Welcome to Task Force 42
Military Grade IT Contracting & Consultancy For UK Businesses
Task Force 42 is a technical services company founded in 2021 by David Cooper
Based in the North East of England, serving businesses throughout the UK.
Services
Design & Dev
Systems integration, systems analysis, systems design, data ETL, code re-factoring.
Install & Config
Hardware/software configuration & application support, cloud & on-premise.
Networks & Security
Security, configuration, troubleshooting, migrations, maintenance & optimisation.
Business Expertise Profile
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- IT Service Management
- Strategic I.T Systems Development
- Systems Specification & IT Purchasing
- Configuration Management
- IT Asset Management
- Systems & Security Analysis
- Identity Lifecycle Management (ILM)
- Network Design & Administration
- Database Engineering
- Technical Documentation
- Systems Admin & App Support
- ITIL V3 Foundation
- PRINCE2 Foundation
- Integration & Data ETL with C# and T-SQL
- Access Control & Buildings Mgmt Systems
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- Azure, 365, Teams, Sharepoint
- Windows Server 2003-2019
- Exchange Server 2003-2019 & Exchange Online
- Desktop Management with Group Policy
- Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, XP
- Hyper-V Virtualisation & Cluster Services
- SMB storage
- Windows Server Migrations
- Domain Controller Upgrades & Migrations
- IIS Management
- Office Application Support
- DNS, DHCP
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- KVM Virtualisation
- Rocky, Fedora, RedHat, CentOS, Debian, Mint
- Apache & NGINX
- BIND DNS & ISC DHCP
- Netfilter IPTables
- GNOME, KDE, Mate, XFCE
- SAMBA, SSSD & NFS
- Oracle Virtualbox
- Zabbix Systems Monitoring
- FOG Desktop Imaging
- Raspberry Pi 3 and 4 OS
- SSH & BASH
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- Cloud Directory Sync with LDAP via AD (GCDS)
- Workplace
- Analytics
- GMail
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- Security Analysis
- Multi Factor Authentication
- Cyber attack response & recovery experience
- TLS/SSL certificate management
- Sophos Enterprise Management
- BitLocker Media Encryption
- FTPS, SFTP & OpenSSH
- Firewalls & Packet Sniffing
- Password Management
- MAILSweeper & WEBSweeper certified
- Quest Rapid Recovery & Veritas NetBackup
- Hybrid identity using AD & Azure AD Connect
- MS Active Directory DS & Azure AD
- Microsoft seamless SSO via Azure AD Connect
- LDAP
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- Cisco Meraki ECC & Switches
- Ubiquiti Unifi Cloud Controller and APs
- Watchguard FireWire appliance Firewalls
- Cisco IOS on 800 series routers
- LAN, WAN, WLAN and VLANs
- PPPoA & PPPoE
- NAT, SMTP, FTP, SFTP, FTPS
- Netgear, Dell, HP, Zyxel switches
- SIP and RTP
- Digium Switchvox
- Elastix & 3CX
- Exterity IPTV
- Cisco & Siemens IP telecoms
- PBX Upgrades
- DDI & Ext Management
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- Exchange Server & Mailbox Migrations
- SMTP, POP & IMAP configurations
- DKIM, DMARC, SPF, MX configuration
- Microsoft Exchange Online
- Outlook & Thunderbird Clients
- Sendmail and PHPMailer
- SPAMTitan
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- ITIL foundation V3 certified
- ServiceNow deployment exprience
- Combodo iTop deployment experience
- OSTicket deployment experience
- Hornbill SupportWorks
- ITSM integration exprience with LDAP and AD
- Strategic ITSM development expertise
- SugarCRM Enterprise
- Microsoft Dynamics
- SuiteCRM
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- SQL Server installations & configuration
- Database Migrations
- Stored Procedures
- MySQL & MariaDB
- T-SQL Optimisation
- Maintenance plans & agent jobs
- Backups & datafixes
- High Availability
- Postgres experience
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- Intermediate C# ETL (Windows Services)
- Advanced T-SQL
- Intermediate Powershell
- Intermediate HTML, CSS & PHP
- Javascript
- Visual Studio
- TFS
- SVN
- Joomla & WordPress CMS
The Team
Client Testimonials
"David has provided expert technical support and development services to our businesses for over 8yrs. Our analytics show that the websites he developed have attracted over 250,000 visitors"
"Hardware replacement, software upgrades and systems training are just some of the areas David has helped our business, I would definitely recommend his services."
On-Premise, Hybrid or Cloud
On-Premise systems are unbeatable in terms of the user experience delivered by low cost internal Gigabit local area networks, dedicated servers & network hardware, there are also well established and diverse software/hardware supply and support chains available to businesses. Task Force 42 can help support, maintain and develop your existing On-Premise systems, and periodically review and advise if a shift to Hybrid or Cloud systems/services would better suit your current and future business needs.
A mixture of On-Premise systems and services interconnected with a public cloud service provider is commonly referred to as Hybrid. Hybrid can offer the best of both worlds for onsite & offsite staff and customers.
Hybrid also allows easy deployment of technologies such as single sign on (SSO). Task Force 42 have years of experience supporting and developing the many different technologies that power Hybrid including identity management, firewalls, virtualisation, storage, routers, mobile devices, telecom providers, backup systems, email and cyber security platforms.
Cloud systems and services allow for a truly mobile and distributed workforce as well as a distributed service and systems network for your business. They offer unbeatable flexibility, reliability, availability and scalability in the form of SaaS and PaaS which is unmatched by On-Premise systems. Task Force 42 has experience with major cloud services and systems vendors including Microsoft Azure & 365, Amazon AWS and Google Cloud.