Top Uses for Remote Desktop Access
Work from Home
The most immediately obvious practical application of Remote Desktop Access is the ability to work from home.
If you are sick, tending a sick child or spouse, weather-bound, or simply can’t hack the commute, having remote access enables you to access all of your work files and projects saved on the office computer from your home. Whatever the reason, there will be no need to lose work-time unless you want to!
Business Trip Access
Another extremely attractive aspect of the Remote Access capability is that offered to business travelers. When away from the office, the applications and data specific to office computers can still be accessed, no matter where you have traveled.
When the need arises (as it inevitably does) for information that is not routinely kept on person, it is a simple matter to retrieve that information via Remote Access.
Multi-Office Synchronization
Regardless of whether the business is inter-city, inter-state, or international, most growing corporations have more than one office. When this is the case, information from one office can be instantaneously accessed from any of the others, regardless of geographical distance.
Software Access
Many businesses and individuals use specific software and programs that are expensive, and take up a great deal of hard drive space. It is simply not feasible to install these programs on every computer involved.
However, with remote access, whether it’s an accounting database or a video-editing program, as long as it is installed on the home/target computer, it can be accessed and used remotely from any other computer.
Training
Because the Remote Access user has the ability to slave the target computers programs to the computer they are using to access it, they can manipulate the various programs and data with ease.
Especially when training employees in new software, or tutoring them how to access specific data, it is immensely helpful to be able to manipulate their screen while they watch, rather than trying to describe it verbally, or via email with screen shots.
Maintenance and Troubleshooting
Currently, one of the most typical uses of Remote Access software is maintenance of software programs on coporate PCs.
If a particular application malfunctions, or an upgrade needs to be installed, the administrator can use Remote Desktop Access to shut down or remove the program and re-install/upgrade it, saving the time that doing so manually would require.
Non-Proliferation of Data
Especially for companies and businesses that deal with very secure information, one of the main piracy hazards is the sheer number of computers (laptops, desktops, pdas etc) that information can be found on.
Remote Desktop Access allows users to work with the essential data they need to be productive, and still maintain the main cache of information in a very secure place.
One Less Thing to Remember
With all of the pressures and stress in life, the last thing a busy consumer needs to be struggling to remember is where they put their USB drive, or if they’ve remembered to download all the pertinent files for their presentation etc.
Remote Desktop Access takes the stress and hassle out of remembering to make all your digital data portable - not to mention eliminating all those last minute u-turns and frantic drop-offs.
Printing Services
Whether you are a businessman on travel or a college student scraping by, it is not at all uncommon to need printer services when you don’t have a printer!
Avoid the stress of asking yourself if you really have remembered to print-off that paper or data chart. With Remote Desktop Access, you can print from any remote PC to a local printer without hassle.
Web Cam Connection
Using Remote Desktop Access, consumers can even activate and access the web cam of their at-home PC. When gone at work or out of town on vacation, the web cam can be used to check in on pets or kids.
Even within a single residence, a remote access program can use the upstairs computer to access the downstairs computer web cam, just to make sure the rascals really are sharing their toys!