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Microsoft
One Microsoft Way
Redmond, WA 98052
800-642-7676

Solutions:

Automated Service Agent (ASA)
Customer Care Framework
Tell Me


Usability

TSIA Awards

1

Company 360

Revenues: >$50B
Installed Base: NA
Employees: 71,000+
Deployment: both

Customer References

Intuit
British Telecom
Time Warner Cable
Vonage
Xbox

John Ragsdale Commentary

Anyone who has ever become frustrated when attempting to search a knowledgebase only to receive long lists of unrelated content matches will appreciate why Microsoft’s Automated Service Agent (ASA), with its automated, unassisted, chat-like dialogue, is receiving winning reviews from customers. Keyword searches, the most common form of Web and knowledgebase searching, are not intuitive, as it is impossible to know what exact terminology the knowledge author used. Microsoft ASA instead uses natural language to understand the concept behind the customer or agent question, and deliver the one correct answer—not a laundry list of possible matches. With high profile customers including Intuit, British Telecom, Time Warner Cable, Vonage and Microsoft’s own Xbox, Microsoft ASA makes self-service simple and intuitive for both customers and agents.

Functional Coverage

  eService
Web Collaboration
Proactive Chat
> Email Response Management
> Agent Knowledgebase
> Agent Diagnostic Tools
> Customer Knowledgebase
> Customer Self-Service Problem Diagnostic/Self-Healing
Forums
Remote Control/Remote Diagnostic/
Self-Healing


  Field Service
Field Agent Scheduling/Dispatch
Parts Inventory/Logistics Tracking
Wireless Field Service
  CRM
Case Management
Entitlement
SLA Tracking
> Customer History
> Upsell/Cross-Sell


  Contact Center
> Skills Based Routing
Work Force Optimization
> Quality Monitoring
> Learning Management System
Voice Self-Service
> Survey Management


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