Windows 8/8.1 Remote Assistance

Hi Microsoft
I have seen various post discussing the missing option for Remote Assistance in Windows 8/8.1.
Are there any news if the feature is going to come back or will I have to tell customers to this in another way?
Kind Regards
Hans Chr. Andersen

I know this is very old but I’m trying to clean up old posts. Did you ever solve this? If so it would be good if you could post the solution to assist others. If not, at this
stage, as nobody has answered, I would recommend that you call Intune support if the issue still exists.
You will find your local Intune support number here
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