Good money after bad
Seriously? You think ADDING additional projects on top of an already impossible task is going to help. You lost me when you suggested phasing out Windows. They can't afford any add-on tools and they won't grant the consultant proper access to the server AND they have no IT department. Some customers aren't worth having. Do you think any reference from this company will be worth anything. What's going to end up happening to this company is that there IS going to be a data breach and the consultant will get the blame. Run away.