Need to work remotely on vacation? So you can activate Remote Desktop in Windows 10

The holidays are coming but there may be circumstances that require us to have to work remotely and also do it remotely. It is a function that we can activate and use in a few steps if we have Windows 10 and here we are going to see how we can carry it out.

The remote desktop feature allows you to work remotely on a computer that you don't currently have. And we can activate it to facilitate access to ourselves or to the person who is necessary at that moment.And also, being able to do it from any device.

Before continuing we must take into account a requirement and that is that we are going to need a computer that has Windows 10 Pro. If we use Windows 10 Home, we will not be able to count on the remote desktop function.

Steps to follow

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First of all we are going to access the menu Windows Settings by means of the toothed wheel that we find in the lower left area of ​​the screen."

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We will see different options and among all of them we choose the section System that offers us access to the settings of our operating system. "

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Within System we will see a window with a column in the left area among which we must search and mark Remote Desktop."

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Once we select this option, we will see how Windows asks if we want to Enable Remote Desktop We will see a window with a warning message, notifying that the selected users will be able to access our team. If we agree, click on Confirm"

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In addition, in the Advanced configuration section, we must mark Require devices to use network level authenticationIn this way, what we do is limit the connection options so that not everyone has access to our equipment. We will be the ones who will determine who can or cannot have access."

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And it is that among the options offered by Remote Access, we have the possibility of determining which users can connect to the computer (very important if we care about privacy)."

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We have already activated Remote Access>the system offers us a name for the equipment This will be the one we will have to use to connect to the equipment through the desktop client application which is available for Windows 10, iOS, Android and macOS."