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Chicago: 312-554-7550
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St. Louis : 314-432-1661
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Metro East IL : 618-346-8324
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Central IL : 217-528-0500
Cloud Computing Services in Missouri & Illinois
Your team should be able to work from the office, from home, or from the road without missing a beat. Computerease manages Microsoft 365, hosted applications, and cloud migrations for businesses across Missouri and Illinois, so your data and applications go with your team instead of staying locked to one desk.
Computerease provides managed cloud services for businesses in Missouri and Illinois: Microsoft 365 setup and migration, Teams and SharePoint collaboration, hosted applications, and cloud security. Cloud solutions are billed at a predictable flat monthly rate instead of a large upfront hardware cost. Founded in 1984 and led today by Ryan Haislar, CISSP, Computerease supports both the migration and the ongoing management, not just the move.
Why Businesses Move to the Cloud
Running your own email server or file server means you own the hardware, the maintenance, and the risk when something breaks. Moving to the cloud shifts that work to a data center built for it, while your team keeps working from any device with an internet connection. The tradeoff businesses actually care about is simple: a predictable monthly cost instead of a large upfront hardware bill, and a team that is not tied to one office to get their work done.
What’s Included
- Microsoft 365 Setup & Migration: email, calendars, contacts, and files moved to Microsoft 365 with minimal disruption to your workday.
- Teams & SharePoint Collaboration: real-time document collaboration, shared calendars, and company intranet, set up and supported on an ongoing basis, not just installed and left.
- Hosted Applications: your business applications hosted and accessible to your whole team from anywhere, backed by secure data centers.
- Cloud Backup: your files and email backed up in the cloud, so a lost laptop is not a lost afternoon.
- Web Hosting: a home for your business website, managed alongside the rest of your IT instead of as a separate vendor relationship.
- Flat Monthly Pricing: predictable cost instead of a large upfront hardware purchase.
Copilot Readiness Starts With a Clean Microsoft 365 Environment
Microsoft Copilot works by drawing on the files, emails, and chats already sitting in your Microsoft 365 environment. If permissions are a mess, old accounts are still active, or files are scattered across personal OneDrive folders instead of shared, properly organized locations, Copilot inherits that mess and surfaces it back to your team, sometimes in the form of the wrong file to the wrong person.
A well-managed Microsoft 365 migration is not just about moving your email. It sets up the permission structure, folder organization, and account hygiene that make AI tools like Copilot actually useful instead of confusing. We build that structure in as part of the migration, not as a separate project after the fact.
Our Process
- Free Cloud Readiness Assessment: a no-obligation review of what should move to the cloud, and what should not.
- Plan: we build a migration plan around your business, not a one-size template.
- Migrate: we move email, files, and applications with a structured cutover that minimizes disruption.
- Configure & Secure: multi-factor authentication, permissions, and security settings get configured, not left on default.
- Support: ongoing management and help desk support after the migration, not just at setup.
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Services
- Managed IT Services
- Cybersecurity Solutions
- Data Backup and Recovery
- Network Security
- Cloud Computing
- Business IT Solutions
- VoIP Services
- IT Consulting & Implementation
- Co-Managed IT Services
Technology Services in Addition to Cloud Computing
Cloud computing is one piece of keeping a business running. Computerease supports the rest of your technology under the same flat-rate, family-owned model.
A Cloud Environment That Keeps Pace With Your Business
The Microsoft 365 setup that fits your business at 15 employees will not automatically fit it at 50, and the permissions, storage, and licensing that made sense before you opened a second office may not make sense after. Cloud environments tend to accumulate small gaps over time: an ex-employee’s account still active, a shared folder with the wrong people still in it.
We review your cloud environment on a regular basis rather than treating the migration as the finish line, so licensing, storage, and access stay matched to the business you actually have today.
Industries We Serve
Healthcare
Accounting & Financial Services
Manufacturing
Engineering & Construction
Legal
Small & Medium Business
Areas We Serve
Computerease manages cloud environments from four regional offices across Missouri and Illinois, with a local support team and remote coverage that works the same no matter which office is closest to you. A migration gets the same structured approach whether your team is in one office or spread across several.
Our regional offices handle on-site network and hardware work tied to a migration throughout our core footprint, while our remote support covers Microsoft 365 environments for businesses with locations or staff across the country.
Greater St. Louis Metro
Cloud migration and support for businesses throughout the bi-state St. Louis metro, including the Illinois Metro East.
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Chicago & the Western Suburbs
Cloud migration and support for businesses across Chicago and the surrounding suburbs, from downtown offices to the I-88 corridor.
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Central Illinois
Cloud migration and support for businesses throughout Central Illinois from our Springfield office.
Outside our regional footprint, Computerease also manages Microsoft 365 environments for businesses with multiple locations and remote teams across the country, so every office works from the same cloud setup no matter where it is.
Computerease Cloud Computing vs. National MSPs
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Migration support | Structured cutover, minimal downtime | Varies by contractor network |
Ongoing management | Included after migration, not a separate add-on | Often quoted separately |
Who answers the phone | A real, local team member | Call center queue |
Agreement terms | One-year start, then month-to-month | Often multi-year lock-in |
Who owns the company | Family owned, second generation, no outside investors | Often private equity backed |
What a Well-Run Cloud Environment Really Means
A cloud migration is not really about where your files live. It is about whether your team can find what they need, from wherever they are working, without waiting on a call to IT or wondering if the version they are looking at is even current.
Our goal is not just to move you to Microsoft 365. It is to set up an environment your team barely has to think about, so leadership stops hearing about email problems and starts hearing that things just work.
Get a Free Cloud Readiness Assessment
Our free assessment includes:
- A review of what should move to the cloud, and what should stay put.
- A look at your current email and file setup, and where it is falling short.
- A migration timeline built around your business, not a generic template.
- A clear, plain-language report with next steps.
Questions Businesses Ask Us
There are a few factors to weigh, including how your team works today and what you are trying to fix. Schedule a consultation with our team to talk through the decision with confidence.
Cloud platforms like Microsoft 365 are built and maintained by companies with a direct interest in staying ahead of the latest threats, but security still depends on how your environment is configured. We handle that configuration as part of the migration.
Cloud computing means your data, applications, and storage live on someone else’s secure servers instead of a box in your office, and you access them over the internet from any device.
Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Google Cloud Platform are the major providers. Most small and medium businesses interact with the cloud most directly through Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace.
A cloud migration is the process of moving your email, files, and applications from local servers or an older platform onto the cloud.
Yes. Microsoft 365 and similar platforms offer offline access to files that sync back up automatically once you reconnect.
Clients start with a one-year initial agreement. After that, most continue month to month because the relationship holds up on its own.
Pricing depends on the number of users and what is being migrated. Start with a free assessment and we will give you a straight answer on cost.
Key Takeaways
- Computerease manages Microsoft 365, Teams, SharePoint, and hosted applications for businesses in St. Louis and Illinois.
- Cloud migrations follow a structured cutover built to minimize disruption, with support continuing after the move.
- Billed at a predictable flat monthly rate instead of a large upfront hardware cost.
- Family owned since 1984, led today by Ryan Haislar, CISSP.
- Serving businesses across Missouri and Illinois, including St. Louis, Chicago, Oak Brook, Springfield, Edwardsville, Belleville, Elk Grove Village, Naperville, Rosemont, and Clayton.