Adaptive Quality Codec
Improve screen sharing performance when using slower network connections like DSL.
Changing Observe Settings While Observing

Lights-Out Management Support
Check status and view reports on which clients support lights-out management and whether they're available and configured for remote administration. You can start up, shut down, or restart computers using lights-out management.
Starting Up a Computer
Restarting a Computer
Shutting Down a Computer

AutoInstall
You can install software on computers which aren't yet online. A Task Server that you designate checks for the client computer to come online and installs the package when it does.
Installing Software on Offline Computers

AppleScript and Automator Actions
Automate your Remote Desktop work using AppleScript, an easy to use, powerful scripting language for Mac OS X. Script virtually any task available in Remote Desktop. Also, Remote Desktop now comes with a suite of Automator actions. Use Automator to ease your Remote Desktop workflow, saving complex tasks which can be run with a single click.
Using AppleScript with Remote Desktop
Using Automator with Remote Desktop

Remote Spotlight Search
Finding files on Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger or v10.5 Leopard clients couldn't be easier. Remote Desktop uses the built-in Mac OS X search tool, Spotlight, to interactively find anything you need on your Tiger client computers.
Using Spotlight to Find Items

Improved File Copy Robustness
Remote Desktop now has much more robust file copies, including better error handling if a copy goes wrong. You can set the behavior of what to do if a client isn't responding to a broadcast copy.
Copy Options

Network Copy and Paste
Share clipboard contents between administrator and client computers. You can copy clipboard content both to and from remote computers.
Sharing Clipboards for Copy and Paste

Privacy Screen
Sometimes referred to as "curtain mode," this new feature allows you to control a remote computer without anyone at the remote site seeing what you're doing. You can prevent the client computer from seeing your control session.
Hiding a User's Screen While Controlling

User History Report
Keep track of what users are logging in to client computers. Find out who was logged in and at what time using the User History Report.
Generating a User History Report

Application Usage Report
Find out which applications are being used on client computers, and for how long. This is great for keeping track of software assets, and client use.
Generating an Application Usage Report

Remote Desktop Widget
Observe a remote computer from your Dashboard—select any computer from your existing computer lists, and observe it in the Dashboard environment.
Observing a Computer in the Dashboard

System Status Indicators
While observing several remote computers, you can get basic system status information quickly and easily at the observe screen.
Viewing a Computer's System Status While at the Observe Window