Chromebook - Remote Access (Microsoft)

[WithoutMotive]

Hi gang,

 

We've had remote access for some time and it's worked for both Windows and Apple user with no problem. I've recently had someone ask if it's available for Chromebooks and, to be honest, I haven't tried. With Apple, they use the Microsoft Remote Desktop app. Windows, easy.

Is there something for Chromebooks that will allow you to configure a gateway?

 

Any advice would be helpful.

 

Thanks.

[sted]

i havnt managed to find a working one no

[3s-gtech]

There are solutions that enable you to use any web browser. We use this:

 

Remote Spark

Edited June 13, 2016 by 3s-gtech

[theeggmaster]

I've been looking at the for a while, and 3s-gtech's solution of Remote Spark is a good one. You could also look at Guacamole and FreeRDP-Webconnect

 

I'm also looking forward to the Play Store coming to Chromebooks, as you could just use the Microsoft Remote Desktop Android app (which I use on my phone).

[sted]

I've been looking at the for a while, and 3s-gtech's solution of Remote Spark is a good one. You could also look at Guacamole and FreeRDP-Webconnect

 

I'm also looking forward to the Play Store coming to Chromebooks, as you could just use the Microsoft Remote Desktop Android app (which I use on my phone).

ditto but it look slike its only coming to selected chromebooks not all (but i could of misinterpreted that). I just hope when it does you can disable access to it and say chromebook x/user x gets app(s) x or id imagine any chromebook will become a crummy game dumping ground

[jtotheb]

Ericom make a pretty swish clientless remote access solution that renders the remote session in HTML5 so all the client machine needs is a modern browser.

 

To see it in action you can go to https://www.ericom.com/demo.html and choose the "managed remote access to office PCs" demo.

 

However, that magic does cost.

[3s-gtech]

That demo is outstandingly odd - do you think they've licensed Windows and Office RDP access for that? The solution looks good though, same kind of thing as Remote Spark. We pay £125 a year for ten concurrent users, plus RDP licenses.

[rogerdnixon]

We use Ericom AccessNow - see my latest video:

It costs - but works very well and is important to use as ChromeOS is our main OS now.

 

There is a native rdp client for ChromeOS called ChromeRDP: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/chrome-rdp/cbkkbcmdlboombapidmoeolnmdacpkch not free but works well.

[theeggmaster]

ditto but it look slike its only coming to selected chromebooks not all (but i could of misinterpreted that). I just hope when it does you can disable access to it and say chromebook x/user x gets app(s) x or id imagine any chromebook will become a crummy game dumping ground

 

It's coming to the two flip Chromebooks (Acer and Asus) and the Chromebook Pixel to start with, but after that it'll roll out over the rest of the year to other Chromebooks. The list is here. It looks like they're basing compatibility on age of Chromebook, not spec, as the Chromebit is one of the devices featured, and it's quite low-powered.

 

I'm going to see if I can get my hands on an Acer R11 Chromebook to test how the Play Store will work when it's released to the Developer channel later this month.

 

Google dropped Google Play for Education on tablets back in March, where you could control apps and push them to devices. Hopefully they'll be building some of that functionality into the Chromebook version of the Play Store.

[DarrellR]

http://www.edugeek.net/forums/cloud-services/171413-google-android-apps-chrome.html see my post on this @theeggmaster

[Simcfc73]

Magellan is pretty good, haven't really needed to configure it after its installed.