TeamViewer, the pro and cons of TeamViewer!!

Irfan Adil
3 min readMar 23, 2019

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Time is incredibly valuable, and people want to be able to work as fast as possible. Thanks to the evolution of internet technology that introduced many things to save our time and efforts.

In the modern, fast-paced, technology-driven world, almost everyone has some portion of its workforce connected through the computers and desktops. It seems to be a connecting global world, People eager to access technology via smartphones and laptops but it is hard to carry all the stuff at the same time.

We need a solution with security to ease us from all the limitations. It is when a team viewer could be all in one solution.

Team viewer is one of the best software that allows you to connect your desktop/laptop to multiple workstations at different places. It is also the best solution to share your desktop/laptop and transfer file with another place as screen mirroring.

The interface of Team viewer is very intuitive; all you need to enter a user name and password to connect or allow others to access your system.

Team viewer app is handy for a variety of purpose, and many people have been utilizing it to make their life, and business run smother & easier.

How does the team viewer work?

Team viewer connection starts when you enter an ID and password in the app, you will then easily access another system, a new virtual window opens, and you can see the desktop of the other system as simple as this.

You can perform any task whatever you want; you can transfer files via team viewer, it shows file transfer stats on both systems. Either you or another system can cancel the file transfer anytime.

One of the best features, when the team viewer connection is closed, it is impossible to access again until you again login with ID and new password, so it’s sound to be safe and handy.

Advantages of team viewer

Team viewer is very responsive, fast and very user-friendly. Team viewer is free, and you can use it for personal use as long as you want without any limitation.

Team viewer allows you to communicate with another user via video or voice chat; it is very helpful when a team is working on the project and need to discuss while working on the project.

Team viewer is very reliable and didn’t have any disconnection issue until your network responds appropriately.

Team viewer is a web-based app and can be integrated with outlook.

Team viewer has a mobile application as well and works great, allow you to connect or share anywhere beyond time and limitations.

Disadvantages of Team viewer

Team viewer has a limitation when you transfer file, of larger size. If you are in the middle of web meeting and sending a larger file, you must use cloud-based software to transfer the file which is a bit annoying to do another login while you are in the middle of something important.

Team viewer has a proxy limitation; if you are working for a client and need a proxy server, then team viewer wouldn’t allow you.

Team viewer must installed on both systems and have an active connection if you are connected to the system via team viewer and it has some internet issue, hibernates or Pc restarted it is impossible to connect until you have new access of team viewer. The team viewer works excellent only on a stable internet connection.

Team viewer is not free for commercial use; you must buy even you are working as a small business to access all the features.

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