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ServiceDesk Plus 8.x Essentials

By : Ankush Agarwal
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ServiceDesk Plus 8.x Essentials

By: Ankush Agarwal

Overview of this book

IT service management (ITSM) refers to the implementation and management of quality IT services that meet the needs of your business. ServiceDesk Plus is an integrated web-based helpdesk tool that assists you in planning, setting up, and achieving the timely execution of IT services efficiently. ServiceDesk Plus 8.x Essentials is a practical, hands-on guide that walks you through the features of ServiceDesk Plus 8.x to help you set up and manage day-to-day IT services. The book also helps you to understand and practice the ITIL methodologies while using the tool for daily operations. ServiceDesk Plus 8.x Essentials conceptualizes the ITIL framework and takes you through the core processes and their implementation in ServiceDesk Plus 8.x in an easy and practical manner. The book will also help you to learn the process flows and manage incidents, problems, assets, and configurations while understanding the scope and responsibilities of the helpdesk. It also takes you through controlling changes and releases and highlights the features of the tools. If you need a concise handbook for a complete understanding of the metrics, challenges and risks of ITSM, then you have found the right book. With ServiceDesk Plus 8.x Essentials, you will learn everything you need to know to administer and manage IT services using ServiceDesk Plus, while making ITIL concepts practical and fun.
Table of Contents (13 chapters)
ServiceDesk Plus 8.x Essential
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Summary


This chapter covered some of the important features included in ServiceDesk Plus that help users with some of the small and important day-to-day tasks. The software also contains several other helpful features and the reader is encouraged to explore them as those are mostly self-explanatory and best experienced hands-on. These features enhance the overall experience of using the software.

This brings us to the end of the book and we sincerely hope that it has not only helped you in using ServiceDesk Plus pleasurably, but also in understanding the ITSM processes behind it and how those can be utilized to make the team and the organization more effective.