Remote Desktop software as alternative to RDC ?

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#270629 19-May-2020 11:22

As an alternative to RDC for out of Office remote desktop access
what are the recommended alternatives , and what products to avoid (not user friendly)
Some products seem to be designed/described for remote access by techs, rather than User out of office access
Perhaps not something browser based (so can go full screen) , multimonitor support would be a bounus

Teamveiwer would be perfect , but pricing is expensive & have to pay for updated versions

splashtop, Zoho , MSP360 , gotomypc , connectwise ?

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#2486170 19-May-2020 11:26

AnyDesk

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#2486174 19-May-2020 11:30

I use Splashtop to access computers remotely but as you say it's more for support case. Parallels Access is a really good tool for accessing your computer from any device on the go. It is much more user friendly on a mobile device than using a Remote Desktop type of connection.

https://www.parallels.com/products/access/

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#2486214 19-May-2020 11:32

Google chrome does remote desktop -- not sure how good it is.

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#2486275 19-May-2020 12:37

+1 for Anydesk - been using it for a few years now, no issues.

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#2486279 19-May-2020 12:42

Google Chrome Remote Desktop is an option. I use Pulseway.

These links are referral codes

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#2486301 19-May-2020 13:09

Why not just use VPN + RDP?

Information wants to be free. The Net interprets censorship as damage and routes around it.

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#2486348 19-May-2020 14:09

Lias:

Why not just use VPN + RDP?

That would have been my ideal choice, but ...
For 'reasons' , one site I cant implement a VPN , unless I purchase a particular horrendously priced Cloud based Firewall service ($ thousands per year)

Looks like some of the Remote software options are really not well thought out for remote access to a work PC .
Whats needed , is a single icon to click . Idiot proof as much as possible .
From the Software : Having to pick the desktop you want to remote into is a deal killer . Needs to be a way to show only the 1 PC that a user is allowed onto, not show all the
pc's on the software's a/c

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#2486357 19-May-2020 14:32

Connectwise Control is fast, easy to set up, pretty cheap and requires 2FA.

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#2486367 19-May-2020 14:48

1101:

Lias:

Why not just use VPN + RDP?

That would have been my ideal choice, but ...
For 'reasons' , one site I cant implement a VPN , unless I purchase a particular horrendously priced Cloud based Firewall service ($ thousands per year)

Looks like some of the Remote software options are really not well thought out for remote access to a work PC .
Whats needed , is a single icon to click . Idiot proof as much as possible .
From the Software : Having to pick the desktop you want to remote into is a deal killer . Needs to be a way to show only the 1 PC that a user is allowed onto, not show all the
pc's on the software's a/c

Implement RD Gateway, then give the user a single RDP shortcut configured to use the gateway?

Information wants to be free. The Net interprets censorship as damage and routes around it.

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#2486373 19-May-2020 15:00

1101:

That would have been my ideal choice, but ...
For 'reasons' , one site I cant implement a VPN , unless I purchase a particular horrendously priced Cloud based Firewall service ($ thousands per year)

All cloud base setup that I can think of can have cheap VPN setup - veeam got easy to setup system with https://www.veeam.com/powered-network.html that has aws and azure integration