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Zoho Assist and Windows 8 Hit It Off!

Posted on November 27, 2012 by Saravana Raja

A support technician, who troubleshoots by conducting remote sessions, will face new challenges with each update and a new version of an operating system (OS). The big question is perhaps the compatibility of your remote support product, like Zoho Assist, with the new OS.

We are all aware of the release of Windows 8. The expectation from Windows 8 with its new Metro UI is that it will find its place in mobiles, tablets and PCs across the world. And so, many of you or your customers might want to change your OS. And, if you are wondering whether your move will affect Zoho Assist, please be assured that Zoho Assist is perfectly compatible with Windows 8.

You can support your customers who run any OS, be it Mac, Linux or Windows, from your Windows 8 PC and vice versa i.e., you can connect from any OS to the Windows 8 PC of your customer. You can perform file transfer, offer unattended remote support, run remote PC diagnostics, and use all the features of Zoho Assist.…

Zoho Assist: Remote IT Support Made Simpler

Posted on May 24, 2012 by Saravana Raja

Steven Arant works in IT desktop support at Mecklenburg County office, North Carolina. His everyday job involves providing IT support to his fellow staff. Before discovering Zoho, he wasted a lot of time physically running around the office to address various support issues.

According to Steven, not using any kind of remote support application made his daily job very difficult. Not only were his time and energy wasted, but his fellow employees also had to wait for him to come and assist them. Steven was determined to change this into a more pleasant and less wasteful IT support experience.

Well, this was history, as one day, one simple Google search for remote support services landed him on Zoho Assist. He found out that just by entering his fellow employee’s email address and inviting them for a remote support session was more than enough to get on to their computer screen.…

Just In: Zoho Meeting HTML Viewer!

Posted on August 5, 2011 by Saravana Raja

Any online meeting or web meeting will be a painless experience only if joining the meeting is easy and simple. Zoho Meeting, our simple and secure online meeting provider, has made joining a meeting much simpler now, with our new HTML viewer. A viewer is a web page or plugin, with which one can join an online meeting. Zoho Meeting has been offering three viewers, based on Java, ActiveX and Flash for the participants so far. Our Flash-based viewer was developed to do away the installation. But again, it depends on the flash plugin. Hence, we started exploring the latest html technology to get rid of even such minimal dependencies. Thus, we created the new HTML viewer.

This new HTML viewer neither requires any installation nor is dependent on any plugin. Just a single click to join a meeting leads you to the viewer and within seconds you will be inside the meeting.…

Zoho Meeting: Corporate Branding and Organization Management!

Posted on June 2, 2011 by Saravana Raja

Zoho Meeting, the easiest and most effective online meeting tool recently added full support for Mac users. Today, we’re happy to share that we also offer customization for brands and organizations. Corporate organizations, educational institutions, consultancy firms and IT support organizations, who conduct online meetings can all benefit from this feature. Users who buy the Professional Edition of Zoho Meeting can avail the corporate branding feature. You can use your organization name and logo and your users will see it as part of your own service/brand.

Also, Zoho Meeting offers a custom portal URL for organizations. For example, Contours, Inc. can avail a custom URL like http://meeting.zoho.com/a/srk/. This custom URL will bear your brand name and logo, where your customers can join or login to a meeting. Cool, isn’t it?…

Zoho Meeting is Mac friendly now!

Posted on April 28, 2011 by Saravana Raja

An increasing number of Mac users seem to love Zoho Meeting. And, a growing number of Zoho Meeting customers switch between Mac and Windows systems. We’re happy to announce that Zoho Meeting, the easy-to-use yet robust tool to conduct online meetings, is now offering full support for Mac OS.

Our exclusive Mac plugin helps start or schedule meetings with just a few clicks, right from the desktop. The installation of the plugin is hassle-free and takes only a few minutes. Also, Mac users can share their screen or join meetings started in Windows and vice-versa.

The Key features of the Mac edition are:

Invite Participants just by entering their email address or by sending the direct link
Join meetings easily as the service provides Java and Flash viewers (supported by most browsers, Safari, Firefox etc.)
High quality Audio Conferencing as well as an instant chat
Switch between Presenters during a meeting
Works with all versions of Mac
Remote control

Besides the free edition of Zoho Meeting for Mac Users, we also have Professional Editions which are priced the same as the Windows Editions, starting at just $12/month.…

New Desktop Plugin for Zoho Assist!

Posted on April 14, 2011 by Saravana Raja

Zoho Assist was initially dependent on Zoho Meeting to start a remote session from the desktop. Now, with it’s own new and sleek desktop plugin, Zoho Assist has empowered itself to start sessions from the desktop with a single click.

Browser independence is one of the core features of this new plugin. It runs in the task menu and requires very less memory footprint, i.e., it will not eat your system resources while still being handy in establishing a robust remote session. Another major feature is the Auto-Updation. This will help users to enjoy the new features without any manual updation troubles. One can also resume the previous session with a single click. (you don’t need to create a fresh session every time, thereby saving time)

This Zoho Assist plugin is presently available for Microsoft Windows only. We’ll be releasing the other OS versions soon.…

UAC Support in Zoho Assist

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Saravana Raja

We are delighted to announce User Account Control (UAC) support in Zoho Assist, our
easy and effective remote support app. UAC support will be of much help to support technicians assisting clients on Microsoft Windows Vista and Windows 7. UAC is a security component which displays a dialog box asking for administrator privileges whenever an administrative task is attempted.

UAC dialog box as displayed to standard users

UAC dialog box as displayed to administrators

Previously, the Support Technician was unable to see the UAC dialog box. The reason for this was because the UAC and the support session run in different modes (secure desktop mode vs normal mode). With this latest update,

Zoho Assist

is able detect the UAC dialog box and informs the Support Technician, so that he can ask the client to bring the UAC to the normal desktop. From that point, the UAC dialog box will get displayed to the support technician.…