Remote Desktop Manager add ons

As a company we used to use MS Remote Desktop management offering. Whilst this was great it was depreciate and had huge vulnerabilities. On the hunt for an alternative we came across Devolutions offering and its superior in every way. Supports Windows RDP, unix terminal sessions and many more options and integrations.

Free
Supports multi OS
Easy to use
Offers many backup options
Secure
Integrates with many systems

Can be slow to load initially.

Remote Desktop Manager Free is an excellent product to manage remote desktop connections and increase productivity. It has modern product suite.

It has password manager to securely store those; an easy-re-connect to VMs and amazing scalling options which are my favourite from many.

I would like to see auto-reconnect, priviledge-less install and blockchain support coming in.

Overall, I'm impressed with this software. There's so much more to test, review, and play with that I couldn't possibly review its full functionality without months of testing. That said, the fact that the free software comes with so much functionality, and the paid variant improves upon that is incredible. The power in this software is real, and Devolutions has taken a fantastic approach to making a simple product with advanced functionality. I believe any person can get started with this software and figure it out in a short amount of time, but I do believe it offers so much that to truly master it, one would need to use it for a while. I think this leads to a product that is easy to get started with, and with time you can master workflows using RDM as a tool to further your goals in IT. I can honestly say, controlling the chaos is something RDM helps with.

Pricing
RDM has a free version and paid version. The free version is still feature rich and incredibly useful. The paid version is called 'Enterprise Edition' and comes with some additional functionality. Their licensing model comes in a few flavors; Single User, Site, Country, and Global. Most folks will probably do Single user or site license.

Features
Frankly, there's too many features to go through for a short review. There's a ton of functionality and I'm going to talk a bit about a few of my favorite features I use, including some add-ons we've made use of. Please note there are a ton of awesome features that aren't covered here.

Synchronizers : These are ways to synchronize data. For example. You can setup 1 or more synchronizers to look at AD and pull in computer objects. In tandem with templates and a centralized database, this is an incredible powerful way to always have up to date sessions. This could be used for end users you support, or for your own team. We have several set up. There are additionally ways to setup CSV synchronizers if needed, which are completely customizable.

PowerShell Module : RDM includes a PowerShell module that lets you interact with your database sources. Honestly, the GUI is great; the bulk edit actions and being able to change things on multiple sessions is something I do use all the time, but our team often has a need to automate tasks and we enjoy using code and GitHub to make this happen. This lets you do things the same way, every time. We also share code snippets internally via Teams, Gists, or scratch repos.

Addons : Like many places, our systems are stored in a multitude of environments. There are wonderful add-ons that we make use of some which work with features like synchronizers, to help keep all these sessions in one place. We especially make use of the vmWare and iLO add-ons. This means we don't need to keep spreadsheets of iLO sessions, etc.

Custom Fields : While we are still exploring the use of the custom fields feature, this is powerful. With custom fields you can add on metadata to sessions, which would let you act on things in bulk. For example, one could perhaps use custom fields to help track patch groups so when patch Tuesday comes around, there's an organized flow to ensure we're checking that systems are coming back up properly.

Navigation and Feel
The RDM user interface is highly customizable. The default view will fit most needs, but you can change most aspects to suite you. Because of this, the interface feels great, because you can change most things you may not like or perhaps have a preference. Many remote desktop managers will have a similar feel but the real power in RDM is that it is so customizable, and you can do things dynamically. For example, I like organizing my open RDM sessions based on some criterion. I'm able to do this easily with tab groups and setting up templates. This lets me do groups of sessions by domain, or even by session type if desired.

I think the documentation online sometimes lacks and can be built up more. it's not updated frequently enough.

Some of the integrations are sometimes older, so if you're on newer versions of the software you may have degraded functionality with the add-on.