What is Remote Desktop Connection?

If you are a computer technician, perhaps the Remote Desktop feature is too familiar to you, right?

However, in this article, I will remind you a little bit about the concept so that those who are new to the blog, or just learning about the Remote Desktop feature can understand more clearly.

#first. What is Remote Desktop?

To put it simply, Remote Desktop is a feature that supports remote computer control via LAN or through the Internet.

On Windows 10 and Windows 11 operating systems…, Remote Desktop is also known as Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), formerly known as Microsoft Terminal Services Client 🙂

Remote Desktop Connection is built-in on Windows operating system, it appears since Windows XP version and above, users only need a few simple settings to be able to use it.

Remote desktop is usually accessed via port (port) 3389, combined with software/tools that come with Windows, or using 3rd party software such as VNC, TeamViewer, etc.

In order for Remote Desktop to work, one of the supporting protocols is required CHEAPemote EASYesktop Protocol (RDP), DRAWirtual WOMENteam OLDomputing (VNC), NX or Independent OLDomputing Aarchitecture (ICA).

So, on the computers or on the server that you want to perform Remote Desktop to, you will have to install programs/services that support the above protocols:

• Windows: Remote Desktop Services
• Linux: VNC Server

In addition, to be able to make a Remote Desktop connection, Remote Desktop Client software is indispensable, typically such as: RDP of Windows, Chrome Remote DesktopTightVNC Client,..

Okay, basically how Remote Desktop works, I explain it to you a little better, but actually to use Remote Desktop is extremely simple, not too many operations.

#2. How to enable Remote Desktop on a Windows computer

There are many ways to enable Remote Desktop on Windows, but here I only show you the two simplest ways, which are:

Way #1. Applies to all versions of Windows

Right click This PC (Computer) => then select Properties

Next, you choose Advanced system settings => select tab Remote => then tick the options as shown below => finally press OK done! The Remote Desktop feature has been enabled:

• Allow Remote Assistance connections to this computer: Allow Remote Assistance connection to this computer
• Allow remote connections to this computer: Allow remote connection to this computer

Method 2: Using Windows Settings (applies to Windows 10, 11 …)

Press the key combination Win + I to open Windows Settings => then select System => scroll down to select next Remote Desktop => transfer Enable Remote Desktop to state ON as shown below.

Press Confirm to confirm is done.

#3. How to use Remote Desktop?

As I said at the beginning of the article, with Remote Desktop, you can control your computer remotely via LAN or through the Internet. However, in this article, I only show you how to Remote over LAN.

Because setting up the control via the Internet is quite complicated, and I think the remote control software like Teamviewer, Ultraviewer.. would be more appropriate.

#4. Epilogue

Hopefully through this article you will understand more about Remote Desktop Connectionif you have to manage many computers in the same office, school, company… then perhaps the Remote Desktop feature will be very useful to you here!

Hope the information in this article will be useful to you, don’t forget to share the article if you find it useful!

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