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title: "How to Plan an IT and Server Move | commercial-movers.ca"
description: "How to plan an office IT move: inventory, backups, internet lines at the new site, shutdown and restart order, labelling and who does what on move night."
url: https://commercial-movers.ca/guides/it-relocation-planning/
last_updated: 2026-10-23
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# How to plan an IT move

Most office moves are judged on one thing: does everything work on Monday morning? That depends on planning the IT part early.

## Steps

- **Order lines early**: Internet and phone lines for the new space can take weeks to install. Order them as soon as the lease is signed.
- **Make an inventory**: Every computer, monitor, printer, phone, switch and server, with where it is now and where it goes.
- **Back up**: Full backups of servers and important devices before anything is switched off.
- **Agree roles**: Your IT team or provider disconnects and reconnects. Movers pack, move and place. Write it down.
- **Set the order**: Servers and network first at the new site, then workstations. Shutdown at the old site in reverse.
- **Label everything**: Each device and its cables get the new desk or rack number.
- **Test before Monday**: Log in at a few desks, print, call and check shared drives before staff arrive.

## Where movers fit in

Movers pack devices in padded crates or anti-static bags, track them with the inventory and put each one on the right desk or in the right rack. Network and system setup stays with your IT team.

See [IT and server moving](https://commercial-movers.ca/services/it-equipment-moving/) for what we handle.

> Old drives and computers you are not taking should be wiped or destroyed before disposal. See [furniture disposal](https://commercial-movers.ca/services/furniture-disposal/).

## Related

- [IT equipment and server moving](https://commercial-movers.ca/services/it-equipment-moving/)
- [Office moving checklist](https://commercial-movers.ca/guides/office-moving-checklist/)
- [After-hours and weekend moves](https://commercial-movers.ca/services/after-hours-moving/)
- [Office movers](https://commercial-movers.ca/industries/offices/)

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