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Say hello to the new Self-Service Portal

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  • March 31, 2026
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Sanne van Opstal-Brakel
Community Manager
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Say hello to the new Self-Service Portal

We’re excited to share that the new Self-Service Portal (new SSP) is now available for all application managers. After months of development, testing, and gathering feedback, the new SSP is ready for you to explore and ready for your employees whenever you decide to switch it on.

The new SSP was built with one clear goal: make it easier for employees to quickly find what they need.
 

What the new SSP is

The Self-Service Portal should be the first place that employees go when something’s wrong or when they need to request something. And with today’s expectations for modern tools, the classic SSP no longer matched how users prefer to work.

That’s why we rebuilt it from the ground up.

The new SSP brings:

  • A cleaner, modern design

The interface feels lighter, clearer, and more intuitive even for users who rarely open the portal.

  • Improved navigation

Instead of searching through tiles or guessing where to click, users follow a clearer, more structured flow. It’s easier to discover services, forms, and knowledge items without digging.

  • A more user-friendly experience

The layout helps users focus on what matters: describing their needs and getting an answer. The new structure works better on all devices, supports accessibility improvements, and feels more like the tools people use in their day-to-day life.

  • A foundation for new capabilities

Some of our upcoming AI capabilities — like AI Search — are designed to work specifically with the new SSP layout and architecture. Switching to the new SSP means you're ready for what’s coming next.

 

You decide when to make it available to your users

From today onward, application managers can enable the new SSP whenever it suits their organization.

The new SSP is optional at launch. You can test it quietly with a small group, and open it up for everyone when you're ready.

When you enable it as your default SSP, all classic SSP links automatically redirect, including links inside email templates. No manual updates are needed.

 

A smooth transition

Not all SSP components have been fully redesigned yet. That means some pages will still be redirected to the classic Self-Service Portal. This is intentional and important:

  • Users never hit a dead end
  • All workflows stay functional
  • You can adopt the new SSP gradually, without risk

We’ll keep releasing improvements from now on until the entire flow is ready to stand on its own.

 

How to get started

You can enable the new SSP right now. Documentation and setup guidance will continue to expand over the coming updates.

 

What do you think?

Have you already enabled the new SSP in your environment? How are your users responding to the refreshed design and improved navigation? Share your experiences below!

 

30 replies

NickB
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  • Starter
  • March 31, 2026

“From today onward, application managers can enable the new SSP whenever it suits their organization.”
AND
https://docs.topdesk.com/en/renewing-the-self-service-portal.html

“If you are ready to switch to the new SSP, navigate to Settings > Module Settings > Self-Service Portal > General and turn on the new interface under Switch to the new Self-Service Portal.”

Currently (within our Test Environment) on TOPdesk 16.03.024 and its not present - I have provided documentation feedback also requesting details as of which version it will become available. 


Sanne van Opstal-Brakel
Community Manager
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Very sharp ​@NickB 

It is being rolled out starting today but the full roll out to all customers might take up to 4-5 weeks. 

So it could be that the setting to start using the new SSP if not visible by default yet but it's coming.
In the mean time you can still use the URL for the new SSP as mention in the documentation. 

I will ask in which version it will be and update it here. 
 

 


Sanne van Opstal-Brakel
Community Manager
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@NickB the version is: 16.03.026. 


NickB
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  • Starter
  • March 31, 2026

Very sharp ​@NickB 

I try 😀 - i’ve also been told i’m very trying but that's a whole other story :-)


Robin Noppert
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  • Problem Solver
  • April 2, 2026

soooo, we can use the link as a direct link to the ssp? Will it for now be enough to change the URL on the places where people click to create a ticket? (sharepoint) until the toggle becomes available?

 


Sanne Haller
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  • Contributor
  • April 8, 2026

We have just switched to the new SSP in our test environment. The first thing I noticed is that the images no longer fit properly within the tiles.


And on a subpage, the text blocks and tile blocks no longer align.


And the shortcut tile no longer opens in a new browser tab, even though this is configured that way in the designer.


Huibert Harmanny
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Enabled the new SSP in our test environment. First impressions are positive.
The dark mode option will brighten the day for quite a few of our end users.

 Question: in the designer, the old SSP is still visible. Will that change in time or have I missed a setting?


Sanne van Opstal-Brakel
Community Manager
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@Huibert Harmanny  we are currently in the research phase for the improvement of the SSP designer. 
Currently you still set up the new SSP via the ‘old’ designer, So you have not misshing a setting or anything. 


Christiaan Fousert
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When i open the booking module in the new SSP (Visitor, Catering and Meeting rooms) this is still in the old layout. When will this be launched in the new layout?

It would also be nice if it is possible to switch the color of the background, it's now a lot of white or black on a wide screen.


Sanne van Opstal-Brakel
Community Manager
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Slowly but surely more pages will move to the new  design. But as announced not all pages are there yet but the old ones still work as they are supposed to work. 

As for the background I have no idea if that is going to be possible in the future. They are currently in the research phase of a new SSP designer. 
But is you run into this, please submit your idea either via the feedback button in the new SSP of via TIP so that it ends up at the right people. 


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Naar mijn mening wordt het logo van onze organisatie vrij klein weergegeven. Had wel groter gemogen.
Ik zie ook (nog) geen mogelijkheid om dit aan te passen. Een groter logo uploaden in de SSP designer verandert hier niets in.

Verder,
het is even wennen, maar zeker wel een verbetering.


Egidio
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  • April 9, 2026

Naar mijn mening wordt het logo van onze organisatie vrij klein weergegeven. Had wel groter gemogen.
Ik zie ook (nog) geen mogelijkheid om dit aan te passen. Een groter logo uploaden in de SSP designer verandert hier niets in.

Verder,
het is even wennen, maar zeker wel een verbetering.

Bij ons is het logo ook te klein, en ook komt er automatisch de tekst vanuit het veld “Titel browsertabblad” (uit de SSP designer) achter te staan wat niet wenselijk is.


Sanne van Opstal-Brakel
Community Manager
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@Egidio this does not sound desirable and I don't think this is ment to be like that, as in the tekxt over that field. Can you please send this feedback in via the feedback button in your SSP environment. This was the feedback ends up at the right persons straight away. 


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Als ik bij ons de nieuwe SSP activeer in onze testomgeving en dan daar naar toe ga dan mis ik een aantal tekstblokken die ik nu wel zie.  Als ik naar de designer ga zie ik gewoon onze huidige portal en niet die met de nieuwe opmaak.


SanderS
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  • Starter
  • April 9, 2026

Looks very nice, more mature en refined, but before the new designer is available we won't transit to the new one. For the first time we need to scroll to see every content available. 
 

  1. This you can't change in the designer
  2. This takes a lot of space (nice to see you can also use speach to enter)
  3. Tiles are big, no changes can be made in the designer.
     

     


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  • New Member
  • April 9, 2026

We use the News and Service Disruption areas quite a lot - will they still default to being visible when items are published/Major tickets published or is the plan for them to now be really small at the top of the page so an extra click for end users to view them ?
Will we now be able to rename Service Disruptions to our own wording preference in the new design?


Matt Fuller
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  • Starter
  • April 9, 2026

“From today onward, application managers can enable the new SSP whenever it suits their organization.”
AND
https://docs.topdesk.com/en/renewing-the-self-service-portal.html

“If you are ready to switch to the new SSP, navigate to Settings > Module Settings > Self-Service Portal > General and turn on the new interface under Switch to the new Self-Service Portal.”

Currently (within our Test Environment) on TOPdesk 16.03.024 and its not present - I have provided documentation feedback also requesting details as of which version it will become available. 

“All round nice IT guy” ← True :-)


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Can you please send this feedback in via the feedback button in your SSP environment. This was the feedback ends up at the right persons straight away. 

Hi Sanne, where can I find this feedback button? I don't know what ‘in your SSP environment’ is. Could you provide a screenshot so I can verify if I have this button or not? Thanks! 

 

Nevermind, found it. 

 


Magne B.
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  • Starter
  • April 10, 2026

 

@Huibert Harmanny  we are currently in the research phase for the improvement of the SSP designer. 
Currently you still set up the new SSP via the ‘old’ designer, So you have not misshing a setting or anything. 

 

Well, there seems to be a limitation to what I can edit in the SSP designer. For instance the new ddesign insists on displaying four tiles in eache row, regardless of whether I select big or smalll tiles in the designer.


NickB
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  • Starter
  • April 10, 2026

RE the SSP logo is picked up in the css somewhat differently
the old style ssp had the logo set (in our environment) at 66 px whereas the new SSP is coded differently. even when toggling on/off the ssp-home-link css to fall abck to height: auto is different.

i understand some people might find a smaller icon more preferable for more clickable estate to be on screen without a need to scroll down but having this as a compact (new ssp) vs normal (66px not auto) parameter in the ssp designer maybe more preferable.


NickB
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  • April 10, 2026

i’ve noted a small inconsistency with service disruptions between edge and chrome
edge above and chrome below - edge lacks a yellow banner?


NickB
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  • Starter
  • April 10, 2026

I’d like the Services section in the footer to become more prominent (same styling as .previews__title css) as well as a better label such as A-Z of Services and if it could stay static on the page always at the bottom that would be nice 🙂

we’ve also just reported the ability to break out of the new ssp when viewing branch information from the profile (top right)


Sanne van Opstal-Brakel
Community Manager
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Thanks for all the feedback ​@NickB and ​@Magne B. and ​@SanderS please also submit this via the feedback button mentioned above so that all this feedback ends up directly at the correct people internally. 

 


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I provided feedback as requested, it’s a bit too early to move to this new SSP in my opinion. When I open my actual forms, the page switches to the old SSP view while it should stay in the new one. Tiles being a bit too chuncky, logo too small, etc…I do assume that the new view will be added to the SSP Portal Designer so that we can play a bit with the view, sizes etc? 


Gerwin Filius
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Wij zijn gisteren live gegaan met de nieuwe SSP. Helaas is de banner bovenaan onscherp en als er afbeeldingen gebruikt worden in de tegels onscherp. Behalve als je de terugschaalt naar 67 procent of lager. Uiteraard hebben we een zo hoog mogelijke versie geupload van de banner / afbeelding.

 

Hoofdpagina

 

Afbeelding “tegel”