FOR IT HELPDESK

Level-zero support that actually resolves

VPN setup, access requests, device policies, and known issues answered from your runbooks before a ticket is filed — and cited draft replies for the tickets that remain.

Sound familiar?

The friction points every it helpdesk team knows

These are the recurring patterns we hear from it helpdesk leaders — and the ones BeforeQuery is built to remove.

01

Password and access tickets crowd out real work

The top ten ticket categories haven't changed in years, all documented, all still filed daily. Meanwhile, infrastructure projects wait.

02

Runbooks exist but nobody reads them

Your KB articles are thorough and completely unvisited. Search in the ITSM portal fails on synonyms, so employees skip straight to filing a ticket.

03

Every incident triggers a duplicate storm

When SSO hiccups, fifty people file the same ticket in twenty minutes — burying the queue exactly when your team needs to focus on the fix.

Capability 01

Self-service in Slack and Teams

Employees ask 'how do I get on the VPN' and get the actual steps from your runbook, cited — no portal search, no ticket, no wait.
grounded answer · sources
answer

Priya’s Okta lockout can be cleared via self-serve MFA challenge — no IT intervention required. If MFA fails, escalate to IT on-call.

cited from
01
IT · Okta account lockout policy
runbook · updated 4d ago
02
HR · Emergency access procedure
policy · updated 2w ago
03
Ticket #48211 · priya · resolved
past ticket · similar match
Capability 02

Deflection built into the intake form

The Support Form Agent answers as employees type into your request form, resolving known issues and how-tos before submission, with confidence scoring so real incidents always get through.
approvals · pending 4
unlock okta account
priya.sharma · self-serve · read-only
denyapprove
refund $128.40
stripe · ord_A4b2c · manager approval
denyapprove
revoke prod IAM role
aws · role/analyst · step-up MFA
denyapprove
reset zoom SSO
kiran.mehta · self-serve
denyapprove
Capability 03

Copilot drafts for the remaining queue

Helpdesk integrations (including Jira Service Management) draft grounded replies from your KB for technicians to review — faster handle time without sacrificing accuracy.
context · priya.sharma
priyateamon-calloktagithubworkday
Capability 04

Known-issue answers during incidents

Publish the known-issue page, trigger a re-sync, and the assistant absorbs the duplicate storm with a current, grounded answer while your team works the fix.
reports · this week
Auto-resolved
78.4%
+4.1 pt
Avg. loop time
11.4s
-2.1s
Approvals pending
12
-3
Coverage
94%
+1.2 pt
monsun
Connected out of the box

Relevant sources for it helpdesk

Jira Service ManagementZendeskConfluenceSharePointSlackMicrosoft TeamsNotion
Enterprise-grade by default

The controls your security team is going to ask about

SOC 2 Type II
audited annually
GDPR
EU data residency
HIPAA-ready
BAA available
SSO / SAML
Okta · Entra · Google
SCIM 2.0
auto-provision
Audit log
every write, traceable
Bring your key
AES-256-GCM at rest
Bring your model
Anthropic · OpenAI · self-host
Zero training
your data stays yours
Rollback
every write reversible
TLS 1.3
in transit
99.9% uptime
SLA on Enterprise
FAQ

Frequently asked questions about it helpdesk

How does it fit with our existing ITSM tool?

It deflects upstream of the queue (Slack, Teams, the intake form) and drafts replies inside it via helpdesk integrations. Your ITSM tool remains the system of record for every ticket that does get filed.

What about security-sensitive internal documentation?

Restricted document visibility, per-knowledge-base permissions, SSO, and audit logs keep sensitive runbooks scoped to the IT team while general how-tos stay available to everyone.

How long does setup take?

Most teams are live the same day. Connect a source — a docs URL, GitHub repo, Notion workspace, or a file upload — and BeforeQuery crawls, normalizes, chunks, and embeds the content automatically. The website widget is a single script tag, and the Slack/Discord bots install in a few clicks.

Are answers backed by source paragraphs?

Yes. Every answer includes a structured sources list with the URL, title, and excerpt of each source used, so users can click through and verify any claim against the original document.

Is my content used to train AI models?

No. Your indexed content, semantic vectors, and conversations are isolated to your workspace and are only used to answer your own questions. Content is never shared across customers, and data is encrypted at rest and in transit.

Is there a free plan?

Yes. The Free plan includes 1 knowledge base and 100 AI questions per month — no credit card required. Pro comes with a 14-day free trial, and Enterprise plans add SSO, audit logs, and advanced governance features.

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