The Best Remote Desktop Manager Applications
By Trond Eirik Haavarstein 27/06/2010 – 15:50
Microsoft recently released a new free tool called Remote Desktop Connection Manager. I’m not going to cover this here, but you should take a look at this post and I highly recommend this article Dynamic Remote Desktop Connection Manager connection list. This is a super cool PowerShell script that makes sure your connection list is always up to date.
If you’re like me you’re probably daily using Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection for RDP, but wouldn’t you love to have something similar for ICA? Well those days are over thanks to tekHelix’s xConnect.
So here’s what I want you to do now :
- In the comments below, please tell me what’s your favorite Remote Desktop Manager
- If this post scratched where it itches, please share it via the retweet button
PS : Click here to get Free Instant Access to my new 80 page eBook “Citrix XenApp 5.0 for Windows 2008 – A Hands-On Guide“ that will help you Install and Configure the main Citrix products.
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13 Responses to “The Best Remote Desktop Manager Applications”
First, I wanted to say thank you for the eBook. I went to Staples and had it bound so I could keep it on-hand as a reference guide.
As for a Remote Desktop Manager I’ve used Royal TS for years. There was at one point talk about multi-protocol support RDP and ICA. Having a good manager is essential when managing multi customer sites.
By ToddH on Jun 27, 2010
I don’t know how I found your xenappblog, but I can tell you that this is very nice and very user-friendly internet destination. There are several interesting posts here which brings me several times to come back again. I am 100% Microsoft fan. I use Microsoft’s RDP client. Thanks for the xConnect !!!
Greethings from Bulgaria
Krumov
By krumov on Jun 27, 2010
Thank you for pointing out the xConnect client. I’m a pretty satisfied user of Devolutions Remote Desktop Manager (free version). Excellent for managing lots of server connections; you can use templates for default RDP settings or you have access to a great many settings for each server connection.
By Scott Vickrey on Jun 28, 2010
Have been using Vision App Remote Desktop 2010 for a few months now and is excellent and includes ICA. only downside is the free version restricts you to a limited number of connections.
By Akshay Patel on Jun 28, 2010
I use vRD (VisionApp 2010), probably the best RDP / ICA manager on the market today as far as features go…
By Jason T on Jun 28, 2010
@Todd : It’s a great idea to print out the eBook, much easier to do the workshop this way.
@Krumov : Glad you found the blog interesting and useful
@Akshay & @Jason : I will need to check out VisionApp 2010
By Trond Eirik Haavarstein on Jun 28, 2010
i use iShadow Desktop free version. it also supports ica connections in some way, but i have never used it since i am not able to reach our customers citrix servers that way.
http://www.ishadow.com
great blog
i come by every now and then.
\\morten
By morten on Jun 29, 2010
Thanks for dropping by Morten
By Trond Eirik Håvarstein on Jun 29, 2010
Hi Scott, the xConnect client is very cool and much easier to use. I forgot to tell that is also portable, no installation required.
By Trond Eirik Håvarstein on Jun 29, 2010
@Trond : Absolutely it would make your workshops a lot easier to follow. I don’t know if they have a Staples in Norway. However, I printed the eBook in color and double sided while at work. Then took it to Staples and paid $2.00 US for a spiral, clear cover bind. Took them less than five minutes.
By ToddH on Jun 29, 2010
Hi,
I’m not used to do some free advert, but I use Remote Desktop Manager from http://devolutions.net/ which is an incredible application. Most features are present in the free version, and support for nearly every remote application protocol.
By GBU on Jul 8, 2010
Hi.
I use mRemote. http://www.mremote.org
I great tool with support for all needed protocols
•RDP
•VNC
•ICA
•SSH
•Telnet
•HTTP/S
•Rlogin
•RAW
By Torsten Thomsen on Aug 19, 2010