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  • Urgent requests must be phoned into the Help Desk for quickest service.
  • Process:
    • The request is received
    • A ticket is generated and transferred to desktop support
    • Help Desk contacts someone in desktop support
    • Help Desk updates the call ticket indicating the desktop support person who has taken the ticket
    • The desktop support technician will respond to the call within one hour.
    • Once the technician has resolved the problem, the ticket is closed
    • Notification e-mail is sent to the requester that the call ticket has been closed.
  • Examples of Urgent tickets:
    • Multiple users are affected
    • There is no workaround for the issue.
    • User has a deadline or sensitive task
    • Virus or security related issue.
    • User is giving a presentation and having problems.

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  • High priority requests must be phoned into the Help Desk
  • Process:
    • The request is received
    • A Help Desk ticket is generated.
    • Notification e-mail is sent to the requestor requester that a call ticket has been created.
    • The technician responds within 4 hours.
    • Once the technican technician has responded the call ticket is closed
    • Notification e-mail is sent to the requestor requester that the call ticket has been closed.
  • Examples of High priority tickets:
    • User's computer is down
    • Software or application issue that affects ability to work.

Medium - There is a workaround to the problem - 1 business day

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  • Process:
    • The request is received
    • A Help Desk ticket is generated.
    • Notification e-mail is sent to the requestor requester that a call ticket has been created.
    • The technician responds within 1 business day.
    • Once the technican technician has responded the call ticket is closed
    • Notification e-mail is sent to the requestor requester that the call ticket has been closed.
  • Examples of Medium priority tickets:  
    • Software problems but your computer is still able to function (ex.  Error pops up at login, but computer still functions)
    • You have a workaround to your issue ex. One student PC is down, but there is another student pc the student can use
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    • Your main printer is down, but you can print to other network printers.

Low - There is a workaround to the problem, or the problem does not need to be addressed immediately - 2 business days

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  • Process:
    • The request is received
    • A Help Desk ticket is generated.
    • `Notification e-mail is sent to the requester that a call ticket has been created.
    • The technician responds within 2 business days.
    • Once the technician has responded the call ticket is closed.
    • Notification e-mail is sent to the requester that the call ticket has been closed.
  • Examples of Low priority tickets:
    • New Computer setups
    • Non urgent software requests
    • Non urgent computer orders