In Remote Desktop Connection, type the name of the PC you want to connect to (from Step 1), and then select Connect. On your Windows, Android, or iOS device: Open the Remote Desktop app (available for free from Microsoft Store, Google Play, and the Mac App Store), and add the name of the PC that you want to connect to (from Step 1). Remote Utilities. Includes lots of remote access tools. Great for both spontaneous and unattended. Here is our list of the six best remote desktop connection manager tools: SolarWinds Dameware EDITOR’S CHOICE The Dameware service is available in three packages, all of which are excellent but each caters to a different need. Microsoft Remote Desktop A free remote desktop tool that runs on Windows 10. SolarWinds Dameware Remote Support (DRS) Dameware Remote Support is a significant upgrade. Devolutions A remote desktop system available in a free version for individuals and a paid version for teams. Installs on Windows, macOS, Android, and iOS. The Best Remote Desktop Connection Managers. Let’s take a detailed look into each of these tools, so you can make an informed choice. DameWare Mini Remote Control – FREE TRIAL.

What is an RDP Client?

Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) is a connection protocol developed by Microsoft to provide users with a graphical interface while connected to another computer over a network connection. The connecting user must deploy an RDP client software, while the receiving computer must deploy RDP server software.

There are several RDP Clients for Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2016, and Windows Server 2012 R2. The available client apps for different clients are listed below:

The RDP servers are built into Windows operating systems and can be enabled through the Server Manager panel.

Microsoft Remote Desktop Assistant

You can download and install Microsoft Remote Desktop Assistant, and use it to enable Remote Desktop Services, hence allowing other devices to access your PC. Follow the steps mentioned below:

1. Download and install the Microsft Remote Desktop Assistant after accepting the terms and conditions.
2. Click Accept and a Welcome screen appear. Click Got it.
3. Click Get Started on the screen that appears next. It lists down all the changes that the tool will carry out on your computer including:

• Enabling remote connections to your PC.
• Keeping your PC awake, making it available for connections.
• Changing your Firewall rules to allow Remote Desktop connection.

4. Scan the QR code that appears on the screen next, save the connection as a file, or choose your option to proceed further to enable connection using Remote Desktop.

Your computer is now ready to be accessible from other devices. Install and use Microsoft Remote Desktop client on the device that you will use to connect to your PC.

How does Microsoft Client work?

For the RDP client to work, the receiving machine must have Remote Desktop connections enabled. There are 2 most common ways to enable the RDP connection:

1. Right-click on the Personal Computer icon on your desktop, click on Properties from the drop-down list, and then select Remote settings from the list on the left.

2. Navigate to your Start Menu and go to Windows Settings, click on the System icon, and from the list on the left select Remote Desktop and enable it.

Latest Windows RDP Client

Due to the Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD), Microsoft is working on patching some bugs that occurred from using their RDP Client to connect to WVD instances. Two of the RDP Client (1.2.605 & 1.2.535) releases were mainly focused on fixing bugs instead of introducing new features.

The latest 1.2.1104 update of Windows RDP Client has the following changes:

• Support for Windows Virtual Desktop Spring 2020 update by updating the automatic discovery logic for the Subscribe option. Customers who have the Spring Update resources do not need to provide consent for the Fall 2019 release.
• The scale factor of high-DPI devices has been improved up to 400%.
• The issue where disconnect dialog did not appear has been resolved.
• The issue where the command tooltips appeared longer than expected has been fixed.
• The crash that occurred when trying to subscribe immediately after a refresh has been fixed.
• The crash that occurred when parsing date and time in some languages has been fixed.

An enhanced RDP Client

Parallels Client, is a completely free RDP Client. It leverages RDP technology, allowing users to instantly connect to either simple RDS infrastructures or Parallels RAS Farms.

It’s an intuitive RDP client that enables multi-tasking on applications and desktops. Multiple connection settings can be stored and utilized so users can keep workspaces docked under the same application window (or undock them to work in another window).

Moreover, features not supported by the Microsoft RDP Client—such as drag and drop, multiscreen support, zoom, client group policy and more—are implemented to provide a top-class user experience.

The mobile client enables all native gestures of iOS and Android, offering the best mobile experience on the market. Touch ID and passcode features are available to increase data security.

References

Remote Desktop Protocol | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_Desktop_Protocol

What’s new in the Windows Desktop client | https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/remote/remote-desktop-services/clients/windowsdesktop-whatsnew

Microsoft Remote Desktop Client | https://www.parallels.com/blogs/ras/microsoft-remote-desktop-client/

5 Best Remote Desktop Connection Managers | https://activedirectorypro.com/rdp-connection-manager/

Get Microsoft Remote Desktop Client | https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/microsoft-remote-desktop/9wzdncrfj3ps

Whether you use Microsoft Remote Desktop Services, Windows Virtual Desktop, Citrix XenApp, Citrix XenDesktop, or VMWare Horizon View to satisfy your organization’s Server Based Computing needs, we offer remote desktop management software for organizations of all types and budgets.

In addition, our solutions excel at monitoring RDP performance, connection quality and latency, security, and user session activity – we cover the gap in RDP monitoring and analytics for organizations that have deployed a pure Microsoft Remote Desktop Services environment with no Citrix or VMWare overlays.

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Deployment of our tools is a snap, regardless of your environment. Our solutions work well with on-premises networks or in datacenters serving up dedicated and shared desktops for Managed Service Providers. You can store collected terminal server data in SQL Server Express, on-premises SQL Server, or perhaps most conveniently, in Microsoft Azure SQL.

Finally, you will not find a more affordable set of solutions for Remote Desktop Services monitoring and management in the market. A subscription to our flagship RDS monitoring and reporting tool, the Remote Desktop Commander Suite, can be started for only $9.99 per server per month, with volume discounts available. Other software companies will charge you thousands of dollars to perform assessments of RDP and terminal server performance in your network – we do not.

Read on to learn more about the different editions of our products.

Remote Desktop Commander Suite

The Remote Desktop Commander Suite provides active, real-time and historical capabilities for user session management.

Historically, small and medium sized businesses have had few affordable options if they wish to monitor performance and user activity on their remote desktop servers. Vendors like Citrix and VMWare offer comprehensive remote desktop management software and terminal server monitoring solutions only at their top licensing tiers, placing them out of reach except for the largest organizations. Other third-party vendor solutions are often priced by concurrent user, making them expensive to implement and maintain.

The Remote Desktop Commander Suite is a powerful package for SBC environments. At its heart are two key components:

Remote Desktop Reporter

Remote Desktop Reporter, part of the Remote Desktop Commander Suite, is a comprehensive reporting and monitoring solution that collects and consolidates key metrics from all of the remote desktop servers in your environment, providing you with easy to run and schedule reports showing user activity, time tracking, licensing trends, application usage, and performance.

SPL Tracker
(Service Provider Licensing Tracker)

SPL Tracker – part of the Remote Desktop Commander Suite – saves time, money, and headaches for organizations who need to keep an eye on service provider licensing programs.

Here’s how:

Microsoft SPLA Licensing, Citrix Service Provider Licensing, and the VMWare Service Provider Program offer big savings to Managed Service Providers, but at a price. Monthly reporting requirements are onerous, and MSPs that attempt to tackle this chore by hand find that it is time-consuming and error prone.

Wouldn’t you rather leverage a tool that can automate this task for you? And, while doing so, track and eliminate license wastage so you can reduce your monthly costs? If so, Service Provider Licensing Tracker is designed especially for you. Reach out and request a quote to learn more about how it can actually pay for itself in very little time.

Remote Desktop Commander Lite

If the Remote Desktop Commander Suite sounds too robust for your needs or you are still a fan of RDPSoft’s legacy Remote Desktop Admin Toolkit, then Remote Desktop Commander Lite is perfect for your needs.

Remote Desktop Commander Lite assists you with tasks that are active and real-time in nature, such as observing memory use by application or user, logging off and disconnecting users, terminating hung processes, and running parameterized PowerShell queries against session hosts, users, or processes.

Best of all, Remote Desktop Commander Lite is now completely free – it’s our gift to entire RDS/Citrix community, and we hope it makes their lives easier.

Remote Desktop Commander Premium Management Features

If you don’t need all of the features of the Remote Desktop Commander Suite, but if you need improved shadowing and remote assistance capabilities to support your users, sophisticated real time monitoring of live sessions, and/or a way to delegate management tasks to your support staff without making them server admins, then extend the capabilities of Remote Desktop Commander Lite with our Premium Management Features package.

The Remote Desktop Commander Premium Management Features license only costs $99.99 per admin or help desk user per year, but gives you the power you need to adequately support a Microsoft Remote Desktop Services or Windows Virtual Desktop environment of any size. Microsoft Remote Desktop Services does not have a native mechanism to delegate remote desktop management tasks to support staff, which to date has required giving support staff admin rights. Also, native shadowing support for Windows Server 2012 R2, Server 2016, and Server 2019 has been complicated at best, plagued with issues related to shadowing multiple monitor sessions.

Our Premium Management Features package fixes both of those issues, by providing a complete RDS Management Delegation Wizard to define and extend granular rights to help desk staff across session hosts and connection brokers. It also comes with our new SuperShadow tool, which allows admins, support staff, and managers to monitor and assist multiple sessions at once, with file transfer capabilities through the clipboard, complete multi-monitor support, and so much more.

Remote Desktop Repair Tool

Remote Desktop Canary

Microsoft Remote Desktop Tool

Need to keep a constant watch on your Remote Desktop Services deployment, with the ability to receive instant alerts if new RDP connections cannot be established or if new connections are experiencing slow RDP login times? Want to review screenshots of login sequences to see how long it takes for RemoteApps and login scripts to launch? Want to send login statistics to your existing NMS solutions’ dashboards?

If so, Remote Desktop Canary is the RDS synthetic monitoring solution for you. Program it to perform recurring RDP login monitoring tests into your environment, notifying you and recording screenshots and other statistics for troubleshooting. Pricing starts at only $499.99 a year to monitor a single RDS farm/collection, with volume discounts available.

Other Services

In addition to producing Remote Desktop Commander Suite and Remote Desktop Commander Lite, we also provide additional services for our clients.

Microsoft Rdp Tool Windows 10

You can request an RDS Performance Audit of your RDS infrastructure to review and identify any performance bottlenecks in the areas of CPU/memory consumption, network connection quality, and much more.

Microsoft Rdp Client Download

You can also contract with us to produce custom reports against Remote Desktop Commander’s database.