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I installed each one on a Windows Server 2019 box and tested all the available connection features so I could post a legitimate review of each one and hopefully help you narrow your options. This is why I decided to try out each of the top 10 recommended RDP connection managers and post my thoughts below. Unfortunately, the fact that there are plenty of great options means it may be hard for you to the find the right one. Some even support SSH, Telnet, and other common connection protocols so you can manage everything through one application.

Without a remote desktop connection manager that would mean typing in the IP or host name and my credentials several dozen times a day.įortunately, there are plenty of great options out there for a quality, easy to use remote desktop connection managers. There are days where I know I’ve connected and disconnected to multiple devices dozens of times.

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Grab both of them today, and free up more of your valuable time by leveraging their rich features.Jumping in and out of RDP and Terminal sessions all day long is a pain.Īs a Network Engineer, I am often connected to multiple remote servers and pieces of networking equipment throughout the day. When installed on the same system, these two tools are a great “one two” punch for any network admin, but especially for the Citrix and RDS admins. Over the past few months, Devolutions even added a hook to Remote Desktop Manager so that you can launch RDPSoft’s free Remote Desktop Commander Lite tool to manage all of the sessions, processes, and other items on RDS and Citrix XenApp session host servers. Now you can launch RDPSoft’s free Remote Desktop Commander Lite directly from Remote Desktop Manager for advanced management of RDS/Citrix session hosts. The ability to shell out to other management tools like Event Viewer, the Services MMC applet, Computer Management, Ping, Traceroute, and the ability see if a device is online (using both a Ping and a port check).This includes Apple Remote Desktop, Chrome Remote Desktop, Citrix (ICA/HDX), Dameware, FTP/SFTP, LogMeIn, Telnet, SSH, and so much more. The ability to save credentials and then connect to more than a dozen types of systems and devices/remotely, beyond regular Microsoft RDP connections.Here are the two features I find most valuable in the Free Edition of Remote Desktop Manager: For the admin who is struggling to organize, manage, and remember all of the credentials and settings associated with his Windows RDP logins AND the rest of his devices on his network, it is indispensable. The wonderful folks at Devolutions, whom I’ve had the pleasure of meeting and getting to know at several industry tradeshows like BriForum, offer a free version of their incredible tool, Remote Desktop Manager. Solve your RDS/Citrix connection management woes with Remote Desktop Manager Free Edition Devolution’s free tool, Remote Desktop Manager Free Edition, makes managing all of your remote desktop connections and credentials super easy.

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Yes, some of us still have a folder full of RDP files, but fortunately, there is a much easier way to maintain all of this information. Managing all of these credentials and connection preferences can get very tricky. Even Windows administrators who do not have full Remote Desktop Services deployments still use Remote Desktop Services for simple administration of their servers – not everyone is a PowerShell wizard.

Network admins who maintain Citrix XenApp or Microsoft RDS session host servers deal with this scenario daily.

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In more complex networks, there may be multiple domains, tens or hundreds of routers/switches/appliances that are routinely telnet/SSHed into, plus hundreds of Windows and *Nix systems that must be logged into on a regular basis.

Being able to quickly connect and manage the machines and devices under his or her responsibility is essential to the duties of any network admin.

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