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Out of curiousity what all does the Remote desktop do exactly for windows?
I know it does the the actual vnc-type thing which I've used for ages and ages, but what other features that it brings you?
The remote desktop for Macs are much more then just the vnc-type thing.
The easiest way to describe what you can do with it is describe what it looks like. On the "server" desktop, you can see all the clients you have access to. They can be divided up into groups and such, so you could only be dealing with room 132 and/or room 105, or see all the rooms at the same time. Just depends on what computers you have access to.
It shows what you which ones are on, wiether it's in power-saving mode or not, and what application is currently being used.
Now say if you want to install a patch for the OS. They come in the Mac package format when you donload them from the website, so anything that comes like that can be installed easily using this method (look like little box's if I remember correctly). You highlight the computers you want the package installed in, and then you select install package. The package gets transmitted and installed to all the computers you have highlighted.
If you have a bunch of files you want to put on all the machines (say your doing a lecture and want everybody to have a copy of a pdf file). You highlight the machines you want to have the file on, then you select the file and then select were you want the file to be put (in this case the desktop), and then you send the file.
You can also start up programs. Say your a teacher and want everybody to have photoshop open you highlight the computers, select open program, and the on all the computers the program opens up. (also nice when making sure that students have the correct fonts, you just send the fonts to all the student's computers into the proper folder)
You can also install regular programs like that, were you send the install file to all the client computers and then start the install program. Although if it want's liscencing agreement or a key code or something like that you still have to call up each and every desktop and do that part manually.
You can also do passive monitoring of desktops, say you have a student that may be trying to store p0rn on one of the computers you can monitor them and take a few screenshots as "evidence". However if somebody is paranoid about being watched you can set up the client to turn on a indicator to indicate that they are being watched.
Of course you can do the seize control of the desktop or set it up to do the shared-control with server being the overriding control.
Oh you can shut them down remotely or send them into power-save mode.
That's just part of the feature list of Apple's remote desktop, but those are the things that I found most usefull.
Can you do stuff like that using remote desktop in windows, or do you use the terminal services or something like that instead?
I know it does the the actual vnc-type thing which I've used for ages and ages, but what other features that it brings you?
The remote desktop for Macs are much more then just the vnc-type thing.
The easiest way to describe what you can do with it is describe what it looks like. On the "server" desktop, you can see all the clients you have access to. They can be divided up into groups and such, so you could only be dealing with room 132 and/or room 105, or see all the rooms at the same time. Just depends on what computers you have access to.
It shows what you which ones are on, wiether it's in power-saving mode or not, and what application is currently being used.
Now say if you want to install a patch for the OS. They come in the Mac package format when you donload them from the website, so anything that comes like that can be installed easily using this method (look like little box's if I remember correctly). You highlight the computers you want the package installed in, and then you select install package. The package gets transmitted and installed to all the computers you have highlighted.
If you have a bunch of files you want to put on all the machines (say your doing a lecture and want everybody to have a copy of a pdf file). You highlight the machines you want to have the file on, then you select the file and then select were you want the file to be put (in this case the desktop), and then you send the file.
You can also start up programs. Say your a teacher and want everybody to have photoshop open you highlight the computers, select open program, and the on all the computers the program opens up. (also nice when making sure that students have the correct fonts, you just send the fonts to all the student's computers into the proper folder)
You can also install regular programs like that, were you send the install file to all the client computers and then start the install program. Although if it want's liscencing agreement or a key code or something like that you still have to call up each and every desktop and do that part manually.
You can also do passive monitoring of desktops, say you have a student that may be trying to store p0rn on one of the computers you can monitor them and take a few screenshots as "evidence". However if somebody is paranoid about being watched you can set up the client to turn on a indicator to indicate that they are being watched.
Of course you can do the seize control of the desktop or set it up to do the shared-control with server being the overriding control.
Oh you can shut them down remotely or send them into power-save mode.
That's just part of the feature list of Apple's remote desktop, but those are the things that I found most usefull.
Can you do stuff like that using remote desktop in windows, or do you use the terminal services or something like that instead?
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