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+# An IT set up for a startup/SME: Nextcloud, Mattermost, Mailcow and more
+
+I had a client who wanted to avoid vendor lock-in.
+
+They wanted:
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+- Mailboxes under 7 different domain names
+- an alternative to Google Drive, docs, sheets
+- an alternative to Slack
+- an alternative to Calendly
+- an alternative to Airtable
+- an alternative to Zoom
+- an ERP for HR and accounting 
+- a password management system for the whole organisation
+
+Solutions:
+
+- Mailcow
+- Nextcloud
+- Mattermost (MM)
+- Nextcloud's applications Calendar and Appointments
+- Grist
+- Big Blue Button
+- ERPNext
+- Vaultwarden
+
+We customized Nextcloud as such: 
+
+- Shared folders per team/department with 'Workspace'
+- Set up collaborative documents: spreadsheet, slides/decks and documents with Collabora
+- Activated Nextcloud's application Forms to run surveys
+- Activated Nextcloud's Calendar and Appointments to have a booking system (alternative to Calendly)
+- Connected MM and Nextcloud to share files from MM to Nextcloud
+- Activated Nextcloud's application Deck, a Kaban system within Nextcloud
+
+For mailboxes, we use an instance of Mailcow which includes the ability for them to:
+
+- manage the mailboxes of multiple domain names
+- create unlimited email addresses
+- create common email addresses e.g. <code>contact@example.com</code>
+- create wildcard email addresses e.g. <code>client-\*@example.com</code>
+
+Next steps are: 
+
+- set up LibreSign to their Nextcloud instance to sign documents
+- set up an instance of Grist to replace Airtable
+- set up Big Blue Button and link that to their Nextcloud instance as well as a Mattermost to start calls from within either apps
+- set up ERPNext for HR and accounting
+- set up an instance of Vaultwarden to store, share and manage permissions of passwords