Access other computers from your computer with Remote Desktop

The Remote Desktop application, which was already present in previous versions of Windows, now takes on a new dimension and appears in the form of application with the Modern UI interface within the Windows Store. In this way, Windows 8 users have it more at hand and can use it to connect to other computers remotely.

Just access the Windows Store and access the Productivity section to locate the Remote Desktop application. One click is enough to download it and have it ready to use all the features that this interesting tool now allows.

What can I do with the Remote Desktop application?

With the Remote Desktop application for Windows 8, a user can access other computers owned by them or third parties, within their home network or on foreign networks, provided they have the corresponding authorization , which is managed through the app itself. Connection security is one of the main priorities that Microsoft puts on the table when developing this Remote Desktop application.

The Remote Desktop app is ideal for those cases in which a friend or family member asks you to lend a hand and provide technical support with their team, both at home or abroad of the. For example, to fix that thing that fails on your parents' computer or to update the system on your partner's and prevent any complications from arising.

In the enterprise environment, Remote Desktop is often used by help desk managers to support users.There are also people who access their own computer from a different machine, for example, to display documents that cannot be shared or to present an application that runs on another computer.

It is also useful for monitoring your work computer from home, for example, to see if a calculation process has finished or the progress status of your backup. At this point, it is worth remembering the existence of Windows 8 cloud users, since some tasks that were previously done through Remote Desktop can now be done directly thanks to application synchronization and others such as Sky Drive.

Getting Remote Desktop up and running is very easy

As we have already mentioned, to install Remote Desktop you have to access the Windows Store and, in the "Productivity" section, the application can be localized. One click on "Install" is enough for the application to be installed in our brand new Windows 8 and ready to start using it.The app is free, so you don't have to pay anything to download it.

When opening the application, a text will appear indicating the advanced functions of the new version of Remote Desktop and, at the bottom, a toolbar in which you have to type the name of the computer to which you want to connect “remotely”. Keep in mind that to connect to another computer, you first need to configure it to allow remote connections.

Remote connections can only be allowed on computers running Windows operating systems from XP to Windows 8.

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