Working Security Checklist
The security basics to check for staff working from home or on the move.
10 minutes
Supplier Access Review
Check which suppliers can access your systems and whether they still need to.
15 minutes
Business Wi-Fi Upgrade Checklist
Check the real bottleneck — devices, internet, switches, cabling, coverage and security — before buying new access points.
7 minutes
Business Printer Health Checklist
A structured checklist for reviewing the reliability, security and configuration of your office printer estate. Covers hardware, network, deployment, Windows printing, scanning, security and support ownership — with practical checks for each area.
6 minutes
AI Task Delegation Checklist
A practical checklist for deciding whether a task is ready to delegate to an AI agent, what level of automation is appropriate and what controls to put in place. Covers task definition, inputs, decision requirements, actions, consequences, controls, productivity measurement and workflow ownership — with a classification guide using the AI Productivity Ladder.
5 minutes
Windows 11 Business PC Health Checklist
A practical checklist for reviewing the health of Windows 11 business PCs across device specification, patching, security, management, startup applications, user experience and replacement planning. Includes IT Club's recommended RAM guidance and the IT Club Windows Principle.
5 minutes
AI Agent Accountability Checklist
A practical checklist for ensuring AI agents deployed in business systems have named owners, appropriate identities, least-privilege permissions, human approval gates, logging, a tested kill mechanism and a defined incident response process. Based on the IT Club AI Accountability Chain framework.
7 minutes
Business Browser Security Checklist
A practical checklist for securing Chrome on business Windows PCs: screen locking, individual user accounts, Windows Hello configuration, Chrome password autofill verification, payment autofill verification, saved card review, extension management, Google Account MFA and passkeys.
5 minutes
Virtualisation Health Check
A structured checklist for assessing whether virtual infrastructure built on VMware ESXi or similar hypervisors is still healthy, supported and fit for purpose. Covers platform, hardware, virtual machines, security, backups, recovery, licensing and future planning — with clear KEEP / UPGRADE / MIGRATION REVIEW / URGENT REVIEW outcomes.
10 minutes
Microsoft 365 Admin Health Check
A structured recurring review of a Microsoft 365 tenant across 15 health areas: users, licences, administrators, authentication, mailboxes, mail flow, SharePoint, OneDrive, external sharing, Teams & Groups, data protection, Secure Score, auditing, service health and recovery. Uses the IT Club Health Model (Known / Reviewed / Action Needed) to track ownership and progress. Complements — and does not duplicate — the IT Club Security Baseline and Secure Score guides.
15 minutes
Cold Email Compliance Decision Tree
A practical UK decision framework for business email outreach. Classify the recipient as corporate, individual or unknown; test whether PECR consent or soft opt-in applies; then record the UK GDPR, transparency, opt-out and suppression checks before sending.
7 minutes
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