Amazing control over multiple simultaneous remote sessions
October 13, 2017

Amazing control over multiple simultaneous remote sessions

chuck buchanan | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with ConnectWise Control (formerly ScreenConnect)

As an education trainer for Cleo, my students (roughly 30/month) use a RDP connection to an AWS instance where our Clarify software and necessary environments are installed/available. I access their sessions as Administrator, just as they do. This allows me to view their activity real-time. I can take control (without them granting me permission) anytime I see them getting lost. This is the ONLY way to keep an eye on their activity,
  • Ability to annotate ("draw") on their sessions allows me to point them to the right area of our product's UI
  • I can chat privately with them, and they with me. Sometimes they don't want to talk in class, but are comfortable typing.
  • I can send them files and/or retrieve files from their instances directly, bypassing emails.
  • I have to acquire screen-locking each time I access their session; I wish this was automatically done.
  • The default title bar of the window can be customized, but it's too complicated (for me, anyway) so I just let it default.
  • As I have 5-6 ConnectWise windows (one for each student) on my second monitor in each class, I'd like to see the sizing and positioning of those windows to be easier to control.
  • Control of multiple remote sessions simultaneously.
  • Ability for one instructor to teach/monitor multiple students in the same remote class ... more bang for our buck ... one instructor can lead multiple students.
Well suited for viewing student's sessions when being trained. I can't imagine not using ConnectWise (previously, we used another app, but my trial demo of ConnectWise quickly proved this to be a superior product).

ConnectWise ScreenConnect Feature Ratings

Screen sharing
10
File transfer
9
Instant message
Not Rated
Secure remote access with Smart Card authentication
Not Rated
Access to sleeping/powered-off computers
10
Over-the-Internet remote session
10
Initiate remote control from mobile
Not Rated
Remote management of servers & workstations
10
Remote Active Directory® management
Not Rated
Centralized management dashboard
Not Rated
Session record
Not Rated
Annotations
8
Monitoring and Alerts
Not Rated
Multi-platform remote control
Not Rated