HELPDESK RESOURCES
Planning and Standards/Configuration Management/Threat Management
The time and effort it takes to manage large computer implementations can be reduced by taking a little time and creating standards. These standards of configuration also include the security and uptime of the network.
- Test LANs and Virtual Server:
- An Introduction to Virtualization (Updated June 22, 2006)
- Virtual Server Operations Guide (Updated June 22, 2006)
- Anti-virus
- Spyware vs. Anti-virus (Updated June 24, 2006)
Knowledge Management/Collaboration Tools
The field of Knowledge Management covers a large amount of ground. At first glance most IT professionals think of Knowledge Management as documentation. Today the topic not only covers traditional documentation but also solutions to problems which assist technicians solve problems, re-define standards fixing common problems all the way to managing secuirty on Corporate assets (data-wise) in systems that can allow documents to be searched and secured.
- Documentation (Updated June 22, 2006)
- Outlook Tools
- Outlook Custom Guide (Updated June 22, 2006)
- SharePoint Tools
- SharePoint Videos
- SharePoint Overview
- SharePoint Permissions
- Editing SharePoint First Page
- An Introduction to SharePoint (Updated June 22, 2006)
- Getting Started with SharePoint (Updated June 22, 2006)
- FrontPage Tutorial - Used to edit SharePoint portals (Updated June 22, 2006)
- FrontPage Custom Guide (Updated June 22, 2006)
- Metro Examples: vlab.mccinfo.net, sharepoint.mccneb.edu/msdnaa, sharepoint.mccneb.edu/ctvacommons (Updated June 22, 2006
he Incident Management is two-fold, first you must document problems then pull up data/statistics to pin-point issues and solutions. This information should then be used to come up with long term solutions. The goal of the Help Desk is not only to have high resolution numbers but really prevent incidents before they happen.
- BMC Magic Help Desk Software
- Altiris Suite (Help Desk) (Updated June 22, 2006)
- Altiris Help Desk Web Client - Select Incident tab if it doesn't come up automatically
- Altiris Suite Powerpoint (Updated July 5, 2006)
- Help Desk (Altiris Incident Mgt) Powerpoint (Updated June 22, 2006)
- Altiris Help Desk Documentation - read User Interface
- Altiris Help Desk Videos
- Altiris Help Desk Overview
- Creating Tickets or Incidents
- Running Queue Lists
- Incident Life Cycle
- Magic Help Desk Videos
- Magic Help Desk Overview
- Creating Tickets or Incidents
- Running Queue Lists
- Incident Life Cycle
The tool box of a Help Desk or Network Technician can consist of a multitude of small software applications that are utilities to solve some proplem or automate repetitive tasks.
- Free Virtual CD for Windows XP (Updated June 22, 2006)
- Convert File Formats Online (Updated June 22, 2006)
- Boot Media
- Build an Ultimate Boot CD (Updated June 22, 2006)
- Anatomy of a Boot Disk (Updated June 22, 2006