SolarWinds will show how federal agencies use our tightly integrated help desk and remote support software to improve IT service management. This integration provides productivity gains that allow agencies to improve customer satisfaction and accelerate service delivery by simplifying and automating their help desk ticketing and remote support processes. We will demonstrate the integration of Web Help Desk® and DameWare® Remote Support and discuss use cases and best practices to improve service management.
The webinar demonstrated how to:
• Connect to remote computers directly from help desk trouble tickets while having easy access to integrated IT asset information for faster troubleshooting
• Save remote session metadata including duration, chat history and screenshots back to the IT tickets in the help desk software where the remote session was launched from
• Save remote session details for sessions that were started outside of the ticketing system to save the remote session details in either an existing ticket in Web Help Desk, or by creating a new ticket from the DameWare remote session
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SolarWinds Federal Tools Webinar - Using Integrated Tools to Improve Federal IT Service Management
1. FEDERAL WEBINAR: USING INTEGRATED
TOOLS TO IMPROVE IT SERVICE
MANAGEMENT
PRESENTED BY:
ANDY WONG
FEDERAL SALES ENGINEER
ANDY.WONG@SOLARWINDS.COM
703-386-2610 (OFFICE)
REBECCA KNUTSEN
FEDERAL ACCOUNT MANAGER
REBECCA.KNUTSEN@SOLARWINDS.COM
703-386-2651 (OFFICE)
MARK SMITH
FEDERAL MARKETING MANAGER
MARK.SMITH@SOLARWINDS.COM
703-386-2652 (OFFICE)
Log Service Request
Challenges
Disparate Channels for logging service request such as email, phone, chat, social media, walk-up, in-person
No centralization
Solutions
Centralize service request logging with web-based service request portal
Dynamic input fields for logging service request
Automatically convert inbound email service requests into help desk tickets
Ticket Creation
Challenges
Manual ticket creation by each technician for every help desk task
No consistency and standardization of inputs received from end-users in the ticket fields
Solutions
Automate ticket creation for repetitive tasks
Consistency across input for ticket fields
Customization to design ticket creation forms per requirement
Associate asset details with incident tickets during ticket creation
Technician Assignment
Challenges
Manual ticket assignment to technicians
Maintaining ticket assignment status in spreadsheet
Solutions
Automate ticket-to-technician assignment
Dynamically assign tickets based on predefined business logic: ticket status, location, technician availability, etc.
Track ticket status & fulfilment progress on Web interface
Ticket Resolution
Challenges
Difficulty in physically visiting & supporting remote computers
Incident management & incident resolution are disjoint processes
Solutions
Leverage remote support integration & initiate remote session from help desk
Integrate incident management and incident resolution
Integrate service requests & IT asset inventory with remote access
Save time & effort by resolving tickets remotely
Communication To End-User
Challenges
Disconnected communication with end-users on ticket status
Time wasted in disparate communication channels, such as phone call, email, chat, etc.
Solutions
Streamlined communication with end-users via help desk
Automatic ticket acknowledgement & email notifications
Two-way communication via singular channel-ticket notes in help desk
Ticket Closure
Challenges
Time spent on manually updating troubleshooting details to tickets and closing them
Close incident and problem tickets one-by-one
Solutions
Update & close ticket from remote session-incident management & desktop support are integrated saving time & effort
Associate multiple incidents tickets with problem ticket and close them all at once
Customer Feedback
Challenges
No visibility into technician performance and ticket fulfilment status
Solutions
Dashboards provide metrics on technician performance & service delivery status
Analyze historical help desk performance data and improve quality of support
Mark pulled this graphic from a SolarWinds web property- http://www.webhelpdesk.com/manage-it-service-requests