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What is the difference between Remote Assistance and Remote Desktop?

Remote Assistance allows you to create, manage, and troubleshoot problems with tasks performed on your computer; Remote Desktop allows you to view real-time or archived data about system performance.
Remote Assistance allows remote connections and controls how long an invitation to connect remains open; Remote Desktop lets you choose whether to allow connections, not allow connections, and add or remove certain users.
Remote Desktop allows remote connections and controls how long an invitation to connect remains open; Remote Assistance lets you choose whether to allow connections, not allow connections, and add or remove certain users.
Remote Desktop allows you to create, manage, and troubleshoot problems with tasks performed on your computer; Remote Assistance allows you to view real-time or archived data about the performance of the system.

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It allows an employee to connect to his or her computer and access files from somewhere else in the workplace or, with some configuring via the internet. In short, remote desktop aims to increase efficiency whereas remote assistance facilitates technical support.

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Remote Desktop allows remote connections and controls how long an invitation to connect remains open; Remote Assistance lets you choose whether to allow connections, not allow connections, and add or remove certain
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