The Smart Computers team outside Hebron Public School in North Dakota
SmartEdu · Education IT for Western & Central North Dakota

Keeping schools running
so teachers can teach.

School districts across western and central North Dakota trust us with their network, their devices, and their classroom technology. The same engineers, in your buildings, year after year.

OnsiteengineersSummer projectschedulingWorks with yourE-Rate providerMonitoring24/7/365
District staff

Find your school's support page.

SmartCoordinator · Technology Coordinator as a Service

Your school. Our expertise. One technology team.

SmartCoordinator brings professional IT expertise and day-to-day technology coordination together through a collaborative partnership with your school district.

Our team takes the lead on technical support, troubleshooting, system maintenance, cybersecurity, and technology planning, while your district maintains a designated local Technology Coordinator who serves as the primary point of contact for staff and works directly with our team.

This partnership provides schools with the resources and expertise of a dedicated IT department while maintaining the personal, on-site involvement needed to keep technology running smoothly in the classroom.

◈ One technology team

Who does what

Our team: technical support, troubleshooting, system maintenance, cybersecurity, and technology planning.

Your Technology Coordinator: the primary point of contact for staff, working directly with our team.

Talk to us about SmartCoordinator
Where we already are

Rural isn't an edge case. It's the job.

Areas we serve

We support schools across western and central North Dakota, on site and remotely.

Summer
While the buildings are empty
Imaging, refresh cycles, cabling, server work, and switch replacements scheduled around your custodial calendar, not ours.
First bell
Ready on day one
Staff logins, classroom displays, printers, and carts tested before teachers walk in. New staff onboarded the week they start.
Testing windows
Steady when it counts
We know your assessment dates. Network changes freeze, monitoring tightens, and someone is reachable while students are testing.
Spring
E-Rate and next year's budget
Quotes and refresh planning timed to funding windows and board meetings, so nothing gets rushed in August.
SmartEdu · What we handle

Everything behind the classroom door.

A district's technology only matters on the days it works. We take care of the network, devices, displays, security, and backups, so your staff can stop troubleshooting and get back to students.

And when you call, you get someone who has already walked your hallways.

◈ SmartManage · IT support and maintenance →
Smart Computers technicians working on classroom computers at a North Dakota schoolComputer lab · Onsite
◈ SmartDefense

Student data & cybersecurity

Endpoint protection, managed firewalls, content filtering, and real-time threat monitoring built around the reality that schools are now a primary target. We also handle ClassLink setup and integration, so students and staff get one secure sign-in to their apps.

◈ SmartNetwork

Network & infrastructure

Switches, access points, servers, fiber, and structured cabling, monitored continuously and maintained proactively so downtime stays rare and short.

◈ SmartMobile

Computers & repair

Student and staff devices sourced, set up, repaired, and kept running by our Dickinson service center.

Classroom technology

Interactive displays and projectors installed, supported, and paired with training so staff actually use what you bought.

Printers

Classroom and office printers set up, supported, and kept running, so a jammed queue doesn't stop the school day.

◈ SmartVault

Backup & disaster recovery

Cloud backups for the files and systems your district runs on, so an accidental deletion or a ransomware event doesn't turn into a lost school year.

◈ SmartAware

Staff training & support

Security awareness training for the people most likely to be phished, plus a help desk your staff can reach without filing a ticket into a void.

Something different

We build school esports labs.

Esports reaches students who never signed up for anything else. It's also one of the few programs that recruits kids into IT, broadcasting, and coaching at the same time. We spec the machines, build them, wire the room, and set them up to be managed like every other district device.

Student stations in a school esports lab built by Smart ComputersEsports build · North Dakota
Gaming PC station built for a school esports programStudent stations · Managed
Built, not bought
Custom machines specced to the games your program actually runs, at a price a school budget survives.
Managed like the rest
On your domain, in your monitoring, with the same filtering and patching as every other district device.
Room and all
Network drops, furniture layout, and displays. We set up the space, not just the boxes.
Funding

We work with your E-Rate provider.

E-Rate is the difference between a network you can afford and one you keep putting off. We plan quotes and projects around the funding window and work alongside Dakota Academic Consulting, who prepare the forms and paperwork.

You should not need a grant writer on staff to get the network your students deserve.

◈ Start here

Bring us in before the window opens

Tell us what your district is planning for next year, whether that's a refresh, cabling, or wireless, and we'll scope it against the funding calendar rather than the other way around.

Start an E-Rate conversation
Your education lead

You will know who walks in.

Ethan, Education Service Lead at Smart Computers & Consulting

Ethan leads our education service work. He knows which districts are mid-refresh, whose testing window is next, and which building has the switch closet behind the stage door.

Districts do not get routed to whoever is free. You get a known engineer on a set rotation, backed by the rest of the team when a project needs more hands. Same face, same number, year after year.

Why districts stay

Built for school calendars and school budgets.

Most of our districts came to us after years of being a ticket number to somebody three time zones away, in a company that had never seen a bell schedule.

We built this differently on purpose. We show up. We learn the buildings. And we plan around the year you actually run.

Smart Computers technicians in a school library in North DakotaOnsite · School library
A known engineer, on a rotationNot whoever answers. Someone who has been in your buildings and remembers what is behind which door.
Priced for public budgetsPricing scoped to your buildings and devices, with a number you can take to the board.
We work with your staffHave a tech coordinator already? Good. That's the SmartCoordinator model: they stay the local point of contact, we back them up, and we cover the weeks they are out.
Local, and staying that wayLocally owned and operated in Dickinson. No scripts, and no explaining your district from scratch every time.
One vendor, not nineNetwork, devices, computers and repair, printers, and backups under one agreement with one number to call.
For district staff

Things worth bookmarking.

◈ When a vendor gets breached

When software your district relies on has an incident, the work that matters has already happened: knowing who to call, what to check, and which passwords to change. Want to know where your district stands? Ask us.

Cleaning classroom panels
How to clean interactive displays without wrecking the coating
ND SLDS Insights
Statewide school data dashboards at insights.nd.gov
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E-news for schools

Tech tips for your staff room, once a month.

Classroom tech tips, scam alerts your staff should know about, and updates from the team that supports your district. Short enough to read between bells.

One email a month from our Dickinson team. Unsubscribe anytime.

Woohoo, you’re in! Compy is saving you a seat for the next E-news.

Common questions

Before the board meeting.

Do you work around our school calendar?
That is the whole point. Refresh and infrastructure work lands in summer and over breaks, network changes freeze during assessment windows, and new staff get set up the week they arrive.
We already have a tech coordinator. Does this replace them?
No, and we would push back if that were the goal. Most of our districts have someone internal who knows the buildings and the people. We handle monitoring, security, escalation, and the projects that need extra hands. We also cover the weeks they're on leave or buried. They stay the face; we are the depth behind them. We call this partnership SmartCoordinator.
How does E-Rate work with you?
We plan and quote projects around the funding calendar and work alongside Dakota Academic Consulting, who handle the forms and paperwork. Bring us in before the window opens.
How fast do you respond?
Monitoring runs 24/7/365. Live technicians are available Monday through Friday, 8:00 to 5:00 Mountain Time. Many issues are handled remotely, and when something needs hands on hardware, an engineer drives out.
Can you really support us out here?
Rural isn't an edge case for us. It's the job. We support districts across western and central North Dakota, and driving out is normal, not an event.
What does it cost?
Pricing is scoped to your buildings, devices, servers, and users, not a fixed package. We'll walk the district, tell you what needs attention first, and give you a number you can take to the board.
Smart Computers engineer working on structured network cabling inside a server rack in Dickinson, North DakotaRack build · North Dakota
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Support

Something broken right now? Start here.

Smart Computers team members talking inside the Dickinson, North Dakota officeSupport desk · Dickinson ND
Get started

Let's walk your buildings.

Tell us what your district is running and where it hurts. We will walk the buildings, tell you honestly what needs attention first, and give you a clear number.

No obligation, and no pressure to switch mid-year if the timing is wrong.

A Smart Computers technician helping staff in a North Dakota school computer labOn site · Western North Dakota

Book a time with our education team. We'll talk through your buildings, your devices, and what's coming up this school year.

Schedule a walkthrough
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Smart Computers & Consulting

Locally owned and operated in Dickinson, serving businesses, schools, and clinics across western and central North Dakota.
Dickinson office701-483-7075
Live supportMon–Fri, 8:00–5:00 Mountain Time
Monitoring24 / 7 / 365
The Smart Computers & Consulting IT team in Dickinson, North Dakota
Managed IT  ·  North Dakota

Technology you don't
have to think about.

We monitor, secure, and maintain your systems around the clock — so the problems that would have taken your morning never reach you. Local engineers. Flat monthly pricing. No outsourcing.

Monitoring Active · 24 / 7 / 365 Local team Online · Mon–Fri 8–5 MST Dickinson · Bismarck · Beulah / Hazen Serving North Dakota 20+ years
Who it's for

Three ways we manage IT.

Step 01
ReportCall, submit a ticket, or let our monitoring catch it first. Most days, it catches it first.
Step 02
We investigateA local engineer picks it up — not a queue in another time zone. We already know your setup.
Step 03
We resolveMost issues are fixed remotely, same day. If it needs hands on it, we drive out.
Step 04
You move onYou get a plain-English summary of what happened. Then you go back to your actual job.
What's included

Everything under one agreement.

Multi-vendor IT support that consolidates your hardware, software, and network contracts into a single partner — with the expertise to care for all of it.

Voted Best Computer Repair in Dickinson in 2025, and Best Computer Sales & Service in 2023.

Smart Computers server rack and Voted Best computer repair awards in Dickinson, NDDickinson ND · Operations floor

Real-time network monitoring

We watch your infrastructure continuously to catch and resolve issues before they escalate into downtime.

Help desk support

Fast, friendly, knowledgeable support for you and your employees — from a technician who already knows your environment.

Cybersecurity

Advanced endpoint protection, managed firewalls, network security, real-time threat monitoring, and staff training in safe online practices.

Backup & disaster recovery

Cloud-based backups, system restoration, and a documented continuity plan written before anything goes wrong.

Cloud integration

Streamline operations and improve collaboration with secure cloud services — Microsoft 365 and beyond — without worrying about data loss.

IT consulting & strategy

Expert advice and a technology roadmap so your systems line up with where the business is actually going.

24/7
Monitoring & support
Mon–Fri 8–5
Live technician hours (MST)
100%
Local ND team · no outsourcing
## min
Average first response
Why it matters

Stop reacting to IT problems.
Start preventing them.

Downtime, cyber threats, and IT inefficiencies cost more than money — they cost trust, productivity, and growth. We don't just fix problems. We prevent them.

And when you do call, you get a person who already knows your network — not a script and a ticket number.

A local Smart Computers technician talking through an IT consultation with a clientConsultation · Dickinson ND
Proactive, not reactivePotential problems are detected and resolved before they interrupt your day. Most of our work happens before you'd have noticed anything.
Predictable monthly costFlat fee or subscription models with transparent pricing and no hidden costs — so IT stops being a surprise line item.
Built around your businessNo cookie-cutter packages. We build the plan around your goals, your growth, and your budget.
Compliance handledPCI, HIPAA, FERPA and other requirements are built into how we configure and document your environment — so audits aren't a fire drill.
One vendor, not nineWe consolidate multiple OEM and vendor contracts into a single point of contact with the expertise to support all of it.
A partner, not a helpdeskOur team becomes an extension of yours. We learn how your business runs, and you speak to the same people every time.
Common questions

Before you call us.

What does managed IT actually include?
Continuous network and endpoint monitoring, patching and updates, help desk support for your staff, managed firewalls and endpoint security, cloud backup with a documented recovery plan, and ongoing strategy work. In practice: everything that keeps your systems running, under one agreement with one phone number.
How does pricing work?
Flat fee or subscription models with transparent pricing and no hidden costs. Plans are built around your environment — number of users, devices, servers, and locations — rather than a fixed package. We'll scope it during the consultation and you'll know the monthly number before you commit.
How fast do you respond?
Live technicians are available Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM MST, and monitoring runs 24/7/365 — many issues are caught and resolved before anyone reports them. Average first response is ## minutes.
Do you support rural North Dakota?
Yes. We work with businesses, school districts, and clinics across western and central North Dakota, with offices in Dickinson, Bismarck, and Beulah/Hazen. Most issues are resolved remotely the same day; when something needs hands on it, our engineers drive out.
What security is included?
Advanced endpoint protection, managed firewall configuration, network security, and real-time threat monitoring — plus training your team in safe online practices, because most incidents start with a click. We operate on a Zero Trust posture and deploy ThreatLocker across managed environments.
Will I get outsourced to a call center?
No. You get local, direct access to experienced technicians — the same people who set up your systems. No offshore queue, no reading from a script, no explaining your setup from scratch every time.
What if you can't fix it remotely?
Most problems are resolved without your equipment ever leaving your desk. When something genuinely needs hands on hardware, we schedule on-site service — and managed clients get priority scheduling and special rates on in-store work.
Can you help with compliance audits?
Yes. We configure and document environments against PCI, HIPAA, FERPA and similar requirements, and provide regular reporting on system status so you have evidence ready when an audit or review comes around.
Smart Computers engineer working on structured network cabling inside a server rack in Dickinson, North DakotaRack build · North Dakota
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Get started

Let's scope your setup.

Tell us what you're running and where it hurts. We'll walk your environment, tell you honestly what needs attention first, and quote a flat monthly number.

Real people, one building, same phone number since day one.

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Smart Computers & Consulting

Locally owned and operated in western North Dakota, with technicians covering Dickinson, Bismarck, and Beulah/Hazen.
AddressP.O. Box 1098, 26 W Villard
Dickinson, ND 58602
Dickinson office701-483-7075
Bismarck701-751-0854
Beulah / Hazen701-873-9975
Live supportMon–Fri, 8:00–5:00 MST
Monitoring24 / 7 / 365