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The OIT Service Desk can answer your questions about UA's IT services, help you troubleshoot, report issues that you're seeing, and more.
Think a service might be broken? Check the Service Alerts page. 

Support Hours of Operation


As a part of the University of Alaska’s COVID-19 response, some members of the OIT Service Desk are working remotely. We would like to encourage users to submit requests for assistance via email to helpdesk@alaska.edu or by using the ‘Chat with OIT’ or ‘Self-service’ options. Click the following link to the service desk scheduling page if you would like to schedule an appointment with our Service Desk technicians.

Spring Semester Remote Hours

Phone and Chat Support

Monday-Friday: 7:30 AM - 7:30 PM
Saturday-Sunday: 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM


Spring Semester Office Hours 

Bunnell Building Room 231
1790 Tanana Loop, Fairbanks, Alaska 

Due to COVID-19, the Service Desk has limited capacity for walk-in support.

Monday-Friday: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday-Sunday: 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM


 Reduced Hours - March 23rd

Remote:  7:30 AM -5:00 PM
Office:  9:00 AM - 5:00 PM


Other Campus Help Desks

UAA Information Technology Services

UAS IT Services


Screen Share Instructions

When contacting the service desk, in order to troubleshoot your request, you may be asked to screen share with OIT technicians. Here are instructions:

Remote Device Screen Share Instructions