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Delinea Connection Manager
Your admins open dozens of servers a day. None of them should be typing a privileged password — Delinea Connection Manager keeps your RDP and SSH sessions in one tabbed console and fills in every login from Secret Server, so administrators reach servers without ever typing a privileged password.
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The Delinea platform family
This page covers Delinea Connection Manager — the tabbed RDP and SSH console. The rest:
Quick facts
30-second orientation- Product
- A tabbed desktop console for RDP and SSH sessions, with logins injected from Secret Server
- Maker
- Delinea Inc., San Francisco; TPG-backed, CEO Art Gilliland; formed 2021 from Thycotic and Centrify
- Protocols
- Remote Desktop Protocol and SSH; Delinea’s product page names no others
- Credentials
- Pulled from Delinea Secret Server, which runs on-premises or as Secret Server Cloud
- Price
- Quote-only; Delinea publishes no figure and has no pricing page
- Licence
- Sold as its own product with its own trial; the licence unit is not published
- Recording
- Not documented for the console alone; on-premises Secret Server records in full only in Platinum
- Analysts
- Delinea: Gartner PAM Magic Quadrant Leader 2025; KuppingerCole PAM Overall Leader 2026
- India
- No Delinea office or hosting region in India; nearest cloud is Singapore or the UAE
- In India via
- TechBag — vault check, quote in INR with GST, first team rollout
Understand vault-fed connection managers before you buy one
Most product pages skip this. We start here — so you buy a capability, not a buzzword.
What is a vault-fed connection manager?
A desktop console that holds many remote sessions in tabs and takes each login from a vault instead of a saved file.
Saved RDP files and a password sheet vs a vault-fed console — the honest table
What consolidation actually replaces, dimension by dimension.
| Dimension | Saved RDP files, a password sheet | Delinea Connection Manager |
|---|---|---|
| Where admin passwords sit | Saved RDP files, PuTTY profiles, a spreadsheet | Secret Server, injected at connection |
| Opening twenty servers | Twenty client windows on the taskbar | Twenty tabs in one console |
| After a password rotation | Every saved connection fails | The next session reads the new value |
| Windows and Linux work | One client for RDP, another for SSH | Both protocols in the same window |
| Showing who did what | Whatever the server logs kept | Secret Server’s audit; video by edition |
| What it is NOT | — | A vault, a support tool, or a vendor-access broker |
The cheapest test is Delinea’s trial: give one team its daily RDP and SSH servers in tabs, logins from Secret Server, and count the saved files you delete.
The five pieces of the platform
Vendors love diagrams; buyers need to know what they’re actually operating. Here’s the whole platform, demystified.
Console
A tabbed desktop application in which an administrator opens, switches between and closes many RDP and SSH sessions at once, rather than juggling separate client windows.
Vault
The privileged credentials live in Secret Server, either Delinea’s cloud service or your own install in one of three editions, and the console injects them at connection.
Targets
Anything reachable over RDP or SSH, typically Windows servers on one and Linux, Unix or network kit on the other. Delinea lists no VNC, web-console or Telnet support.
Hosting
If the vault is Secret Server Cloud, the tenant is pinned at provisioning to one of seven geographies: AU, CA, EU, SEA, UAE, UK or US. None of them is in India.
A tabbed desktop console up front — Secret Server behind it, on-premises in India or in Delinea’s cloud geographies.
Six capabilities. Connect, inject, prove.
Delinea Connection Manager opens RDP and SSH sessions in tabs and takes each login from Secret Server.
Many sessions, one window
Each RDP or SSH session opens as a tab in one desktop console, so a busy admin is not hunting through a taskbar of client windows.
Windows and Linux side by side
Remote Desktop and SSH sit in the same environment, so a Windows host and a Linux box can be worked on next to each other.
Logins filled in for you
The console takes the credential from Secret Server and supplies it at connection, so the admin opens the server without typing a password.
No stale saved passwords
Secret Server rotates logins with ready-made templates; because the console reads the vault, a changed password does not break a saved entry.
Proof lives in the vault
Secret Server audits access to each login; full session video on-premises needs Platinum, as Professional stops at 50 secrets.
Tried before it is quoted
Delinea sells it as a product of its own with a separate trial, so one team can prove the daily workflow before anyone signs.
Watch Delinea Connection Manager in action
Delinea’s own demo of privileged session management: RDP and SSH tabs with credentials drawn from Secret Server.
Connection Manager Demo: Privileged Session Management
Delinea’s own walkthrough of opening RDP and SSH sessions in tabs with credentials drawn from Secret Server.
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Book a guided demo →Every saved RDP file is a privileged password on a laptop. Connection Manager leaves them in the vault.
Here’s what genuinely sets it apart — and exactly where it stops.
The vault, not the laptop, holds every login
Admins who keep RDP files, PuTTY profiles and a private password list carry privileged credentials on their own machines. Connection Manager takes each login from Secret Server as the session opens, so the vault stays the one home of those passwords and rotation breaks no saved entry.
One window for RDP and SSH
Infrastructure teams spend the day moving between Windows servers over Remote Desktop and Linux or network devices over SSH. Delinea puts both in one tabbed console, which matters most to the admin with thirty sessions open in a change window.
Backed by a Gartner-Leader PAM vendor
The console fronts Secret Server, from a vendor Gartner named a Leader in its 2025 PAM Magic Quadrant (the seventh time, Delinea says, counting Thycotic and Centrify). KuppingerCole made Delinea a PAM Overall Leader in 2026. Both ratings cover the company, not this console.
Where it stops
Only RDP and SSH are named; no VNC, web console or mobile app is listed. It has no vault of its own, so Secret Server is a second purchase. Recording by the console alone is not documented, the price is quote-only, and Delinea has no office or hosting region in India.
The numbers behind the platform
What your Delinea Connection Manager rollout looks like
Map who opens which servers
List the admins who live in RDP and SSH, the servers they reach daily, and which of those logins already sit in Secret Server.
Check the vault first
Confirm the Secret Server edition, where it is hosted and its version; on-premises builds below 12.2.7 need patching first.
Trial with one team
Run Delinea’s trial with one infrastructure team, injecting Secret Server logins into their everyday RDP and SSH tabs.
Settle the audit path
Decide where proof will come from — Secret Server recording on your edition, Privileged Remote Access, or logs — and test it.
Retire the old lists
Delete saved RDP files and personal password stores, then roll the console out to the remaining admin teams.
The review scoreboard
Modelled on Gartner Peer Insights structure. *Counts and breakdowns are illustrative pending verified review collection.
Quick poll — what’s driving your evaluation?
Talk to an advisor“Forty RDP tabs open during a patch night, and not one password typed. Every login came straight out of Secret Server.”
“We bought it only because our admins already lived in Secret Server. Without that vault behind it I would not bother.”
“SSH to the Linux estate is fine, but our network team still keeps another tool for web consoles and VNC.”
“Auditors wanted session video. That came from our Secret Server edition, not the console, so check yours before you promise it.”
“Our Secret Server runs on-premises in our own data centre, so the credentials stay in India; the console only reads from it.”
“Getting a number took two calls and a demo. Even a starting price on the website would have saved a week.”
Where everyone sits — the grids
Analyst firms bury this view behind paywalls, and G2 retired its Grid. So here’s TechBag’s synthesis of the connection-manager market — tap any vendor to see why it sits where it does.
TechBag Connection Manager Grid
Execution strength vs product vision — the classic market map, minus the paywall.
Quote-only, from a 2025 Gartner PAM Leader.
Protocol Breadth × Credential Control
The grid nobody publishes — how many protocols and platforms a tool opens vs how tightly it controls and audits the logins behind them.
RDP and SSH; every login injected from Secret Server.
Positions are TechBag’s illustrative synthesis of public review-platform data and vendor documentation — not a reproduction of any analyst graphic. Verify before relying on it.
Delinea Connection Manager vs the connection-manager field
Against Devolutions Remote Desktop Manager, Royal TS, mRemoteNG and RDCMan — plus BeyondTrust PRA, a broker rather than a console — on protocols, vault, recording, price and India.
| Dimension | Delinea Connection Manager | Devolutions Remote Desktop Manager | Royal TS | mRemoteNG | RDCMan | BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| What it is | Vault-fed console | Console + own vault | Tabbed multi-protocol | Free open-source client | Microsoft’s RDP grouper | Broker, not a console |
| Deployment | Desktop app + your vault | Self-host or cloud vault | Shared document files | MSI or portable ZIP | Local .rdg files | Cloud or appliance |
| Protocols and clients | RDP and SSH | 150+ types, 5 OSes | Five protocols, 4 OSes | Many types, Windows | RDP only | RDP, SSH, VNC, web |
| Pricing model | Quote only | Per named user, yearly | One-off, user or site | No fee | Free from Microsoft | Quote, per user a year |
| Published entry price | Not published | $30/user/month | €49 per user, once | $0 | $0 | Not published |
| Included vs add-on | Vault bought apart | Gateway, vault included | Royal Server extra | Add-ons as plugins | Nothing more to add | Vault is Password Safe |
| Credential vault | Secret Server injects | Own vault or others’ | Linked by name | Local, per PC | DPAPI or certificate | Injected, never shown |
| Recording and audit | Not documented | 1 fps session video | None listed | No audit trail | No audit or recording | Screen and keystrokes |
| Security depth | Patch the vault | Own CNA; none on KEV | Encrypted fields | No stable since 2019 | Current Microsoft tool | Least privilege, JIT |
| Governance and SSO | Vault decides access | Roles, MFA, Entra ID | No SSO published | No roles, no SSO | Whoever holds the file | IdP, MFA, approvals |
| India storage region | Self-host the vault | Server in India | Your own share | Stays on the PC | Wherever the .rdg is | India – West region |
| Support | Terms not published | 48 h; 4 h on Premium | Year of maintenance | GitHub issues | Documentation only | India office, quoted |
| Lock-in and exit | Tied to Secret Server | Yearly; vault portable | No subscription | Open source | Nothing to cancel | Broker in the path |
| Best fit | Secret Server shops | Multi-protocol teams | Buy-once small teams | One admin, no budget | Pure RDP estates | Supplier and OT access |
Which approach fits you?
Honest fit signals — because the fastest way to lose your trust is to pretend one product wins every scenario.
Choose Delinea Connection Manager if…
- ✓Your privileged logins already live in Delinea Secret Server, yet admins still copy them into separate RDP and SSH clients
- ✓The daily work is Remote Desktop to Windows and SSH to Linux, and you want both in one tabbed window
- ✓You want the vault, not each admin’s laptop, to remain the only home of every server password
Compare alternatives if…
- ✓You need VNC, web consoles or 150-plus connection types — Devolutions Remote Desktop Manager and Royal TS cover far more
- ✓You want a price before a sales call — Remote Desktop Manager lists $30 a user a month and Royal TS €49 once
- ✓Suppliers need recorded, VPN-less access — that is a broker’s job, such as BeyondTrust PRA or Delinea’s own Privileged Remote Access
Do not expect…
- ✓A credential store inside the console: without Secret Server, injection has nothing to draw from
- ✓Documented recording by the console itself, or any protocol beyond RDP and SSH
- ✓A Delinea office or cloud hosting region in India
Delinea Connection Manager is one of 22 remote support & access products TechBag carries. The Remote Support & Access guide narrows them to a shortlist and shows the reasoning. →
What does hand-typed admin access cost you?
Drag the sliders (administrators who open RDP or SSH sessions; admin-hour cost). Estimates model time lost looking up, copying and resetting privileged passwords and juggling client windows at an assumed 1.5 hours per administrator a year, with 70% of it removed by vault-injected logins in one console. Both figures are assumptions. Illustrative.
Loaded cost = salary + overheads per productive hour. Illustrative only — your TechBag quote models your actual environment and modules.
Three ways to consume it
Not published: Delinea prices Connection Manager, like every product it sells, by quote only, and states no licence unit. It needs Secret Server, which is quoted separately — on-premises in Vault, Professional or Platinum editions, or as Secret Server Cloud. Third-party per-user figures are not list prices. TechBag checks your vault first, then quotes both in INR with GST.
Connection Manager
Best for admins already on Secret Server
- Quote-only; licence unit not published
- RDP and SSH sessions in one tabbed console
- Its own trial before you buy
+ Platform add-ons
Best for a broader rollout
- Scoped to your estate
- Add-on modules as needed
- Phased, right-sized deployment
Secret Server behind it
Required for credential injection
- Quoted separately, on-premises or Cloud
- Full session recording only in Platinum
- On-premises: run 12.2.7 or later
Buy it for less — TechBag pricing beats list
Whatever the list prices above, TechBag negotiates a significantly better deal — with GST-compliant INR invoicing and local support. Ask us for your discounted quote.
Get an India-ready quote
Tell us your requirements and current tools — we’ll model it against what you spend today.
The 8 questions to ask every vendor
Take this into your next vendor call — including ours.
Is Secret Server already running, and on which edition? Connection Manager draws every login it uses from it.
Is on-premises Secret Server at 12.2.7 or later, after the four critical advisories of September 2026?
Is all of your admin work RDP and SSH? VNC, web consoles and Telnet are not on Delinea’s list for this console.
Do auditors need session video? Get in writing whether console sessions are recorded on your Secret Server edition.
Which desktops do your admins use? Delinea’s product page does not say which operating systems the console runs on.
Will Secret Server run on-premises in India, or in Delinea’s Singapore or UAE cloud geography, and is that acceptable?
Do contractors need access too? A desktop console suits staff; suppliers may be better served by a VPN-less broker.
What is the licence unit and term? Ask for the console itemised apart from Secret Server, in INR with GST.
Questions buyers ask
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Stats, ratings, review counts and pricing are illustrative and sourced from public materials; verify before purchase.