Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect
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@scottalanmiller said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:
@NashBrydges said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:
@scottalanmiller No, I have a client who uses software installed at a remote office PC and is asking to print to their local office.
MC is meant for IT to do remote management. It's not good for end users to replace RDP with. Could you? kinda, but not designed for that at all.
It's actually been the ideal solution for them so far.
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@NashBrydges said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:
@scottalanmiller said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:
@NashBrydges said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:
@scottalanmiller No, I have a client who uses software installed at a remote office PC and is asking to print to their local office.
MC is meant for IT to do remote management. It's not good for end users to replace RDP with. Could you? kinda, but not designed for that at all.
It's actually been the ideal solution for them so far.
Except that they can't print,
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@Dashrender said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:
@NashBrydges said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:
@scottalanmiller said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:
@NashBrydges said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:
@scottalanmiller No, I have a client who uses software installed at a remote office PC and is asking to print to their local office.
MC is meant for IT to do remote management. It's not good for end users to replace RDP with. Could you? kinda, but not designed for that at all.
It's actually been the ideal solution for them so far.
Except that they can't print,
Exactly. Lol
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@NashBrydges You can remote print using the ClickOnce feature built into MC. RDP needs to be enabled on the guest system. Before the RDP session connects just check the box for printers under local resources.
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@NashBrydges Another option might be to setup google cloud print.
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Is there a way to search by the username on the connected agents?
Say I have 1000 devices and I need to find the one that jane_doe is logged in at... is that possible? If not, I'll put in a feature request.
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@dafyre said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:
Is there a way to search by the username on the connected agents?
Say I have 1000 devices and I need to find the one that jane_doe is logged in at... is that possible? If not, I'll put in a feature request.
On the "My Devices" tab there is a filter box. does that work?
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@pmoncho said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:
@dafyre said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:
Is there a way to search by the username on the connected agents?
Say I have 1000 devices and I need to find the one that jane_doe is logged in at... is that possible? If not, I'll put in a feature request.
On the "My Devices" tab there is a filter box. does that work?
Not that I see. It tries to search by device name.
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@dafyre said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:
@pmoncho said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:
@dafyre said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:
Is there a way to search by the username on the connected agents?
Say I have 1000 devices and I need to find the one that jane_doe is logged in at... is that possible? If not, I'll put in a feature request.
On the "My Devices" tab there is a filter box. does that work?
Not that I see. It tries to search by device name.
I spoke too soon.
search for user:<username> and that does work for me.
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@dafyre said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:
@dafyre said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:
@pmoncho said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:
@dafyre said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:
Is there a way to search by the username on the connected agents?
Say I have 1000 devices and I need to find the one that jane_doe is logged in at... is that possible? If not, I'll put in a feature request.
On the "My Devices" tab there is a filter box. does that work?
Not that I see. It tries to search by device name.
I spoke too soon.
search for user:<username> and that does work for me.
I actually misread your question but thanks for the tip. This will come in handy.
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@Ylian this looks pretty cool
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@dafyre said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:
@dafyre said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:
@pmoncho said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:
@dafyre said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:
Is there a way to search by the username on the connected agents?
Say I have 1000 devices and I need to find the one that jane_doe is logged in at... is that possible? If not, I'll put in a feature request.
On the "My Devices" tab there is a filter box. does that work?
Not that I see. It tries to search by device name.
I spoke too soon.
search for user:<username> and that does work for me.
Good one.
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@scottalanmiller said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:
@dafyre said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:
@dafyre said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:
@pmoncho said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:
@dafyre said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:
Is there a way to search by the username on the connected agents?
Say I have 1000 devices and I need to find the one that jane_doe is logged in at... is that possible? If not, I'll put in a feature request.
On the "My Devices" tab there is a filter box. does that work?
Not that I see. It tries to search by device name.
I spoke too soon.
search for user:<username> and that does work for me.
Good one.
Also appears to work for user:<domain\username> as well.
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@dafyre said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:
@scottalanmiller said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:
@dafyre said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:
@dafyre said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:
@pmoncho said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:
@dafyre said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:
Is there a way to search by the username on the connected agents?
Say I have 1000 devices and I need to find the one that jane_doe is logged in at... is that possible? If not, I'll put in a feature request.
On the "My Devices" tab there is a filter box. does that work?
Not that I see. It tries to search by device name.
I spoke too soon.
search for user:<username> and that does work for me.
Good one.
Also appears to work for user:<domain\username> as well.
Do you have usernames that are in more than one domain? or were you thinking that perhaps username alone wouldn't be a close enough match?
One thing I love about ScreenConnect is I can type any small part of a username or computer name and it finds all the machine that match. Even if what I type is in the middle of the name i.e. om1234d2
I can type 234 and it will display this computer. -
@Dashrender said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:
@dafyre said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:
@scottalanmiller said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:
@dafyre said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:
@dafyre said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:
@pmoncho said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:
@dafyre said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:
Is there a way to search by the username on the connected agents?
Say I have 1000 devices and I need to find the one that jane_doe is logged in at... is that possible? If not, I'll put in a feature request.
On the "My Devices" tab there is a filter box. does that work?
Not that I see. It tries to search by device name.
I spoke too soon.
search for user:<username> and that does work for me.
Good one.
Also appears to work for user:<domain\username> as well.
Do you have usernames that are in more than one domain? or were you thinking that perhaps username alone wouldn't be a close enough match?
One thing I love about ScreenConnect is I can type any small part of a username or computer name and it finds all the machine that match. Even if what I type is in the middle of the name i.e. om1234d2
I can type 234 and it will display this computer.We sure do, our general admin accounts are in many domains, and many local machines.
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@Dashrender In the "My Devices" screen, you can type a partial device name and it should filter devices. For users, type "user:abc" and any device with a logged in user that has "abc" in the name should show up. This said, feedback and suggestions welcome and should be posted on GitHub.
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Just added a new blog on the latest MeshCentral news. Lots more improvements this week. The blog highlights MeshCtrl the MeshCentral administrator command line tool.
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@Ylian awesome, and remote typing is HUGE.
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I've got a few Win machines where the agent has stopped "reporting" back (greyed out in the console).
Anyone else have this happen & how are you fixing?
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Is there a way to change the port of MC after install to something other than 443?
If I remember right I could change it in the config file, but wanted to double-check before I play with it.
I don't have many clients so can always reinstall or change the port in the config file, so no issue there.
