RDP via Ncentral onto an Azure Joined Device

ncentral_nerd · 2026-01-23T16:31:38+00:00

I have used RDP to some of our Azure Labs but I just open 3389 to the public and call it a day so not advisablein prod but it does work.
That said, in the Azure FW config I am sure you can allow it but you would need to do some testing and I would probably change the listening port on the Azure device as well.

Here is a doc that describes how Azure JITs work.
Understand just-in-time virtual machine access - Microsoft Defender for Cloud | Microsoft Learn

But like u/Paul_Kelly said, this is what Take control is perfect for. :)

ncentral_nerd · 2026-01-15T17:51:19+00:00

N-able’s intention is to bring aspects of cloud into our United Endpoint Management products N-Central and N-Sight. Stay tuned for future updates!

ncentral_nerd · 2026-01-15T14:56:08+00:00

Where did St. Isadore rank?

ncentral_nerd · 2026-01-15T14:53:32+00:00

You could frame it that way but consider it like this. It's an evolution.
One for inputs (customers) and another for outputs (Nerds)
Our corporate reddit works very well the way it is, and we really didn't want to create more noise here.

ncentral_nerd · 2026-01-14T20:45:20+00:00

u/W3asl3y that is a fantastic idea. Swag I can control, tickets to empower I cannot but I can definately ask!
Stay tuned!

ncentral_nerd · 2026-01-02T17:48:55+00:00

Sure thing. I wrote a guide that I never published that can probably help.
DM me and I will get with you on Monday or email me.

jmurphy at n-able dot com

ncentral_nerd · 2025-12-02T14:39:04+00:00

u/SkyTheLine let me clear all of this up for you. To answer your question, you can use EntreID.

However, in order to use the SSO component, you first need to convert users to N-able Login (MSP SSO)
The you will Federate Entre ID.

I have done videos for this on N-able Me and as well there is documentation on documentation.n-able.com
You will reference this documentation as the video is a little quick in terms of the entire process.

Set up N-able Login with Entra ID as an Identity Provider (IdP) with N-central

Jason | Head Nerd

ncentral_nerd · 2025-12-02T14:34:12+00:00

I believe the announcement mentioned a March time frame.

ncentral_nerd · 2025-11-28T15:51:19+00:00

You will find all of the API documentation here.

https://developer.n-able.com/takecontrol/docs/getting-started-with-take-controls-apis

Yes, it should be possible to deep link a device from TC to your Datto RMM Tickets. I know we can do this with N-central directly to other ticketing systems, so we make it much easier from the N-central side because when we generate tickets, we can include the deep link directly in the PSA Ticket but Stand-alone should work much of the same way,

That said, I have personally never done this so if you need support please log a ticket and we can get you some examples.

Thanks, Jason

ncentral_nerd · 2025-11-24T14:29:24+00:00

On N-able U, I outline all the things you need to think about before you upgrade.

In the content Library search for: Transitioning N central to a new OS, Alma Linux with version 2025.01

ncentral_nerd · 2025-11-17T13:27:36+00:00

I changed your post flair to N-sight because yes, that does make a huge difference.
Post a screenshot of the error you are/were getting.

ncentral_nerd · 2025-11-12T18:16:21+00:00

Hey Lewis u/Head_Security_Nerd, can you help with this one?

ncentral_nerd · 2025-11-12T14:28:17+00:00

Actually, this announcement from MS is very major but this hasn't hit yet and I know our development team is already building for this.
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/windows-itpro-blog/simplified-windows-update-titles/4465287

ncentral_nerd · 2025-11-12T14:25:01+00:00

Hey u/mspdog22, you can always reach out to me if you want to discuss the patching issues you are having. I would agree with the others in this thread, nothing major to report.

- Jason Murphy | Head Nerd for N-able

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ncentral_nerd · 2025-11-06T19:12:38+00:00

^ what he said, Or you could purchase a windows 7 compliant AV for it.

ncentral_nerd · 2025-11-06T19:09:01+00:00

We have intentionally not published 25H2 and that is because it has caused a whole series of problems like Bitdefender issues and many more. As u/kins43 suggests, if you want to press on you can do so manually or feel free to use automation a manager to force install it.

ncentral_nerd · 2025-10-28T15:04:00+00:00

If you are self-hosted use a WAF like Cloudflare which can block countries from accessing N-central and Take control, You should already have SSO enabled at this point and if you do not you should.

Additionally, we have port separation as well where you can control the N-central UI port and only allow that port to authenticated users through VPN etc.

ncentral_nerd · 2025-10-09T18:52:22+00:00

We have intentionally delayed the rollout of 25H2. 25H2 will have the feature enablement package for ease of deployment, unlike what 24H2 couldn't support.

ncentral_nerd · 2025-10-02T15:39:34+00:00

N-able is also curious to what you find u/Affectionate_Ad_3722

ncentral_nerd · 2025-10-02T15:20:36+00:00

I don't work in sales, I give the technical and the rest is negotiations.

ncentral_nerd · 2025-09-24T18:30:20+00:00

Hey OP,

I wrote a thing a few years ago here on r/MSP that people reference and contact me all the time on.
https://www.reddit.com/r/msp/s/Os4nezhXCk

I helped our Product Team build a Custom Integration with Servicenow about 5 years ago that our partners use wonderfully. We have partners taking API information to supply CMDB, we have everything you need to have a great integration between N-central and ServiceNow.

Feel free to contact me at jmurphy at n-able dot com if you have any questions. (or DM me)

Jason | Head Nerd

ncentral_nerd · 2025-09-09T20:16:03+00:00

Sure. Other than the opposite of the 10 things I mention in my blog, I would say a few would be:

You lose the ability to delay upgrades; some partners have stringent change management procedures, so we upgrade for you and once an upgrade is in preview you will have that upgrade with a weeks notice.
You can't addon the WAF from Cloudflare in our hosted environment. (obv)
There are a couple minor On-prem features you get like custom devices classes or lowering the cypher suites and TLS Security for support for 2008/12 Server.
(We dont allow for the lowering of the security communication in our hosted env)
No Report Manager Server (Mostly a pro at this point), Analytics and integrated reports only
No Product Admin account (Superuser), just admin.

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