With technologies in every business now, Information Technology (IT) departments are tasked with providing support for those technologies. But with technologies come problems, and the reporting of those problems by users to IT usually come in the form of service requests, or "tickets".
Here's a problem most IT leaders recognize immediately: employees across the organization spend hours each week hunting down information that should be easy to find. They ask colleagues, dig through email chains, or open a support ticket for something that has already been answered a dozen times. Meanwhile, customers are hitting the same wall, waiting on hold or submitting tickets for questions that have self-service answers sitting in a document no one can locate.
Tier 4 IT Support, also known as Level 4 IT Support, is the highest level of support in the IT Service Management (ITSM) system.
Tier 3 IT Support, also known as Level 3 IT Support, represents the highest level of internal technical support within an IT service management (ITSM) team.
Tier 2 IT Support, also known as Level 2 IT Support, is a more advanced level that handles technical issues that cannot be resolved by Tier 1 agents.
Tier 1, also known as Level 1, or the help desk tier, is the front-line of human agent support in an IT support organization.
Tier 0, also known as Level 0, is the self-serve IT support level.
Also referred to as Level 0 IT support, Tier 0 is the ITSM designation for what most organizations call their self-service layer. These are the tools and resources users turn to before they ever contact a human agent. It usually includes FAQs, knowledge bases, online forums, and automated (AI-based, such as Chatbots) solutions. And, it is the fastest and least expensive type of IT support to deliver, and when done well, it resolves the majority of routine requests automatically.
In this in-depth guide, we will explain the 5 Tiers/Levels of IT Help Desk support, from Tier 0 (self-serve) up to Tier 4 (the most advanced).
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