Remote Desktop Manager

[TruvisT]

For the longest time we've been using mRemoteNG which was a free and open option to manage several types of connections. However, we reached a limit where this just was not working for us anymore. We needed more options and a way to better consolidate all our connection information.

Found this:

http://remotedesktopmanager.com/

Worth checking out if you live in remote desktop management like us. The options are crazy. Slight learning curve, but once you get it, this can be a great option worth using.

 

[HalfEatenPie]

What was the previous issue that you had? 

What were the shortcomings of the previous software?  How does the new software beat it?

I guess what I'm asking is more detail please?

 

[WebSearchingPro]

I actually use RoyalTS which has the ability to use Putty/Rebex SSH sessions with key management and encryption. It can also do VNC and RDP connections too. Its not without its flaws but it gets the job done.

Looks very similar to the one you linked though.

http://www.royalts.com/main/home/win.aspx

 

[TruvisT]

What was the previous issue that you had? 

What were the shortcomings of the previous software?  How does the new software beat it?

I guess what I'm asking is more detail please?

Good points.
mRemoteNG did not have support for private keys. That was a big short fall along with not allowing a centralized or ACL for group management. With RDM we have a server running MS SQL which acts as the backend for RDM and keeps all the details for server and RDP based connections.

It also allows you to save notes, add client details to the servers along with hardware and server rack locations ect...

The other cool part is you can either tab the connections or you can open them externally in KiTTY, PuTTY or MS RDP, ect...

So for anyone who has several employees and 1000s or even 100s of remote system to manage, this might be worth your investment.

Not heard of or seen RoyalTS. Might give it a try and see how it compares.

 

[HalfEatenPie]

Haha awesome.

See I would have recommended x2go but as far as I'm aware that's only for Linux systems.  

 

[Shados]

Good points.


mRemoteNG did not have support for private keys. That was a big short fall along with not allowing a centralized or ACL for group management. With RDM we have a server running MS SQL which acts as the backend for RDM and keeps all the details for server and RDP based connections.


It also allows you to save notes, add client details to the servers along with hardware and server rack locations ect...


The other cool part is you can either tab the connections or you can open them externally in KiTTY, PuTTY or MS RDP, ect...


So for anyone who has several employees and 1000s or even 100s of remote system to manage, this might be worth your investment.


Not heard of or seen RoyalTS. Might give it a try and see how it compares.

I may have to suggest this at my work - our current setup isn't great, and being able to centralize connection details for a few hundred systems is pretty much our minimum requirement >.>.

 

[TruvisT]

I may have to suggest this at my work - our current setup isn't great, and being able to centralize connection details for a few hundred systems is pretty much our minimum requirement >.>.

The pricing is not too bad.
The ACL is a little weird imo but it integrates easily with AD so once you log in, all you have to do is open and the system pulls up your access that was set. It could be done better, but I've been looking for a tool like this for years and it works better then what we have had.

I also like how you can run just about any remote access application from LogMeIn to FileZilla in it.