Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection Manager (RDCMan)

Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection Manager (RDCMan)

49 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
RDCMan	Score7.7 out of 10	N/A	RDCMan, or Remote Desktop Connection Manager from Microsoft, is a utility for managing multiple remote desktop connections. Once shut down due to a vulnerability in version 2.7, RDCMan is now updated and part of the Sysinternals family of tools. The 2.8 release fixes CVE-2020-0765, the XML parsing vulnerability. As of May, 2025, RDCMan is in version 3.1.	$0

Pricing

RDCMan

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Pricing Offerings
RDCMan
Free Trial
No
Free/Freemium Version
Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No

No setup fee

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Community Pulse
Key User Insights
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Considered Both Products	Microsoft Sander de Beus IT Service Coördinator in Information Technology at Brightforward (Information Technology & Services, 11-50 employees) Chose RDCMan The Avanti Software needed alot of attention if you are new to such tools. So for that reason we chose Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection Manager because of the more user friendly use of it. Also because it integrades great with windows and the remote servers we have. Thats … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose RDCMan While these tools are completely different I think the ease of use and reliability is really reflected well in this case for Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection Manager. I find Adobe to be very unintuitive and difficult to use and there can be a lot of confusion. While … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose RDCMan RDCMan outshines TeamViewer in every possible way. It’s fast, more reliable, and easier to use. I have had frequent crashes and issues when using TeamViewer, while none with RDCMan. Screen responsiveness also seems much better with RDCMan versus TeamViewer. I would often … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose RDCMan Like with everything IT, we have many tools in the tool box. Sometimes you can use different tools to do the same job. It can often depend on the user and experience of the situation. Many things have it's pro's and cons. But the main thing is that you fix the issue and the … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose RDCMan We haven't needed to test or compare any other Remote Desktop Management solution, as Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection Manager (RDCMan) works so well, and does most everything we need it to do. There is also the benefit that it is both a Microsoft product (which has good … Incentivized Helpful?
	Would buy again
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	Delivers good value for the price
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	Happy with the feature set
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	Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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	Implementation went as expected
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Features

RDCMan

Comparison of Remote Administration features of Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection Manager (RDCMan)
Feature	Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection Manager (RDCMan) 8.1 3 Ratings
Screen sharing	6.72 Ratings
File transfer	10.03 Ratings
Instant message	9.01 Ratings
Secure remote access with Smart Card authentication	5.01 Ratings
Access to sleeping/powered-off computers	7.01 Ratings
Over-the-Internet remote session	10.03 Ratings
Initiate remote control from mobile	10.02 Ratings
Remote management of servers & workstations	10.03 Ratings
Remote Active Directory® management	8.01 Ratings
Centralized management dashboard	8.01 Ratings
Session record	7.01 Ratings
Annotations	8.01 Ratings
Monitoring and Alerts	7.01 Ratings
Multi-platform remote control	8.01 Ratings

User Ratings
	RDCMan
Likelihood to Recommend	10.0 (3 ratings)
Support Rating	8.3 (2 ratings)