AnyDesk RW Add-on: Enhance Remote Worker Connectivity and Productivity with Reduced Costs
The Remote Worker add-on (AnyDesk RW) allows to provide connectivity capabilities for remote workers at a reduced cost and with all the necessary functions to achieve a productive teleworking experience.
Remote workers can enjoy the same ease of use and seamless experience of AnyDesk they already know, while IT administrators keep security and costs under control.
- Super fast: Minimum latency thanks to our own DeskRT codec, frame rates of up to 60 fps.
- Secure: Military-grade security with TLS 1.2 transport encryption, 256-bit AES.
- Multi-platform: Works on Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, Linux, Raspberry Pi, FreeBSD, and Chrome OS.
- Lightweight: 4.4 MB download (for Windows). Launch the application. Ready.
AnyDesk RW Add-on Features
AnyDesk Add-on offers some functionalities particularly useful for teleworking scenarios:
- Licensing
- Offered in packages of 10 remote worker users.
- Each remote worker requires a license.
- Added as an add-on to any Standard, Advanced, or Ultimate contract.
- Only allows connection from the user’s device to the designated device within the company.
- Standard license allows adding up to 2 RW packages.
- Advanced license allows adding up to 10 RW packages.
- Ultimate license allows adding unlimited RW packages.
Security
AnyDesk remote desktop software comes with the highest security standards. Cutting-edge encryption technology and customizable security features make AnyDesk the perfect solution for companies with special security requirements.
| Technology | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 256 bit AES | Symmetric block encryption algorithm using a 256-bit key to protect data confidentiality. |
| TLS 1.2 | Version 1.2 of the Transport Layer Security protocol, used to protect online communications over the Internet through encryption and authentication of transmitted data. |
| HTTPS/SSL | Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTPS) using the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol to provide secure communication over the Internet through encrypted and authenticated data between a web client and server. |
| 2FA | Two-Factor Authentication, a security method requiring two forms of authentication to verify a user’s identity. |
| Sorted hashes | Hash table with sort for storing encrypted access keys. |
Functionalities
| Functionality | RW add-on |
|---|---|
| Licensed users | 1 |
| Channels | 1 |
| TCP tunnel | 1 port |
| File transfer | OK |
| Remote restart | OK |
| Remote printing | OK |
| Remote wake-on-LAN (WOL) | OK |
| AnyDesk VPN | OK |
| Session recording | OK |
| Session logging | OK |
| Two-Factor Authentication | OK |
| Remember session settings | OK |
| Session permission profiles | 3 profiles |
| Auto-disconnect | OK |
| Privacy mode | OK |
| Text chat | OK |
| Screen whiteboard | OK |
| Online help (website) | OK |
| Active support (tickets, chat) | Depends on the base license |
| Phone support | Depends on the base license |
Client System Requirements
- Minimum system memory is 1GB.
- A dual-core processor and 2 GB of system memory with a graphics card capable of hardware acceleration are recommended.
- A graphics card compatible with Direct3D or at least DirectDraw with 32 MB or more of video memory is required.
- Single-core systems allow AnyDesk to automatically switch to lower quality rendering mode (16 bits per pixel) to preserve system resources.
- Enabling Aero desktop scheme (hardware composition) in Windows benefits AnyDesk.
- The Mirror driver on Windows Server and Windows XP provides a substantial performance boost in capture.
Compatible Systems (Client)
| Operating System | Version |
|---|---|
| Windows XP (32-bit) | SP2+ 7 8.1 10 11 |
| Windows Server 2003 | SP2 and later |
| macOS | 10.12 Sierra and later¹ |
| Linux | |
| Ubuntu | 18.04 and later LTS versions |
| Debian | 9 and later versions |
| CentOS Linux | 7³ |
| RHEL | 7 and later versions |
| OpenSUSE | 42/15 |
| Raspberry Pi | Raspberry Pi 2 and later versions⁴ |
| FreeBSD | 11 and later versions |
| Android | |
| 4.4 Ice Cream Sandwich | and later versions |
| Amazon Fire OS | 4 and later versions |
| ChromeOS | Devices with Google Play Store |
| iOS | |
| iOS | 11.0 and later versions |
| iPadOS | 13.0 and later versions |
| tvOS | 11.0 and later versions |
- Older versions of AnyDesk for macOS can be found on the website.
- ² For Linux-based devices, outgoing sessions are only supported when Wayland is used. Incoming sessions are only possible when using Xorg. Additionally, at this time, 64-bit Linux versions are the only ones supported.
- ³ CentOS 8 Stream is not supported. CentOS 8 Linux has reached its end of life and is no longer supported.
- ⁴ Only Raspbian/Raspberry Pi OS (32-bit) is supported. Raspberry Pi OS 11 “Bullseye” is not yet supported.
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