Managed Services (MSP) Templates

A managed service provider sells consistency. The client is paying for the same careful onboarding, the same monthly check and the same quick response, whichever engineer is on shift. In most MSPs, though, the processes that deliver that consistency live in a wiki page, a senior engineer’s head or a PSA ticket template that nobody updates. CheckFlow’s managed services templates turn the recurring, client-facing processes of an MSP into checklists that start on schedule for every client. Each step goes to a named owner, and every completed run is kept as evidence of the work.

The templates are written for MSP owners, service managers, account managers and vCIOs. They sit alongside your PSA, RMM and documentation platform rather than replacing them. Those tools hold the tickets, the agents and the passwords. These checklists run the multi-step human work around them: assessing a prospect, handing a signed deal to delivery, taking on a new client and their Microsoft 365 tenant, running each NOC shift, checking backups every day, patching every month, reviewing each client’s health and billing every month, reviewing the relationship every quarter, refreshing hardware and renewing the agreement every year, and handing over cleanly when a client leaves. Every template is fully editable, and conditional logic lets one template handle different service tiers and client types.

Client Lifecycle Templates

From the first network assessment of a prospect to the day a client leaves: discovery, the handoff from sales, onboarding fully managed and co-managed clients, agent deployment and a clean exit.

Service Delivery & Reporting Templates

The recurring checks and reviews that show the service is working, from each NOC shift and the daily backup check to the monthly client health check and the annual vCIO roadmap.

Security & Infrastructure Templates

Security and infrastructure work an MSP runs for every client: Microsoft 365 tenants, backup and DR, monthly patching, EDR, email authentication, hardware refresh, risk assessments and cyber insurance evidence.

Agreements, Billing & Team Templates

Running the MSP itself: renewing each managed services agreement on time, reconciling every client’s billing each month and bringing new technicians up to speed safely.

Reseller & White-Label Templates

For MSPs and consultancies that resell a white-label platform: provisioning each client account and onboarding the client under your brand.

Explore Our Managed Services Checklist Templates

All 27 managed services templates, one line each. Every template page explains the process behind it, lists every phase and task, and links to a live example you can open without signing up.

  • Client Lifecycle

    • IT Network Assessment Checklist: Pre-sale discovery of a prospect’s network and Microsoft 365 tenant: written authorisation, scans, a site walk, a rated findings report and a proposal, with a handover to onboarding when they sign.
    • MSP Sales-to-Onboarding Handoff Checklist: The gate between sales and delivery: verify the signed agreement, reconcile the quote with the contract, record every promise and risk, set up billing, and have the service manager accept the deal.
    • MSP Client Onboarding Checklist: The technical takeover of a new client: admin credentials, an incumbent handover, discovery, agent deployment, documentation, service desk cutover and a 30-day review.
    • Co-Managed IT Onboarding Checklist: Onboard a client that keeps its own IT team: a RACI by service area, named and scoped access, ticket routing, tool ownership and change rules, the client’s sign-off and 30/60/90-day reviews.
    • RMM Agent Deployment Checklist: Roll the RMM agent out across a client estate: inventory, policies and console security, a pilot, rollout waves, coverage reconciliation and removal of a previous provider’s agent.
    • MSP Client Offboarding Checklist: A clean, documented exit when a client leaves: transition plan, handover of documentation and admin rights, licence transfers, tool removal, GDAP and access revocation, and written confirmation.
  • Service Delivery & Reporting

    • NOC Shift Checklist: Run every NOC shift the same way: read the last handover, sweep every console, triage alerts to target, run the in-shift checks, a major incident path and a clean handover note.
    • MSP Daily Backup Monitoring Checklist: The weekday check across every client’s backups: server, endpoint and Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace jobs, offsite and immutable copies, coverage gaps, a spot-restore and escalation when RPO is at risk.
    • MSP Client Documentation Audit Checklist: Audit one client’s documentation against your standard: credentials, network, assets, applications and contacts, scored and signed off, with a remediation phase below your threshold.
    • Monthly Client Health Check Checklist (MSP): The internal monthly review of each client: tickets, SLAs, estate health, security, backups and commercial signals, a red, amber or green score, and a recovery plan for red clients.
    • Monthly Managed Services Report Checklist: Every client’s monthly service report: reconcile the agreement, pull PSA, RMM and backup data, write a plain-language summary and peer review it, with an exceptions phase for bad months.
    • SLA Performance Review Checklist: The monthly SLA review: validate the PSA data, measure response and resolution by priority, review breaches, approve service credits and give the client a summary they can check.
    • MSP Quarterly Business Review (QBR) Checklist: Prepare, run and follow up a QBR the decision-maker keeps attending: questionnaire, analysis, roadmap and budget, pre-brief, a 60-minute agenda and a renewal phase.
    • vCIO Technology Roadmap Review Checklist: The annual strategic plan for a client: strategy interview, lifecycle and standards review, a 12–36 month roadmap and budget, recorded decisions and quarterly checkpoints.
  • Security & Infrastructure

    • Microsoft 365 Tenant Onboarding Checklist: Take on a client’s tenant: GDAP with least-privileged roles, break-glass accounts, admin roles, MFA and an approved Conditional Access rollout, audit logging, Exchange and sharing settings and a Secure Score baseline.
    • Backup & Disaster Recovery (BDR) Deployment Checklist: Deploy backup and DR for a client: RPO and RTO they sign off, a 3-2-1-1-0 design, locked-down backup admin, seeding, proven restores, a DR runbook and an optional Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace phase.
    • Patch Tuesday Checklist for MSPs: The monthly release across every client: release-day triage, a ring plan from your own devices to client servers, approved deferrals, a hold-and-rollback path and compliance reported per client.
    • EDR Rollout Checklist: Deploy EDR without a coverage gap: plan, audit-mode policies, an optional MDR onboarding phase, a pilot, waves that replace the old antivirus, an approved move to enforcement and evidence.
    • Email Authentication (SPF, DKIM, DMARC) Setup Checklist: Take a client domain from a stray SPF record to DMARC reject: sender inventory, one SPF record, DKIM everywhere, monitoring, approved enforcement steps and a bulk-sender phase.
    • Hardware Lifecycle Refresh Checklist: Replace each client’s ageing devices on a plan: inventory, warranty and Windows 11 eligibility, the devices due, an approved quote, Autopilot provisioning, user migration, disposal and updated records.
    • Client Cybersecurity Risk Assessment Checklist: The annual security posture review for an existing client around the six NIST CSF 2.0 functions, with scored findings, a remediation roadmap and the client’s decision on every risk.
    • Cyber Insurance Readiness Checklist: Prepare a client for a cyber insurance application or renewal: evidence MFA, EDR, backups, patching and remote access, and close any gaps before the form is signed.
  • Agreements, Billing & Team

    • Managed Services Agreement Renewal Checklist: Renew each managed services agreement on time: notice dates, profitability and service review, scope and terms, an approved price uplift, the signed renewal, and a retention path if the client is at risk.
    • MSP Monthly Billing Reconciliation Checklist: Reconcile every agreement each month against RMM agents, users, seats and distributor invoices, find unbilled and orphaned licences, approve the invoice batch and review margin.
    • MSP Technician Onboarding Checklist: Bring a new technician up to speed safely: least-privilege access to the PSA, RMM and vault, orientation, security, tools training and shadowing, a ticket ladder and a 90-day review.
  • Reseller & White-Label

    • White-Label Reseller Account Setup Checklist: Provision each client account on the platform you resell: commercial setup, hostname and certificate, the client’s own domain, white-label email, branding, roles and a go-live sign-off.
    • White-Label Client Onboarding Checklist: Onboard a customer onto your branded platform: kick-off and success criteria, an optional migration phase, template configuration, client sign-off, training, go-live and 30/60/90-day reviews.

Why MSPs Use CheckFlow

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One template, every client

Build a process once and run it for every client, with the client name, service tier and assigned engineer filled in when it starts. Conditional logic shows the extra steps for a security bundle, an incumbent handover or a renewal, so one template covers every variation.

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Recurring work that starts itself

Monthly reports, quarterly reviews and annual assessments are scheduled once per client and then created and assigned automatically. The grid view shows every client’s checklists side by side, so a late report or a missed review is visible before the client notices.

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Proof of the work you do

Every run records who completed each step and when, with evidence attached. Share a live, read-only view with the client under your own brand. Read CheckFlow for MSPs or the MSP process management guide for how it fits your stack.

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Managed Services Templates — Frequently Asked Questions

Who are the managed services templates for?

Managed service providers and IT service companies of any size, from a two-person MSP to a multi-team provider with a dedicated vCIO function. They are written for the people who run the client relationship and the service: owners, service managers, account managers, onboarding engineers and vCIOs. In-house IT teams can use several of them too, particularly the backup monitoring, EDR rollout, email authentication, Microsoft 365 tenant onboarding and cyber insurance templates, and the Co-Managed IT Onboarding Checklist is written for both sides of a co-managed arrangement. Resellers of a white-label platform have their own two templates.

Does CheckFlow replace our PSA, RMM or documentation platform?

No. Your PSA handles tickets, time and billing, your RMM manages and monitors devices, and your documentation platform holds configurations and credentials. CheckFlow runs the multi-step human processes around them, such as onboarding a client, writing a monthly report or preparing a QBR, and it keeps a record of who did each step. It connects to other tools through Zapier and the REST API.

Can I run one template for all my clients?

Yes. That is how most MSPs use CheckFlow. You build the process once, then start a checklist per client, either on demand or on a recurring schedule, with the client’s details filled in. Conditional logic shows or hides steps by service tier or client type, so you don’t need to keep a separate copy of the template for each variation.

Which managed services templates run on a schedule?

The NOC Shift Checklist runs once per shift and the MSP Daily Backup Monitoring Checklist every weekday. The Monthly Client Health Check, Monthly Managed Services Report, SLA Performance Review, Monthly Billing Reconciliation and Patch Tuesday Checklist run monthly, the QBR quarterly, and the Client Documentation Audit on a quarterly rotation of clients. The Client Cybersecurity Risk Assessment, vCIO Technology Roadmap Review, Hardware Lifecycle Refresh and Agreement Renewal are annual for each client. The rest start when something happens: a new prospect or client, a signed deal, an agent or backup rollout, a new technician or a client leaving. Set a recurring schedule per client and each checklist is created and assigned automatically.

Can clients see their own checklists?

Yes. You can share a live, read-only view of a client’s checklist, such as their onboarding progress or their monthly report, through a secure link, with your own branding and subdomain. The client sees the work being done without needing access to your internal platform.

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