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Outsourced Tier-1 Help Desk & IT Support

Local support teams handling your first line, strictly following your rules and processes as an extension of your business.

Level 1 support on your protocol. Issues logged and triaged. Urgent issues escalated.
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1000s
of businesses across Australia and New Zealand
50+
years in business
24/7
call management, we never close
TMC team
Smarter IT issue management

Your engineers shouldn’t be stuck on the first line

Internal IT teams and MSP engineers get swamped by repetitive Tier-1 queries, pulling expensive specialists away from projects and SLA targets.

TMC takes the first line as an extension of your business. We follow your FAQs and resolution process, log what we cannot fix, and escalate the issues that warrant it to your on-call team.

✓Level 1 technical support
✓Product information and FAQ resolution
✓Troubleshooting instructions
✓Issue logging and triage
50+
years in business
24/7
local teams
Flexible delivery

Overflow support, out-of-hours, or the full desk

01 | Overflow

Your desk takes the calls it can. When the queue builds, the overflow rolls to TMC and is handled on the same runbooks.

  • Overflow when your desk is busy
  • Same resolution process and FAQs
  • No new headcount for peak periods
Engineers stuck on the first line?
Book a scoping call.
02 | Out-of-hours

Users who need help at 9pm or on a Sunday reach a trained person, with critical incidents escalated to your on-call engineer.

  • 24/7 coverage outside your hours
  • Urgent issues escalated to on-call
  • Overnight summary for the morning team
Engineers stuck on the first line?
Book a scoping call.
03 | Full desk

We run the first line end to end, on your SOPs, with your engineers focused on Tier 2 and above.

  • All Level 1 contacts handled
  • Calls, email, chat and web forms
  • The same experience for every customer
Engineers stuck on the first line?
Book a scoping call.
Every channel

Calls, email, chat and web forms

Requests are organised, categorised and triaged on whichever channel they arrive.

PhoneEmailLive chatWeb forms
Urgent issues escalated · non-critical requests queued for the next business day
How it works

Level 1 support, triage and escalation

Urgent issues are escalated appropriately. Non-critical requests can be queued for the next business day.

1
We document your rules, processes and escalation points.
2
Our team handles first-line contacts and logs every issue.
3
Complex incidents reach your engineers, fully documented.
Pricing

Help desk pricing, scoped to your volume

Tailored pricing
Priced to your volume and hours of cover
Quoted after a scoping call, in $AUD or $NZD
Level 1 support on your protocol
Issue logging and triage
Escalation to your on-call team
Overflow, after hours or 24/7
Every desk is different. We price after a short scoping call, not from a package.
Start with a scoping call
Discuss your help desk requirements

Thirty minutes with a specialist to map your call types, tools and SLAs, and see where TMC fits.

  • Call types and volumes mapped
  • Channels and hours agreed
  • Overflow, out-of-hours or full desk
Let your engineers do engineering. We will take the first line, properly, 24/7.
Common questions answered

FAQs

+What does Level 1 support cover?
Product information, troubleshooting instructions, FAQs, issue logging and triage, and service updates. Anything beyond scope is escalated.
+Can you handle email and chat as well as calls?
Yes. Some clients have us handle inbound calls, email, chat and web forms. Others only want overflow, after hours or weekends.
+How are urgent issues handled?
Urgent issues are escalated to your on-call team. Non-critical requests are queued for the next business day, which reduces unnecessary after-hours call-outs.
+Can we start with overflow only?
Yes. Many clients start with overflow or out-of-hours and expand to the full first line once it is proven.

Discuss your help desk requirements

Tell us your ticket volume and tools. A specialist comes back within one business day to book a scoping call.
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