Remote help app

Getting started with Remote Help for Android

by

This week is back to the Android platform. More specifically, Remote Help for Android. Remote Help on itself is nothing new, as it was already introduced a while ago for Windows devices, but it is new for Android devices. Starting with the latest service release of Microsoft Intune (service release 2308), Microsoft introduced support for Remote Help on Android devices. More specifically, support for Remote Help on Android Enterprise dedicated devices. And even more specifically, only Samsung and Zebra devices. That enables IT administrators to provide remote support to users on Android Enterprise dedicated devices, by simply starting a screen sharing session or asking for full control. This post will start with a short introduction, followed with the steps to get Remote Help working for …

Read more

Getting started with Remote help for Windows devices

by

This week is all about getting started with Remote help for Windows devices. Remote help is recently introduced as a new feature in Microsoft Intune that can be used for providing remote assistance to users on Windows devices. It looks a lot like the existing Quick Assist app on Windows, but it has a few big advantages. It integrates with Microsoft Endpoint Manager for providing remote assistance to managed devices, it integrates with Azure Active Directory for providing authentication and compliance information, and it provides a better administrator experience. There are communication options with the user and there is the ability to work with elevated permissions. This post will go through the steps for configuring Remote help in the tenant and through the steps for …

Read more