Skip to main content

After receiving an NFR key from Devolutions I headed over to their website and looked around at the documentation. 

It may be overwhelming to see how much documentation there is, but after browsing some more I realized it is just due to the fact that this software can do so much, and you can configure everything with extreme granularity. There are also many functions the software suite can do.

Today we will look at the Remote Desktop Manager and configure cloud based version to save creating any servers and save some time. 

First, You create your hub, I decided to go with business, but created a personal one after to see the differences. 

 

At this point, you will Download and save your emergency kit. Keep this somewhere safe incase you ever loose your account password.

Next click on licenses and apply your key.

That was pretty much all you have to do to get started. 

The next step I recommend is adding account recovery, MFA, and OTP to your account, especially if you add any type of credentials.

 

Here is a view of an empty Vault, By clicking the blue plus sign, you can add sessions, credentials, keys, information, contacts, and anything else you want to store. 

 

There is also a very large amount of reporting available to see what has been accessed or granted.


After getting a few devices hooked up with the client, I was able to access everything on my network from my PC, Phone, and tablet seamlessly and securely. The Android and IOS installers worked amazing as well.


This is one small portion of the Devolutions suite. My next steps will be to install the Launcher, to launce remote sessions from the Devolutions Hub Web interface.

If you are looking at something to manage all of your connections and passwords, look no further. If you want to go the extra length for security you can install Devolutions Server on prem skipping the cloud altogether for your business as well. Talk about a super easy to use management tool, that syncs to all of your devices. The granularity for security and providing access to others is really helpful and everything is logged in the Hub. 

I am amazed at what is in this suite and NFR key.  Playing around with some of the features to see what is useful.


Thanks for sharing, I didn't know about this product.

My opinion is that cloud-based password vaults should be avoided if possible...so the on-premise version is better in these cases!


Thanks for sharing how to implement this Scott. I did get the NFR, but put it on hold as I saw it was a bit more involved to get it up & going (I have other things going on atm). Bookmarked for later 😊


Thanks for sharing, I didn't know about this product.

My opinion is that cloud-based password vaults should be avoided if possible...so the on-premise version is better in these cases!

The onprem is great, I’m not storing passwords in my POC, but I have an additional PW manager, so using the cloud just to store the IP’s of servers is slightly less risk than the full creds. 

 

My opinion is slightly changed over the years knowing how many fortune 500 companies use 1Password and similar. If 1Password were to be compromised, there are bigger fish in the sea, and I think the whole world would be in trouble. 


Thanks for sharing how to implement this Scott. I did get the NFR, but put it on hold as I saw it was a bit more involved to get it up & going (I have other things going on atm). Bookmarked for later 😊

Agree. It looked complicated and involved, if you use the cloud instance it’s very simple (and quick) to get up and running. I was connected via SSH on my phone to a server after a network scan in no time at all.  Crazy how much documentation and training they have on their site though.  I like that because no matter what software I use, I like to learn all the features as much as I can.