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Zoho Assist is a cloud-based remote support software that helps you to establish a secure connection with a remote desktop. You can support remote customers located anywhere through attended remote support sessions without any prior installation and manage remote computers through unattended remote access sessions anytime. You can also access Android devices and support from mobile devices.

If it's an attended remote support session, your customer needs to install a run-time application on his or her computer after accepting the invitation. Your remote customer can revoke remote control or screen sharing whenever they wish during the remote session. Either you or your remote customer can uninstall the application once the attended session is over. In case of Unattended Access, the application gets installed as a service and remains in the remote computer until you choose to remove it.

Yes, connections are possible between any combination of operating systems at the remote end (Windows to Mac (or) Mac to Windows (or) Linux to Mac / Windows). 

Conventional Remote Desktop Software require IP address, computer credentials, and network configurations to initiate a remote support session. But with Zoho Assist, your customers can join a remote support session, provided their computer is connected to the internet. It works across all major firewalls, proxies or NAT.

System requirements for the technician's computer and the customer's computer are given here.

All types of files can be exchanged through File Transfer. The maximum file size allowed is 5 GB.

Yes, you can access, manage and troubleshoot Android devices through attended remote support sessions using Zoho Assist. In case of Samsung mobile devices, you can also gain control over the device. Your customers need to download and install Zoho Assist Customer App to join the session.

Note: The minimum OS requirement for Customer App is Android 5.0 Lollipop.

Yes, you can invite another technician to view and assist you with the ongoing remote session provided that he or she is a part of your organization. Go to Session > Invite in the technician console to invite the other technician.

Yes, the customer can terminate the remote session by clicking on the 'stop sharing' button from the Customer Console.

If you're the Admin of your organization account, you can keep track of your technician's sessions using Reports. Once you sign-in to your account, go to Reports > Technician and click Show to view technician specific session details.

You can update your contacts from your google account or upload any .csv/.vcf file. Once you add contacts, whenever you start typing your customer's email address for a remote support session, it will get prompted and you can quickly start the session. Go to Settings > Remote Support > Contacts > Google > Import to update your google contacts.

Yes, the technician can increase the quality of the screen shared.

You can invite any number of technicians to your organization account. The administrator can specify and grant permission to every technician in the organization to run Remote Support and/or Unattended Access sessions. Once you Sign-in to your Zoho Assist account, go to Settings > General > Manage Technicians > Invite Technician to invite technicians to your organization.  

In case you've setup a firewall that prevents Zoho Assist installations, you have to exclude *.zoho.com and *.zohoassist.com for Zoho Assist to work.

1. In windows, if you are using Windows Native Client Technician Console, exclude the following directories from the system anti-virus settings at both technician and customer ends.

   32 bit OS - %localappdata%/zohomeeting/, %programfiles%/ZohoMeeting 
   64 bit OS - %localappdata%/zohomeeting/, %programfiles(x86)%/ZohoMeeting

2. Exclude TCP and Web Socket protocols for the domains *.zoho.com, *.zoho.eu, *.zohoassist.com, and  *.zohoassist.eu from both firewall and proxy settings.
3. Check whether our gateway is reachable from your network by executing the telnet command in the Command prompt/terminal window. Try the command in the following format using the gateway that appears in the info window.
   telnet<space> gateway_name<space> 443

   For eg: telnet assistus-dal.zoho.com 443

4. If the gateway is reachable through telnet and still the problem persists, contact our support team for assistance.

Yes, you can use the 'Locale settings' to adjust the language and set the local time as per your preference. Go to Settings > General > Preferences to access the Locale settings. We support French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese(Simplified), Chinese(Traditional), Japanese, Bulgarian, Korean, Dutch, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese and Swedish as of now.  

Yes, you can brief your technician about things they can do and not do during a remote session using the 'Technician info box' option. Go to Settings > General > Preferences to enable the technician info box. 

No, there is no need to pre-install any software. Your remote customer will be prompted to run a light-weight application, when they accept your invitation to join a session.

No, there are no time limits or no activity time-out periods for remote support sessions. Your sessions will be active until you or your customer terminate them.

There are multiple options to invite a customer. You can send an email invitation or the session link through any IM/Chat/Email/SMS or you can guide your customers to enter the respective session ID at join.zoho.com through the customer plugin.

You can mark any of your previous sessions as favorites by simply marking them. You can remove a favorite anytime by just unmarking it.

The number of sessions depend upon the pricing plan you have purchased. You can run up to 1 session in Free Plan, 2 simultaneous sessions in Remote Support Standard, 4 simultaneous sessions in Remote Support Professional, and upto 6 simultaneous sessions in Remote Support Enterprise.

Yes, you can customize the email invite content sent to the customers by using our email template feature. You can include custom fields such as technician name, customer name, organization name and joining link in your email invite. Basic formating tools such as Bold, Italic, Underline, Font size/color are also available.

Yes, it is possible for the customer to get connected to a remote session directly from your webpage. Go to Settings > Remote Support > Customer Widget > Copy  and simply paste the iframe snippet to embed the customer widget on your webpage. Once the widget is up, your customers can enter the session ID through the widget to join the session anytime.

Yes, it is absolutely secure. All transmissions take place through Industry Standard Security using SSL/256-bit AES encryption protocols. This is the same standard used in Online Banking and Payment transactions.

No, Zoho Assist works with the security settings through outbound HTTPS/SSL connections. Hence it will neither alter firewall, proxy nor NAT settings.

ZA_Connect.exe installs the Customer Console, which is an activeX plug-in. Most popular web browsers prompt such a warning while you try to install activeX plug-ins. You can advise your customers to ignore the warning and go ahead with the installation as it's installed only for the purpose of joining the session. We assure you that ZA_Connect.exe is not harmful by anyway.

Once you sign-in to your account, go to Manage Subscription > Recurring details > Payment Method > Credit Card > Change Credit Card to change your credit card details.

Once you sign-in to your account, go to Manage Subscription > Change Plan > FREE > Downgrade. Now your account will be downgraded to free plan and you will be notified by email.

Yes, you will receive the billing receipts by email on subscription and subsequent renewals.

We accept payment via Visa, MasterCard, American Express, and PayPal (you must have an account with PayPal to make payments with it). We also accept payment via bank transfer or check transfer for yearly subscriptions.

Your monthly and yearly subscriptions will auto-renew until you cancel the service. Every time before your subscription auto-renews, we'll send a mail specifying the amount that will be charged on your credit card. Once the renewal is successful we will send you a receipt along with the next renewal date.

Once you login, click on UPGRADE (present below the top menu bar) > Select the plan and click Proceed. Enter your plan and payment details to complete the process.

To move to online payment mode, click on MANAGE SUBSCRIPTION and click on the link Payment method. The primary benefit of online billing is that it supports auto-renewal. Also, you can change plans, upgrade, and purchase add-ons anytime without contacting the sales team thereby avoiding delay.

Click here to know our refund policy.

Yes, it is possible to deploy unattended installer using Command Prompt as well as via Startup Script. Click here to know more about the deployment methods.

Yes, you can initiate an unattended session with the consent of the customer by enabling Session Confirmation. You can also modify the time-out and confirmation message content for the request dialog. Go to Settings > Unattended Access > Session Confirmation > Show Confirmation at the remote end  to enable Session Confirmation.

The number of computers that can be added depends on the pricing plan you have purchased. In Free plan, you can add about 5 unattended computers and in Standard, you can purchase and add any number of computers. View Pricing.

You can add unlimited technicians to your organization account to access and manage unattended computers.

To launch an unattended remote session directly, click on the CONNECT button available in the device you want to access.

Click the dropdown arrow available next to the connect option in the device you want to access remotely unattended and select the preferred user from the active users listed.

This message means the remote device is trying to establish a connection with the server.

A time sensitive confirmation message will be prompted for the remote customers that they can either accept or decline.

If the session confirmation feature is enabled, your remote customer will be prompted to respond to the session request. This message is displayed during this interaction.

Your remote customer has accepted the session confirmation and the session will begin soon.

Your remote customer has rejected the session confirmation at their end.

Your remote customers has not responded to the confirmation request within the allocated time and the request has timed out.

The session confirmation request has failed because the specified user is not available. Kindly refresh the active user list and try to initiate the session again.

We get this message because the user we're trying to initiate the session with is inactive. Please try initiating the session again after refreshing the active user list.

If the required active user is not listed in the drop-down menu, kindly use the refresh icon to refresh the active users.

No, only a single session can be taken in a machine at a time.

When you connect to an unattended remote session without any users logged in, the session will be launched on the device directly.

• When the specific user signed in via RDP has signed out, session will end automatically.
• Please use the End Session option to end a session

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• When the user context signed in rdp is signed out, session will end automatically.
• The session might not have ended properly, click the close option to end the session.

When the session initiated by specific user is logged in via rdp and if the rdp session is in minimized state or abruptly closed in remote customer end, this issue arises. Try reconnecting to the rdp session or restoring the rdp window to resolve the issue.

If the downloaded viewer faces trouble launching, you can use the web console which will be available at the bottom of the download page.

Gray screen or screen freeze may occur for two reasons.

a) When the session initiated in specific user context is signed in rdp.

b) If it is minimized or closed abruptly at remote customer end.

• Try reconnecting to the rdp or restoring the rdp window to resolve the issue.

• Momentary - Due to momentary connectivity issues device may have gone offline and will return online within 60 minutes.
• The device could falsely be offline due to status syncing issues.

That is offline for more than 60 minutes, it means the device is not able to communicate with our server and it maybe due to a proxy environment or issues certificate validation

Check the below troubleshooting options,

1. For proxy environment :

a. Internet options -

1. To open internet options, select run from the start menu, and then enter inetcpl.cpl.

2. Click on the "Connection" tab, and select "LAN settings".

There are 3 different ways in which you can configure a proxy, use anyone of the below:

• i. Automatically detect settings - System attempts to locate a proxy configuration script that handles returning the set of proxies that can be used for the request automatically.
• ii. Use automatic configuration script - Mention the location to the respective configuration script (PAC file)
• iii. Proxy server - Mention the ip address and port explicitly.

b. URS specify to the devices

i. You can provide the proxy details before installation in the webpage:

• Go to assist.zoho.com/eu/in/com.au
• Select the "Unattended Access" tab and then click "settings" on the left most pane.
• In "Proxy", Enter the host ip and port and click save.

ii. You can provide the proxy details by right clicking the tray icon after installation:

• Right click on the tray icon and select "Set Proxy Settings".

  

• A pop will appear, enter the host ip and port.

  
• Then click on Set Proxy to save the details.