Startup IT checklist: from first hire to a growing team
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[ ] Confirm who can renew the domain and update billing.
[ ] Document administrative access and a recovery process.
[ ] Use individual accounts; avoid passing around one shared administrator password.
[ ] Record who approves access to finance, production, and customer data.
[ ] Record the assigned person, serial number, purchase date, and warranty.
[ ] Check updates, disk encryption, screen lock, and recovery ownership.
[ ] Install only the applications the role needs.
[ ] Plan a replacement path for a failed or missing laptop.
[ ] Assign an owner to each onboarding task.
[ ] Test access to email, chat, and role-specific tools before handoff.
[ ] Coordinate the departure time and access removal with the responsible manager.
[ ] Record equipment return and data ownership decisions.