What is our primary use case?
I use TeamViewer Business for remote management, so when we provide support for our remote users because our company is spread across South Africa, Australia, and the UK, we provide support over TeamViewer and it has been a great tool so far because it attends to exactly what we want to achieve. I am the technician that actually configures custom policies for another team that uses it for remote support, and I am also the company administrator for the application.
I can do that all the time, so it is part of my day-to-day work, except that I have also got a junior team that uses it the most. In my case, if I had to use it, let us say a user is situated in South Africa and we are in the Johannesburg area. I have got users in the Cape Town area also. I have got different options which I really like. The first one is Quick Support, where the user does not have to have TeamViewer Business installed on their machine. From my side, I just share the session code with the user, and the nice thing is that they can use any browser, it does not matter, and then they just enter the link that I give to them together with the session code, and then we can just quickly connect. I do what I have to do to help the user and then it is done. Then we have also TeamViewer Host of which I am responsible for preparing different hosts per department because we configure them in different ways. That way we run scripts to install the application, but we install Host applications. Finally, we give the full client to our most senior staff in the IT space so that they can have a bit more freedom.
What is most valuable?
The thing I like the most and which I discovered, I think it has been a feature that has always been there, is the fact that you can have custom configurations, especially if you are working with a tool by Microsoft called Microsoft InTune. I can specifically set up my own policies and then after that, make sure that I am able to deploy the application in a specific manner, not the usual manner. For instance, for every department, I know which settings would be appropriate for every device that is in the company. That is what I like the most. Also, I would say the thing that I like the most about TeamViewer Business is that they are always innovative, so there is also AI now involved of which I have not tested yet, but the thing I like the most is that they give you an opportunity to test and trial these products before you get them into production.
Unattended access is one of the features TeamViewer Business offers that we have recently deployed, and that is the greatest feature because it means that for me and the person that I am supporting, there is no frustration of sharing a code or a password before I can connect to the user. We just have a consent that I am going to be connecting to your machine. I just go on to the panel, to the TeamViewer Business panel, select the machine that I want to connect to, sometimes without even asking the user which machine it is. We try by all means just to minimize the frustration on the experience, so I can just simply go to the device, click on connect, and then it just connects without a password. That is one thing that I really like. Also, the fact that you can set up different custom modules, as I have indicated. There is also TeamViewer Business AI now, of which we have not actually activated in our company, but that is something that I will be looking into. I like the fact that it is actually innovative.
Those features are actually valuable, and I think they are the crux of the application. Easy file transfers, and also the fact that it is cross-platform, especially if you are using Quick Support. Whether the user is using a Raspberry Pi device, or they are using a Mac device, or a Windows device, it does not matter. It is just easy to assist another user, so I really like that. I think those fundamental features are what make TeamViewer Business to be what it is.
The application, as I have explained, really makes one's work to be very productive in a sense that you save a lot of time, especially if you are using TeamViewer Business Quick Support. You do not have to go all around trying to find out what the user's desk ID is and what their password is, so that reduces the amount of time that you spend on closing a ticket, for instance. You just dive into what you need to do, and the options and the graphical user interface are really straightforward. You just click on a few buttons and then you are ready to go, so that makes it a very efficient product.
What needs improvement?
If you had to teach someone how TeamViewer Business works, especially because I am speaking in a sense that I am using it on an engineer level, it would be a bit difficult to get accustomed to some of the settings, especially with the new experience. There is a new feature, or let me say there is a new graphical user interface, so someone would be frustrated on where to begin. For instance, you need to learn a little bit about how you set up custom policies, how you set up unattended settings and all that before you can actually use it. It is not a straightforward application to use. However, it does what needs to be done in a sense that if you are a technician and you want to connect to a client, it does the job.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using TeamViewer Business for about three years now and counting.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
TeamViewer Business by far is the most stable because it just works. I do not struggle to do upgrades and I do not struggle to do any updates, so I am very happy with it so far.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
That is what I like about it. It is scalable, so currently, we are on a plan for 500 devices maximum and obviously that has increased a little bit. We are not panicking because we know that we can just upgrade to accommodate more devices. We are looking at maybe adding another 500, so to make it a thousand devices. That is what I like about it, very scalable.
How are customer service and support?
I once reached out, especially when I wanted to find out about TeamViewer Business, especially with the integration of Microsoft Teams, where I found out that you can actually use TeamViewer Business as an app on Microsoft Teams. That got me interested, and then I just reached out just to find out how it works and the support was happy to assist me. They showed me how it would work and then that is also a great feature that I really like, the Microsoft Teams app for TeamViewer Business.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
First, we used a product called AnyDesk, and the reason why we switched is because I did not find it corporate, because it lacked things like policies that one can set up. It also lacked integration services because we deploy our applications using InTune and sometimes using group policies. When we researched, we found that TeamViewer Business had at least more options for us to be able to use it for the entire organization.
The only one that we worked on was AnyDesk, nothing else.
How was the initial setup?
Currently, we are just using TeamViewer Business on a public cloud basis, where we just prepare TeamViewer Business Host configurations and then deploy them via InTune or by manually installing the application. There are not any extreme configurations that are actually done.
What was our ROI?
At this moment, I really cannot say I have seen any ROI. All I can just say is that there is some time saved, especially knowing that I have got devices already deployed on my admin portal. It is easy for me to update or upgrade certain things for the devices, so it saves you a lot of time, especially when you have to deal with upgrades for the application. I would think that is a very valuable feature from TeamViewer Business.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
When it comes to cost and licensing, that is done by someone else. However, I do have insights. I would not be sure how much exactly everything costs, but I am someone that picks up the license consumption and also recommends plans for the application because obviously the company is growing and devices are getting more and more. That means we have to upgrade our packages, so I just have a slight idea about the metrics, but when it comes to the actual finance part, there is someone who is responsible for that.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
If you are using any other solution, I believe that from my point of view, I have actually tried a couple of software on a personal level and a corporate level. For corporate, I would recommend TeamViewer Business because of their team that is always working to innovate and also have new features available. For the mere fact that so far, or by far, TeamViewer Business when you configure it correctly, it will give you full access and you will not have any problems connecting to the client. There are features such as Quick Support, which are cross-platform. File transfers are easy to do, and also, as an administrator, it is easier for me to track who is consuming licenses and how they are consuming licenses, because I can have granular permissions and actually assign permissions as I feel is right. Depending on your experience and depending on your role in the company, you can manage devices, put them into groups, and manage custom modules. It makes it so much more corporate friendly because you can also add branding to your configurations. That is something that is very important, especially now in the era of cyber attacks. If you install an application on the user's desktop and when they open it, they see the company logo, it makes them trust the company and trust the application that it is actually a company application, so you can only get that if you are using TeamViewer Business.
What other advice do I have?
Before we used TeamViewer Business, there was another product that we used. It is a well-known product also, of which I will not mention by name now. We tried it, but it was not as professional as we thought. So having to do that, we had to struggle and try to make things work before, until operations management actually recommended TeamViewer Business. Ever since we have been using TeamViewer Business, because of how quick it is to connect to a user across the globe, we have been able to close tickets rapidly. For instance, before we used the product, perhaps I had ten tickets. Because of how poorly the software was developed, it would be difficult just to find options to connect to another user, and often more than not, I struggled to even connect to that person because probably there is something blocked. Ten tickets before TeamViewer Business, it would take me just one ticket around twenty minutes to twenty-five minutes, but with TeamViewer Business, literally in less than seven minutes, I can get the thing done, connect to the client, do what I have to do, and then everyone is happy. I like the fact that when you close the session, there is an option where when you are using the application and you are done with the session, you can actually leave notes. Those notes can also help you when you are doing audits to see how you have been using TeamViewer Business and also most importantly just to have a track record of what you have been doing.
At this moment, I cannot pick anything that is hindering my work when I use TeamViewer Business, honestly speaking. So I think so far, because of the core fundamental features such as file transfers, cross-platform support, and just being able to connect to someone remotely, those are the most basic and most important features that one can ask for. So I think so far, so good and I do not have any complaints.
One thing that I also forgot is that TeamViewer Business allows you to literally set up a machine somewhere in your office and have easy access to that machine. That means that on your phone, on your mobile phone, you can also install the TeamViewer Business Quick Access application. Let us say you are somewhere remote and you are unable to open your laptop, you can actually assist the user by logging into your phone, typing that device ID, connecting to it easily without having to type in any password, and doing what you have to do using a phone, so you are still able to deliver your service and great customer service for your client. I would rate my overall experience with TeamViewer Business an eight out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?