Help Desk

Powerful, Automated and Centralized Management of User Issues and IT Infrastructure

Quest Workspace Help Desk (offered in Professional and Enterprise editions) is the only IT help desk solution you need to assist users if your organization is a small-to- medium sized business. It offers robust and intuitive support ticket system workflows, dashboards and reporting along with advanced capabilities such as automation and self-service (included with Enterprise edition and available add-ons for Professional edition). Help Desk also integrates with Foglight NMS to provide a set of embedded tools to proactively manage network events, desktops, servers and applications and resolve issues quickly and effectively.

Features

Centralized and Seamless Help Desk Management

Manage incident and service requests, assets and reports from a single, easy-to-use console. Create tickets automatically from emails, and provide self-service functions to end users. Generate reports and dashboards from issue and/or asset data. Learn more »

Customization And Flexibility

Tailor the solution to fit your organization’s needs. You don’t have to be a programmer to design the screen layout, format help desk ticket data, or generate queries and reports. Define your own business workflows and rules for handling tickets. Also, you can access the help desk console through multiple client interfaces including Windows, web-based or mobile devices. Learn more »

Automation and Self-Service

Maximize help desk productivity by using extensive self-service functions for end users. For example, you can provide a searchable knowledgebase or a message board where users can learn about known issues themselves instead of placing calls to the help desk. Create automated workflows that route help desk tickets based on pre-determined skill levels, and use priority mapping for more efficient incident management. Learn more »

Expanded Capabilities

Add management capabilities to Help Desk Authority Professional as needed or upgrade to Enterprise Edition and they’re all included. Empower help desk technicians to proactively manage the network, servers and applications by establishing thresholds that automatically generate alerts with Foglight NMS. Use the help desk to diagnose and resolve issues remotely with Remote Support Center. Manage hardware and software asset inventory and changes with HDAsset. Learn more »

Sys Reqs

Operating systems

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003(32 and 64 bit) (Service Pack 2)
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008(32 and 64 bit) (Service Pack 2)
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 (32 and 64 bit) (Service Pack 1)
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2012*
  • Microsoft Windows XP Professional (32 and 64 bit) (Service Pack 3)
  • Microsoft Windows Vista Business / Ultimate / Enterprise (32 and 64 bit) (Service Pack 2)
  • Microsoft Windows 7 (32 and 64 bit) (Service Pack 1)
  • Microsoft Windows 8*

* Additional configuration may be required in some cases.

Software Requirements

Microsoft .Net 3.5 Framework is required for Help Desk Authority. This is installed as part of the Help Desk Authority application. If the Microsoft .Net Framework is already present on the machine, the Help Desk Authority installation program will not install that package.
The .Net Framework is also available for free as a download from Microsoft.

Hardware Requirements

MinimumRecommended
Disk space100 MB (MSI Client only)
200 MB (Basic Installation)
300 MB (Full Installation)
100 MB or higher (MSI Client only)
200 MB or higher (Basic Installation)
300 MB or higher (Full Installation)
Processor speed1.2 GHz

2 GHz or higher

RAM requirements1 GB1 GB or higher
Video color256 colorsHigh color (16 bit) or better
Video resolution1024 x 7681280 x 1024
 

Database Support

  • Microsoft SQL Server 2005 (32 and 64 bit)
  • Microsoft SQL 2005 Express
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2008 (32 and 64 bit)
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 (32 and 64 bit)
  • Microsoft SQL 2008 Express
  • Microsoft SQL 2008 Express R2 (32 and 64 bit) (If you do not have any Microsoft SQL Server versions installed, you will be given a link to install SQL 2008 Express during installation)

Web Server

  • IIS 7
  • IIS 6 (Win 2003)

Browser Support

HDAccess:

  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 or 9
  • Mozilla Firefox 15
  • Google Chrome 22
  • Apple Safari 5

HDWeb:

  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 or 9
  • Mozilla Firefox 15