In recent years, the managed service provider industry has undergone a significant transformation with the emergence of artificial intelligence (AI). The game-changing technology enables MSPs to not only increase the speed at which they complete business tasks and customer requests, but it also allows them to streamline operations and dedicate more time to growing a profitable business. AI is increasingly being adopted by MSPs and integrated within their help desks to improve customer support, service delivery, and employee satisfaction—all of which is helping MSPs scale.
Traditionally, MSPs have relied on human agents to provide customer support and help manage operations. However, with the rise of AI, businesses can now start to automate day-to-day tasks, freeing up their technician's time to focus on more profit-focused projects. Implementing an AI-powered help desk enables MSPs to offer 24/7 customer support. This is a huge advantage for any customer, as the need to solve matters quickly and efficiently is paramount in today's fast-paced business environment.
The Power of Chatbots
Often the 24/7 support will come through AI-powered chatbots. Using natural language processing (NLP) and machine learning (ML) algorithms, customers can now interact with businesses in real time, getting quick, uninterrupted responses to their issues. Further, since chatbots can handle a large volume of requests simultaneously, customer requests are being processed quickly and efficiently, reducing response time dramatically.
Chatbots are very clever. They can identify the customer's issues by analyzing their language, context, and previous interaction history. In doing so, the more basic and less complex issues can be solved with little to no human interaction, improving customer satisfaction while significantly reducing the technicians' workload on the service desk.
AI-Powered Predictive Analytics Tools
Chatbots are not the only tool that can analyze specific data. MSPs now have access to AI-powered predictive analytics tools that can pull data from their help desks to identify patterns and trends as well as predict issues. For instance, AI can analyze networks and identify any suspicious behavior that could indicate a security breach, allowing service desk technicians to proactively take steps to stop the breach from escalating. Doing so has already saved the business and the customer time and money.
