Parallels v. TeamViewer: Remote apps tested

Duel: Parallels Access 3.1 vs. TeamViewer 11.0


1: 1 scale for mobile devices


What makes the usual PC work environment, you usually only notice when it is missing. In order to work productively away from your own computer, there is remote control software. It gives you access to all installed programs and data on your desktop PC - even if you are not carrying a heavy notebook with you. Microsoft has provided remote desktop with the RDP protocol and free RDP apps for Android and iOS as standard for mobile smartphone and tablet access to Windows PCs. However, the establishment of a remote desktop connection requires Windows in the Pro or Enterprise version - the popular home and standard licenses do not support remote access.


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Conclusion


Here TeamViewer and Parallels Access come into play: These tools grant you full remote access to your computer regardless of the Windows version used. Both of them are very different approaches to scale the Windows desktop to the current display sizes of smartphones and tablets and to implement touchscreen input.


TeamViewer is the placekeeper when it comes to remote access to Windows PCs and servers. The software tests in the test are the simplest connection setup without configuration constraint, reliable encrypted file transfer and the support of Windows, Linux, Mac OS and mobile operating systems. The connection is carried out either without prior installation via an ID-ID displayed next to the screen together with a password or after a single registration centrally via the TeamViewer server and a background module running on the PC. Only the latter is recommended for access from a smartphone or tablet.


According to the classic remote control principle, TeamViewer scales the Windows desktop 1: 1 to the screen of the mobile device. During a session, the software temporarily suspends the desktop screen resolution so that the monitor content on the mobile device is reasonably reasonably readable. This folds in the transverse format much better than hochkant. What you see on the smartphone or tablet always corresponds to the actual desktop content of the remote PC.


Parallels Access, on the other hand, does not simply depict the desktop as a smaller view of the PC screen, but makes the Windows applications available individually. After establishing the connection via the Parallels app for Android or iOS, the user is shown in the Lauch-Pad an overview of the programs installed on the remote computer. If you now click on the icon for Word, Excel, Firefox or Explorer, the application will appear similar to an app installed on the mobile in the full screen. In this way, the user always maximizes the software, can easily operate with finger gestures and does not have to plague windows.


Speaking of gestures: These are translated by both tools reliably in mouse actions such as click, double-click, right-click, zoom and drag & drop. The test is running smoothly with both systems via a 3G Internet connection.


Just check a few mails and the dates of the next day in your own Outlook or before the away meeting on the mobile still the text draft on the office PC see: Here plays Parallels Access its advantages. The TeamViewer knitted according to the keep it simple principle, on the other hand, favors the full-fledged desktop access for the cross-program PC remote control. In addition, the software is free for private use, while Parallels Access has a roughly 20 euros per year. In commercial use, however, Parallels is clearly in the price advantage.