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Authorized Milestone Systems Dealer & Integrator

Milestone Systems is the world's leading provider of open-platform video management software (VMS), trusted by 500,000+ sites globally.

About Milestone Systems

Founded in Denmark in 1998, Milestone pioneered the concept of open-platform VMS, enabling security integrators and end users to combine cameras, analytics, and third-party applications from any manufacturer into a single, unified management platform. Milestone's XProtect product family scales from small commercial properties to the largest enterprise and government deployments on the planet.

As an authorized Milestone dealer and certified integrator with 20+ years of VMS deployment experience, Fortress GT handles the full scope of Milestone implementations:

Milestone XProtect products we deploy

XProtect Smart Client playback window with indoor camera views of a hallway and office

XProtect Express+

Entry-level VMS for smaller commercial properties. Supports up to 48 cameras with essential monitoring, recording, and playback features. Ideal for small office buildings, retail locations, and HOA common areas.

XProtect camera grid on a desktop with matching tablet and phone views and an alarm notification

XProtect Professional+

Mid-market VMS with unlimited camera capacity, multi-site management, and advanced analytics support. Suitable for apartment complexes, condominiums, commercial campuses, and medium-sized hotel properties.

Three overlapping XProtect screens showing camera grids, parking lot views and a vehicle search

XProtect Expert

Federated architecture for large multi-site enterprise deployments. Supports failover recording, distributed management, and consolidated views across dozens of properties, ideal for hotel chains, commercial real estate portfolios, and condominium management groups.

XProtect Smart Client Access Control tab with door camera views, an event log and a door alarm panel

XProtect Corporate

Enterprise-grade VMS with full redundancy, failover servers, and the deepest third-party integration ecosystem in the industry. Used in critical infrastructure, large commercial developments, and national security deployments.

Why Milestone?

Truly open platform

Integrates with 10,000+ hardware devices and 500+ partner applications from any manufacturer

Trusted at scale

500,000+ sites globally, including some of the world's most complex security deployments

Flexible architecture

Runs on-premise, virtualized (VMware, Hyper-V, AWS), or hybrid

Advanced analytics

Integrates with BriefCam, LPR, facial recognition, and dozens of AI analytics engines

No camera lock-in

Use cameras from Axis, Hanwha, Verkada, and virtually any other IP camera manufacturer

Scalability

Same platform from 8 cameras to 80,000+ cameras

Certified installation by Fortress GT

  • Authorized Milestone dealer and XProtect-certified technicians
  • Enterprise VMS architecture design and server specification
  • Licensed electrical contractor: all cabling and infrastructure to code
  • Virtualization on VMware, Hyper-V, and AWS environments
  • AI video analytics deployment (BriefCam, LPR, facial recognition)
  • Multi-site federated deployments for hotel chains and property portfolios
  • Integration with access control, intercoms, and building management systems
20+

Years in the industry, licensed since 2004

500+

Completed installations across the U.S.

Frequently asked questions

Milestone XProtect is compatible with virtually all major IP camera brands including Axis, Hanwha, Bosch, Sony, Vivotek, and hundreds of others. This open-platform approach means you are never locked into a single camera manufacturer.

Yes. XProtect is fully supported on VMware, Microsoft Hyper-V, and AWS cloud environments. Fortress GT has experience deploying Milestone in virtualized data center environments for large commercial and hospitality clients.

XProtect Professional+ is ideal for single-site or small multi-site deployments. XProtect Expert adds federated architecture, allowing centralized management across multiple independent Milestone servers, essential for multi-property portfolios and large commercial campuses.

Yes. Milestone integrates with major access control platforms including Brivo, Napco Continental, Lenel, Software House, Genetec, and many others. Integration enables event-triggered recording, synchronized video/access logs, and unified security dashboards.

A typical medium-scale Milestone deployment (50–100 cameras, single site) takes 1–3 weeks. Large enterprise deployments with multiple sites and advanced analytics integrations are scoped individually during the proposal phase.