Top News

The Basics: How to Manage Credentials

When it comes to managing credentials in RDM, there’s no “one size fits all” method. The optimal approach depends on several factors, including your organization’s security policies and compliance req...

sysadminotaur 069 Bitcoin preview

Sysadminotaur #69: Bitcoin

The Basics: Data Sources

Hi everyone, As you probably know, I usually blog about new and improved RDM features. However, we don’t want to ignore those of you who are new to RDM (and for those who are thinking of giving it a t...

You Asked for It: New User Activity Report in Remote Desktop Manager

Recently, we posted a blog that looked at the different types of reports you can generate in Remote Desktop Manager to make your life easier and your enterprise more secure. But what if you want to cr...

What Information To Store Remote Desktop Manager

Types of Entries You Can Store in Remote Desktop Manager

While sysadmins and other vital IT specialists don’t always see eye-to-eye with their bosses (as was hilariously illustrated in Sysadminotaur #64), there is one thing that everyone agrees on: saving t...

System Administrators: 10 Best Practices for Career Success & Happiness

Being a system administrator is like being Han Solo: you must solve problems left and right, you must be on top of everything at all times, and most importantly: you must ensure that nothing crashes. ...

10 Entries Store Devolutions Server

10 Types of Entries You Can Store in Devolutions Password Server

IT pros know that having a strong and comprehensive password policy helps keep data safe — and away from hackers. Everyone knows that a password manager can help respect policies that involve securely...

4 Types Security Tools Devolutions

4 Types of Security Tools that Everyone Should be Using

We all know that data breaches are on the rise. Which means that most people are increasing their cyber security IQ, right? Unfortunately, that’s not the case! According to a survey by Pew Research Ce...

Password Best Practices Using Remote Desktop Manager

How can Remote Desktop Manager help make your system more secure? How can RDM help you ensure that your whole organization implements its password policy best practices? Even if your user guidelines f...

Sysadminotaur-68-Cobol

Sysadminotaur #68: COBOL

Top 10 Password Policies and Best Practices for System Administrators

We all know that a strong password policy is the front line of defense to protect our financial transactions, personal communications and private information stored online. For end-users, using a stro...

Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends 2018

Gartner’s Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2018

In our January poll, we asked you to tell us which technologies you think will transform the world in 2018. Some of your great predictions included cryptocurrency, 3D printing, artificial intelligence...

Google Drive Integration Remote Desktop Manager 13 New Feature

Remote Desktop Manager 13 New Feature: Google Drive Integration

As you probably know, RDM integrates with several public object storage repositories, such as AmazonS3, Azure Blog, Dropbox, OneDrive and Azure Table Storage Explorer. But there was always one guest m...

New Remote Desktop Manager 13 Feature: Exclude an Entry from Offline Mode

As you’ve hopefully experienced, the Offline Mode is great when you’re working off-site, or when you don’t have an internet connection (the horror!). But there’s one aspect of working offline that isn...

Create SSMS shortcuts with Remote Desktop Manager

THIS ARTICLE WRITTEN BY SEAN O'SULLIVAN, IT MANAGER, IS PART OF OUR GUEST BLOG SERIES. PLEASE CONTACT US IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE FEATURED ON OUR BLOG. Remote Desktop Manager (RDM) is far more capable...

DevOps Guest Blog Germano Da Cunha

4 Scenarios for DevOps Specialists Using Remote Desktop Manager

THIS ARTICLE WRITTEN BY GERMANO DA CUNHA DIOGO SAFFIER, IT INFRASTRUCTURE ARCHITECT, IS PART OF OUR GUEST BLOG SERIES. PLEASE CONTACT US IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE FEATURED ON OUR BLOG. In the DevOps uni...

Sysadminotaur 067 E Card

Sysadminotaur #67: E-Card

Devolutions Road Map 2018

Hello everyone, As Joey pointed out in our annual Year in Review (part 1 and part 2) , while we’re always focused on improvements, innovations and the future, we’re also very big on tradition (you sho...

Remote Desktop Manager Protect Your Personal Data

How to Protect Your Data at Home

We all know that protecting data at work is a critical priority, since a breach can lead to customer loss, reputation damage, investigation and remediation costs, and possibly even lawsuits, fines and...

Quebec Winter Advantages Disadvantages

Winter in Quebec: Here's the Truth!

Let’s start with this: Canada is a really, really big place. And while some parts of the country experience pretty mild winters, other places — like here in Quebec — are pretty much what you imagine: ...