What is Team Viewer and How to Use it?

Team Viewer is a proprietary software package for remote control, desktop sharing, online meetings, web conferencing and file transfer between computers. The software operates with the Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, iOS, and Android Operating systems. It is possible to access a machine running Team Viewer with a web browser. While the main focus of the application is remote control of computers, collaboration and presentation features are included.

Team Viewer GmbH was founded in 2005 in Uhingen, Germany.

Establishing connections

Team Viewer may be installed with an installation procedure, although the 'Quick Support' version will run without installation. To connect to another computer, Team Viewer has to be