Catalog Certifications

Migrate from Chat to Messaging

Learn how to successfully migrate your team from Chat to Messaging

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About this course

Considering migrating to messaging? This mini-course will explain what's different about the agent and admin experiences, what you need to do before migrating, which companies are a good fit for messaging, how to migrate, and how to support your team in the migration. It's intended to make your transition to messaging as smooth as possible.

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Audience

This course is ideal for Zendesk admins who have working knowledge of the chat experience and Agent Workspace.

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Prerequisites

Agent Workspace must be enabled. If not, complete the Migrate to Agent Workspace course first.

 

Curriculum54 min

  • Differentiate between live Chat and Messaging
  • Messaging vs. live Chat 2 min
  • Demo: Compare the Chat and Messaging experience for both agents and end users 4 min
  • Determine if now is the right time to switch to Messaging 2 min
  • Prepare to enable Messaging in your instance
  • Set yourself and your team up for success 4 min
  • Enable Messaging in your instance
  • Demo: Turn on Messaging in your instance and reconfigure your widget 3 min
  • Configure this 15 min
  • Configure routing for your agents 1 min
  • Manage agent conversations 3 min
  • Check your triggers 2 min
  • Apply operational best practices
  • Consider automation with Flow Builder 2 min
  • Offline scenarios and how to handle them 5 min
  • Manage your metrics and reporting 4 min
  • Wrap-up
  • Share your feedback 5 min
  • Course wrap-up 2 min

About this course

Considering migrating to messaging? This mini-course will explain what's different about the agent and admin experiences, what you need to do before migrating, which companies are a good fit for messaging, how to migrate, and how to support your team in the migration. It's intended to make your transition to messaging as smooth as possible.

icon of a group

Audience

This course is ideal for Zendesk admins who have working knowledge of the chat experience and Agent Workspace.

icon of a checklist

Prerequisites

Agent Workspace must be enabled. If not, complete the Migrate to Agent Workspace course first.

 

Curriculum54 min

  • Differentiate between live Chat and Messaging
  • Messaging vs. live Chat 2 min
  • Demo: Compare the Chat and Messaging experience for both agents and end users 4 min
  • Determine if now is the right time to switch to Messaging 2 min
  • Prepare to enable Messaging in your instance
  • Set yourself and your team up for success 4 min
  • Enable Messaging in your instance
  • Demo: Turn on Messaging in your instance and reconfigure your widget 3 min
  • Configure this 15 min
  • Configure routing for your agents 1 min
  • Manage agent conversations 3 min
  • Check your triggers 2 min
  • Apply operational best practices
  • Consider automation with Flow Builder 2 min
  • Offline scenarios and how to handle them 5 min
  • Manage your metrics and reporting 4 min
  • Wrap-up
  • Share your feedback 5 min
  • Course wrap-up 2 min