When using TeamViewer for IT Support, we recommend the following initial settings:
The Six Golden Security Settings:
- Set up two-factor authentication
- Set up Easy Access
- Set up an Allowlist
- Make sure to have a strong password hygiene
- Update your devices
- Back up your data
Deploy TeamViewer
Make sure to deploy TeamViewer within your company or across your customers with the best security setup for your company.
Find a detailed description of how to deploy TeamViewer and more information here:
Enforce Setting policies
You can use use the TeamViewer settings policy to keep all devices with your preferred setting.
Below please find a list of recommendations to enforce to your users to start with:
- Access control (incoming connections) --> depending on your requirements
- Access control (outgoing connections) --> depending on your requirements
- Block and Allowlist
- Changes require administrative rights on this computer --> enabled
- Check for new version --> Weekly
- Enable blackscreen if partner input is disabled --> Home Office setup
- Enable logging
- Incoming LANn conneections --> depending on your requirements
- Install new versions automatically --> All updates (includes new major versions)
- Log incoming connections --> enabled
- Log outgoing connections --> enabled
- Password strength --> depending on your requirements 8 or more characters or disabled
- Random Password after each session --> Generate new
- Report connections to this device --> enabled
- Temporarily save connection passwords --> disabled
- Timing out inactive session --> 1 hour or less
Find a detailed description of how to add TeamViewer Setting Policies and more information about it here:
Protect the TeamViewer settings
Make sure no one can make changes to the TeamViewer settigns you defined by protecting the TeamViewer Options with a password.
Learn more about it here:
