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Trucell Customer Portal – Open New Ticket Request

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Please see the following for instructions on how to open a ticket

If you are having trouble with your account or need technical support, please open a ticket by visiting the Trucell Customer Portal or emailing us at [email protected]. Be sure to include as much detail as possible, including your name, company name, and contact information. We will respond to your request as soon as possible.

For billing inquiries, please open a ticket by emailing us at [email protected]. Include your name, company name, and contact information in the email, and we will get back to you as soon as possible.

How to open a ticket via the Trucell Customer Portal.

If you need to open a service ticket, the easiest way is to visit our customer portal at https://psa.trucell.com.au/portal/. You will need to sign in to access the portal. Once you are signed in, you will have the option to open a new ticket.

There are several types of tickets that can be opened on the customer portal. To open a new ticket, click on the “New Ticket” button and fill out the required fields. The first field is the ticket type, which will determine what kind of issue you are having. We explain the issues below.

Incident

An incident is defined as any unplanned interruption or reduction in the quality of an IT Service. The incident management process is responsible for managing the lifecycle of all incidents. This includes ensuring that all incidents are recorded, monitored, and escalated through to resolution/restoration.

Example:

  • A user cannot login to their account
  • An application is not responding
  • A server is down

Problem

A problem is defined as the root cause of one or more incidents. The problem management process is responsible for managing the lifecycle of all problems. This includes ensuring that all problems are recorded, monitored, and resolved in a timely manner.

Examples of problems:

  • A user cannot login to their account because the password is incorrect
  • An application is not responding because the server it is hosted on is down
  • A server is down because the power supply is not working

Change Request

A Change Request is a formal proposal to modify or improve some aspect of the system. The Change Control Board (CCB) must review and approve all change requests before they can be implemented.

Examples of change requests:

  • Change the password policy for all users
  • Add a new user to the system
  • Install a new application on the server

Project

A Project is a ticket that represents a body of work to be completed. Projects can be large or small and may have sub-tasks associated with them. Projects are typically assigned to a project manager who is responsible for seeing the project through to completion.

Examples of project tickets:

  • Design and deploy a new network
  • Implement a new CRM system
  • Migrate the website to a new server

Task

A task is a ticket that represents a smaller body of work that is part of a larger project. Tasks are typically assigned to an individual who is responsible for completing the task.

Examples of task tickets:

  • Configure the new server for the website migration
  • Install the new CRM software on the server
  • Setup routing and firewall rules for the new network

Ticket Fields

The remaining fields, summary, details, urgency and impact are required fields and detail should be provided to the best of your knowledge. The more information you can provide, the easier it will be for our engineers to resolve your issue.

Once you have submitted the ticket, you will receive a confirmation email with your ticket number. You can use this ticket number to track the status of your ticket and add additional comments.

If you need help with your ticket or would like to join one of our support packages, please visit our customer portal at https://psa.trucell.com.au/portal/.

Lead Engineer Jason Replacing Motherboard

Timing is everything, SLA’s give us piece of mind

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When a server fails, it usually happens at the worst possible time, whats your IT Service providers commitment to your business? Do you have a Service Level Agreement to protect your business?

All major server manufacturers distributed by us come standard with an on-site manufacturers warranty and Service Level Agreement that covers the server for hardware support and hardware replacement, the average period of coverage is three years from the date of invoice. We can tailor the manufacturers support to meet your businesses requirements to give you peace of mind.

Lead Engineer Jason Replacing MotherboardIf you’re a Radiology Practice with an Intelerad MST1 server running on HP DL380 G10 server which becomes unresponsive at 4.50 pm, what do you do? Once we were on top of the issue and had determined that a new motherboard was required we had exhausted the remaining 10 minutes; it was now past 5 pm which is the cut off for Next Business Day support.

Any server is challenging to lose access too but to have an entire day without it and no possibility of fixing it you want to do everything in your power to keep the client going and restore redundancies in their infrastructure.

So after a couple of minutes of talking to different support engineers at HP, we were able to get the replacement motherboard part sent out without a Tech. As a result, we were able to apply the fix, which has meant that we have a chance of sorting out the server the next day.

After a couple of screws and bolts removed we were able to get the new motherboard installed. It solved part of the issue, but we later determined that a new array controller and the drive was required to get the server back to 100%.

In summary, Trucell’s Proactive IT Support coupled with manufacturer training and Trucell’s HP Gold Partnership gave us the support to get this server operational again and reduce the disruption to the clients business.

Office 365 Hybrid User Management with on premises Active Directory Domain

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Syncing local users with the cloud has never been simpler, Synchronization Service Manager and Active Directory sync make the process easy.

The first step is the create a local user in Active Directory. Open Active Directory Users and Computers

Step 1

Put as much details into the New User creation form. It is also very important that you make zero mistakes with spelling as the Full Name gets synced to the cloud.

We also find it easier if users login to computers locally with there email addresses, next to the User logon name change the logon domain, in this example a user would login with [email protected]

step 3

Specify the users password and check the box, password never expires. Password expiry is typically important for all clients however this particlar client does not want to enforce password expiry.

step 4

User creation summary. Press Finish.

step 5

Now we need to create the attributes for the Office 365 account. Locate the user in Active Directory Users and Groups, right click the user and select properties. Go to the Attribute Editor tab and locate proxyAddresses, press Edit

step 7

The Multi-valued String Editor will appear. This is the ALIAS of the mailbox. There are two types of ALIAS, the primary and secondary. The primary is the alias used for all outbound mail additionally this will allow you to recieve mail from the aliases.

step 8

Time to sync the account to the cloud. Open Syncronization Service Manager. There are two connectors defined. One connector pushes changes and the other pulls changes.

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To sync, right click on one connector and press run. The Run Connector window will appear, select the Full Synchronization profile to run.

 

step 10

Select the second connector and right click, press run.

step 9

Run connector will appear, run the full sync.step 12

Open the partner center https://partner.microsoft.com/en-us/pcv/dashboard/overview , go to Customers and select the customer.

partner

Under the customer, go to Service management and click Office 365.

Office 365 service management

Microsoft 365 Admin Center, AAD Connect Status shows the sync status of Active Directory. Click Users -> Active users

microsoft 365 admin center

Locate the user.

microsoft 365 admin center active users

Assign a License to the user by pressing Edit on Product licenses.

microsoft 365 admin center active users

Product licenses summary, press close.

Microsoft 365 Admin Center Product Licenses

You have now successfully created a local user which can sign into a computer on the domain. Additionally we have sync the user to Office 365 and licensed it with an available license.

Please contact the user and provide them with there user details.

Related topics:

  • Add Office 365 Mailbox to Mobile Phone
  • Add User to Security Groups for File System Access
Help people find your business

Free Marketing using Air

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Do you sell products and services from a specific location?

If more people knew about your location would it increase sales and exposure for your products?

If people spent more time at your location do you think they would consume more of your services?

Do you take advantage of social marketing and want more specific audiences?

If you answered yes to even one point then why not offer more to your clients with a socially connected Wi-fi solution from Trucell?

Selling products and services from a specific location is often difficult when people don’t know that the location exists. Google and other services such as TripAdvisor offer businesses the ability to list business locations and services but require consumers to discover business services on offer by searching for them, such as Chicken Shop Parramatta or Hotel Sydney.

With a socially connected Wi-fi solution from Trucell marketing to potential new clients is made easier by marketing through existing client social profiles. Potential clients are now made aware of your location and the services it offers through existing client social profile check-ins.

 

Facebook Daily Check-insReaching more people and making them aware of your businesses products and services is made easier through Trucell’s socially connected Wi-fi. When customers check in to use your Wi-Fi, their friends can discover your business by seeing the story in their News Feed. After customers check in people will be asked if they also want to like your pages, so you can continue to connect with them on Facebook.

Google My Business

Getting started with Google My Business

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What is Google My Business

Also previously known as the Google Places tool, Google My Business is Googles solution to managing your business across all of googles search products. The tool helps potential customers find you anywhere and anytime across all of googles search products.

Please keep in mind that Google My Business is now the only way to add your business listing into Googles directory. It is also the only way to manage your businesses appearance on Google, eg address / phone number / website.

To begin your Google My Business Listing: Get on Google

Web URL

Registering a new Domain, need Web Hosting or Virtual Server Hosting Services?

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Our Web Hosting and Domain Registration business has increased to the point that we are now able to wholesale the following value added services to our partners

Domain Registration’s
Web Hosting
Virtual Server Hosted Platforms
SSL Certificates

We are also excited to have the ability to offer our partners the new range of gTLDs domain names, also known as generic top-level domain. gTLD is the official term for the part of the domain name that appears right at the end. Currently, the most common top-level domains are .com.au, .com, .net, .net.au and .org. The newer gTLDs have introduced a wide range of creative domain extensions, why not attract more interest with a more relevant domain name extension?

Available gTLDs we can register

  • .ac.nz
  • .com.au
  • .expert
  • .melbourne
  • .org.au
  • technology
  • .cc
  • .co.uk
  • .info
  • .net.au
  • .rentals
  • .us.com
  • .co
  • .asia
  • .com.cn
  • .geek.nz
  • .me.uk
  • .org.nz
  • .tips
  • .club
  • .email
  • .kiwi
  • .net.nz
  • .school.nz
  • .solutions
  • .kiwi.nz
  • .asn.au
  • .com.es
  • .gen.nz
  • .mobi
  • .org.uk
  • .tv
  • .ca
  • .co.nz
  • .id.au
  • .net
  • .properties
  • .us
  • .nz
  • .biz
  • .company
  • .guru
  • .name
  • .photography
  • .uk.com
  • .com
  • .eu
  • .maori.nz
  • .org
  • .sydney
  • .es

Register your desired Domain Name with us now!

Are your online business listings complete or listed?

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Have you considered that your businesses online presence is not limited to its website?

Google Maps Local Search ResultsLocal business listings are made up of demographical information that is categorised and searchable via geo-graphical requirements, e.g. Google: “Where is the nearest coffee shop.” or Google: “Where is the nearest Medical Diagnostic Imaging Center.” Please take a moment to test this against your own organisation in a category that you think its currently listed under, you might be surprised!

There are several service providers for Local Business Listings in Australia, each service provider offers tools and dashboards to manage and update your business listings. Each provider offers its own local listing database, to ensure your listing is displayed you must update your listings across all providers. Several providers make there local listing databases available to third parties such as TomTom and Apple Maps, all of which provides additional exposure to your organisation.

Does your organisation have multiple offices or shops? Foursquare is the first local business listings provider to offer chain linking of organisations, this is unique as it now presents users with destinations that they mightn’t have been aware of. Additionally Google may take this information into consideration when presenting your listings on Google!

Are all your business listings categorised correctly? Unfortunately because each business listings provider has there own database mapping method linking listings to categories is slightly different for each database. There are tools to map categories together to ensure consistent listings, below is an example of several variations of “Coffee Shop”.

Engine Engine Mapping
Google COFFEE SHOP
Acxiom COFFEE & TEA
Best of the Web COFFEE HOUSES & CAFES
More.. More..