SCCM 1610 Quick Look - Improved Remote Control Feature

One of the disadvantages of past versions of SCCM was the inability to scale back Remote Control for poor bandwidth. This led a lot of customers to adopt other programs such as Dameware, TeamViewer...etc. SCCM 1610 was packed full of great features and just so happened to include improvements to Remote Control. (See a full list of the features here.)

Here is a breakdown of the enhancements:

  1. Color Depth
    • Now you have a choice between 16 bits or 32 bits
  2. Optimize for low bandwidth connection
    • Enable this feature to provide a better remote experience over slow connections
  3. Enable Keyboard Translation

 

Screenshots:

rc-main-menu rc-color-depth rc-lowb rc-view

 

And there you have it. Just a quick glance at a feature update that should provide better Remote Control capabilities.

Happy Remote Controlling!

 

Evan Mills - MSFT

Disclaimer:  This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties and confers no rights.

Comments

  • Anonymous
    January 05, 2017
    I dont see any visual change if I click on "Optimize for low bandwidth connection". Even when restarting the app.And for the tests we made, It looked like it went as slow as always..Although I see the change on regedit:OptimizeForLowBandwidthon HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\ConfigMgr10\Remote Control
    • Anonymous
      January 05, 2017
      Hi Ivan,Is the client you were controlling updated to the 1610 client bits?Thanks!Dune
  • Anonymous
    March 28, 2017
    Does this new version fix the mouse cursor issue in mixed dpi setupsCurrently in 1511, if i connect to a multi display system that has each display on a different dpi, the mouse cursor doesnt click where im pointing.