Always-On End-User Support

24/7 Help Desk

Real people, real responses—any hour, any day. Our follow-the-sun Help Desk keeps your users productive with guaranteed SLAs, expert triage, and rapid remote remediation.

Live Answer 24×7×365 15-min P1 Response US-Led, Follow-the-Sun
Not Just “After Hours”

What Makes It a True 24/7 Help Desk

It isn’t voicemail and callbacks. It’s always-on coverage with clear ownership and documented runbooks.

Follow-the-Sun Staffing

Tiered engineers in staggered shifts across time zones to maintain continuous availability without fatigue risk.

Live Phone & Email

Direct phone line and monitored mailbox create tickets instantly and route to the on-duty engineer.

Guaranteed SLAs

Contracted response and communication cadences for every priority level, 24×7—including weekends and holidays.

Runbooks & Automations

Documented procedures and scripts for common issues enable fast, consistent resolutions at any hour.

On-Call Escalation

Escalation rosters for Tier 2/3 and SME leads with auto-paging for P1/P2 incidents after hours.

Integrated Monitoring

RMM/EDR/NOC alerts open tickets automatically and notify the on-duty engineer with context and history.

Access Methods

How Users Reach Us

Multiple channels, one queue, unified SLAs.

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Phone

  • Live answer 24×7
  • Target: < 30s average speed of answer
  • Automatic ticket creation & call recording
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Email

  • Support mailbox auto-creates tickets
  • Priority detection from subject keywords
  • Smart forms for onboarding/offboarding
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Remote Support

  • Secure remote control session links
  • Consent prompts & session logging
  • Windows/macOS/iOS/Android supported
Why It Matters

24/7 Help Desk vs. Standard Help Desk

Know exactly what additional coverage you’re buying.

Standard Help Desk

  • Business hours only
  • Best-effort after-hours callbacks
  • No on-call escalation requirements
  • Limited SLAs for high-priority issues
  • Reactive monitoring

Byte Tek 24/7

  • Follow-the-sun staffing 24×7×365
  • Live phone & monitored email after hours
  • On-call Tier 2/3 with auto-paging
  • Contracted SLAs for P1/P2 at all times
  • Proactive monitoring with automated tickets
Service Details

Everything You Expect—Documented

Drill into scope, SLAs, operating model, controls, and onboarding.

End-User Support

Password resets, MFA enrollment, mailbox and client issues, printing, VPN, Wi-Fi, common apps (M365/Google Workspace), browser, conferencing.

Endpoint Support

Windows & macOS, patching, driver issues, performance troubleshooting, app installs, MDM policy application.

Account Lifecycle

Joiners/movers/leavers, licensing, group membership, email aliases, distribution lists.

Light Infra Touch

Basic network checks (up/down, DHCP/DNS validation), printer queues, file share access, simple firewall rules via runbooks.

Knowledge & Coaching

How-to guidance, policy reinforcement, micro-trainings for common tasks, KB access.

Out-of-Scope (Project/SOW)

New server builds, network redesigns, complex app migrations, major SaaS rollouts—handled via projects.

Priority Example Initial Response Update Cadence Target Workaround / Restore
P1 Critical Company-wide outage, security incident ≤ 15 minutes (24/7) 30–60 minutes Workaround ≤ 4h / Restore ASAP
P2 High Department outage, VIP user down ≤ 1 hour (24/7) 2 hours Workaround ≤ 8h / Restore ≤ 1 business day
P3 Normal Single user issue, degraded service ≤ 4 business hours Daily ≤ 2–3 business days
P4 Low How-to, minor request Next business day Every 2–3 days As scheduled

* SLAs apply 24×7 for P1/P2. P3/P4 operate on business-hours unless otherwise contracted.

Escalation Ladder

  1. Tier 1 (On Duty): Live intake, triage, remote remediation, KB macros.
  2. Tier 2 (On Call): Identity, email, networking SMEs via auto-paging for P1/P2.
  3. Tier 3 / Vendors: Advanced troubleshooting, vendor tickets, change coordination.
  4. Incident Command: P1 bridge, comms cadence, stakeholder updates, PIR.

ITSM Flow

Incident, Request, Problem categories with templates, required fields, and change linkage for recurring issues.

Metrics

FCR%, CSAT, SLA attainment, MTTR, backlog trend, ASA; monthly reports with actionable insights.

Tooling

PSA + RMM, secure remote control, EDR, MDM, SSO, and an audited knowledge base mapped to your environment.

Identity & Access

MFA for admin access, JIT elevation for sensitive tasks, per-tenant RBAC, least-privilege jump hosts.

Data Handling

Ticket redaction for secrets, encrypted transcripts/logs, session recordings stored to policy retention.

Compliance

Aligned to CIS controls; change and incident records preserved for audit. NDA-backed confidentiality.

Incident Response

Clear handoff to your IR lead; runbooks for account compromise, malware, and data loss scenarios.

  1. Discovery & Intake — Systems, domains, vendors, app inventory, and policy review.
  2. Runbook & KB Build — Environment-specific guides, escalation tree, VIP list, comms rules.
  3. Tooling Rollout — RMM/EDR/MDM enrollments, remote control, ticket routing & SLAs.
  4. Pilot & Tuning — 1–2 week pilot with feedback loop; adjust routing, templates, and macros.
  5. Go-Live 24/7 — All channels opened; reporting cadence established.

Give Your Team Instant, Always-On Support

We’ll tailor SLAs, channels, and runbooks to your environment—then keep you informed with transparent metrics.