Using ITSM Virtual Agent pre-built topics

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  • Updated July 31, 2025
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    Summary of Using ITSM Virtual Agent pre-built topics

    ITSM Virtual Agent provides a collection of pre-built conversational topics designed to streamline common IT-related tasks such as password resets, incident creation, and meeting management. These topics are read-only templates marked with (Template) that require duplication and renaming within your ITSM Virtual Agent conversation scope to customize them according to your organization's naming conventions and requirements. The conversations leverage Natural Language Understanding (NLU) models to accurately identify and initiate user-requested actions.

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    Key Features

    • Pre-built Topic Categories: Topics are organized into categories such as ITSM Fulfiller tasks, IT Issues, Self-Service, Citrix Sessions, Password Management, Microsoft Office 365 and Active Directory group management, Microsoft Exchange Online and Server meeting management, Virtual Machine management, and Setup topics.
    • Role-Specific Functionalities: Fulfiller topics target ITSM professionals with itil roles, enabling actions like incident resolution and change request updates.
    • Automation of Common IT Tasks: Automate routine issues such as email setup, VPN connectivity, hardware problems, and conference room booking to reduce manual workload.
    • User Self-Service: Empower users to check ticket statuses, open tickets, reset passwords, and manage IT assets directly through conversational flows.
    • Integration with Microsoft and Citrix: Manage Office 365 groups, Active Directory groups, Exchange meetings, and Citrix sessions seamlessly within Virtual Agent conversations.
    • Virtual Machine Management: Perform VM lifecycle operations like start, stop, provision, and describe via conversational interfaces.
    • Setup Topics: Standardize welcome greetings, conversation closings, user feedback, surveys, and error handling to improve user experience.
    • Reusable Topic Blocks: Modular conversation components enable common functions such as incident creation and search operations to be reused across topics.

    Practical Application for ServiceNow Customers

    By utilizing these pre-built ITSM Virtual Agent topics, ServiceNow customers can quickly deploy conversational automation tailored to their IT service workflows. This reduces the need for custom development, accelerates time to value, and enhances user engagement by providing efficient, automated support for frequent IT requests and tasks. Customers should duplicate and rename the templates to align with their environment and can expect improved incident resolution times, self-service adoption, and streamlined IT operations through integrated Virtual Agent conversations.

    ITSM Virtual Agent includes several pre-built topic conversations designed to help your users complete common IT-related tasks, such as resetting a password and creating an incident.

    Once installed, ITSM Virtual Agent pre-built topics are read only and have (Template) after the name. To use them, duplicate the topic in the ITSM Virtual Agent conversation scope and rename it according to your company's naming conventions. Natural Language Understanding (NLU) models are used to identify and trigger the action that a user wants to perform.

    The ITSM Virtual Agent pre-built topic conversations are organized in several topic categories. Use the following table to find the topics that fit your needs.

    Note:
    Some pre-built topics require additional paid plugins.
    I want to Using this ITSM topic category Available pre-built topics
    Resolve issues as an ITSM professional with the itil role ITSM Fulfiller
    • Create Change Request
    • Create Problem
    • Identify Available Change Windows
    • Identify Scheduled Changes
    • Resolve Incident
    • Update Assigned Task
    • Update Change Request
    Automate common IT-related issues, such as email setup, VPN connectivity, and conference room problems ITSM IT Issues
    • Collaboration Applications
    • Email Issues
    • Email Setup
    • Guest WiFi Access
    • Hardware Issues
    • Local Admin Access
    • Meeting Room Issues
    • Printer Issues
    • Repository Access
    • RSA Token
    • Troubleshoot Slow Computer
    • VPN Connectivity
    Give users to access IT-related information, such as IT ticket management, verify assigned equipment, and service disruptions ITSM Self-Service
    • Book Conference Room EXO
    • Book Conference Room OnPrem
    • Check IT Ticket Status
    • Check Ticket and Support Status
    • Escalate IT Ticket
    • Get Password Reset Link
    • Get Zoom Meeting Recording
    • My Assigned Equipment
    • Open IT Ticket
    • Open IT Ticket 2.0
    • Process Approval
    • Report IT Issue
    • Service Disruptions
    • Set OOO reply Exchange Online
    • Set OOO reply Exchange Server
    • Submit a request
    • Walk-up Check-in
    • Windows 365 Cloud PC
    Automate Citrix connections ITSM Self-Service (with Citrix integration)
    • Reset Citrix Sessions
    • Provision Citrix Desktop/Apps
    Automate user password management Password Reset for Virtual Agent application
    • Change Password
    • Reset Password
    • Unlock Account
    Manage Microsoft Office 365 groups ITSM Self-Service (with Microsoft Office 365 integration)
    • Add Owner to Office 365 Group
    • Add User to Office 365 Group
    • Create Office 365 Group
    • Get Office 365 Group Details
    • Remove Office 365 group Owner
    • Remove Office 365 group Users
    Manage Microsoft Active Directory groups ITSM Self-Service (with Microsoft Active Directory integration)
    • Add User to AD Group
    • Create AD Distribution Group
    • Remove User from AD Group
    • Show My AD Group Membership
    Automate meeting invitations in Microsoft Exchange Online ITSM Self-Service (with Microsoft Exchange Online integration)
    • Manage Meetings EXO v1.0
    • Manage Meetings EXO
    Automate meeting invitations in Microsoft Exchange Server ITSM Self-Service (with Microsoft Exchange Server integration) Manage Meetings EXS
    Manage virtual machines Cloud VMs
    • Describe Virtual Machine
    • Manage Virtual Machine
    • Provision Virtual Machine
    • Start Virtual Machine
    • Start Virtual Machine CAI
    • Stop Virtual Machine
    • Stop Virtual Machine CAI
    Create a standard welcome greeting and a conversation closing, as well as user feedback and surveys Setup Topics Dynamic Greeting Topic