Managed IT Services in Missoula
NetSys is an IT company for businesses in Missoula: 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 Missoula: 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 (2 a.m. to 9 p.m. Mountain) 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 Missoula
Missoula is served from Brooklyn, two hours behind us on Mountain time. 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 (2 a.m. to 9 p.m. Mountain), 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 Missoula include Spectrum Business, Blackfoot Communications and Ziply Fiber; availability, routing and installation dates must be verified at your address before a failover design is approved.
Who managed IT in Missoula is built for
Businesses we can support in and around Downtown Missoula, Midtown Missoula, the University of Montana area and the Mullan Road area include medical practices and clinics on eClinicalWorks, bioscience and diagnostic-lab companies on Benchling, environmental, mapping and scientific consulting firms on Deltek Vantagepoint, creative and marketing agencies on HubSpot, specialty manufacturers on Epicor, and outfitters and tour operators on FareHarbor. 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 Missoula 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 Missoula: what NetSys delivers
Help desk and monitoring
- Unlimited help desk by phone, email and Teams, staffed by engineers rather than a ticket queue, with severe problems such as ransomware, systems down, no internet or email not working answered immediately by your dedicated engineer
- 24/7 monitoring of every server, workstation and firewall through NinjaOne RMM, with alerts an engineer acts on rather than forwards
- Patching and routine maintenance on the schedule your business sets, weekly for some clients and quarterly for others, with urgent fixes applied as needed in between
- Documentation of the whole environment in IT Glue, so the answer to 'what is that box' exists in writing
Security, built in
- ThreatDown managed detection and response with EDR agents on every device, not just servers
- Microsoft Defender for Business, Entra ID Conditional Access and multifactor authentication across the Microsoft 365 tenant
- Barracuda Email Protection in front of every mailbox, with SPF, DKIM and DMARC set correctly
- KnowBe4 security awareness training and simulated phishing for every user, on a recurring schedule
Backups, devices and vendors
- Datto SIRIS or Veeam backups with immutable off-site copies, and live restores run on the schedule in the agreement with the result sent to you
- Intune and Windows Autopilot device management, so a new laptop ships sealed and configures itself at first sign-in
- Vendor management: we deal with the ISP, the line-of-business software vendor and the landlord's building IT
- A quarterly technology review with a written roadmap and budget, run by the engineer who knows your environment
A 40-person professional services firm in the Mullan Road area
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 40-seat professional services firm in the Mullan Road area that grew out of its setup: Deltek Vantagepoint plus a dozen browser tools, an Exchange Online tenant with no multifactor authentication, a Meraki firewall out of support and a Ziply Fiber connection with no failover. The one internal IT person gave notice and took the passwords with them. The owner has become the help desk and the office manager keeps the passwords in a spreadsheet.
- Cisco Meraki firewall and switches configured with segmentation for servers, staff, printers and guests, and a cellular failover circuit
- Quarterly technology review scheduled, with the first written roadmap and budget delivered at the 90-day mark
- Discovery on every device, account and vendor contract, documented in IT Glue before anything is changed
- NinjaOne RMM agents deployed to every workstation and server for 24/7 monitoring, patching and remote support
- Microsoft 365 tenant review: dormant accounts closed, legacy authentication switched off, Entra ID Conditional Access and multifactor authentication applied to every user
- Datto SIRIS appliance installed for the server with immutable cloud copies, and a first restore run and dated within the first month
Day-to-day support moves to engineers with 24/7 monitoring behind them, the security stack is on every device, and the quarterly review keeps the roadmap and the budget in the same conversation. The agreement stays month to month.
Complete managed IT, cybersecurity and help desk for a 20-seat organization
A 20-seat organization handed NetSys the whole of its IT. Devices, network, Microsoft 365 and vendors came under one agreement with 24/7 monitoring and a named account manager; endpoint protection, multifactor authentication, email protection and tested backups went onto all twenty seats; staff got a help desk with engineers on the other end; and every new hire now goes through a defined onboarding process with recurring phishing training. The write-up is limited to the scope delivered, with no outcome figures claimed.
Managed IT services work for other clients
- Importers and distributors
Wholesale medical supply distributor
Microsoft 365 migration for 68 users, SharePoint organization of 1.5 TB of business files, email protection, and ongoing IT support.
- 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.
Client names are withheld. These examples were chosen for the work involved, not for where the client is, so none is presented as a Missoula client.
Compliance in Missoula: Montana’s computer security breach law and what sits on top of it
Montana’s computer security breach law (Mont. Code Ann. § 30-14-1704) requires a person or business that owns or licenses computerized personal information of Montana residents to notify affected residents of a qualifying breach without unreasonable delay and, at the same time, to send the Attorney General’s consumer protection office an electronic copy of the notice; insurance licensees send theirs to the insurance commissioner under § 33-19-321. Section 30-14-1703 requires reasonable steps to destroy customer records holding personal information that are no longer needed, and the Montana Consumer Data Privacy Act requires reasonable administrative, technical and physical data security practices from controllers within its scope, such as those processing the personal data of at least 25,000 Montana consumers for purposes other than completing payments. 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.
What managed IT costs in Missoula
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 Missoula: FAQs
Is NetSys an IT company that supports businesses in Missoula?
Yes. NetSys is an IT services company that supports Missoula 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 HubSpot and Epicor are all supported, and problems on the vendor's side are taken up with the vendor directly. To start, we assess the environment and write the scope; the cutover then runs in stages, and three to four weeks is typical for a 20-seat office.
Is support in Missoula remote or on-site?
Remote-first. NetSys has one office, in Brooklyn, NY. Missoula is served from Brooklyn, two hours behind us on Mountain time. 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 (2 a.m. to 9 p.m. Mountain) and emergency service 24/7, and new hardware can ship pre-configured. Work that needs hands at an office in the University of Montana area or Downtown Missoula, 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 Missoula 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. The figure comes from an assessment, and it depends less on headcount than on how many servers you run, after-hours needs beyond monitoring, the compliance paperwork you carry and whether an internal IT person stays on. Calls to the vendors behind applications such as FareHarbor and eClinicalWorks are part of the fee. Planned visits to Missoula and any travel are quoted in the proposal. Hardware, licensing and projects such as migrations are quoted on their own, and our managed IT pricing page lists what the fee includes.
Do we have to sign a long contract?
No. Every NetSys agreement runs month to month, with no long-term contract and no early-exit penalty. The scope, the responsibilities on each side and the monthly figure are written down before you sign.
Is cybersecurity included or extra?
Included. Endpoint detection and response, multifactor authentication and Conditional Access, email protection, security awareness training and immutable backups are part of every managed agreement. The free external penetration test runs remotely and is limited to the information available to NetSys and the external scope agreed with you. Internal reviews and remediation require a separate scope.
How can IT support help with Montana data-security requirements?
Montana’s computer security breach law (Mont. Code Ann. § 30-14-1704) requires a person or business that owns or licenses computerized personal information of Montana residents to notify affected residents of a qualifying breach without unreasonable delay and, at the same time, to send the Attorney General’s consumer protection office an electronic copy of the notice; insurance licensees send theirs to the insurance commissioner under § 33-19-321. Section 30-14-1703 requires reasonable steps to destroy customer records holding personal information that are no longer needed, and the Montana Consumer Data Privacy Act requires reasonable administrative, technical and physical data security practices from controllers within its scope, such as those processing the personal data of at least 25,000 Montana consumers for purposes other than completing payments. 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.