{"id":56351,"date":"2023-10-26T14:32:54","date_gmt":"2023-10-26T10:32:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/?p=56351"},"modified":"2023-10-26T15:01:44","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T11:01:44","slug":"introducing-msp360-connect-3-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/blog\/introducing-msp360-connect-3-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing MSP360 Connect 3.5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are happy to announce the release of MSP360 Connect 3.5, which comes with a new name for our Connect Pro license and new updates that will enhance your remote management experience.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>MSP360 Standalone Connect (Formerly Connect Pro)<\/h2>\n<p>First things first, we have changed the name of our MSP360 Connect Pro license to MSP360 Standalone Connect. This change is only a name change, and the product still delivers the same trusted quality and performance you've come to rely on.<\/p>\n<h2>Easier Authorization for Managed Connect Computers<\/h2>\n<p>You can now associate computers with required companies right in the installed Managed Connect app using your user credentials from the management console.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-56352\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/authorization-new-1.png\" alt=\"Authorization with MBS credentials\" width=\"600\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/authorization-new-1.png 841w, https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/authorization-new-1-300x204.png 300w, https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/authorization-new-1-768x522.png 768w, https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/authorization-new-1-624x424.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-56353\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/authorization-new-2.png\" alt=\"Authorization with MBS credentials - part 2\" width=\"600\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/authorization-new-2.png 840w, https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/authorization-new-2-300x205.png 300w, https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/authorization-new-2-768x526.png 768w, https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/authorization-new-2-624x427.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Select a Session When Connecting to an RDS Server<\/h2>\n<p>We added an option that allows users to select the required session when connecting to an RDS server with multiple active sessions \u2013 just choose which active user session on a Terminal Server to join and connect to. This option is available to both Standalone Connect and Managed Connect users, providing greater flexibility when accessing RDS servers.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-56354 aligncenter\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/RDS-multiple-sessions.png\" alt=\"RDS-multiple sessions\" width=\"462\" height=\"146\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/RDS-multiple-sessions.png 462w, https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/RDS-multiple-sessions-300x95.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Disconnect Inactive Sessions After a Timeout<\/h2>\n<p>Forgotten idle remote sessions can be a security risk. With this release, Standalone Connect users now have the ability to configure the time they need to keep idle remote sessions open, and they will be disconnected automatically after a selected time of inactivity.<\/p>\n<p>This way, you won't have idle remote sessions using up your system resources or giving attackers a potential entry point to remote systems.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-56355 size-large\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/disconnect-when-inactive-1-1024x700.png\" alt=\"Disconnect when inactive\" width=\"625\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/disconnect-when-inactive-1-1024x700.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/disconnect-when-inactive-1-300x205.png 300w, https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/disconnect-when-inactive-1-768x525.png 768w, https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/disconnect-when-inactive-1-624x427.png 624w, https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/disconnect-when-inactive-1.png 1173w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-56356 size-full\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/disconnect-when-inactive-2.png\" alt=\"Disconnect when inactive\" width=\"647\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/disconnect-when-inactive-2.png 647w, https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/disconnect-when-inactive-2-300x109.png 300w, https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/disconnect-when-inactive-2-624x227.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 647px) 100vw, 647px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Conclusion<\/h2>\n<p>Connect 3.5 is inspired by the valuable feedback from our community. We hope you enjoy using Connect as much as we enjoy creating it for you. Vote for your desired features or submit new ones on our <a href=\"https:\/\/feedback.msp360.com\/\">feedback board<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you'd like to start using MSP360 Connect, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/connect\/\">visit this page<\/a> and select the license that suits you best.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are happy to announce the release of MSP360 Connect 3.5, which comes with a new name for our Connect Pro license and new updates that will enhance your remote management experience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[877,896,882,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog-articles","category-msp360-ra","category-msp360-news","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56351"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56351\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56420,"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56351\/revisions\/56420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}