What Managed IT Support Actually Includes (and What It Doesn't)
A plain-language guide to what managed IT support covers, how it differs from break/fix, and the questions to ask before signing with any provider in Metro Detroit.
Sterling Heights • Metro Detroit
FringeIT is your outsourced IT department based in Sterling Heights and specializing in manufacturers and growing businesses throughout Metro Detroit. From everyday support to cybersecurity, networks, servers, and Microsoft 365, we handle the technology so your team can focus on the business.
IT problems, handled.


Built for Metro Detroit business
Manufacturing IT is different. Office users, engineering workstations, shared production PCs, servers, wireless networks, vendors, and production equipment all have different requirements. FringeIT is structured around that reality.
Keep business systems, networks, and workstations available so technology doesn't become the reason production stops.
Support shared workstations, shipping stations, production terminals, and other systems that don't fit a traditional one-user-per-PC office.
Managed endpoint security, patching, identity protection, email security, and stronger controls as requirements grow.
Business-grade switching, firewalls, wireless coverage, monitoring, and troubleshooting throughout office and production environments.
Monitoring, maintenance, backup management, and disaster-recovery planning.
FringeIT can work with software, internet, equipment, ERP, phone, and other technology vendors so the client isn't stuck coordinating everyone.
Operational technology such as CNC controllers, PLCs, robotics, and SCADA systems is scoped separately. FringeIT can manage and secure the surrounding IT/network environment without assuming uncontrolled responsibility for specialized production equipment.
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Real people who fix everyday issues fast, so your team stays productive instead of stuck.
Managed endpoint protection, patching, and identity security designed to reduce risk and better protect your systems and data.
Tenant administration, user setup, and access management handled so email and files just work.
Business-grade firewalls, switching, and wireless that stay fast and reliable across your whole site.
Monitoring and maintenance that keep the systems your business runs on healthy and available.
Backup management and recovery planning designed to reduce downtime and help keep an IT problem from becoming a business-threatening one.
FringeIT is based in Sterling Heights and serves businesses throughout Metro Detroit.
Know what your managed IT services cost each month. Projects and optional services are clearly quoted before work begins.
Monitoring, patching, security, and maintenance help find problems before they become emergencies.
The goal is to know your environment instead of treating every support request like the first time we've met.
How it works
We learn about your business, current environment, pain points, and priorities.
We review the environment and determine which FringeIT plan and services make sense.
FringeIT handles support, monitoring, security, maintenance, and ongoing technology management according to your plan.
Plans
Choose the level of support your business needs. Every plan is scoped to your environment, we'll walk you through exactly what's included and put together a quote that fits.
Best for: Small businesses that need dependable IT support and endpoint management.
Talk to FringeITBusiness-hours remote support
P1 Critical response target: within 2 support hours
Also available to add
Best for: Growing businesses that want IT handled proactively, not just fixed when it breaks.
Schedule a 15-Minute CallExtended Support Hours
Saturday coverage is remote-first.
P1 Critical response target: within 1 support hour
Everything in Essentials, plus:
Also available to add
Best for: Organizations where downtime, security, and sensitive information create additional risk.
Talk About SecureExtended Support + 24/7 Critical Response
Saturday coverage is remote-first.
24/7 Critical Incident Response — 1-hour response target for qualifying Critical incidents, including nights, weekends, and holidays
Everything in Standard, plus:
Also available to add
Add-On & Project Services
Fixed-scope projects and optional services, quoted individually and added only when your business needs them.
Tenant administration is included with Standard and Secure. Microsoft subscription licenses are billed separately.
VoIP service and Grandstream-based phone-system solutions available.
Structured cabling, network equipment, wireless deployments, and infrastructure projects.
Backup software, storage, recovery solutions, and continuity planning based on environment and retention requirements.
Camera and access-control solutions available as quoted projects and services.
Tell us the scope and we'll put together a clear, itemized quote before any work begins.
Get a QuoteAbout FringeIT
FringeIT exists to give small and midsize organizations access to a real IT team without needing to staff every IT role internally. Instead of hiring, training, and managing an in-house department, you get dependable support, proactive maintenance, and clear guidance from a partner that gets to know your environment.
Based in Sterling Heights, Michigan and part of Novavirt Inc.
Insights
Straightforward articles on managed IT, cybersecurity, and keeping manufacturing operations running — no jargon, no fear-selling.
Tell us what's working, what's frustrating, and where your business is headed. We'll help determine whether FringeIT is a good fit.
Based in Sterling Heights • Serving Metro Detroit
Contact
Tell us a little about your business and what you're dealing with. No need to request a formal quote first — we're happy to just talk.