Self-Service & Ticket Deflection

Stop Tickets Before They're Raised

Most tickets shouldn't exist in the first place. ControlUp catches the issue, fixes it, or gives employees an AI-driven self-service option before a ticket ever hits the queue. Digital employee experience (DEX) data spots the friction. Agentic AI resolves it or routes it. IT stays in control of the rules and the estate. The backlog just stops growing.

The Ticket Queue Ends Here

Every ticket represents a moment where self-service failed, or didn’t exist at all. For decades, that’s been the default: something breaks, an employee gives up, and IT inherits the problem. Now IT catches issues before they’re noticed, and prevents that queue from stacking up.
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Self-Service, Minus the Frustration
"Self-service" has a bad reputation, because most of it doesn't work. Static FAQ pages and dead-end portals just send employees back to the help desk anyway. ControlUp is different. Our AI-powered IT self-service hub, Pulse Resolve, understands plain-language requests, pulls from your real environment, and automatically remediates the issue before the employee finishes typing.
Catch It Before They Notice
Most L1 tickets start the same way: something breaks in the background, then an employee notices and opens a ticket. Proactive Synthetic Monitoring flips that sequence. ControlUp tests the paths employees rely on around the clock and flags or fixes degradation before anyone feels it. No ticket, because there was nothing left to report.
Automate the Fix, Not Just the Ticket
Every L1 issue your team has already solved a hundred times is a candidate for deflection. Automation & Workflows lets IT define the resolution once, printer drivers, VPN drops, disk cleanup, password resets, and run it automatically across the estate every time it recurs. If a ticket is raised, ControlUp auto-populates it in ServiceNow with full context and resolution details already attached, so even the tickets that land don't cost manual triage time.
Know If Self-Service Is Actually Working
Deflection isn't a leap of faith. Employee Engagement gives IT visibility into whether self-service and automated fixes are landing, or whether employees are quietly working around them and still filing tickets elsewhere. See adoption, sentiment, and friction points in one place, and tune the experience instead of guessing at it.

Deflection needs a brain. Pulse AI is it.

This is how L1 volume drops without IT working overtime. Pulse AI reads the telemetry, decides whether an issue can be resolved automatically, deflected to self-service, or needs a human, and acts accordingly. Every resolution is logged and auditable, whether or not a person handled it.

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Pulse AI Resolve

Employees ask in plain English and get a real fix. Requests are understood in context, resolved automatically where policy allows, and escalated with full detail when they’re not.

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Proactive Synthetic Monitoring

Continuously test the logins, connections, and workflows employees depend on, before they do. Catch degradation on the path to a ticket and close it out automatically, so the employee never has a reason to open one.

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Automation & Workflows

Build the fix once. Run it on every device whenever the issue recurs, with the same result each time. Deflect recurring L1 issues permanently instead of resolving them one ticket at a time.

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Employee Engagement

Measure whether self-service and automation are actually reducing friction, not just reducing ticket counts. Real sentiment and adoption data, so IT can keep improving deflection instead of hoping it’s working.

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Solve Whatever Comes Your Way

Orchestrate a digital workspace that runs itself. Agentic AI and leading DEX software capabilities turn real-time signals into intelligent action and autonomous outcomes. With ControlUp, you’re no longer tethered to tickets, and employees are never slowed down by technology.

Autonomous Endpoint Management

Put routine endpoint management on autopilot. AI detects, diagnoses, and resolves issues that usually bog you down.

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Remote Monitoring & Management

Unify monitoring, alerting, and remote control in one console. Every managed device stays visible and in reach, so nothing sits unnoticed.

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VDI & DaaS

Manage virtual and physical desktops together in one unified solution across Microsoft, Citrix, AVD, and more.

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Endpoint Compliance

Spot vulnerabilities, close gaps, and keep every endpoint compliant. One view with full control and no surprises.

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Digital Employee Experience

Get real-time visibility into every user's workspace experience. IT sees issues the moment they start and resolves before users do.

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From Helpdesk Overload to Self-Healing IT

“With ControlUp monitoring and automation in place, we reduced the number of service desk tickets by an average of 100 per week. As a result, it significantly enhanced the user experience when working with the new EPR system.”

Matt Benson
Senior Technical Architect, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS

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