Use SCCM to remote control multiple monitors
When using SCCM to remote control multiple monitors; allow the ability to select only one monitor to be remote controlled; vs. the option now of only stretching.
Admindjam
(Admin, System Center Configuration Manager)
shared this idea
AdminMark Silvey - ConfigMgr Product Team
(Admin, System Center Configuration Manager)
responded
Updating status to started since this just shipped in the 1902 technical preview.
78 comments
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Aaron Flaugh
commented
Hey DJAM. I am running 1802 in production. There is no real improvement in this feature. I like Silas Sulser suggestion of allowing the technician to be able to select which monitor they want to view on the clients side.
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Silas Sulser
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We've installed 1802 and our Remote Control Viewer has version 5.00.8540.1001, is that the latest version, right? I cannot confirm any improvement compared to older versions. Please add the ability to select one specific screen and your problem is solved! This app really frustrates us every single day. It is just unusable. We are in 2018 and this tool still looks like it comes from 1995! Please, please please, do some major improvements of this tool and a lot of your customers are happy again!
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jaghaddeesh
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Appreciate if you could implement this Option in a separate HKLM registry hive, every options in SCCM remote tool using same registry Hive HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\ConfigMgr10\Remote Control
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Anonymous
commented
with 1802 don't see any change from before. Still no means to select a single monitor. Please add this to the next patch, 1803. Else it makes no sense to get off of 3rd party connection software like Dameware.
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Anonymous
commented
The scaling difference between having 1 monitor to 2 to 3 monitors is huge. That's why I think everyone wants an option to see just one monitor and a toggle to switch to which monitor to view.
One monitor = less scroll bar and easier to view the whole user's screen
Multiple monitors = hard to view the user's screens with scrollbars. scale to fit squeezes too much and makes it hard to read -
Drsch3
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Without multiple monitor support this tool is unusable.
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Anonymous
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After reading Lucas' statement, I'm slightly bummed on this one. I was hoping for the option to choose what monitor as well.
I'm gong to install 1802 tonight.
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Lucas
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I Don't like the implementation of this uservoice item in the TP: Can you add an option to select which monitor we want to see remotely if the user is using multiple monitors?
There are other details here: https://www.reddit.com/r/SCCM/comments/4qhcwg/amawe_are_the_configmgr_team_here_to_talk_about/d4t002t/
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Mark Aldridge
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So it's mentioned in the docs that it's in 1802.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/sccm/core/plan-design/changes/whats-new-in-version-1802#configuration-manager-console
On the 1803 TP blog post, it mentions it's in that release but doesn't mention it in the 1803 TP docs.
https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/enterprisemobility/2018/03/27/update-1803-for-configuration-manager-technical-preview-branch-available-now/
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sccm/core/get-started/capabilities-in-technical-preview-1803 -
Chuck
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Looks like he meant to say 1803TP, that's too bad. Was hoping to see this in the 1802 release
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Anonymous
commented
How to try it? Please don't ask me to build a test environment, I just want the tool.
/Göran -
Anonymous
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Can't come soon enough!
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Chuck
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Yeah, didn't see this in the notes anywhere. Curious what it looks like or if it's just a dpi fix for surfaces and such.
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Anonymous
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I am excited but I'm surprised this wouldn't be noted anywhere on the 1802 preview highlights. This seems like it would be one of the most excitable features in a while. I've been waiting for it for quite some time.
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Ray
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So what's the status now? Panned or Started?
Planned – we’ve started coding for this, and expect it to show up in a tech preview build within the next couple of months
Started – It is NOW in a tech preview. Go check it out, and give us feedback. Let us know if we are on the right track. You can even put the feedback in the comment section of the UV request, for others to see and comment on. We’ll read that and use the feedback to try to improve the feature. -
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See blogs.technet.microsoft.com/configmgreng/20.. for details <--- /20.. ? it says page not found.That got trimmed copying/pasting, here's the full URL
https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/configmgreng/2016/03/11/configmrguv/Thanks for catching that
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Anonymous
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See blogs.technet.microsoft.com/configmgreng/20.. for details <--- /20.. ? it says page not found.
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Roy L Cardwell
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If the UI could have PIP support and it had the main work space on one monitor and you can switch by clicking on the PIP window to any monitor. This would be killer.
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Justin
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The suggestions made in the comments would help us to be much more efficient while supporting end users. It is very difficult to operate if the end user has multiple monitors without having to change settings or scroll a significant amount. Another issue noted is trying to click different areas when a user has multiple monitors. I’ve learned this tends to happen a lot more if the monitors have different display resolutions. Over a period of calls this consumes a lot of time trying to walk a user through changing the resolutions settings over then phone. It’s easy to suggest that your users need to simply use the same resolution on all monitors. Though, if the monitors are physically different there may only be the choice of using different display resolutions. Even if there could be an option to view a single monitor during a connection it would help with both of these problems.
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LP
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I feel that this feature is mandatory in this type of product/tool.
I work with many Computers with two or three Displays
