Darril Gibson

Effective Help Desk Specialist Skills

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Produktbeschreibung

All of today s help desk support skills, in one easy-to-understand book

The perfect beginner s guide: No help desk or support experience necessary

Covers both soft personal skills and hard technical skills

Explains the changing role of help desk professionals in the modern support center

Today, everyone depends on technology and practically everyone needs help to use it well. Organizations deliver that assistance through help desks. This guide brings together all the knowledge you need to succeed in any help desk or technical support role, prepare for promotion, and succeed with the support-related parts of other IT jobs. Leading technology instructor Darril Gibson tours the modern help desk, explains what modern support professionals really do, and fully covers both of the skill sets you ll need: technical and personal. In clear and simple language, he discusses everything from troubleshooting specific problems to working with difficult users.You ll even learn how to manage a help desk, so it works better and delivers more value.

Coverage includes:

How the modern help desk has evolved

Understanding your users needs, goals, and attitudes

Walking through the typical help desk call

Communicating well: listening actively and asking better questions

Improving interactions and handling difficult situations

Developing positive attitudes, and owning the problem

Managing your time and stress

Supporting computers, networks, smartphones, and tablets

Finding the technical product knowledge you need

Protecting the security of your users, information, and devices

Defining, diagnosing, and solving problems, step by step

Writing it up: from incident reports to documentation

Working in teams to meet the goals of the business

Using ITIL to improve the services you provide

Calculating help deskcosts, benefits, value, and performance

Taking control of your support career

Powerful features make it easier to learn about help desk careers!

Clear introductions describe the big ideas and show how they fit with what you ve already learned

Specific chapter objectives tell you exactly what you need to learn

Key Terms lists help you identify important terms and a complete Glossary helps you understand them

Author s Notes and On The Side features help you go deeper into the topic if you want to

Chapter Review tools and activities help you make sure you ve learned the material

Exclusive Mind Mapping activities!

Organize important ideas visually in your mind, in your words

Learn more, remember more

Understand how different ideas fit together

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pearson IT Certification
• Seitenzahl: 456
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. November 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 201mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 973g
• ISBN-13: 9780789752406
• ISBN-10: 0789752409
• Artikelnr.: 40626945

Autorenporträt

Darril Gibson is the CEO of YCDA, LLC (short for You Can Do Anything). He regularly writes and consults on a wide variety of technical and security topics and holds several certifications including MCSE, MCDBA, MCSD, MCITP, ITIL v3, Security+, and CISSP. He has authored or coauthored more than 30 books including the best-selling Security+: Get Certified, Get Ahead series. Darril regularly blogs at http://blogs.getcertifiedgetahead.com/.

Inhaltsangabe

INTRODUCTION
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Organization of the Text
......................................................................................................................................1
Key Pedagogical Features
.................................................................................................................................2
A Brief Word on Mind Mapping
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Conclusion
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CHAPTER 1 Introduction to Help Desk Support Roles
..............................................................................6
Chapter Outline
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Objectives
...................................................................................................................................................................7
Key Terms
...................................................................................................................................................................7
Understanding the Support Center
...............................................................................................................8
A Little History
.................................................................................................................................................8
The Evolution of the Support Center
......................................................................................................9
Understanding an Incident and Incident Management
.................................................................10
The Role of the Support Center
.............................................................................................................10
IT Tiers within an Organization
...............................................................................................................12
The Role of the Help Desk Professional
...................................................................................................14
First Line of Support for Users
...............................................................................................................14
Assessing Problems and Identifying Solutions
................................................................................14
Recognizing Required Skillsets
..............................................................................................................15
Understanding Users
..........................................................................................................................................19
User Categories
............................................................................................................................................19
Services Provided to Users
......................................................................................................................21
Typical Incident Process
...................................................................................................................................23
Steps in a Typical Incident Process
......................................................................................................23
Tracking Incidents
........................................................................................................................................31
Taking Ownership of Incidents
................................................................................................................33
Chapter Review Activities
................................................................................................................................35
Answer These Questions
..........................................................................................................................35
Answers and Explanations
..............................................................................................................................38
Define the Key Terms
..................................................................................................................................40
List the Words Inside Acronyms
.............................................................................................................40
Create Mind Maps
.......................................................................................................................................41
Define Other Terms
......................................................................................................................................41
Case Studies
..................................................................................................................................................41
CHAPTER 2 Communication Skills
.....................................................................................................................42
Chapter Outline
.....................................................................................................................................................43
Objectives
.................................................................................................................................................................43
Key Terms
.................................................................................................................................................................43
Elements of Communication
..........................................................................................................................44
Verbal versus Non-Verbal Skills
..............................................................................................................45
Effective Questioning Skills
......................................................................................................................50
Active Listening Skills
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Methods to Improve Customer Interactions
......................................................................................54
Recognizing Communication Barriers
.......................................................................................................59
Filters
................................................................................................................................................................60
Previous Contact
..........................................................................................................................................62
Cultural Sensitivity
.......................................................................................................................................63
Comparing Different Communication Methods
....................................................................................64
In-Person
.........................................................................................................................................................64
Telephone
........................................................................................................................................................64
Text-Only Communications
......................................................................................................................65
Handling Difficult
Situations............................................................................................................................66
Expect the Best
............................................................................................................................................67
Common Situations
.....................................................................................................................................68
Handling Conflict
..........................................................................................................................................70
Defusing Incidents
.......................................................................................................................................71
When to Escalate
.........................................................................................................................................71
Chapter Review Activities
................................................................................................................................73
Answer These Questions
..........................................................................................................................73
Answers and Explanations
..............................................................................................................................76
Define the Key Terms
..................................................................................................................................78
List the Words Inside Acronyms
.............................................................................................................78
Create Mind Maps
.......................................................................................................................................78
Case Studies
..................................................................................................................................................79
CHAPTER 3 Personal Skills
...................................................................................................................................80
Chapter Outline
.....................................................................................................................................................81
Objectives
.................................................................................................................................................................81
Key Terms
.................................................................................................................................................................81
Recognizing the Value of Attitude
................................................................................................................82
Positive Attitude
............................................................................................................................................82
Attitude versus Aptitude
............................................................................................................................84
Service Attitude
.............................................................................................................................................86
Problem Ownership
.....................................................................................................................................87
Managing Stress
...................................................................................................................................................88
Distress vs. Eustress
...................................................................................................................................89
Stress and Adrenaline
................................................................................................................................90
General Adaptation Syndrome
................................................................................................................91
Effects of Distress
........................................................................................................................................92
Recognizing Burnout
..................................................................................................................................93
Identifying Stressors
...................................................................................................................................97
Managing Stress
...........................................................................................................................................98
Managing Your Time
...........................................................................................................................................99
Document, Document, Document
......................................................................................................100
Manage Priorities
......................................................................................................................................100
Give Yourself More Time
........................................................................................................................102
Managing Your Career
....................................................................................................................................102
Career Paths
...............................................................................................................................................103
Certifications
...............................................................................................................................................104
Chapter Review Activities
.............................................................................................................................107
Answer These Questions
.......................................................................................................................107
Answers and Explanations
...........................................................................................................................110
Define the Key Terms
...............................................................................................................................112
Create Mind Maps
....................................................................................................................................112
Case Studies
...............................................................................................................................................112
CHAPTER 4 Technical Skills
...............................................................................................................................114
Chapter Outline
..................................................................................................................................................115
Objectives
..............................................................................................................................................................115
Key Terms
..............................................................................................................................................................115
Working with Personal Computers
...........................................................................................................116
Reviewing PC Hardware
.........................................................................................................................116
Understanding Firmware
........................................................................................................................127
Understanding PC Operating Systems
............................................................................................129
Supporting Software Applications
......................................................................................................131
Working with Networks
..................................................................................................................................131
Introducing Protocols
..............................................................................................................................132
Understanding Common Network Components
..........................................................................133
Working with Mobile Devices
......................................................................................................................141
Comparing Operating Systems
...........................................................................................................142
Comparing App Stores
...........................................................................................................................143
Configuring Email
......................................................................................................................................143
Implementing Security on Mobile Devices
......................................................................................144
Comparing Landscape Modes to Portrait Modes
........................................................................145
Understanding the Product
..........................................................................................................................146
Getting Certified
........................................................................................................................................146
Continuous Learning
................................................................................................................................149
Chapter Review Activities
.............................................................................................................................150
Answer These Questions
.......................................................................................................................150
Answers and Explanations
...........................................................................................................................153
Define the Key Terms
...............................................................................................................................155
List the Words Inside Acronyms
..........................................................................................................155
Create Mind Maps
....................................................................................................................................156
Define Other Terms
...................................................................................................................................156
Case Studies
...............................................................................................................................................156
CHAPTER 5 Security Skills
.................................................................................................................................158
Chapter Outline
..................................................................................................................................................159
Objectives
..............................................................................................................................................................159
Key Terms
..............................................................................................................................................................159
Protecting IT Resources
................................................................................................................................160
Introducing the Security Triad
..............................................................................................................161
Protecting Confidentiality
.......................................................................................................................161
Protecting Integrity
...................................................................................................................................163
Protecting Availability
..............................................................................................................................164
Understanding Malware
.................................................................................................................................165
Replicating Malware
.................................................................................................................................169
Recognizing Malware Symptoms
.......................................................................................................171
Protecting Against Malware
..................................................................................................................172
Removing Malware
...................................................................................................................................173
Managing Risk
....................................................................................................................................................173
Recognizing Threats
................................................................................................................................176
Identifying Vulnerabilities
........................................................................................................................184
Implementing Security Controls
..........................................................................................................185
Chapter Review Activities
.............................................................................................................................187
Answer These Questions
.......................................................................................................................187
Answers and Explanations
...........................................................................................................................190
Define the Key Terms
...............................................................................................................................192
List the Words Inside Acronyms
..........................................................................................................192
Create Mind Maps
....................................................................................................................................193
Define Other Terms
...................................................................................................................................193
Case Studies
...............................................................................................................................................193
CHAPTER 6 Troubleshooting Skills
................................................................................................................194
Chapter Outline
..................................................................................................................................................195
Objectives
..............................................................................................................................................................195
Key Terms
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