Remote Desktop connection with Iperius Console

Iperius Console is a software for centralized management and monitoring of PCs, servers and backup procedures.

Iperius Console can be tested and purchased from its official website: https://www.iperiusconsole.com. Following the purchase, we will receive access credentials and a license code.

Starting from version 3.0.0 , Iperius Console allows connection in Remote Desktop  using Iperius Remote 4 ,  effectively using the remote support product of the Iperius suite as if it were a real plug-in.

This functionality is already included in Iperius Console and can be used directly from the web interface entering the credentials already sent by email when purchasing Iperius Console.

The main functionality of Iperius Console is to allow the monitoring of numerous computers and servers, starting from a single interface. The monitoring mainly concerns the state of the backups (Iperius Backup must be installed on the monitored machines) and the health and safety of the systems, in terms of hardware and software. Iperius Console makes it possible to monitor the presence of antivirus and firewall, the used space on the disks, the RAM and the CPU, the running processes, etc.

Adding a computer to Iperius Console:

To add a new computer to those monitored by Iperius Console, you must first install the Console Agent software on the remote computer (endpoint). The installation of Iperius Console Agent will require the license code you received after the purchase and the name of the “workgroup” in which you want to insert the computer. To see how to do this, read the related tutorial: https://www.iperiusbackup.net/en/monitoring-your-backups-with-iperius-console-installation-and-configuration/.

Iperius Console allows a complete management of the “workgroups”, of the users and of the computers associated with each group, giving the opportunity to configure in a timely manner the viewing and execution permissions for specific operations. For example, one user could be configured to view only certain computers, while another one might have the ability to perform remote backups or update Iperius software on endpoints.

On the dashboard, we can immediately see the list of the last backups and some important statistics. From the side menu we can access the various workgroups and then the related computers.

For each remote computer connected it is possible to view the status of the system in real time, with information including the used space on disk, the correct installation of antivirus and firewall, the RAM and CPU currently in use and the active processes (it is necessary that Iperius Console Agent is updated to the latest version).

 

Click on a computer name (in the image below you can see a computer that is connected and where there are some warnings about the system status):

Remote connection with Iperius Remote:

As already explained previously, with the Iperius Console application  for Windows, which can be downloaded from here , it is also possible to use the Iperius Console  to connect to computers via remote desktop in a simple and immediate way.

To have this functionality, you must have Iperius Remote present on your computer (Iperius Remote must be at least version 4.3.2 ). Iperius Remote is portable software, so we will have the IperiusRemote.exe file in the folder where we downloaded it.

Viewing computers and the Iperius Remote menu:

All computers with updated versions of Iperius Console Agent and Iperius Remote, will show a Description with the status of Iperius Remote:

We click on the row of the computer to which we want to connect via remote desktop, click on the button where the Iperius Remote ID is shown. 

A drop-down menu will open with various items, enabled or disabled based on the status of Iperius Remote and Iperius Console Agent on that computer.

The entries are as follows:

• Open remote desktop
• Download & Connect
• Start / Restart Application
• Update

 

Explain below what you can do with the various menu items:

Open remote desktop 

As the text itself says, this menu item allows you to connect to the monitored computer in remote desktop mode. If you click on this item, Iperius Remote will be opened, which will automatically connect to the remote computer.

Download & Connect

This menu item appears enabled if the monitored computer does not have Iperius Remote (which may not be installed as a service, not connected, or even not present on the remote machine). Clicking on it, Iperius Console will send a command to the remote computer to download Iperius Remote and enable it to receive connections (it will be necessary to wait a few minutes and then refresh the page).

Start / Restart Application

This menu item appears enabled when the remote computer has Iperius Remote downloaded but not started. In this case, Iperius Console sends the command to the remote computer to start the Iperius Remote application (you will need to wait a few minutes and then refresh the screen). If Iperius Remote should not respond to the commands sent from Iperius Console, just use the “Restart Application” button and Iperius Remote will start correctly.

Update

This menu item is always active, and allows you to update Iperius Remote to the latest version on the remote machine (also in this case it is necessary to wait a few minutes).

Note: if this menu item is not active, it is likely that the remote computer is not connected to the internet or that the versions of Iperius Console Agent or Iperius Remote are very old. It will therefore be necessary, respectively, to ensure that the remote computer is connected and access it with other methods to update the Iperius programs.

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In this short tutorial we have seen how Iperius Console is a very powerful and versatile IT asset monitoring tool. In addition to the common features to check the status of the systems and possible problems in the backup procedures, Iperius Console has advanced features such as automatic connection via remote desktop, a convenient app for Android and iOS, and push notifications that can be received on your mobile device, to stay informed about the security of each monitored machine. Find all the information on the official website: https://www.iperiusconsole.com

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