Changing your team's name

The name of your team can be changed under the Team Management page, if you are the team Owner, Admin or Manager.

 

Adding a remote computer to your team

Adding a remote computer to your team means enabling online licensing and cloud connectivity (optional for subscriptions with direct connectivity) for that computer. You can see the computers in your team on the Computers page of the RealVNC Connect Portal:

To add a remote computer to your team, simply download and install RealVNC Server. You will be prompted for your RealVNC Account details during installation and these will be used to apply the subscription. For more information on applying your subscription, please see Licensing RealVNC Connect.

Please note that you will only be able to license RealVNC Server using the subscription owner's RealVNC account details by default, however, you can promote team members to grant them the ability to license RealVNC Server on the subscription owners behalf.

Renaming a computer in your team

You rename a computer as it appears in your Team and RealVNC Viewer on the Computers page of the RealVNC Connect Portal. To rename a computer, click the blue pencil next to the computer, enter the name name and then click the blue tick:

Removing a computer from your team

Removing a computer from your team means disabling online licensing and cloud connectivity for that computer:

• This means the computer will no longer be remotely accessible using a cloud connection; you will need to make a desk-side visit to enable it again.
• If your subscription includes offline licensing and direct connections, you may still be able to establish direct connections to the computer (depending on the network).

You can remove a computer from your team using one of the methods shown below.

Using the RealVNC Connect portal

To remove a remote computer you’ve previously added to your team:

1. Sign in to the RealVNC Connect Portal.
2. Navigate to the Device Access -> Computers section.
3. Locate the computer and choose Remove from team from the ... menu.

Team members will no longer be able to establish cloud connections to this computer. You can now uninstall RealVNC Server, install it on a different computer, and apply your subscription there instead.

Using the command line

Run the appropriate command (below) on the computer to be removed from the team.

Windows

"C:\Program Files\RealVNC\VNC Server\vncserver.exe" -service -leavecloud

Note: the command must be run with Administrator privilege.

Mac

sudo /Library/vnc/vncserver -service -leavecloud

Linux

sudo vncserver-x11 -service -leavecloud

Using API Access

If you have access to the API Access feature, you can remove computers from your team using a REST API. For more information about API Access feature, please see API Access - API documentation and example scripts

Adding a person to your team

You can invite people you trust into your team by clicking the Invite people button on the People page of the RealVNC Connect Portal.

Each invitee receives an email; they should follow the instructions to create their own RealVNC account, and when they do you’ll see them appear in the list of users on the People page:

By default, a new team member:

• Has the User role. This means the person can use RealVNC Viewer to discover and connect to remote computers, but cannot manage the team. See how to promote people.
• Can automatically discover all the remote computers in your team. See how to restrict discovery.

Removing a person from your team

You can remove a person from your team on the People page of the RealVNC Connect Portal.

This person will no longer be able to see the team or connect to any of that teams computers. In most circumstances, there’s no further action to take. However if you:

1. Have a subscription that includes direct connectivity
2. Have installed RealVNC Server on a particular remote computer
3. Only establish direct connections to that computer

...then you should additionally remove the person from the list of registered RealVNC Server users for that computer. Until you do, this person will still be able to establish direct connections.

Promoting people to help manage the team

You can promote team members to help you manage the team, which may be useful if there are many computers and people in the team.

Each person you invite has a role.

For information on roles, see Can I promote people to help administer my team?

You can change roles on the People page of the RealVNC Connect Portal.

Restricting remote computer access to certain people

You can divide responsibility for remote computers among the people in your team by assigning discovery permissions on the Computers page of the RealVNC Connect Portal.

You can assign permissions to an individual computer:

Remove the default Everyone in the team permission and select + Add a person or group of people to explicitly name team members:

Alternatively, you can group computers together on the Computers page and then assign team members to groups, if it makes it easier. You can even create groups of people on the People page and then assign people groups to computer groups on the Computers page.