Home schooling remote help (VNC/RDP/Whatever)
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While I don't think Teams is available yet for free, You could Skype. I'm pretty sure it has desktop sharing as part of it as well. Both Teams and Skype can use the Free Microsoft Account.
Now that I think about it - Teams may never be part of the free account, it might only be for Microsoft 365 Home subscribers (or whatever they are calling it these days).
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@Dashrender said in Home schooling remote help (VNC/RDP/Whatever):
What is the situation in which you will be using this?
It is actually to be able to help my two son's with their homework. Checking their work, helping them with Math if they are having issues, basically parenting from anywhere. With the current atmosphere of things, school is 100% on line. So my thought process is kind of like the way I support people at work. It is easier if I can remote into where they are working and avoid the, "Can i sit down for a moment" or the ole "no, up a little, no too far, nope too far again, you are looking for the icon that looks like a star.... yes, click it". I would like to be able to speak to them via headset and take control of the keyboard.
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@popester said in Home schooling remote help (VNC/RDP/Whatever):
d avoid the, "Can i sit down for a moment" or the ole "no, up a little, no too far, nope too far again, you are looking for the ic
Got it - well, if you have access to Teams via a work account, you could definitely use that - just send them a meeting invite, they join, they share control of their computer - done.
Same goes for Skype (though Skype, unlike Teams, might require them to have a Skype account) Teams I know for a fact does not require outsides to have an account, you can invite anyone to a teams meeting.
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@Dashrender said in Home schooling remote help (VNC/RDP/Whatever):
Others might disagree - but I consider Teams a secure platform.
Secure, yes. Malware, certainly, but secure.
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@popester said in Home schooling remote help (VNC/RDP/Whatever):
Does anyone have a suggestion for "best" secure first, interactive bells and whistles second. Would be nice to use MIC to talk and share screen and control client mouse and keyboard. Thank you for any help you can offer.
Jitsi works really well and is free.
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@popester said in Home schooling remote help (VNC/RDP/Whatever):
@Dashrender said in Home schooling remote help (VNC/RDP/Whatever):
What is the situation in which you will be using this?
It is actually to be able to help my two son's with their homework. Checking their work, helping them with Math if they are having issues, basically parenting from anywhere. With the current atmosphere of things, school is 100% on line. So my thought process is kind of like the way I support people at work. It is easier if I can remote into where they are working and avoid the, "Can i sit down for a moment" or the ole "no, up a little, no too far, nope too far again, you are looking for the icon that looks like a star.... yes, click it". I would like to be able to speak to them via headset and take control of the keyboard.
Jitsi will be pretty much unbeatable for that kind of personal use. Only thing you can't do (that I know of) is get remote control. But it does brilliant screen sharing, audio, and video. And SO easy to use.
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@scottalanmiller said in Home schooling remote help (VNC/RDP/Whatever):
@popester said in Home schooling remote help (VNC/RDP/Whatever):
@Dashrender said in Home schooling remote help (VNC/RDP/Whatever):
What is the situation in which you will be using this?
It is actually to be able to help my two son's with their homework. Checking their work, helping them with Math if they are having issues, basically parenting from anywhere. With the current atmosphere of things, school is 100% on line. So my thought process is kind of like the way I support people at work. It is easier if I can remote into where they are working and avoid the, "Can i sit down for a moment" or the ole "no, up a little, no too far, nope too far again, you are looking for the icon that looks like a star.... yes, click it". I would like to be able to speak to them via headset and take control of the keyboard.
Jitsi will be pretty much unbeatable for that kind of personal use. Only thing you can't do (that I know of) is get remote control. But it does brilliant screen sharing, audio, and video. And SO easy to use.
This can be a nice combination to use, Jitsi and TeamViewer QuickSupport.
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@black3dynamite said in Home schooling remote help (VNC/RDP/Whatever):
@scottalanmiller said in Home schooling remote help (VNC/RDP/Whatever):
@popester said in Home schooling remote help (VNC/RDP/Whatever):
@Dashrender said in Home schooling remote help (VNC/RDP/Whatever):
What is the situation in which you will be using this?
It is actually to be able to help my two son's with their homework. Checking their work, helping them with Math if they are having issues, basically parenting from anywhere. With the current atmosphere of things, school is 100% on line. So my thought process is kind of like the way I support people at work. It is easier if I can remote into where they are working and avoid the, "Can i sit down for a moment" or the ole "no, up a little, no too far, nope too far again, you are looking for the icon that looks like a star.... yes, click it". I would like to be able to speak to them via headset and take control of the keyboard.
Jitsi will be pretty much unbeatable for that kind of personal use. Only thing you can't do (that I know of) is get remote control. But it does brilliant screen sharing, audio, and video. And SO easy to use.
This can be a nice combination to use, Jitsi and TeamViewer QuickSupport.
There you go. Most of the time just need screensharing, I assume.
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@popester said in Home schooling remote help (VNC/RDP/Whatever):
Does anyone have a suggestion for "best" secure first, interactive bells and whistles second. Would be nice to use MIC to talk and share screen and control client mouse and keyboard. Thank you for any help you can offer.
If Windows 10 on both ends, I can attest to the fact that the built-in Quick Assist works amazingly well, together with your voice client of choice (cell phone, Slack, FaceBook, hangouts meet, etc...)
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@Obsolesce said in Home schooling remote help (VNC/RDP/Whatever):
@popester said in Home schooling remote help (VNC/RDP/Whatever):
Does anyone have a suggestion for "best" secure first, interactive bells and whistles second. Would be nice to use MIC to talk and share screen and control client mouse and keyboard. Thank you for any help you can offer.
If Windows 10 on both ends, I can attest to the fact that the built-in Quick Assist works amazingly well,
Saw that coming...
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@scottalanmiller said in Home schooling remote help (VNC/RDP/Whatever):
@popester said in Home schooling remote help (VNC/RDP/Whatever):
Does anyone have a suggestion for "best" secure first, interactive bells and whistles second. Would be nice to use MIC to talk and share screen and control client mouse and keyboard. Thank you for any help you can offer.
Jitsi works really well and is free.
This is what I would do for basic screensharing and audio/video.
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@JaredBusch said in Home schooling remote help (VNC/RDP/Whatever):
@Obsolesce said in Home schooling remote help (VNC/RDP/Whatever):
@popester said in Home schooling remote help (VNC/RDP/Whatever):
Does anyone have a suggestion for "best" secure first, interactive bells and whistles second. Would be nice to use MIC to talk and share screen and control client mouse and keyboard. Thank you for any help you can offer.
If Windows 10 on both ends, I can attest to the fact that the built-in Quick Assist works amazingly well,
Saw that coming...
Where TeamViewer, and a few others have failed, Quick Assist was the one that worked, in the end, in every single case. I am supposed to try ConnectWise Control, and if that gives problems on the device, try TeamViewer QuickSupport. And when both of those are either not working as they should or too hard for the user to figure out or for whatever reason, I drop to the built-in Quick Assist, which really just works. No MS fanboyism, just straight up facts. It works well where all others fail or cause problems.
So you're just going to have to get over yourself in the fact that, sometimes, something other than latest shiny thing you latched on to works well. And sometimes, it might be made by Microsoft :man_shrugging:
I'm willing to bet you've never even tried using it, let alone heard of it or given it any thought. So I find it very ignorant for you to keep this petty stuff up... trolling or not.
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@Obsolesce said in Home schooling remote help (VNC/RDP/Whatever):
I'm willing to bet you've never even tried using it, let alone heard of it or given it any thought. So I find it very ignorant for you to keep this petty stuff up... trolling or not.
Nice try. Of course I have used it. No, it is not real good. Yes, it worked, but not as smoothly as real tools.
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@popester I'm curious is this a Windows to Windows remote help only?
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@black3dynamite said in Home schooling remote help (VNC/RDP/Whatever):
@popester I'm curious is this a Windows to Windows remote help only?
MAC To MAC and MAC to Windows and Windows to MAC. May sprinkle in some Fedora while i am at it.
I will be using it from home and from work.
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@popester said in Home schooling remote help (VNC/RDP/Whatever):
@black3dynamite said in Home schooling remote help (VNC/RDP/Whatever):
@popester I'm curious is this a Windows to Windows remote help only?
MAC To MAC and MAC to Windows and Windows to MAC. May sprinkle in some Fedora while i am at it.
I will be using it from home and from work.
Well you definitely will need to use something that is cross-platform or web-based.
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@JaredBusch said in Home schooling remote help (VNC/RDP/Whatever):
@Obsolesce said in Home schooling remote help (VNC/RDP/Whatever):
I'm willing to bet you've never even tried using it, let alone heard of it or given it any thought. So I find it very ignorant for you to keep this petty stuff up... trolling or not.
Nice try. Of course I have used it. No, it is not real good. Yes, it worked, but not as smoothly as real tools.
Okay cowboy. What part of this is not smooth? (besides the quality and framerate of the gif)
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@Obsolesce said in Home schooling remote help (VNC/RDP/Whatever):
@JaredBusch said in Home schooling remote help (VNC/RDP/Whatever):
@Obsolesce said in Home schooling remote help (VNC/RDP/Whatever):
I'm willing to bet you've never even tried using it, let alone heard of it or given it any thought. So I find it very ignorant for you to keep this petty stuff up... trolling or not.
Nice try. Of course I have used it. No, it is not real good. Yes, it worked, but not as smoothly as real tools.
Okay cowboy. What part of this is not smooth? (besides the quality and framerate of the gif)
Requiring a microsoft account for starters.
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@JaredBusch said in Home schooling remote help (VNC/RDP/Whatever):
@Obsolesce said in Home schooling remote help (VNC/RDP/Whatever):
@JaredBusch said in Home schooling remote help (VNC/RDP/Whatever):
@Obsolesce said in Home schooling remote help (VNC/RDP/Whatever):
I'm willing to bet you've never even tried using it, let alone heard of it or given it any thought. So I find it very ignorant for you to keep this petty stuff up... trolling or not.
Nice try. Of course I have used it. No, it is not real good. Yes, it worked, but not as smoothly as real tools.
Okay cowboy. What part of this is not smooth? (besides the quality and framerate of the gif)
Requiring a microsoft account for starters.
You have a MS account, what's the issue? I just seen a screenshot of it on TG, of you logged in to O365 or something.
