Initating Remote Assitance/Desktop from Remote IT Staff

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Jason wrote:
> I'm looking in using either using Remote Assitance and/or Desktop in
> a help desk support environment. For example, if a user calls in
> asking for assistance with a application, or if we are in need of
> troubleshooting the machine, we would like to initate a remote
> assistance request that takes the end user out of the equation so we
> don't need to walk them through how to send a email/file request.
> We don't use MSN/Windows Messenger so that isn't a option. Ideally
> it would be nice if we can right click on the machine in Active
> Directory Users and Computers (ADUC) to initate a remote assistance
> request.
> We have a total of 230+ machines and twenty servers with three DCs in
> a Active Directory environment. Our help desk staff have elevated
> "admin" rights on the domain.

Look into "Offer Remote Assistance".

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In a domain environment, shadowing is probably the best option:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;279656&sd=tech
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Jeffrey Randow (Windows Networking MVP)
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On Thu, 7 Jul 2005 22:26:01 -0700, "Jason"
<Jason@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I'm looking in using either using Remote Assitance and/or Desktop in a help
>desk support environment. For example, if a user calls in asking for
>assistance with a application, or if we are in need of troubleshooting the
>machine, we would like to initate a remote assistance request that takes the
>end user out of the equation so we don't need to walk them through how to
>send a email/file request. We don't use MSN/Windows Messenger so that isn't
>a option. Ideally it would be nice if we can right click on the machine in
>Active Directory Users and Computers (ADUC) to initate a remote assistance
>request.
>We have a total of 230+ machines and twenty servers with three DCs in a
>Active Directory environment. Our help desk staff have elevated "admin"
>rights on the domain.