The ThingWorx Remote Access Extension provides multiple types of entities to support remote access using a ThingWorx Platform. They include an Authenticataor, Data Shapes, Thing Shapes, Thing Templates, Things, the RemoteAccessClientLinker widget (raClientLinker), the Remote Access Subsystem, the RemoteViewerManager package, and, as of 3.1.4 Auto Launch configuration storage.

The topics in this section summarize the entities that are important for Administrators to understand, namely, Thing Templates, Thing Shapes, Data Shapes, Things, and the Remote Access Subsystem.