Getting Started with DeskDirector
Admin Console
Admin Console : Getting Started
Portal
Settings
Profile
Branding your DeskDirector Portal via Brand Packages
Color Theming a Portal via Brand Packages
Avatars in the DeskDirector Portal
Features
Enable/Disable Chat Callback Feature
Enable/Disable Pre-Ticket Chat
Enable or Disable the 'Something Else' Option
Embedding Media as the Help Page
User Groups
File Storage
Tickets
Permissions
Portal Permissions in DeskDirector
FastTrack in DeskDirector
Setting Up and Using the VIP Priority
How to setup the Flag feature (ConnectWise)
Have Approvals go to Approvers according to site (ConnectWise)
Quotes (ConnectWise)
Invoices (ConnectWise)
Request Types
Setting up Request Type Items
Request Type Ordering in the Client Portal
Getting Started with Request Type Groups
Forms
Getting started with DeskDirector Forms
DeskDirector Forms - Question Types in Detail
DeskDirector Forms - Dynamic Fields
DeskDirector Forms - Dynamic Fields Implementation Example
DeskDirector Forms - Sections and Conditionals
DeskDirector Forms - Embed content
DeskDirector Forms - Replace Summary Field with Title Automation
Importing Wufoo Forms to DD Forms
DeskDirector Forms - Dynamic content
DeskDirector Forms - Field value format for automation
Sharing Forms
Companies
User Groups
Managing Companies in DeskDirector
Filtering Companies to Manage
Exporting Companies as CSV
Contacts
Managing Contacts in DeskDirector
Exporting Contacts as CSV
Ticket Group Permissions
Contact Impersonation
Menu Group
Menu Items
Intro to Menu Items
Creating Menu Items
Extension Menu Security and Query Paramaters
Adding BiggerBrains Menu Item
Learning Center
Getting Started with the Learning Center
How to change the name of the Learning Center
Useful Learning Center Tips - Adding files from Google and Dropbox
Notebooks
Portal Access
Notifications
Desktop Installer
Feature Preview
Tech
Email Notifications Overview
Setting up Global Email Notification Settings
Setting up Office 365 Mail Delivery
Setting up SMTP Server Mail Delivery
Setting up SendGrid Email Delivery
Getting Started with Email Template Engine - DeskDirector
Creating Custom Email Template
Setting Email Templates for Notification Events
Email Templates Auto Login Link
HTML Email Templates - ConnectWise
HTML Email Templates - Autotask
ConnectWise - Avoid Aggressive Notifications
Troubleshooting email delivery issues using "Delivery History"
System
Feature Configuration
Default Ticket Board and Source
Setting up your Approval Statuses
Adding a VIP Priority via the Admin Console
Automatic Contact Creation
Setting Reopened Ticket Status
Setting Status when Ticket is Closed
Change Ticket Status when Customer Adds Note
Hosts Configuration
PSA Integration (ConnectWise/Autotask)
Setting Office Hours
Enabling OAuth (Microsoft Login) for DeskDirector Portal
Logging in with Passwordless
Global Magic Token: Logging in via URL
Client Portal Office365 Single Sign-On
Switching from Custom Application OAuth to the new OAuth
Integrations
ConnectBooster
Wise-Pay
QuoteWerks
ConnectWise Sell (previously Quosal)
How to configure ConnectWise Sell (previously Quosal) Order Porter integration
Adding ConnectWise Sell (previously Quosal) Order Porter link to opportunity
Microsoft Flow (Power Automate)
Get started with the DeskDirector Power Automate Connector
Power Automate Administration
Power Automate Template Gallery
Featured Solution: Teams Ticket Discussion
Featured Solution: Ticket Briefing
DeskDirector Connector Triggers
Action: Create an email from template
Power Automate Connector - Setting up your first flow
Advanced
Deleting Orphaned Tickets
Developer Corner
Workflows
Managing Webhooks
ConnectWise API Integration Tester
Autotask Data Sync
Diagnose Entities Tool
Analytics
Account
Surveys
Task Lists
Service Agent Change Log
Auditing and Analytics
Contact Authentication Audit Log
Tech Portal
Tech Portal : Getting Started
Tickets
Managing Tickets from the Tech Portal
Tech Portal Ticket Details
Creating a Ticket from the Tech Portal
Request more information (forms request) with Task Forms
Enable/Disable Time Entry Timer Autostart
Broadcasts
Chat
Getting Started with DeskDirector Chat
Handling Chat Requests
Viewing Chat History from the Tech Portal
Creating a Chat Session from the Tech Portal
Changing your Presence
"Pre-Ticket Chat" Feature
"Call me Back" Feature
Macros
Notifications
Client Portal
Client Portal : Getting Started
Contact Support
Creating a Ticket from the Client Portal
Submitting a Generic Ticket
Creating a Chat Session from the Client Portal
Viewing Chat History from the Client Portal
Tickets
Approvals
Quotes & Invoices
Learning Center
BiggerBrains
Notifications
A walk through all the fields available in DeskDirector forms
Logging in to DeskDirector Workflow
Deskdirector - Sign up walk through
DeskDirector Roles and Permissions
Features
Tickets & Chats
Notifications & Broadcasts
Custom Forms & Request Types
Custom Branding
Custom Menus
Custom Email Templates
Surveys in DeskDirector
Approvals in DeskDirector
Easy Integrations
Advanced Authentication. No password, Single Sign On, MFA and beyond?
BiggerBrains & Learning Center
Analytics
Other DeskDirector Features
Ticket Dynamic Contents
How Tos & FAQs
APIs and Integration
ConnectWise SOAP API credential
Creating an Integrator Login in ConnectWise (SOAP API)
Creating a ConnectWise RESTful Integrator API Key
ConnectWise 2019.5+
Autotask integration major update 2022
ConnectWise Member Impersonation
Autotask Resource Impersonation
Creating an integrator API resource in Autotask
Autotask 2020.3 integration (API) resource migration
Third-party integration with DeskDirector
Authentication
How User Authentication works in DeskDirector
Setting/Resetting a Contact's Password
Logging in with Active Directory
Desktop Portal
Desktop Portal v4 Installation - For the Legacy App
Diagnosing DeskDirector Desktop Portal Issues
Diagnosing automatic login issues (ActiveDirectory) using the DDGetSID CLI tool
Antivirus Blocking DeskDirector Portal Installation
Troubleshooting your DeskDirector Portal installation
DD Portal for Mac: Labtech Deployment Guide
DDPortal removal tool - uninstalling Windows portals
Deploying DD Desktop Portal v5 via PowerShell
Desktop Portal v5 Installation & Common Issues
Instance & Account Queries
Setting up your custom domain
Contact Limits FAQs
Finding out what server your DeskDirector instance is on.
How search works in DeskDirector products
Portal and User Issues
User can't log in
DeskDirector Portal Browser Support
Contact can't login portal, the contact is missing in admin console but it is in ConnectWise
DeskDirector Tech Portal - How to take advantage of browser tabs
Add DeskDirector Tech Portal as a Custom Menu item inside ConnectWise Manage
Sign in with Microsoft Issue in Tech or Admin Console - "Need Admin Approval"
How do I add Tech Members/Contacts/Companies to my DeskDirector instance?
Time Stamps in DeskDirector Portal
Missing contacts or companies in DeskDirector but they are in my PSA
User Group FAQs
Chat permission granted but "Chat" option is missing on "Contact Support" page
How do we set a landing page for the client portal?
Tickets
User can't see "All Tickets" option
Tickets are missing in DeskDirector but they are on my PSA
My customer is seeing deleted tickets in portal
Ticket Description missing on ConnectWise emails
Other Articles
Top 10 Request Types
Generic vs Customized Request Types
Using Markdown
Desktop Portal (Installed client) Vs. Web Portal (Web Client)
Outdated Articles
Common WuFoo errors
Changing the Summary of Wufoo Tickets
Creating your first Wufoo form
Adding Wufoo Forms To Request Support
Getting started with WuFoo Forms
Debugging Your Wufoo Integration
Switching PSA or merging with another CW/AT instance
How to Allow Time Entries for StreamlineIT Members
Essential and Dynamic Plan Breakdown
Advanced Use
DeskDirector API
Subscribing to Chat Webhooks
Portal Deep Linking
Webhook Example with Zapier
Chat Session Payload
Legacy URL Linking in DeskDirector
Get started with portal extension page demo
Dynamic content based on logged in user
Clean Tickets
Exporting Portal Usage
TimeZest integration with DeskDirector
Troubleshooting Connectwise/Autotask-related integration issues
Release Notes
Client Portal
Server
Tech Portal
Portal Release Notes - Windows/macOS
Differences Between different Desktop Portal version
Portal Release Notes - Web Client
Release Notes in the Admin Portal
Glossary
Security
Microsoft Teams App
Introducing the DeskDirector for Microsoft Team App
Setting up Content Security Policy (CSP)
Installing the Microsoft Teams App (Tech)
Setting up Tags for Teams Discussions (Tech)
Setting up DeskDirector for Microsoft Teams for your clients (Client mode)
Branding the DeskDirector Teams App
DeskDirector Teams App Notifications
User Groups Integration with Microsoft Teams
Troubleshooting
Contact Support
Advanced topic: Setting up Tech & Client Mode in the same tenancy
Integrating Microsoft Teams with DeskDirector Tech Portal
Ticket Summary for Tech Portal
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- 2016 Server Changelog
2016 Server Changelog
Note: Omitted releases consist of internal changes.
Server 16.40.1 Changelog December 5th 2016:
- IMPROVEMENT: Instances will now only maintain last 4 months of tickets, as long as tickets have been updated within last 4 months they should be cached on our side.
Server 16.39.1 Changelog: November 21st 2016
- FIX: Issue associated with time entries for AutoTask users.
Server 16.38.1 Changelog: November 15th 2016 * we'll be rolling out this update throughout the week.
- IMPROVEMENT: Revamped contact permission system. ConnectWise Groups are no longer utilized, meaning that contact permissions will be now applied immediately. There is now global, company and contact permission tiers.
Server 16.37.1 Changelog: November 7th 2016
- FIX: Issue associated with updating contact's phone number
- IMPROVEMENT: Better exception handling for legacy attachment upload service.
- IMPROVEMENT: Contact's title no longer required whilst updating their details.
Server 16.34.1 Changelog: October 4th 2016
- Renamed impersonate contacts to maintain contacts.
- Renamed member security to maintain members.
- IMPROVEMENT: Revamped Service Board Security and renamed as 'Member Security'
Server 16.33.1 Changelog: October 4th 2016
- FEATURE: Added ability to upload avatars for contacts or members
Server 16.32.1 Changelog: September 26th 2016
- FIX: Last updated field parsing issue in the Staff HUD
- FIX: ConnectWise member sync issue associated with duplicate members
- IMPROVEMENT: Admin console UI Improvements
- IMPROVEMENT: Support for ScreenConnect 6.0
Server 16.31.1 Changelog: September 19th 2016
- IMPROVEMENT: Support for ConnectWise URL changes in the Staff HUD
Server 16.30.1 Changelog: September 13th 2016
- IMPROVEMENT: AutoTask ticket detail changes
Server 16.29.1 Changelog: September 6th 2016
- FEATURE: Time Entry URL resolver for the Staff HUD
Server 16.28.1 Changelog: August 29th 2016
- FEATURE: Added Licensing page [will be utilized when we update our pricing]
- IMPROVEMENT: HUD should now filter out child tickets if ‘ignore child tickets’ has been enabled
Server 16.27.1 Changelog: August 22nd 2016
- IMPROVEMENT: Support for ConnectWise changes
- IMPROVEMENT: Improved server ‘clean’ function which removes tickets from DeskDirector which have been deleted in ConnectWise
Server 16.25.1 Changelog: August 9th 2016
- FIX: missing internal note issue in the Staff HUD
- FIX: ‘Delete Cache’ in the administrative console
- IMPROVEMENT: Cached contact permissions from ConnectWise should now update
Server 16.23.1 Changelog: July 27th 2016
- FIX: Chat room subscriptions not being retrieved by old WPF client
- IMPROVEMENT: Changes to database queries
Server 16.21.1 Changelog: July 25th 2016
- Feature: New admin console login page
- IMPROVEMENT: Added descriptions for flags situated on the member page
- FIX: Issue with not being able to turn off 2FA/Master admin permission
- FEATURE: DD Portal for terminal services is now available via the DD Portal page
- FIX: Admin console dashboard not showing company name
Server 16.19.1 Changelog: July 18th 2016
- FEATURE: Master admin permission for members/resources. Members/resources with these permissions can log into the admin console using their ConnectWise or AutoTask credentials.
- IMPROVEMENT: Staff HUD for AutoTask will display the admin console page if the logged in resource is a ‘master admin’
- IMPROVEMENT: Added in more codebase selections for ConnectWise
- IMPROVEMENT: Implemented automatic resolving of the codebase for ConnectWise (every hour we will check if the codebase is correct)
- IMPROVEMENT: Admin console tabs will have their font changed to red if there are any changes.
Server 16.17.1 Changelog: July 12th 2016
- FIX: Issue where a newly created contact in ConnectWise couldn’t log in straight away
Server 16.16.1 Changelog: July 6th 2016
- IMPROVEMENT: If deleted tickets show up in the client console, they are deleted once clicked.
Server 16.15.1 Changelog: July 6th 2016
- FIX: Password reset bug where reset would not complete
- IMPROVEMENT: ConnectWise users have the ability to not show child tickets in the client portal
- IMPROVEMENT: ConnectWise contacts now have the option to limit access to tickets and invoices according to site.
Server 16.13.0 Changelog: June 20th 2016
- IMPROVEMENT: Improvements on AutoTask ticket creation process
- FIX: Duplicate tickets being created for some AutoTask users.
Server 16.12.1 Changelog: June 13th 2016
- IMPROVEMENT: Improvements to ConnectWise contact sync
Server 16.9.1 Changelog: May 16th 2016
- IMPROVEMENT: Changes made to passwordless to make it more user friendly, token won’t be deleted if used – will expire after 10minutes. This means that tokens can be reused within a 10minute time frame.
Server 16.8.1 Changelog: May 9th 2016
- IMPROVEMENT: Increased performance of getting user configurations
- FIX: issue with WuFoo redirect URL
- FIX: issue with ScreenConnect path
Server 16.6.1 Changelog: April 11th 2016
- FEATURE: Added Icelandic language support
- FIX: Migration message would always appear on the request types page for some AutoTask users.