Administering TeamWork remotely

The TeamWork services can be administered remotely in two ways:

• Remote access software
• TeamWork Administrator tool

Most IT departments use remote access software to administer servers from a central location. It can also be used to work with the TeamWork Administrator tool run on the TeamWork server. No special configuration is necessary.

The TeamWork Administrator tool can also be used to administer TeamWork from a client computer. This option is useful if responsibility for administering TeamWork should be specified to a user who should only have access to administer TeamWork and nothing else on the server.

To administer TeamWork from a client computer with TeamWork Administrator:

1. Install the TeamWork Administrator program on the client computer from the TeamWork distribution package.
2. Open the TeamWork Administrator. TeamWork Administrator manages the current (Local) computer by default.
3. From the Action menu, select Connect to Another Computer. The Select Computer dialog box appears.
4. Select Another computer and either type the TeamWork server computer’s name or click Browse and select the TeamWork server.
5. Click Finish. The connected computer’s name appears in the left pane instead of the text (Local) and the TeamWork Administrator now affects it instead of the local computer.

Note    Not all TeamWork services can be administered remotely with TeamWork Administrator, in particular, BlueCielo License Server and Web Access. However, they require minimal ongoing administration once initially configured compared to the other services, which can be administered remotely.