AHS IT will be joining the UIC Help Center

AHS IT is excited to announce that our services will soon be hosted on the new UIC Help Center, a modern, mobile-friendly IT service management (ITSM) tool that provides a one-stop-shop to get support, request services, find answers and so much more for AHS.

What is the UIC Help Center?

The UIC Help Center is part of a new service management solution, powered by TeamDynamix, that will provide a centralized location for students, faculty and staff to get support, find answers, and submit and manage service requests.

• Get support
  UIC Help Center provides a centralized location to request services, get support and submit tickets. No more going to different websites or trying to remember what email address to send to for help!
• Find answers
  Knowledge Base articles, online guides with answers to frequently asked questions, how-to guides, and troubleshooting tips, will be available in the UIC Help Center and directly linked with service listings. This replaces answers.uic.edu.
• Manage requests
  This new system is mobile-friendly and easy to use enabling you to monitor, manage and access your service requests. This replaces ahs.helpdesk.uic.edu, also known as RT (Request Tracker).

When is this happening?

AHS IT has yet to receive a specific date, but we estimate this transition to occur sometime during the Spring 2022 semester. We will send notice once we receive a go-live date.

What does this mean for me?

• Where to get help
  Support requests will be submitted in the new UIC Help Center once we go live, AHS IT will make an official announcement once our unique service URL is assigned. AHS affiliated users will also be able to locate us under the “Services” tab on the UIC Help Center.
• Support via email will be limited
  Our primary contact point ahs-help@helpdesk.uic.edu will remain active, but you are encouraged and may be directed to submit your support requests via the UIC Help Center for the best support experience.
• Emails from tech support will look different
  Email correspondence from the support team related to your UIC Help Center request will have a new look. See an example email.
• Request Tracker (RT) is retiring
  Our current ticketing system, known as Request Tracker (RT)– ahs.helpdesk.uic.edu–will be retired and will not be accepting new requests. After our go live date, any outstanding RT tickets will still be worked on and resolved in RT, but new tickets will no longer be created in that platform. Longer term tickets will be recreated in the UIC Help Center.