1. Start with the site and its data definitions
A hosting review should begin with an inventory, not a server label. Identify the live website, staging copy if one exists, domain registrar, DNS records, databases, media files, forms, analytics and any other services that depend on the domain. Keep website content, intake information, email traffic and administrative credentials distinct. That separation matters for a law firm because the site may present legal services while forms and communications may involve prospective-client information. Windsor is recorded as a municipality in Sonoma County, California, with a 2020–2024 ACS five-year population estimate of 26,081 and a margin of error of 36. That geographic fact does not establish website demand or case volume, but it does make geographic scope worth defining carefully: Windsor visitors, Sonoma County visitors and visitors elsewhere in California are not interchangeable audiences.
Recommended approach
Ask Bosseo to document what would move, what would remain with your existing providers, which records require approval, and which information the hosting arrangement would handle. Do not approve a migration until the inventory and ownership boundaries are understandable to the people responsible for your firm’s website and communications.
