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There usingare Anydeskmany ways to remotelyenable accessyou and your PCstaff to take control of their office computers from home.   They all follow a similar model; the software is installed on the office and home computers and a secure link is made between the two that allows the office machine to be controlled from home.

TeamViewer

TeamViewer (www.teamviewer.com )is a popular one that has a free option for home use but the company are, perversely, choosing now as a good time to crack down on non-personal use.  Pricing is £25-£30 per month.

AnyDesk
AnyDesk (www.anydesk.com ) is a great product with a free tier for home use that can help staff connect to their office machines.  Simply install it on your computer in the office,office and tell it to allow unattended remote access (We can help with that if you get stuck) and then install the windowsame program on your home computer.  Enter the secure access code and you’re good to go, controlling your office computer at home.  Just remember not to switch off your computer in the office and, if possible, have a dry run to iron out any kinks before you start doing it for real. Again, we can seemhelp with this if you need it.  Commercial versions of Anydesk suitable for home working are £7 a littlemonth smallper user.

Google Remote Desktop

This is a free product from Google that installs an extension in Chrome that enables you to take control of your computer from any location.  Simply download and difficultinstall the Chrome extension on both computers, grant access and you can take control of your desktop.  As long as you don’t close Chrome this is a great, free solution.

VPN

Smaller companies should not discount VPN.  If your router is capable of supporting VPN it can be an effective way of giving your team remote access to worktheir with.desktops.  It'sThere possibleare a few things to expandconsider:

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Remote (Cloud) File Access

Some companies may want to set up remote access to the office so the staff can access the central file share. It may be a good time to consider moving the share to the cloud using thea mousetool such as DropBox, Google Drive or Microsoft SharePoint/OneDrive.  Talk to us and onewe usingcan theadvise keyboard.


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