The Operations Guide Template will help you run your IT environment more efficiently. It provides tables, charts, and matrices for server monitoring, backups, scheduling tasks, monitoring systems, managing inventory, and performing follow-up reports on outstanding issues. The pack includes a 21-page MS Word template and 8 Excel spreadsheets.
Operations Guide Template: Screenshots
Red MS Word theme
Introduction, System Overview, Authorized Use
System Operations, Software Inventory and Interfaces
Resource Inventory and Report Inventory
Chapter 3, Operations Team
Chapter 4, Operations Schedule
Chapter 5, System Runs
Setup and Diagnostic procedures
Chapter 6, System Restore
Free Excel Operations Guide Templates
Responsibility Matrix
Daily Operations Checklist
Operations Tasks
Desktop Inventory
Error Codes and Messages
Follow-up Action Report
Inspection Report
Operations Guide Template: Table of Contents
1 Introduction
1.1 System Overview
1.2 Authorized Use
1.3 Points of Contact
1.4 Help Desk
1.5 Hours of Operations
2 System Overview
2.1 System Operations
2.2 Software Inventory
2.1 Software Interfaces
2.2 Resource Inventory
2.3 Report Inventory
2.4 System Restrictions
2.5 Hardware
3 Operations Team
3.1 Organization Chart
3.2 Leadership Chart
3.3 Key Roles & Responsibilities
3.4 Anticipated Change
4 Operations Schedule
4.1 Daily Tasks
4.2 Weekly Tasks
4.3 Monthly Tasks
4.4 Backup Schedule
5 System Runs
5.1 Run Inventory
5.2 Run #1
5.3 Run #2
6 System Restores
Operations Guide Template: Format & Content
The template is in Microsoft Word format and can be downloaded online for only $9.99. The template pack includes the following documents:
| 3 x Operations Guide Templates | 21 pages |  |
| Daily Tasks | 1 worksheet |  |
| Desktop Inventory | 1 worksheet | |
| Error Codes and Messages | 1 worksheet | |
| Follow-up Action Report | 1 worksheet | |
| Hardware Inventory | 1 worksheet | |
| Inspection Report | 1 worksheet | |
| Operations Task Tracking Form | 1 worksheet | |
| Responsibility Matrix | 1 worksheet | |