Alex D Paul Director – IT Service Management ZOHO Corporation ITIL & ServiceDesk Plus
Sizing Up Who Were Against
• Small players – Tickets Only• Integrated Ticket + Assets was expensive• Big 4 were Add-ons and Smart plug-ins
Unreasonably Complicated
• Creating a scheduled maintenance request
• 19 page downs and lot of code snippets
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SELECT np.guid,CONVERT(VARCHAR(12), sm.[Interval Date], 1) as 'Scheduled Service Date',CONVERT(VARCHAR(12), DATEADD(MONTH, -sm.[Interval (In Months)], sm.[Interval Date]), 1) as 'Last
Service Date',np.[Name]FROM inv_scheduled_maintenance smJOIN vnetworkprinter np on sm._resourceguid = np.guidWHERE sm.[interval date] = CONVERT(VARCHAR(12), GETDATE(), 1)
Source:- http://www.symantec.com/connect/articles/configuring-scheduled-printer-maintenance
Automatic Ticket
Dispatch
Business Rules
Service Level
Agreement
Notification Rules
Preventive Maintenance
Automations
Round Robin Load Balancing Distributes equally to all technician
Distributes based on the technicians load
Automated Ticket Dispatch
o Allows you to customize workflow
o Follows an Event / Condition / Action model
o Automating Dispatch with Groups and Business Rules
o Categorize your Frequent occurring tickets.
Business Rules
o Four Levels of Proactive Escalations
o Response based Escalation
o Set up Rules based on many available criteria
Escalations
o Requester/ Technician based Notification
o Alerts for Incident, Problem, Change & Asset mgmt
o Both SMS & Email Alerts
Notifications
Other User based functionalities
Active Directory LDAP
CSV Import
ManualAddition
Modes of ImportingUsers
Users are classified as Requesters &
Technicians
Predefined & Custom Roles
User & TechnicianGrouping
User – Import & Management
Operating Systems
• Windows• Mac• Linux• Unix
• Windows• Mac• Linux• Unix
IP Devices
• Printer• Switches• Router• Access
Points & more
• Printer• Switches• Router• Access
Points & more
Software
• List of all s/w• Software
Licensing• Software
Usage
• List of all s/w• Software
Licensing• Software
Usage
Asset Management
• For Windows Machines onlyWindows Domain Scan
• For Windows, Linux, Mac Os & other IP Devices• Ability to Scan a Range of IPsNetwork Scan
• Light Weight Agent to scan Accurate DetailsAgent Based Scanning
• Scan remote networks and with an AE installation in the remote N/WDistributed Asset Scan
• Scan a workstation which is not in the N/w by running a script.Stand alone Scan
• Import from a excel or CSV fileImport From CSV
Discovery
Managed
Excluded
Unidentified
Prohibited
Freeware
Shareware
Categorize your software into different software
types
Software License Management
• Search Solutions with simple keywords
• Individual Knowledge Base for Requesters & technicians
• Approve each solutions on addition
• Categorize the solutions specific to topic.
Knowledge Base
Incident Management
• Incident is a disruption in the normal service
• The goal of Incident Management is to restore normal services as soon as possible with resolution and recovery.
Problem Management
• The goal of Problem Management is to find the root cause of incidents and reduce the impact on business.
• It is a proactive approach that prevents recurrence of incidents.
More than 100 canned reports in all possible modules and categories
More than 100 inbuilt Reports
Get Reports on the Fly
Wrong Perception : ITIL takes a lot of time
Detailed books and complicated process
Expensive Consulting
Expensive Tools
ServiceDesk Plus Got ITIL Ready
• Built-in ITIL Processes works for 80% of businesses• Advanced Users can customize the rest 20%• Customization – Point & Click – no coding required
Focus Areas
ITIL V3 Alignment
•Service Portfolio Management•PinkVerify Certification•Change Management•CMS (CMDB)•Release (Project) Management
Mobile FocusIntegration Ready
Help Desk Improvements
• Release / Project Management• Telephony Integration• Chat Integration• Server Failover
Alpha – Collaborate from the Start
• Collaborate with Product Managers•Share ideas, review product proto-types