Windows Remote Desktop can be used on Windows from XP up through Windows 10. How to Use Remote Desktop on Windows 10 However, while all versions of Windows can connect to other computers that have incoming connections enabled, not all Windows versions can act as a host (i.e. Accept incoming remote access requests). Use the Microsoft Remote Desktop app to connect to a remote PC or virtual apps and desktops made available by your admin. The app helps you be productive no matter where you are. Getting Started Configure your PC for remote access first.
Windows 10 OS for PC and Android OS for smartphones remains as the preferred choice for many users. Both the OS are highly popular and continue to evolve with updates and enhancements. As their user, you have always vouched for greater integration between the two platforms so that data access becomes easy.
Connect Android phone to Windows 10 PC
Wouldn’t it be a huge benefit if you can remote access your Windows 10 PC with your Android device so that you have access to files and programs when you cannot physically be at the same place? One such application that helps you easily connect your Android device to Windows 10 PC is Microsoft Remote Desktop for Android.
Features of Microsoft Remote Desktop for Android
This is a free application which is easily available for download as Google’s Playstore
Through this app, you can access remote resources through your Remote Desktop Gateway
It allows for rich multi-touch experience with the remote desktop protocol (RDP) and RemoteFX supporting Windows gestures
It offers a secure connection to your data and applications with breakthrough Network Layer Authentication (NLA) technology
Simple management of all remote connections from the connection center
It supports High-quality video and sound streaming with improved compression and bandwidth usage
Support for Azure RemoteApp.
Using Microsoft Remote Desktop for Android
Setting up Remote Desktop for Android on your Windows 10 involves three easy workarounds.
Configuring your Android device like your smartphone/tablet
Configuring your Windows 10 PC
Creating a remote desktop connection on your Android device
Let’s go through them one by one.
Configuring your Android device like your smartphone/tablet
To get started with Remote Desktop on your Android device follow the below steps,
Go to Google Playstore on your Android device, download the Remote Desktop client and select “Accept”.
2. Now, you to need to add a Remote Desktop connection or a remote resource. You use a connection to connect directly to a Windows PC and a remote resource to use a RemoteApp program, session-based desktop, or virtual desktop published on-premises.
However, you need to make sure that you have configured your Windows 10 PC rightly for the Desktop addition to be successful. The next section details the same on how you can configure your Windows 10 PC for remote access via your Android device.
Configuring your Windows 10 PC
Configuring your Windows 10 PC is required to successfully add your desktop on your Android device.
Before you try and connect your Windows PC an from Android device, the PC must be turned on, and it must have a network connection. Remote Desktop must be enabled, you must have network access to the remote computer (this could be through the Internet), and you must have permission to connect.
For permission to connect, you must be on the list of users. Hence, always check the name of the computer you’re connecting to and to make sure Remote Desktop connections are allowed through its firewall.
Enabling Remote Desktop
The simplest way to allow access to your PC from a remote device is using the Remote Desktop options under Settings. Since this functionality was added in the Windows 10 Fall Creators update (1709), a separate downloadable app is also available, that provides similar functionality for earlier versions of Windows.
Just follow the following steps,
On the device, you want to connect to, select Start and then click the Settings icon on the left.
Select the System group followed by the Remote Desktop
Use the slider to enable Remote Desktop.
It is also recommended to keep the PC awake and discoverable to facilitate connections. Click Show settings to enable.
As needed, add users who can connect remotely by clicking Select users that can remotely access this PC.
Members of the Administrators group automatically have access.
In case you have an earlier version of Windows 10 or Windows 8/Windows 7, then download and run the Microsoft Remote Desktop Assistant. This assistant updates your system settings to enable remote access, ensuring that your computer is awake for connections, and checks that your firewall allows Remote Desktop connections.
Creating a remote desktop connection on your Android device
To create a Remote Desktop connection:
In the Connection Center tap +, and then tap Desktop.
Enter the following information for the computer you want to connect to:
PC name – the name of the computer. This can be a Windows computer name, an Internet domain name, or an IP address. You can also append port information to the PC name (for example, MyDesktop:3389 or 0.0.1:3389).
User name – The username to use to access the remote PC. You can use the following formats: user_name, domainuser_name, or [email protected]. You can also specify whether to prompt for a username and password.
Select Save, and you are good to proceed.
Once connected, and thanks to the touch capabilities of Windows 10, you can browse freely with touch gestures on the screen. Still, by opening up the settings menu from the top tab? You can drag the cursor with a swipe.
You can explore more features about Microsoft Remote Desktop like customized display, swap mouse buttons and more.
To know more visit docs.microsoft.com. To download Microsoft Remote Desktop visit Google Playstore.
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Who says that you need to be at home or at work to control their respective computer systems? Those hurdles became history long time ago, thanks to Remote Desktop Connection feature. Once you setup your computer to receive Remote Desktop Connection requests you can control it from almost any other system out there in the world.
A lot has already been written about how one can setup this awesome feature in Windows versions launched till date, but not much has been written about how to set it up the latest windows 10 OS.
So we decided to set this thing up on our system running Windows 10 Technical Preview. Given below are the steps that you need to take to control it remotely from another system:
Prerequisites
Before you can control your system remotely, you will have to complete 3 prerequisite tasks. These tasks are:
Allowing remote connection requests on the computer
Making connection private
Finding the IP address of computer
Let’s see how you can complete each of them.
Allowing remote connection requests
First of all, right-click the Start button and select System from the menu that pops up.
Now in System dialog box, click on the Remote Settings option in the right pane (highlighted below) and in next dialog box enable“Allow remote connections to this computer” option.
If you’ll be connecting to this computer from a system that’s running any version of Windows older than Windows 7 then do not check the checkbox given below this option (highlighted below in yellow color), otherwise ,check it. This option will enable Network Level Authentication for your remote connection, which is more secure than a normal connection, but its support is unavailable in versions of Windows that were launched before Windows 7.
Now click the OK button to save your settings. You can close the System window now.
Making connection private
The next thing that you need to do is make your connection Private. To do so follow the steps given below:
There should be a small Network icon in your computer’s Taskbar notification area. Right-click it and select the option “Open Network and Sharing Center.”
Now you’ll see a new window like the one shown below. If it’s showing “Public Connection” as shown in the screenshot below then we need to make it private. If it’s already showing Private Connection, you’re good to go. To make your connection private, click the Homegroup link highlighted by the arrow:
In Homegroup dialog box, click “Change network location” option.
On next screen, click “Yes” button.
You won’t be creating or joining a Homegroup connection. This whole process is only for making your remote desktop connection private. So in the window that opens after clicking “yes” button you can click the “Close” button instantly.
And now your Network will be set to Private, as shown below:
Now your PC is set to receive remote connection requests.
Finding the IP address
Finally, you need to have your computer’s IP address to initiate a remote connection. To find it out follow the steps outlined below:
A command prompt window will launch now. In this window type ipconfig and hit enter.
Hit Win+R on your keyboard, type cmd in the search bar and hit Enter.
This will show you the network configuration of your computer. Note down the IPv4 address from this information in another place as you’ll need this to establish a remote connection to this computer.
Now let’s get down to the business.
Establishing Remote Desktop Connection
On your client computer (from which you’ll be controlling your system) hit the Start button and type “Remote Desktop Connection” in the search bar. Alternatively, hit Win+R keys on your keyboard, type mstsc in the Run dialog box and hit enter.
A Remote Desktop Connection dialog box will pop up now. In this box type your computer’s IP address (the one that you noted down in pre-requisites) in text box and click Connect.
If your Windows 10 machine is password protected, you may be asked to enter the password for your Windows account. Enter the login information of your user account and hit the “OK” button.
When you connect for the first time, Windows Firewall may give you a warning like the one shown below. Ignore it and click on the “Yes” button to establish the connection.
And bam! Your Windows 10 computer screen will load on your client computer! This is how you Enable and Setup Remote Desktop in Windows 10.