

In Windows Vista, Quick Assist's technology is based on the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) found in the Remote Desktop Connection app included in all professional editions of Windows since Windows XP Professional. An earlier version of Quick Assist, called Windows Remote Assistance, was originally introduced in Windows XP. A few features and limitations of Quick Assist are described below. To end a Quick Assist session, either party can press the End button located in the Quick Assist menu. Once the connection is made, it remains active indefinitely, and the remote support person inherits all the access and rights to the troubled computer as the troubled computer's end user. The recipient has 10 minutes to launch Quick Assist and enter the code to establish the remote- control connection. On Windows 10, however, the app will remain a per-user install and the legacy version will become hidden from the Start Menu (no shortcuts to it), but users could still browse the Windows sub-folders and launch it from the EXE manually.You can send the Security code ( 273464 in this example) to the person with the troubled computer via email, text message, or even a phone call. For Windows 11 only, they have also confirmed in the next major-update (22H2), the new app will be shipped as part of the OS, and will become a per-machine type install, and so when updated in the Store, will be up-to-date for all users.

(Or if you use either the Store for Business or Store for Eduction versions of the Store app, it will be made-available in there soon also.)Some good-news offered: the UAC prompt requirement is being addressed on both Windows 10 and 11, and the Control + Windows + Q key-sequence will also launch the new version soon also. If you could manage to get the ".appx" installer-file for the new Quick Assist manually, then you could use the Add-AppxPackage command in PowerShell to deploy it.
