Easiest program to access software remotely?

[Pulsedriver]

Hey folks, I have some work to do for a small business, with 3 clients who all work from a home office, based across the country.

They will all need to access a program that can be held on a server / desktop PC in one of the clients offices, ideally to use file sharing etc

What is the best way to do this, I was thinking RDP but are there better options out there than that? Citrix is one I used to have in my old company, although I never set that up, I just remember I used to log in and then apps would appear on my computer.

Any help in advance is welcome

 

[Armageus]

If they already have PC's within the office then the quickest way is to get something like Splashtop Streamer or Logmein installed on each of the PCs

 

[IAmATeaf]

If it is just access to a couple of desktops then RDP would be an option but that does take over the current desktop so only 1 user can be logged in and use it.

No idea to the legality but I have at home used RDPWrapper which 'patches' this 1 to 1 limitation and allows multiple sessions to the same device.

For file sharing, you could setup a simple file share and map a drive to the share? but a lot of this will depend on what exactly they need to use and share.

 

[Armageus]

Securing RDP would be a bigger issue though - exposing RDP direct to the internet is a bad idea - you'd be best to set up a VPN in this case.

Logmein etc are easier to set up securely

 

[IAmATeaf]

Securing RDP would be a bigger issue though - exposing RDP direct to the internet is a bad idea - you'd be best to set up a VPN in this case.

Logmein etc are easier to set up securely

That is true, I use a non standard port for RDP access, just have a rule setup in my router to map this to the actual RDP port, still not 100 safe but a thin layer in front I should add that this is just to access my CCTV PC desktop, not using this for business purposes.

 

[timmy85]

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