Managed IT Services in Dayton
NetSys is an IT company for businesses in Dayton: we run the help desk, security, backups, Microsoft 365 and the network for a flat monthly fee per user. We have run IT out of New York since 1998, and our engineers hold degrees in electrical and computer engineering.
The short answer
NetSys provides managed IT to businesses in Dayton: help desk with engineers on the line, 24/7 monitoring, patching, ThreatDown managed detection and response, Microsoft 365 and Intune administration, tested backups and vendor management, for a flat monthly fee per user. Delivery is remote-first from Brooklyn, with the help desk staffed seven days a week from 4 a.m. to 11 p.m. Eastern time and emergency service 24/7. On-site commitments are arranged in advance and sized to the engagement, including a nearby dedicated engineer where regular presence and availability have been confirmed. Ongoing agreements run month to month.
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How managed IT is delivered in Dayton
Dayton is served from Brooklyn, in the same Eastern time zone. Monitoring runs 24/7 from Brooklyn, and so does emergency service. Our staffed help-desk hours are 4 a.m. to 11 p.m. Eastern time, seven days a week. The proposal states severe-incident escalation, authorized remediation and any other after-hours work. On-site commitments outside our on-site coverage (New York City, Long Island, Westchester, the Hudson Valley, North Jersey and Fairfield County, CT) are arranged in advance and sized to the engagement: a mostly remote engagement needs no dedicated on-site engineer, while an engagement that calls for regular presence, such as a standing on-site day or two each week, can include a dedicated engineer with a drive time generally under an hour once availability, location and the visit schedule are confirmed in the proposal. Hardware can ship pre-configured where the project permits remote setup. Confirm landlord access, circuit diversity, cabling and equipment space before approving a network change. Carrier options to check in Dayton include Spectrum Business and AT&T Business; availability, routing and installation dates must be verified at your address before a failover design is approved.
Who managed IT in Dayton is built for
Businesses we can support in and around Downtown Dayton, the Oregon District, Kettering, Beavercreek and Fairborn include defense and aerospace contractors on Deltek Costpoint, manufacturers on Epicor, medical practices on athenahealth, logistics firms on Descartes, contractors on Procore, and nonprofits on Bloomerang. These are examples of business and application needs, not a list of local clients. We coordinate infrastructure, identity and integration with the application vendor, and identify any compliance requirements during discovery. Companies with an internal IT person can agree a split of responsibilities, systems and coverage hours before work begins.
Continuity planning for your Dayton business
Start with the systems your team cannot work without. Record the impact of a building power outage, a failed internet circuit, a compromised account and an unavailable application vendor. Then agree recovery priorities, an independent access path, protected backup copies and a test for each critical workflow. Controls reduce particular risks; they do not guarantee that an incident cannot happen.
Managed IT Services in Dayton: what NetSys delivers
Support that answers
- Help desk by phone, email and Teams with engineers on the line, an immediate response from your dedicated engineer when something severe happens, and everything else worked by severity
- Remote monitoring and management through NinjaOne on every endpoint and server, 24 hours a day
- Patch management on the maintenance schedule agreed with you, weekly or quarterly as the business prefers, with urgent fixes applied as needed and a report showing what was patched where
- Onboarding and offboarding checklists for every hire and departure, covering accounts, devices, access and the return of hardware
The security stack, included
- ThreatDown MDR and EDR on every workstation, laptop and server, monitored around the clock
- Entra ID Conditional Access, multifactor authentication and Microsoft Defender for Business across the tenant, with legacy authentication switched off
- Barracuda Email Protection with impersonation and link protection, plus DMARC enforcement for the domain
- Rapid7 InsightVM vulnerability scanning on a schedule, with findings fixed rather than filed
Continuity and planning
- Immutable backups for servers and for Microsoft 365 itself, tested by restoring real data on a schedule
- Intune, Windows Autopilot and Keeper password management rolled out as standard, so devices and credentials stop being ad hoc
- ISP, software and hardware vendors managed on your behalf, with one number to call
- Quarterly reviews with a written roadmap, a budget and a list of what changed since last time
A 60-person logistics business in Beavercreek
This planning example shows how we could scope the work. It is not a claim about a customer in this market or a measured result. For published customer work, see our case studies.
A logistics business in Beavercreek with 60 staff across the office and remote, Descartes as a core business application, a file server nobody wants to touch and laptops bought one at a time from a retailer. A cyber insurance renewal arrived with a questionnaire nobody can answer. The antivirus came bundled with the hardware, the Wi-Fi password is shared with visitors, and the monthly IT spend is spread across three vendors none of whom is accountable for the whole.
- ThreatDown MDR and EDR rolled out to every endpoint, with the console monitored around the clock
- Datto SIRIS appliance installed for the server with immutable cloud copies, and a first restore run and dated within the first month
- Keeper password vault deployed so shared spreadsheets of passwords stop existing
- Quarterly technology review scheduled, with the first written roadmap and budget delivered at the 90-day mark
- Credentials, licenses and documentation collected from the outgoing provider, and what was actually deployed audited against what was being paid for
- Microsoft 365 tenant review: dormant accounts closed, legacy authentication switched off, Entra ID Conditional Access and multifactor authentication applied to every user
One provider is accountable for devices, network, Microsoft 365 and security. Staff call a help desk that fixes things, the insurer gets answers with evidence behind them, and leadership sees a quarterly roadmap instead of surprise invoices. The agreement runs month to month.
Law office: Microsoft 365 with layered security and cloud-to-cloud backup
A 25-attorney firm in the greater New York metro was losing unbillable hours to an outdated file server and an email server that needed weekly attention. NetSys mapped the firm's matters and document workflows first, moved email to Exchange Online and documents to SharePoint and OneDrive in a matter-based structure over a weekend cut-over, layered anti-phishing protection, DNS filtering, multifactor authentication and endpoint protection across attorney devices, and set independent cloud-to-cloud backup of the whole tenant. The firm reported 82% fewer IT support incidents per month within two quarters and about 3.5 hours per attorney per week recovered from IT friction.
Managed IT services work for other clients
- Retail
Seven-location clothing retail chain
Management of 56 computers, point-of-sale network support, endpoint protection, and standardized Wi-Fi and firewall configurations.
- Auto dealers
Independent automotive dealership group
IT support across 5 dealerships, management of 95 computers, email security, and software license consolidation.
- Dental practices
Multi-location dental practice
Management of 48 computers across 6 offices, endpoint protection, network segmentation, and centralized backup monitoring.
Network Security & Firewall ManagementIT for Dental Practices
Client names are withheld. These examples were chosen for the work involved, not for where the client is, so none is presented as a Dayton client.
Compliance in Dayton: Ohio’s breach-notification statute and what sits on top of it
Ohio Revised Code § 1349.19 sets notification duties for covered breaches of computerized personal information that create the statutory risk of identity theft or fraud. Document the information involved, affected residents and investigation findings rather than assuming every security event has the same notice requirements. The service scope should identify the records, access controls, retention settings and incident evidence your business needs; your legal or compliance adviser determines which requirements apply. The managed agreement can include access reviews, patch reports, backup test results and a written incident response plan, with the evidence and responsibilities agreed in the scope. Discovery identifies missing records and assigns the documentation work. Applicable duties depend on the business, data, exemptions and contracts; your legal or compliance adviser determines which requirements apply.
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What managed IT costs in Dayton
Managed IT is priced per user per month for a fully managed agreement, and the number moves with four things more than with headcount: how many servers you run, whether you need after-hours coverage beyond monitoring, how much compliance documentation you carry, and whether we are co-managing alongside an internal person or running everything. We quote from an assessment, not a phone call, and the agreement runs month to month. What belongs in the monthly fee versus what is billed separately is set out on our managed IT pricing page.
Who this fits, and who it does not
Best fit: 10 to 75 employees, one or two offices plus remote staff, already on Microsoft 365 or ready to move there, and either no internal IT or one person who is underwater.
Not a fit: businesses under five people, who are usually better served by the small-office baseline described in our five-person case study, or organizations over 250 seats, which need an internal team we can co-manage with rather than replace.
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Managed IT Services in Dayton: FAQs
Is NetSys an IT company that supports businesses in Dayton?
Yes. NetSys is an IT services company that supports Dayton businesses remote-first from its only office, in Brooklyn. Managed IT support, an engineer-led help desk, cybersecurity and IT consulting are available under a single agreement that runs month to month. Windows PCs, Macs, Microsoft 365 and line-of-business applications such as Procore and Bloomerang are all supported, and problems on the vendor's side are taken up with the vendor directly. Onboarding starts with an assessment and a written scope, then a staged cutover, typically three to four weeks for a 20-seat office.
Is support in Dayton remote or on-site?
Remote-first. NetSys has one office, in Brooklyn, NY. Dayton is served from Brooklyn, in the same Eastern time zone. The help desk, monitoring, security and Microsoft 365 work run remotely, with the help desk staffed seven days a week from 4 a.m. to 11 p.m. Eastern time and emergency service 24/7, and new hardware can ship pre-configured. Work that needs hands at an office in Beavercreek or Downtown Dayton, such as hardware swaps, network closet work, new-hire setups and office moves, is a visit arranged in advance. How much on-site time an engagement includes is agreed before it starts: none for a mostly remote account, or a dedicated engineer where regular presence such as a standing on-site day or two each week is part of the scope. A drive time generally under an hour is an option subject to confirming engineer availability and your address. The proposal states the on-site arrangement and any travel in writing.
What does managed IT in Dayton include, and how is it priced?
The monthly fee covers the help desk, 24/7 monitoring, patching, ThreatDown MDR, Microsoft 365 and Intune administration, tested backups and vendor management. It is priced per user per month from an assessment, and server count, after-hours coverage beyond monitoring, compliance documentation and whether an internal IT person stays on move it more than headcount does. Calls to the vendors behind applications such as Deltek Costpoint and Epicor are part of the fee. Planned visits to Dayton and any travel are quoted in the proposal. Projects, hardware and licensing are quoted separately, and our managed IT pricing page shows what sits inside the fee.
What tools do you use to manage our systems?
NinjaOne for remote monitoring and management, IT Glue for documentation, ThreatDown for managed detection and response, Microsoft Defender for Business, Intune and Entra ID for devices and identity, Barracuda for email protection, Datto or Veeam for backups, KnowBe4 for training and Keeper for passwords. The proposal lists the tools and license tiers included, any existing licenses we will use, and separately priced requirements.
How quickly do you respond to a problem?
Severe problems get an immediate response from your dedicated engineer: ransomware, systems down, no internet, email that has stopped working. Everything else is worked by severity, so a request to add a printer is scheduled rather than treated as an outage. The help desk is staffed by engineers seven days a week from 4 a.m. to 11 p.m. Eastern time, and monitoring and emergency service run 24/7. The agreement states the severe-incident escalation path and any authorized after-hours work.
How can IT support help with Ohio data-security requirements?
Ohio Revised Code § 1349.19 sets notification duties for covered breaches of computerized personal information that create the statutory risk of identity theft or fraud. Document the information involved, affected residents and investigation findings rather than assuming every security event has the same notice requirements. NetSys can help document the relevant systems, controls and incident evidence within an agreed scope; legal notification decisions remain with your authorized business and legal team.
Get the whole of your IT handled by one accountable team.
Tell us how many people and devices you have, what you run today and what keeps breaking. We come back with a written scope, the responsibilities on each side and a monthly figure, before you decide anything.