{"id":8913,"date":"2021-07-15T15:19:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-15T15:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.realvnc.com\/en\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=8913"},"modified":"2025-04-04T15:51:36","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T15:51:36","slug":"how-to-set-up-an-on-demand-assist-session","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.realvnc.com\/en\/blog\/how-to-set-up-an-on-demand-assist-session\/","title":{"rendered":"How to set up an On-Demand Assist session with RealVNC Connect"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8913\" class=\"elementor elementor-8913\" data-elementor-post-type=\"blog\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-21e2f70a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"21e2f70a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3f0646b2\" data-id=\"3f0646b2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e02772d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4e02772d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>This article applies to RealVNC Connect through version 7.<\/em><\/p><p>You don&#8217;t need to install\u00a0anything\u00a0and you can provide support in a\u00a0few seconds.\u00a0<\/p><h2><strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\">How do I enable On-Demand Assist?<\/span><\/strong><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Chris works in a very busy IT department. His work involves providing support to over 1000 users,\u00a0on a daily basis. However, not all users have issues to sort out\u00a0on a daily basis. Some of them have them more often, others barely need to get in touch. In conclusion, keeping a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.realvnc.com\/en\/connect\/download\/vnc\/\" rel=\"noopener\">VNC Server<\/a>, with a separate license, on each machine would be pointless.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Therefore, Chris provides instant support, the moment users need it. To do so, a subscription that includes this feature is required.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-52d613ef elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"52d613ef\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2ef7e7ad\" data-id=\"2ef7e7ad\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49b04d84 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"49b04d84\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><strong>How to provide Instant Support with On-Demand Assist<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">If you&#8217;ve followed the steps above, this really couldn&#8217;t be easier. Start by opening VNC Viewer v7&nbsp;(or try our new unified app with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realvnc.com\/en\/connect\/\">RealVNC Connect<\/a> v8). You will need to be signed with your RealVNC account details. Then, click the On-Demand Assist<\/span><strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\">button.&nbsp;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-648156c0 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"648156c0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-21e08ee7\" data-id=\"21e08ee7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5100a4c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5100a4c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"505\" height=\"358\" src=\"https:\/\/www.realvnc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/VNC-Connect-Instant-Support-connect.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-8893\" alt=\"VNC Connect Instant Support connect\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.realvnc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/VNC-Connect-Instant-Support-connect.jpg 505w, https:\/\/www.realvnc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/VNC-Connect-Instant-Support-connect-300x213.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 505px) 100vw, 505px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-715ab5d0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"715ab5d0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-134a3c2\" data-id=\"134a3c2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55188944 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"55188944\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The software will generate a code and will show you a download URL. Share these with the user you plan on supporting. They will need to download and run the temporary software and input the code into it. After the user confirms the connection, you will be able to control the machine in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.realvnc.com\/en\/connect\/download\/viewer\/\" rel=\"noopener\">VNC Viewer<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dd8b9e4 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dd8b9e4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f4af45b\" data-id=\"f4af45b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f3fd76 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9f3fd76\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"390\" height=\"348\" src=\"https:\/\/www.realvnc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/VNC-Connect-Instant-Support-code.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-8888\" alt=\"VNC Connect Instant Support code\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.realvnc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/VNC-Connect-Instant-Support-code.jpg 390w, https:\/\/www.realvnc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/VNC-Connect-Instant-Support-code-300x268.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9346bdc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9346bdc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-273aea9\" data-id=\"273aea9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4fa297f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4fa297f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In short, On-Demand Assist is a quick and easy way to connect to a computer on a one-off basis. In addition to that, no software needs to be installed. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Also, if you want a more secure way of connecting, you can always set up a Direct Connection. Find out more about it, as well as\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/discover.realvnc.com\/how-to-use-vnc-remote-desktop-software\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">how to use some essential RealVNC Connect features here.<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>Have you tried RealVNC Connect yet? 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