The document provides an overview of SolarWinds IT service management tools. It discusses the IT service management lifecycle and provides descriptions of Web Help Desk and Dameware Remote Support. The agenda includes a SolarWinds overview, demonstrations of the tools, and case studies from the US Army and Department of Commerce who use the tools. It concludes with contact information for the SolarWinds federal sales team.
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[Please kick off webinar and thank the audience for joining us for the event.]
[Discuss housekeeping issues] phones are muted; questions can be typed into the Q&A tab and we will respond as time permits (probably at end); session is being recorded and will be emailed along with slides in a day or so.
[Introduce yourself as Tools rep and Arthur as the technical presenter.]
[Briefly review agenda.]
Our vision is to manage all things in a hybrid world, regardless of where the applications, infrastructure, and monitoring tools are deployed. And we have a user-centric approach.
Here is an overview of our product offering.
Today we’ll be focusing on the tools products, but you can see that we have a wide range of infrastructure monitoring and security products.
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
Overview pulled from corporate series-
SolarWinds Web Help Desk is a web-based ticketing and IT asset management software
Designed to allow organizations to be more efficient and streamline processes
Can simplify service requests from creation to resolution
Offers built-in knowledge for self-resolution of issues and automation change management
How do remote support tools save money?
Can reduce time to resolution
Helps to provide support to remote users and machines
Designed to be easy to customize and administer
Helps provide safe connections
Dameware overview from corporate series-
Designed to provide direct, peer-to-peer connections between technician and end-users
Can offer safe access to computers outside the firewall
Helps to centrally manage users, licenses, and host lists
Mark pulled this graphic from a SolarWinds web property- http://www.webhelpdesk.com/manage-it-service-requests