When you add users to Zendesk, you can choose to send a welcome email that prompts them to verify their email address and create a password. This step is crucial for users to sign in to the Help Center.
If you opt not to send the welcome email, users remain unverified and cannot sign in, though they can still submit requests via email. Alternatively, you can use the Zendesk API to verify email addresses and set passwords automatically.
To restrict Zendesk Support so that only added users can submit tickets, you need to set up a closed instance. This means your Help Center remains visible to everyone, but only users you add to your Zendesk account can sign in and submit support…
Disabling the 'Anyone can submit tickets' option in Zendesk gives you control over who can submit support requests. This setting removes the Sign Up link from the Help Center, preventing self-registration. As a result, only users you manually add…
In a closed Zendesk Support setup, you need to manually add users. You can do this individually, in bulk, or via the Zendesk API. Once added, users are initially unverified and can submit requests via email. To allow them to submit through the Help…
Yes, even in a closed Zendesk, anonymous users can submit support requests. These requests are added to the Suspended Tickets view, where agents can choose to recover them. Recovering a ticket creates a new user account and adds the ticket to your…
When using SSO with a closed Zendesk Support, user management and authentication occur outside of Zendesk. Only users synced through your SSO service can access Zendesk. If a user not in your system sends a support request, it will be suspended….
To restrict Help Center content to signed-in users, you can require users to sign in to access the Help Center. This ensures that only users you have added to your Zendesk can view your content. Visitors will only see the sign-in page, and without…