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ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus - MSP is a comprehensive help desk and asset
management software that provides Service Provider an integrated console to
monitor and maintain the assets and IT requests
generated from their Account's users of the IT resources. The IT
help desk plays an important part in the provision of IT Services. It
is very often the first contact the users have in their use of IT Services
when something does not work as expected. The IT help desk is a single
point of contact for end-users who need help. Without this, an organization
could certainly face losses due to inefficiencies.
The two main focuses of the ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus - MSP are IT Request
tracking and Asset Management. Using the following modules of ServiceDesk,
technicians and system administrators can resolve issues of complex nature
in no time and thus reduce the end-user frustration arising due to time
consuming issue resolving process. They can also keep track of the needs
of the organization with the help of asset management and proactively
allocate resources to the right user/departments, thus increasing the
productivity of the organization.
The request module functions as the Help Desk where requests are fetched
and necessary solutions provided by assigning technicians to resolve issues
reported.
When you log in to ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus - MSP, the application displays
the ServiceDesk Plus - MSP home page that contains information on pending requests,
overdue requests, requests assigned to the user who has logged in, individual
user's task list, and depending on the user login, the other dash board
views such as Contract and Purchase Order summary also may be displayed.
Requests
Clicking on the Requests tab on the header pane takes you to the request
module. This serves as the IT help desk module where the IT requests from
individual users are fetched, tracked, technicians are assigned, and a
solution is provided.
Problems
The objective of Problem Management is to minimize the adverse impact of Incidents and Problems on business that are caused by errors within the IT infrastructure, and to prevent recurrence of Incidents related to these errors. In order to achieve this goal, Problem Management seeks to get to the root cause of Incidents and then initiate actions to improve or correct the situation.
Change
The goal of Change Management is to ensure that standardised methods and procedures are used for efficient and prompt handling of all Changes, in order to minimise the impact of change-related incidents upon service quality and consequently to improve the day-to-day operations of the organization.
Solutions
This module serves as a knowledge base for your IT help desk team as well as your users. Users can search this for solutions for issues and solve them themselves. Also when technicians resolve issues, they can directly convert these resolutions as knowledge base articles. To view the solutions, click the Solutions tab in the header pane.
Assets
Assets tab helps you to track & manage assets efficiently.
It tracks all newly added assets, and have a record of all the assets
across accounts. Assets can be categorized as IT, Non IT Assets &
Asset Components. This includes Workstations, Printers,
Routers, Software Licenses, Scanners, Projectors and even air conditioning
systems. Thus it offers a single view to track and manage all the assets
across accounts.
Purchase
Here you can create new purchase orders and track them till the order
has been delivered. The same details can also be maintained for future
reference. Clicking the Purchase tab takes you to the Purchase module.
Contract
This module holds the details regarding the maintenance contracts between
an account and the vendor(s) from whom the assets of the account
have been purchased. Clicking the Contracts tab in the header pane takes
you to the contract module.
In addition to these, ServiceDesk Plus - MSP has GUI-rich reports for requests
and Assets modules. There are predefined sets of reports that help you
evaluate the efficiency and productivity of your IT help desk team, the
load of requests handled by the team, the assets distribution, and many
more. Also, the ServiceDesk administrator can configure various helpdesk,
asset, and enterprise-related settings, such as the working hours of the
organization, service-level agreements, user roles, departments and many
more.
Based on the permissions provided by the ServiceDesk Plus administrator
to each of the users of the application, you will be able to access the
above modules. If you do not have the access permission, contact your
ServiceDesk Plus administrator.
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