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Hi.<br />
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Both is possible without adjusting the firewall. Since win7, there is the feature &quot;easy connect&quot;, which does the same as teamviewer.<br />
If you care about security, use a VPN together with one or the other.
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Hi.

Both is possible without adjusting the firewall. Since win7, there is the feature "easy connect", which does the same as teamviewer.
If you care about security, use a VPN together with one or the other.

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McKnife,<br />
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EasyConnect is for remote support - not RDP as most people want to use RDP - for remote control.
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McKnife,

EasyConnect is for remote support - not RDP as most people want to use RDP - for remote control.

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That's right, totally missed the point here...knew it was for RA only but was eager to mention it, I guess. I'm sorry.
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That's right, totally missed the point here...knew it was for RA only but was eager to mention it, I guess. I'm sorry.

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Thanks for all the info folks. Appreciate the input and opinions.
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Thanks for all the info folks. Appreciate the input and opinions.

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In a business, which would be more secure? Teamviewer to access internal PC's/Servers from outside the network, or Windows Remote Desktop? And why?<br />
I assume with Windows built in solution I will need to do some opening of ports and or port forwarding on the firewall.<br />
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Windows 7 Pro machines internally, and Server 2012 internally.<br />
Don't want to have to VPN first.<br />
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Thanks for any input and explanations as to your opinions.
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In a business, which would be more secure? Teamviewer to access internal PC's/Servers from outside the network, or Windows Remote Desktop? And why?
I assume with Windows built in solution I will need to do some opening of ports and or port forwarding on the firewall.

Windows 7 Pro machines internally, and Server 2012 internally.
Don't want to have to VPN first.

Thanks for any input and explanations as to your opinions.

In a business environment, which is more secure for external Remote Access - Teamviewer or Windows Remote Desktop

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