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Enable seamless remote work for your end users with Atera's Work from Home add-on. Provide fast, secure, and efficient connections to office computers from any location, maintaining productivity and business continuity. This essential tool is key for adaptable and successful remote work scenarios.
Note:
- You will be billed based on the maximum number of enabled devices you have during your billing cycle, regardless of their installation date.
- You can only view which users have Work from Home enabled on a per-customer basis. It's not possible to see which end-users have the feature enabled across all customers at once.
Activate Work from Home
Remote access is provided through Splashtop, which is enabled in your system by default. This means the Atera agent, which is installed on all devices, includes the Splashtop streamer.
Note: If Splashtop has been disabled in Atera, you can enable it via Admin > Monitoring and automation > Remote access settings > Splashtop. Learn more
To activate Work from Home:
Access the App Center, navigate to Work from Home, then click on "Try before you buy".
Work from Home is activated. You can now enable it for your end-user devices
Notes:
- Work from Home has a trial period of 7 days.
- After the trial ends, your subscription will automatically begin.
- You will not be charged until you enable Work from Home on at least one device.
- You will be billed based on the maximum number of enabled devices you have during your billing cycle, regardless of their installation date.
Enable Work for Home
Admins can enable Work from Home remote access.
Go to the Customer page and select the desired customer. Navigate to the Work from Home tab, assign the agent to a contact, then select the device and click on Enable.
Note:
- You must assign a user to the agent to enable Work from Home.
- Servers do not appear in the list of agents.
- You can also enable individual agents by clicking on the status drop-down menu.
Remote access is now enabled on the selected device(s). Now you can share remote access link with the contact
Share remote access link
To share the remote access link with your contact:
Access the Customer page, select your desired customer, go to the "Work from Home" section, and click on "Share Link."
Send the link to the contact along with their Customer Portal credentials (username and password).
Note: If they've forgotten their Customer Portal password, you can always reset it
When logging in, the contact will get a login prompt and will need to enter their Customer Portal username and password to access their computer remotely.
Note:
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The attached phone number receives the 2FA code for Work from Home through SMS. If SMS delivery of the 2FA code is not possible, the contact will instead receive the code via email. In case the contact enters an incorrect phone number when first using the Work From Home feature or wants to change the phone number to a different one, you can reset their remote access
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If it's the first time they're connecting, they will also be instructed to download Splashtop.
Assign a contact to an agent
To assign a contact to an agent:
Access the Customers page (on the sidebar), select the desired customer. Go to the Work from Home tab, click the Contact dropdown. Then select the contact.
Notes
- While multiple contacts can be selected, Work from Home currently supports only one contact per device.
- The contact is assigned to the agent. Now you can enable Work from Home on the agent
Reset remote access
In case the user enters an incorrect phone number when first using the Work From Home feature or wants to change the phone number to a different one, follow the steps below to allow them to start from scratch.
To reset remote access:
Access the "Customers" page, select the customer. Go to the "Work from Home" tab, select the device(s). Click "Disable", select the devices again, then click Enable.
Notes
- Don't forget to Share the remote access link with the contact(s).
- The attached phone number receives the 2FA code for Work from Home through SMS. If SMS delivery of the 2FA code is not possible, the contact will instead receive the code via email.
Remote print
Splashtop remote print allows you to print files from a remote computer to a local printer. You can print files from both remote Windows or Mac machines.
Note: Remote print only works during an active remote session.
View subscription information
You can view your subscription information, including the number of devices using the feature in the current billing cycle. Learn more
To view subscription information:
1. Go to Admin > My account > Subscription.
2. Click the Work from Home tab.
The Work from Home tab displays the following information:
- Billing cycle: Monthly or annual.
- Subscription details: Displays the price per device per month, the number of devices, and the cost per month (excluding tax).
- Payment method: Note that changing your credit card replaces payment info for ALL Atera services
Disable Work from Home
Note: The Work from Home add-on is charged based on your maximum usage for the previous 30-day duration. Learn more
To disable Work from Home:
From the Customers page, select the desired customer. Navigate to the Work from Home tab, select the device(s). Then click Disable.
Note: You can also disable individual agents by hovering your mouse over the device row and clicking Disable.
Remote access is now disabled on the selected device(s).
