Repeatable Day-1 configuration
HAFN Standard is a documented template — not a concept project per holding. What works at the first portfolio company runs the same way at the twelfth.
Industries · Private equity
AFTER THE ACQUISITION,
EVERY DAY COUNTS.
We bring your new holding to a repeatable IT standard — and keep it there. Standardised Microsoft 365 and Azure environments as a strategic lever in the 100-day plan, uniform across the entire portfolio.
WHAT YOU CAN BUILD ON.
Microsoft Solutions Partner
Modern Work, Security, Infrastructure Azure and Digital & App Innovation Azure. Azure Infrastructure Migration specialisation — for tenant consolidations and migrations.
Fixed price instead of day rate
Calculable per holding — implementation at a fixed price, operation as a monthly flat fee. Clear costs in the 100-day plan and in quarterly reporting.
Proven in the Mittelstand
HAFN Standard runs in mid-sized tenants in the order of magnitude of typical PE portfolio companies. No enterprise heaviness, no SMB tinkering.
AFTER THE CLOSING,
THE RACE BEGINS.
Six typical pain points we see across PE portfolios — and that belong in the 100-day plan, not in the ad-hoc backlog.
Post-merger IT chaos
Every acquisition means migration, tenant consolidation and compliance clean-up — usually in parallel with day-to-day business and carve-out separation.
Inconsistent portfolio
No uniform IT basis across the portfolio. Every company a silo, every quarterly report a data struggle.
Carve-out pressure
When an asset is sold, IT must be cleanly separated — identities, data, licences. Done badly, it blocks the exit.
Scaling in both directions
Fast growth in buy-and-build, fast reduction in carve-outs or exits. Static IT contracts do not fit PE dynamics.
Scarce IT resources
Portfolio companies often have no strong internal IT. The PE firm does not want to build one — but still expects reporting, audits and compliance.
Compliance risks in the 100-day plan
GDPR, ISO 27001, cyber insurance — everything becomes a spot check at the closing. An unmaintained Microsoft 365 world costs valuation deductions.
ONE STANDARD
YOU REPEAT.
HAFN Standard delivers the repeatable Day-1 basis. HAFN Betrieb maintains it for the long term — and in a carve-out can be separated again just as cleanly.
HAFN STANDARD WORKPLACE
Tenant, identities, devices, permissions — brought to a documented configuration that fits the 100-day plan. BSI-aligned, audit-ready, with clear carve-out interfaces in case a sale comes later.
HAFN BETRIEB WORKPLACE
We take over ongoing operation with modular service modules. Portfolio-wide reporting, uniform governance across all holdings, dedicated contacts for the PE firm and the portfolio managements.
Industry levers
THREE BUILDING BLOCKS
PE PORTFOLIOS NEED.
A generic M365 standard is half the battle — private equity additionally needs repeatable Day-1 logic, carve-out capability and portfolio reporting. We bring all three.
Day-1-ready blueprint
HAFN Standard is applied as a repeatable template to each new holding — typically documented and set up audit-ready within the 100-day plan.
Carve-out service
Clean separation on asset sale: dedicated tenants, clear data and identity cuts, documented handovers. So the exit does not hang on residual IT.
Portfolio reporting
Uniform monitoring and reporting across all holdings — compliance status, licence inventory, security posture. One format for the PE firm, one reporting cycle per quarter.
WHAT HAFN MEANS FOR PE PORTFOLIOS
IN CONCRETE TERMS.
Day-1-ready without a special project
The HAFN Standard is a template — not a consulting project per holding. What works at the first portfolio company runs the same at the next. Predictable in time and cost.
Carve-outs handled cleanly
When a holding is sold, the HAFN tenant, including data and identities, can be cleanly decoupled — without weeks of data archaeology.
Uniform reporting
Compliance status, licence costs, security telemetry across the entire portfolio in one consistent format. Comparable, verifiable, shareable with LPs and the investment committee.
Scalable up and down
Buy-and-build or asset reduction: HAFN Betrieb scales in both directions. Licences are adjusted, tenants migrated or separated — without breach of contract.
Proven in the Mittelstand
We know the order of magnitude of typical PE portfolio companies — not enterprise, not micro-business. The configuration is tuned for it.
Dedicated contacts
No ticket system, no rotating helpers. The PE firm has one contact, each holding one — and both know the context.
ALIGNED WITH ADVISORS,
AUDITORS,
INTEGRATION MANAGERS.
PE projects rarely run alone. We know the rules of the game and work with the other parties — without friction losses.
Audit- & DD-ready
Our configuration and documentation are designed for due diligence — both on acquisition and at a later exit. What we do is traceable.
Advisory-friendly
We work with integration advisors, operating partners and external IT providers in the portfolio companies. Clear interfaces, no turf wars.
No lock-in trap
HAFN Betrieb can be cancelled monthly. If a holding wants to change provider or is sold, we do not block it — and support the handover.
Frequently asked questions
EVERYTHING POINTS TO HAFN,
BUT …?
How quickly can HAFN be live at a new holding?
Realistically 4–8 weeks for the HAFN Standard Workplace — depending on the current state of the acquired environment. We start in parallel with the closing, so that Day 100 is reached with working IT, not without.
What happens in a carve-out or asset sale?
We separate the tenant cleanly: identities, data, licences. The handed-over environment is documented and can be taken over by the buyer or passed to another provider — without negotiating leverage on our side.
Do we get portfolio-wide reporting?
Yes. HAFN Betrieb delivers standardised reports on compliance status, licence costs and security posture — per holding and consolidated for the PE firm. We align format and rhythm to your investment-committee cycles.
Do all portfolio companies have to use HAFN?
No. HAFN works per holding — whether the portfolio as a whole should become uniform is your decision. Many PE firms start with a pilot asset and only roll out the standard further after a successful application.
Can we cancel monthly?
Yes. HAFN Betrieb can be cancelled monthly per service module. On exits, sales or portfolio restructurings we adjust or wind down the service package in an orderly way — without a contract trap.
Set a course
30 MINUTES,
THEN WE KNOW MORE.
We discuss your specific situation — whether an ongoing holding, a planned acquisition or a prepared exit.
- First step: a 30-minute first conversation — free, without obligation
- Assessment: Day-1, carve-out or portfolio-reporting focus
- Offer: a transparent fixed-price offer for HAFN Standard Workplace
- Operation: modular service modules, cancellable monthly
- Scaling: repeatable across further holdings — without a consulting setup from scratch