Take Control

Vorteile

A very simple tool with all the features you need, like unattended, audio passthrough, file transfer etc. It just works.

Nachteile

Not much to be honest, N-Ables support can be an issue.

Vorteile

I like the ease of setup on both the Technician's computer and the Client's computers. I also like the "911" or New Session feature that allows me to send my customers to a website and download and setup temporary help sessions. The reporting function is very handy when it comes to billing.

Nachteile

The one thing that I don't like is the software's inability to save screen size and position. I find that I am resizing my "Window" a lot. It is a small annoyance that I have been able to work with.

Vorteile

The products drag and drop functionality with transferring files is wonderful. The groups make it easy to find machines as well.

Nachteile

This software has more bad points than good. Seeing the screen is very difficult unless you change the resolution on the client screen. If you use the zoom functionality you have to scroll all over the screen. Each session opens in it's own window so if you are doing a large upgrade and need many open it make sit difficult to use. Some of the default settings such as to log the person off when you log out of a remote session make support harder.

Vorteile

I love the take control feature. It makes it very easy to work with clients and assist remotely. It is also very useful for working and connecting to my machine remotely

Nachteile

Takes a bit to connect to the workstation even after the workstation has been turned on

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Vorteile

updates frequently so you're protected, allows you to just remote onto a customers pc so you can help them as quickly as possible.

Nachteile

the two screen option is a bit difficult, as it could just show two screens if you've got 2 but it makes you have to switch between

Vorteile

Where some other applications have issues on both PC and Mac, Take Control is a great example of how well the software can operate with both systems. The console is easy to use and also offers a USB loaded version of it to take on the go. Having the subscription cover per technician and not per node allows a small team to be extremely versatile at the flat monthly rates

Nachteile

No rebranding available. Most of our other platforms and service options have a rebranding scheme that is lacking in Take Control. We use this primarily as a backup connection should our RMM remote have a problem

Vorteile

Take Control's Many Options to Execute Commands, Assist Users and Manage Updates are some of the best features they have to offer.

But wait, there's more!

The asset information provided by N-Able, like Disk Space, RAM Usage (And Slots!), CPU Usage, and Program Statistics are invaluable to helping find the root-cause of the problem at hand in a matter of moments in most cases.

Remote Control has a wide variety of control options, physical KVM-like control, Command Line and Powershell execution as well as a built-in file browser make it perfect!

Nachteile

I dislike the hiccups we occasionally have, sometimes the agent won't install properly, or the device won't populate for a little while, but that's not often enough to be a really big deal. Typically we just reinstall the agent and it fixes itself.

Vorteile

I had used LogMeIn Central for years, but the cost increased to an unaffordable price. I tried many different alternatives, but couldn't find a suitable product until I found Take Control. It has proven to be reliable and at a fraction of the cost of LogMeIn.

Nachteile

I would like more features to include an msi package to push out in AD. The screen blanking feature has had issues, but has gotten better.

Vorteile

It just works.
Fast connections.
Tons of features, built in multi-pane file transfer w/ multi-queue, pause and resume functionality.
Automatic reconnect
Lightweight
integrated chat, system shell, information, full audit trail.

Nachteile

It's hard to find a glaring Con with Take Control. ~2-5% of installations occasionally have an issue (integrated NCentral version of TC), however I have never seen a simple quick reinstall fail to fix any of those issues.

Vorteile

* Easy to navigate once you have a basic understanding of the interface
* Agent software is easy to install and has a lot of features to help manage a clients computer
* Request help feature is fantastic. Simply guide a client to the website and ask them to select the
request help option which allows you to assist them without installing the agent.

Nachteile

* The agents tend to fail randomly due to updates but this can easily be rectified with the new "repair agent" feature.

Vorteile

Il software è leggero, intuitivo, soprattutto installa un servizio in windows che consente l'accesso senza che l'utente dall'altra parte accetti o invii richieste.E' comodo perchè è possibile ridimensionare lo schermo, comodo il trasferimento dei file anche senza loggarsi nella macchina.

Nachteile

lentezza del primo avvio dopo che il cliente scarica il client per accesso one-shottroppi passaggi da far fare all'utente remoto per consentire l'accesso

Vorteile

It offers more in depth tools when connecting to a system, but not the user desktop, such as file browser, cmd/PS windows and registry editor.

Nachteile

It lacks interactive tools such as mechanisms to install software on the fly. It does do a good job of allowing easy file transfer.

Vorteile

Price, customization, ease of usage.

Nachteile

Integration options can be difficult to setup if you are not a developer, but at least the documentation is good.

Vorteile

Take Control standalone is a good compliment to N-Central. This product is integrated into N-Central, but that versions lacks ad hoc connections for systems tht are not already added to the system. Using Take Control stand alone lets start connections for users on machines that are not already in Solarwinds N-Central.

Nachteile

The fact that we needed to purchase an add on product to start ad hoc connections is a bit disappointing. his functionality really should be integrated into N-Central.

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Vorteile

The connection quality and speed is fine, and the features that they offer are what I would consider standard remote support tools. Connection speeds are much improved from prior versions.

Nachteile

Compared to alternatives, this solution lacks in some more advanced features. It's possible they've been added in recent versions but I've stopped using this tool in favor of other options.

Vorteile

One of the things that really like about msp anywhere is how fast is the connetion of the remote access, and you can also record the session so you can used to win more clients by showing your work.

Nachteile

I don't have complaits about msp anywhere the only thing that I can say as cons is that the interface is really text-heavy and is not easy to used.

Vorteile

It is easy to view our managed computers. When users are having issues, the IT admin just launches take control and you can see exactly what the user sees. It also supports multi-monitor environments.

Nachteile

Since a third party manages the software for us, we don't have access to reports.

Vorteile

Ability to stay connected while re configuring network settings. Switching netowrks VPN's etc.

Nachteile

I currently have an issue. I cannot see chrome screens, and some windows screen areas. So far I've seen this on two Laptops that are running Windows 10, on is on 1903 and the other is running 1909. I need to call support on this yet.

A second issue, I upgraded a PC from Windows 7 to Windows 10 it still shows up as Windows seven in the Devices list under OS.

Vorteile

Solarwinds products have always been extremely useful especially with networking and Active Directory. They offer so many tools that can help with every day tasks to better streamline day-to-day activities that can become time consuming.

Nachteile

They can have the tendency to over advertise their products and try to push their paid products.

Vorteile

Quick and easy to setup a trial with nothing more than an email address. Sales contact is quick to respond but not over powering in their approach.
The software is full featured with a great set of tools for the IT support Tech.

Nachteile

When ending a session the remote computer is locked and this can be annoying. Maybe there's a setting to stop this but its not obvious and should really be optional not default.

Vorteile

The remote connection is pretty quick and stable, and the alert for the connection is a pop-up window in the center of the screen, something very useful to get help quickly

Nachteile

The chat function. the UI is ugly, and there are no way to start a chat for yourself, you have to receive a message from support to start chatting, and the buttons for showing/hiding the chat are not very visible.